We've had so many highlights this week! For starters, a group of our Grade 1s joined with some former Middle School students of Madame's to present to Pitt Meadows City Council about the importance of being kind. Their goal was to have City Council pass a proclamation declaring February 9 to 13 as official "RAC Week" (Real Acts of Caring). This took SO much courage because the students took turns standing at a podium, speaking to a large group of adults behind a huge desk...and with an extra audience behind them! Madame was so proud of them for their bravery and their willingness to do something out-of-the-box! We were so honoured to meet the Mayor and to have City Council post about us on their Facebook page. Stay tuned for news of all of the kind things that our entire class will be doing during that week! We did a bunch of brainstorming together and are beginning to form a plan! And for our whole class, one of our favourite moments of the week was going on our 2nd ice skating trip. We trudged to and from the rink in the rain, but didn't complain at all! Madame wasn't supposed to be skating because of her concussion, so some boys offered to push her around instead. Today we got to go to our Big Buddies' class to try playing some arcade games that they made out of recyclable materials. The whole thing was inspired by an adorable story of a young boy named Caine who created an entire arcade out of cardboard. (Watch the YouTube documentary here). Our students had a blast going to all of the different stations. Who says you need technology to have fun?? Even Madame got in on the action and set a new cardboard foosball record! (yeh, yeh). It was a wet one today so sadly, we were confined indoors for both recesses. But our little bodies need to MOVE! So after lunch, Madame took us outside for a lap around the school. On our way around, we found that the tree boxes were flooded and the water had created small islands. It was just too tempting to resist. Madame apologizes if we came home with wet socks and shoes! Friday was also our first "magasin" day! We got to use all of the nickels we've been saving to buy stuff at our class store. (We earn nickels by speaking in French, by doing our daily chores well, and by doing kind things for others without expecting anything in return.) But before we can make any purchases at "le magasin", we must first donate one nickel to charity and use one more nickel to pay rent on our "houses". Some students managed to resist the allure of all of the store items and actually PURCHASED their homes today (for $0.25). This means they will no longer have to pay rent each week. Aiden even began purchasing multiple properties so that other students will have to start paying HIM rent on a weekly basis. (...future entrepreneur!) We are learning how to count by 5s to create $0.10, $0.25, $0.50 and $1.00. Many of us are already beginning to do this independently! Another new system that we've added recently is our French-speaking incentive program. Everyone's face has been made into a reposition-able sticker and placed on a large map of Canada, which serves as our game board. We all start in B.C. and as we speak more and more French independently, our face gets moved to the next province. Each time we advance to the next province, we receive a provincial badge to tape into our black home folders. Madame is so pleased with all of the French we have been speaking lately, even creating all kinds of original sentences - not just the ones that we have practiced. These are the badges that we earn... Each time we move to the next province, Madame removes our badge from the plastic sleeve and puts a new one in there for us to strive for. Once we reach the Territories, the last game spot on the map, we earn the status of "Petit Prof" (Little Teacher) and get a special bracelet to wear. We become official French helpers of the class.
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