Today we had a visitor from Sanirajak, Nunavut, Canada. Nunuvut is the largest, northernmost and newest territory of Canada. Her town of 800 people is also referred to as "Hall Beach". Our visitor teaches Grade 1 in a K-12 school there. It is a school break this week for her, so she came to check out "a southern" school this week. She had to take 3 airplanes to get here! We found Nunavut on a Canada map and we noticed that it is a very big area! We also noticed that the spot where she lives is quite far away from us. Everyone in our class got quite excited when she told us she lives near the North Pole!!! Can you believe it! (and the conversation that arose from that tidbit of information). She told us that there are 2 food stores in her town. Hunters also go out to get food for supper. They like to hunt for and eat caribou, seals, walrus, beluga whale, and Narwhale. They like to eat fish (such as Arctic Char and Lake Trout), too. When a polar bear wanders in or near the town, they let everyone know so everyone can stay safe. (They are not allowed to hunt polar bears. It is the law.) The children like to play outside for recess, BUT they do stay indoors when the weather get VERY cold. NOTE: They only stay inside if the weather is -50 or colder!!! (WOW! We stay inside at recess if the weather is -28 C or colder!) She said they all dress appropriately for the weather, so they can have fun playing outside.
We had library class today. Mrs. Wood read us a book called "I'm Bored".
Sharing Time today
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