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Hello everyone,

“On January 15th, students and educators across BC will wear black shirts to commemorate the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights fought by Black and racialized Canadians. At ARC (Anti-Racism Coalition) we believe Black Shirt Day is an important step in raising greater awareness of the civil rights struggle, and help foster solidarity against all forms of racism and hate.” (from ARC flier, @arc.vancouver).

Below is a read aloud of the book Sulwe read by its author, Lupita Nyong’o. Sulwe is a great story to start discussions about racism and diversity. Sulwe is a little girl whose classmates make fun of her dark skin. Throughout the story Sulwe (and us, as readers) learn and understand that all skin colours are beautiful, and beauty is inside a person as well as outside.

I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did! It makes me think of all the beautiful people and skin colours at Nelson school, and how each and every person is important to our school community. Making fun of others for their skin colour (or anything) is unacceptable, and we, at Nelson, treat everyone with respect.

Happy Reading,

Mrs. Roberts

Hello everyone,

Do you love to play chess? Or…maybe you want to learn how to play chess? Well, now you can play chess virtually! Join other Burnaby students online every Wednesday and Friday at 3:30 to play chess in a fun, friendly environment. No chess experience is needed, and this activity is FREE! If you are interested, you will need a parent/guardian to help you sign up with their email address. For more information, please click HERE.  You can also email me if you have any questions.

-Mrs. Roberts

Hi everyone,

On Wednesday, November 18, Nelson Intermediate classes will be having a Zoom talk with Canadian children’s book author, Ted Staunton. Ted has written many kids books, including picture books, novels, and non-fiction titles. Ted’s website is www.tedstauntonbooks.com if you’d like more information about him.

He has recorded a video for us to watch before we meet him. Please watch the video HERE

In the video, Ted mentions 4 questions for us to think about:

1.) If you could have any superpower, which one would you choose?

2.) What are 3 things that you need to BEGIN any story?

3.) Which of these Canadian delicacies was NOT invented at a fall fair?

a.) pulled pork cinnamon rolls                  b.) Hawaiian Pizza

c.)  corn dog poutine                  d.) deep fried butter

4.) When a blizzard hit Vancouver in January 2020, one Vancouverite was filmed shoveling snow with which of the following:

a.) frying pan                b.) spatula               c.)  folding lawn chair                  d.) Zamboni

Artwork: Vashti Harrison, Escape, April 2020. Soft pastel on paper. 9 x 12 inches

Hi Nelson students,

My family and I love going for nature walks. We also love painting. We decided to paint some rocks and release them into the wilderness and hopefully make other people smile. Here are a few photos of our rocks on our favourite hiking trail.

A special hello to Ms. Tsakalos’s class, especially if you are visiting this blog for the first time. It made me smile when Ms. Tsakalos shared her photo of a spider on a tulip with me. Did you see the spider?! I’ve included her photo below too.

Hope you are able to get outside and notice all of the beautiful sights in nature!

Mrs. Roberts

You Rock

We’re all in this together

Ms. Tsakalos’s pet spider

Hello Nelson Students and Families,

I miss you! I am so sorry that I am not able to see you here at the library right now. I wish I had sent everyone home with 100 books before Spring Break! I hope that you all are doing well at home, and I look forward to seeing everyone sometime soon.

You all know how much I love reading and books, and I’m always trying to share that love of reading with you. If you have books at home, please read, read, read! It’s even ok to read the same book over and over again.

I will be updating this blog frequently to give you some other reading options. Stay tuned for online reading suggestions in the future, but for now I will include the link to Tumblebooks. This website has some awesome read alouds and online books for kids of all grade levels. Check it out here !

Also, keep recording on your Book Beast sheets. When you finish a sheet, you can take a photo and email it to me at Heather.Roberts@burnabyschools.ca.

I’d love to know how you are doing. You can respond to this post in the comments or send me an email. I will respond to all comments and emails that I receive.

Take care everyone. Try to get outside for some fresh air and escape into a good book!

Talk to you soon,

Mrs. Roberts