聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 For the Love of Literacy was the name of an event held on February 14 by the Victoria School鈥檚 Grade 5 classes taught by Michelle Guillet and Karen Langan.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The students had been learning about Trickster Tales over the winter months and they concluded the unit by writing and publishing their own Trickster Tales, Guillet explained, adding that Lee Bowes and Lexi Schwartz, the Grade 5 EAs, had helped the students with their work throughout the unit.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 During the February 14 event, Stella Pelly, a First Nation elder, orally shared聽some traditional Trickster Tales with one of the聽Grade 5 classes and helped both聽classes make bannock that the morning.
鈥淲e celebrated the end of the unit聽by inviting聽parents/guardians and other family members to聽enjoy some聽refreshments while being read to by their children,鈥� Guillet said.
The Grade 5 students read their tales to their family members while enjoying fresh bannock with butter and jam, juice, and tea.
鈥淲e had 32 Grade 5 students, four staff members and 30 guests present at the event,鈥� she said.
