Here is a character education idea that ties into Language & the Winter Olympics. My class has just finished reading "Beatrice's Goat" (a mentor's text in all schools) that tells the true story of a poor girl in Uganda that gets to go to school after her family receives the gift of a goat. A student in BC has started a foundation called 'Goats for Gold" in which he hopes that Canadians will donate a goat to a needy family in Africa for every gold medal our athletes win in Vancouver. Our class is having a bake sale on Monday and for every $34.50 we raise, we will be able to purchase a goat for an impoverished African family.
Thanks,
George Gomes Grade 3 Etienne Brule
George Gomes Grade 3 Etienne Brule
