Name/Family Story

 Welcome back to school - we had a great first day back!

Inclusion is the fifth pillar for the month of April so today we started with an anchor book.  We read The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig which will tug at the heartstrings a bit whether you were the invisible child or the one who over looked other students.  We dug into included and excluded and represented the ideas with what that would look like, sound like and feel like.  I found we had really good ideas about being excluded and it is the inclusion we need to work on.

This week in social studies we are going to have a look at how we are all connected.  We will start with ourselves.  Please have a supper table conversation about the story of your child's name.  Why did you give them the name they have?  Is the name a family name?  What is interesting about their name?  Does the name mean something in your home language?  Then talk about the origins of your family.  What is the family story? What country does your family come from?  Who came to Canada first?  How did they travel here?  Why Canada?  Include any interesting details that will make a for a good story.

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