1 La Verendrye School , Portage la Prairie, MB Issue 2 November 2015 Remembrance Day We remember for 100 years now. The soldiers have left to fight for our lives, they saved our country. A soldier has written a poem and has passed it to on to us. Remembrance Day is all about remembering who saved our country and risking their lives all for us, otherwise we wouldn’t even have peace right now at this point we would all be in great danger. That’s why the soldiers went to save our country. On November 11 every year we have a moment of silence to remember. By Eidress Tacan The Mitten Tree In This Issue The Mitten Tree is looking Remembrance Day Info for some mittens, scarves and hats! They can be Country Spy on Africa new or used. All the Video Game Review donations will be hung on the Mitten Tree in the ? Recycling Tidbits and will be donated to the Cher Pierre students of LVS!! ASL Sign of the Month And So Much More… 2 Did you know these 11 things that are found in your house are recyclable? 1. Beverage cartons Did You Know.. from milk, juice and soup that the Remembrance 2. Foods tins, sweet Day poppy was used and biscuit tins since 1912 to commemorate soldiers 3. Milk and yogurt who have died in the bottles. war? The 4. Detergent and liquid Remembrance Day soap bottles poppy is especially 5. Tissue boxes prominent in the UK. The Sunday before 6. Soap dispenser Remembrance Day, all bottles public figures and 7. Sauce and jam jars people appearing on television are expected 8. Vinegar and oil to wear poppies. The bottles use of the poppy was 9. Plastic disinfectant inspired by the World bottles War 1 poem “In 10 .Window cleaner Flanders fields”. https://www.google.ca/search? q=remembrance+day+poems&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=667&site=webhp&source=l bottles nms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIw8OJqaqGyQIVTFo- Ch1mNgFL#tbm=isch&q=remembrance+day+poem+in+flanders+field&imgrc=AIP8 By: Adrien Dudgeon hKznT5UedM%3A 11. Paper towel and What do Santa’s elves learn in school? “elf”abet! The 3 Pierre's Pearls of Wisdom Cher Pierre, I am totally stressed out! Someone took a really bad picture of me at school and SnapChatted it to all my friends. It made me feel terrible. I feel like everyone is talking about me and laughing at me now. I can’t sleep at night and I cry lots. What should I do? Sincerely, Sick of SnapChat http://visuals.autism.net/main.php?g2_itemId=138 Dear Sick of SnapChat, This is certainly a challenge with mean-spirited people and social media, but I can help you! First of all, know that no one with a heart is laughing at you or talking about you. Most people have enough respect to understand that they would not want that to happen to them so they will not do this to other people. I think you need to tell an adult, if you have not already. The SnapChatter was not following school rules about cell phone use http://www.xistinchrist.nl/index.php/2015/07/08/how-much-exercise-do-you-need/ so Mrs. Vanstone or Mrs. Smith need to know about your experience. The staff at LVS want to keep EVERYONE safe and they want everyone to feel respected! Talking to a trusted adult Talk to a Trusted Adult! with help take the load that is on your mind. Do you know how to take a screenshot? If so, take one if this type of thing ever happens again. If you don’t know how to screenshot, then ask a friend how to do it. You can use it as evidence when you talk to the adult. Adults can also help pick some strategies to help you sleep at night too, like Square Breathing, exercising or talking to a friend. Here are some steps for you to follow: 1. Tell an adult if you know someone has taken a picture of you without your permission https://tp053.k12.sd.us/asking%20adults%20for%20help.htm 2. If the picture is shared on Social media, screenshot it Tell yourself... 3. Talk to a trusted adult and share the screenshot Let me know how it goes, Meegwitch, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Advice Expert and Fur Trader See Mrs. Borgfjord or Mrs. Frank if you would like one of these cards. 4 ASL Sign “Remember” Sign: Horizontal left “EXTENDED A” hand is held in a fixed position in front of the chest with palm toward the body. Right “EXTENDED A” hand is hand is held palm down with thumb tip touching the centre of the forehead. Then the right hand is lowered and thumb tip placed on that of the left hand. From the Canadian Dictionary of ASL. Shared by Damian To learn ASL on your own, check out this site: http://www.lifeprint.com/ In this word map, we have: The word The ASL sign 2 synonyms 1 sentence This helps connect both languages together for the person learning it. A word map is a visual organizer that promotes vocabulary development. Using a graphic organizer, stu- dents think about terms or concepts in several ways. Most word map organizers engage students in de- veloping a definition, synonyms, antonyms, and a picture for a given vocabulary word or concept. En- hancing students' vocabulary is important to developing their reading comprehension. From and for more information visit http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_maps Salut! 5 The 34 Random Acts of Kindness The Christmas season is soon approaching us. Some of you may find this to be a stressful time of year! Always C’est le 19 novembre remember that the best gifts are the ones that come unwrapped!! Here is a challenge for you to do something nice for someone every day in December!! et il neige mais l’automne 1. Donate a coat or jumper to charity (leaving a happy note in the pocket) était long et beau. On a 2. Donate to the local food bank quatre semaines avant la 3. Make Christmas cards for your neighbours/friends 4. Leave change in the vending machine pose d’hiver. Nous 5. Sort through your toys and donate any that you no longer play with to charity or your local church sommes excité pour Noël. 6. Leave chalk messages around where you live 7. Sharpen all the pencils in the classroom at break time 8. Write a letter to your sibling telling them why you love them Nous avons completé les 9. Leave a beautiful homemade bookmark in your library book and give one to the Librarian entrevues avec les 10. Tidy your bedroom 11. Write a note and mail them to the houses with great Christmas lights saying professeurs et les thank you for lighting up their house for you to see 12. Sit next to someone you normally don’t at the lunch table and be nice to them parents. Le volleyball est 13. Pass on some of your books to friends 14. Donate books to your school library 15. Write thank you cards for your teacher, coach, Cubs leader or people that have presque fini. Aussi, influenced you in a positive way 16. Clean up the area where you live by picking up litter. Make sure you wear Festival du Voyageur est gloves and do it with an adult. 17. Help tidy the house without being asked to dans 3 mois. Hé ho! 18. Donate pet food to a local shelter 19. Take everyone in your class a candy cane or cookie 20. Make a Christmas card for the school receptionist Par Ms. Blight & 7/8 French Classes 21. Offer to help an elderly friend or neighbour with their Christmas decorations 22. Make Christmas flowers for the receptionist at school 23. Make a thank you card for the walking school bus or positive patrols 24. Cook dinner for your family 25. Invite a new friend for a play date or out to play 26. Walk someone else’s dog 27. Give out a complement 28. Give out free hugs today 29. Hold the door open for people all day 30. Smile all day 31. Introduce yourself to someone new at school and chat with them 32. Ring an elderly relative and have a nice chat to them 33. Make a tree decoration for your baby sitter 34. Donate this week’s pocket money to charity By Mrs. Murray & Adrien Forwards: Facts about the Winnipeg Jets 6 The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team Alexander Burmistrov based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are members of the Andrew Capp Central Division of the Western Conference of The NHL. The team is owned by True North Sports and Nikolay Enlers Entertainment. They play their home games at the MTS Andrew Ladd Centre. The Jets began playing as the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999-2000 NHL season. True North Sports and Bryan Little Entertainment then bought the team in May 2011 and Adam Lowry relocated the franchise from Atlanta Georgia to Winnipeg prior to the 2011 -12 season. The first NHL franchise to be Anthony Peluso relocated since the Hartford Whalers became the Carolina Mathieu Perreault Hurricanes in 1997. The team was renamed The Jets after Winnipeg’s original WHA/NHL team, which relocated after Nic Petan the 1995-96 season to become what is known as the Mark Scheifele Arizona Coyotes. My favourite player on the team is Dustin Byfluglien.