**Many students neglected to bring in their walking field trip forms - these are a duplication of the school-wide form set, but the idea is that we have them all here sooner, so we can get out right away - before the rains!
Students listened to "Imiqtaq" by Riit - we discussed the sounds in the music, the childlike nature of the song itself - and used it as a way into the check in question: "What is something you to others about when you were a little person?"
Check in: Students are actually feeling pretty low. The change in weather and routine (especially in terms of sleep) is really having an impact on them. A focus on good sleep hygiene and nourishing snacks throughout the day will buoy them through the month.
We talked a bit about stories - which stories are told, and which fall out of telling...which narratives are held by the public, and which subside - and talked about the 50th anniversary of a "September 11th" that has been annexed in recent years, but had a very real impact on global affairs, the people of Chile and especially the Indigenous peoples of Chile.
We talked about a newly-acknowledged historical wrong for the Indigenous people of Williams Lake - about it as a good story - a shift in the story of colonization and, according to the current leadership of Williams Lake, evidence of government moving towards reconciliation.
Students spent the last 20 minutes of class creating a writing piece: "What is/has been the greatest challenge in your life?" This is an in-class, unmarked assignment, which serves to help me get to know the students, and as a sample of their written work.
HOMEWORK: Bring fieldtrip forms and novels for tomorrow!
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