CWF Animal Adoption

Dear Grade 3 parents,

We have been learning about explorers in Grade 3 and Frosty the Canadian Polar Bear has been our “Explorer of the Month” for November. We have learned a lot about his adventures on the CanadaC3 Ship and along the way learned that he was adopted from the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF).

We became intrigued by this and decided to see what it would take for us to adopt an animal from the CWF. What started as a simple visit to the CWF ended up turning into a research project, a writing activity, a lesson on friendship and even a slight taste of what voting might look like, sound like and feel like! - a full on integrated, project-based journey (Ms.Biffert’s favorite type of learning)! Students also considered that our adopted animal become an explorer like Frosty!

After a days’ worth of researching Canadian animals, and a lesson on friendship, students wrote an opinion paragraph explaining why their animal of choice would be the best fit friend for Frosty. With the help of Miss.Lowe, students wrapped up this project today with a final vote on the top three animals chosen, based on the opinion paragraphs written last week. The vote was close, with Snowy owl at 10 votes and the Grey Wolf at 11 votes.

Now, we would like to adopt the Grey Wolf through the CWF and would like to ask for your help 😊

Students brainstormed various ways we could raise this money and it was decided that collecting recyclables to take to the bottle depot would be the quickest and most environmentally friendly way to raise this money.

We are asking you to please help us raise enough money to pay for the adoption of a Canadian Grey Wolf. By helping us raise the money to adopt this animal we will be supporting the CWF in their efforts to protect the habitat for Grey Wolves. By helping to protect the habitat of the Grey Wolf we can help to increase populations across Canada.

Please send recyclables to school with you child TOMORROW, Wednesday, November 27^th.

We thank you in advance for your support and encouragement!

From ALL of us here in grade 3 at St. Rita School!