February 28

Mystery Reader Revealed!

Our most recent mystery reader who has visited our class was Daya’s Grandma! She did a fabulous job reading from a book called Meet Viola Desmond by Elizabeth MacLeod. This book tells the true story of a courageous Canadian woman who stood up for what she believed was right.

On a rainy November day in 1946, Viola decided that she would not give up her seat in the unofficial white section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Viola knew she was being asked to move because she was black. She was jailed, tried and found guilty of an unfair charge. But Viola and her supporters persisted in their campaign for social justice — all the way to Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court.

Daya’s Grandma was so thoughtful to bring in a 10 dollar bill to show us Viola Desmond’s picture on it!

A big thank you goes out to Dianne for her time with us

on Wednesday!


Posted February 28, 2020 by MrsS in category 2019-2020, Book Talks, Teacher Talk