November is flying by. Report cards go out next week and after that Christmas takes over until we go home for the holidays. Somehow we manage to find time to take Korra out for walks to the park (aka the playground). There are always other dogs around for her to play with so it makes getting enough exercise pretty easy.
This puppy was recently flown out to Winnipeg to be taken in by Manitoba Mutts. They foster dogs until they are able to find them good homes. I really liked this puppy (she reminded me of Korra for obvious reasons), so I'm glad she's on her way to finding the perfect family.
Ender and I did the Blanket Exercise with our classes a few weeks ago. The activity uses blankets to represent the land we now call Canada and students played the part of the indigenous cultures and nations who live on those lands. The exercise goes through the history of treaty-making, colonization and resistance that resulted in the Canada we know today.
At first the blankets cover the whole floor, and students can walk or sit where they like. They can only stand on the blankets and not the floor, but that's not really a problem because the blankets cover the entire floor.
By the time we finish the remaining students (those who did not 'die' because of disease, relocation, or abuse) were confined to blankets just large enough to stand on (reserves). It's a really good activity though it needs some modification for younger, less patient students.
Our Reading Workshop has been going really well. Students are learning how to choose books and many of them are feeling motivated to actually finish them. Right now the Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi is really popular.
And to finish things off we had our Bazaar of the year last night. Enjoy the face-painting photos.
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