Our Reading Travels

Tuesday 31 January 2017

North America: Guatemala


Central America is part of the continent of North America. We read about Esperanza and her Abuela (grandmother).  They live in the countryside of Guatemala and they weave beautiful tapestries and clothing.  

The quetzal is a bird which is a symbol of Guatemala. It is even on the country's flag. This bird is often woven in the patterns of their weaving. 

This story reminds us that we should appreciate the skills and traditions that have been passed down to us. Each country has something unique to offer the world. It is diversity that makes the world such a wonderful and interesting place. This story also reminds us that we should never judge people by their appearance.

Tuesday 24 January 2017

Learning About North America

 We read parts of three books today.

From the Explore North America book we learned that there are seven continents and five oceans in the world. North America is the continent that we live on. Our continent has 24 countries. Many countries in North America are also islands. We also learned that the climate of countries get warmer the farther they are away from the North Pole and the closer they are to the equator.
In the book, Throw Your Tooth on the Roof, we learned that kids around the world have many different tooth traditions. In North America, some first nations groups put their child's tooth in a tree and dance around it to make sure the replacement tooth grows straight while others wrap it in food and feed it to their dog. In Mexico, children wait for a magic tooth mouse instead of a tooth fairy.

Ben


Grayson


(Page 1)

 (Page 2)



Klaus




We read part of School Days Around the World which show that most kids go to school and like to learn and hangout with friends. We also learned that schools can be very different from what we are used to.We read about how kids go to school on a native reserve in Alberta. The school the children attended there was pink and they ate both breakfast and lunch at the school. The children used iPads and studies similar subjects to what we have at Tillicum Elementary School. What was different is that they also learned to speak Cree and were taught drumming and how to do traditional Pow Wow dancing. They even had elders come in from the community to tell them stories.

Tuesday 17 January 2017

North America: First Stop is Canada

Today we started our read around the world journey. The first continent we are visiting is North America and we read a book from our home country of Canada.


This book is about going ice fishing in Canada. It is story about two kids learning how to ice fish from their grandma. They learned to use special tools to go ice fishing. The used a ice probe to check that the ice was safe to walk on. They used a tool called a tuuq (pronounce took)  to make holes in the ice. They used a fishing line with a brightly lure attached to it. They ended up catching Arctic Char.

Here are some journal writing that was inspired by the story:


Zoey


Alex


Adria



Nevaeh



Mya










Tuesday 10 January 2017

Starting our Reading Adventure


  



To get started on our Read Around the World unit we read the three books pictured above.