This week First Grade had a “Learning Celebration” in honor of earning enough stickers to become Library Superstars! (How do you earn a sticker? By following all the library rules, of course!) As a treat for the celebration, we took a video detour and watched clips from Human Planet: The Arctic. This BBC series does an amazing job of capturing real-life moments from all over the globe.
The Arctic episode has footage from the parts of Canada we had discussed when reading Very Last First Time, and students loved being able to see how elements from the picture book actually look in reality. We watched two clips: a father and son catching a shark to feed their sled dogs and a family venturing under the ice to gather mussels. Quite the chilly send-off for our holiday break!
