Melody in Calgary, Canada

Ms. Petley's Gr. 4 Class

FFCA-NEE

Canada

Calgary
(Melody #035B0114)

After reading Out of My Mind, my students were thrilled to have Melody join our classroom for a week. She was included in all of our classes and activities. She went to art, gym, music, and even Spanish class! She was invited to play with a variety of students at recess times, was helped in the washroom by a couple of girls, and enjoyed lunch with her new found friends. Melody was also lucky enough to come on a field trip to Aggie Days, where she learned all about farming in Alberta.

Having Melody is our classroom encouraged students to continue to practice kindness to all. Through Rachel's challenge, they provided others with links to describe how they saw others being kind to Melody. Additionally, student became aware of some of the challenges of being in an wheelchair. We're lucky enough to have ramps throughout our school, however accessing the hill to the playground was difficult, as only a staircase and hill are there. It took several students to help Melody up! The most important lesson that students learned from Melody was not to judge people by how they look, or the difficulties they have, as each person is unique and can offer something amazing to our world and to others!