Special Days

There is nothing like a special calendar day to create lessons or units of work around a theme. The obvious ones are Arbour Day, Internet Safer Day, Computer Science Week, or World Bee Day. One of my favourites is May the 4th be With You Day. The students respond to these days with great interest whether for social justice reasons or for fun - although they thrive in routine; they also like things to be spiced up a bit from time to time! Sometimes a word during registration; sometimes, a quote to use as a starter, sometimes an image or an animated GIF.

Consider developing lessons around some of the following days

Feb 11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Feb 11 - Safer Internet Day

Feb 14 - Valentines Day

Feb 20 - World Day of Social Justice

Mar 14 - Pi Day

Mar 21 - International Day of Forests

March 21 -World Poetry Day

April 15 - World Art Day

April 21- World Creativity and Innovation Day

April 22 - International Mother Earth Day

April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day

May 4 - May the 4th Be With You

May 20 - World Bee Day

Sept 20 - Lundi du Jeûne fédéral

Oct 10 - World Health Day

Dec 4 to 10 - Computer Science Week

Dec 10 - Human Rights Day

Language Days