Reminders

April 11, 2022 at 3:15-Equity for ELLs-See TEAMS Invite

April 12, 2022 at 3:15-SIOP Lead Meeting-See TEAMS invite.

May 5, 2022 at 1pm-ELL Elementary Meeting-See email

Ideas

Tas and the Gilmore school community are exploring books around Ramadan.  One book is Love Ramadan We are doing the books about Hassan and Aneesa,

Here’s a Youtube link for the first book “Love Ramadan” by Yasmeen Rahim and illustrated by Omar Burgess (Read aloud: https://youtu.be/lDby8qaOPJU  The story’s main characters Hassan and Aneesa, siblings learn about Ramadan.  The book is a good step to discussing acts of kindness students can do.  Some teachers are also doing Ramadan Art (lanterns or Islamic shapes).

 

The next lesson  they will do is “Hassan and Aneesa Celebrate Eid.”  (Read aloud: https://youtu.be/Y1txbejRA7Q)

Bite Sized Pro-D

Tan Huyhn recently wrote an article Changing the Narrative around Immigrant Families for the Middleweb blog. He talks about his own mom and how she might be perceived by educators. However, they would be wrong.  Take five minutes to read this article challenging the stereotypes that still persist of our parental communities.

Resources:

The Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR) goal is to provide mental health counselling to immigrants and refugees. They offer their services on a sliding fee scale and have trained interpreters as required. Since the pandemic, they have moved to almost entirely online and offer support through out BC. Check out their website here: https://www.viccir.org/