mardi le 20 mai, 2014
Dear families,
Students are learning about the letter X and x this week. Our new word is xylophone (same in French), and we have also learned another big word: extraordinary (extraordinaire). As we continue to identify, sound out and write letters, I can see a huge improvement in student writing (especially journal entries) and Oral language. We are also continuing to review common sight words we have been learning since the beginning of the year. For example , I (je), you (singular- tu, plural- vous), he (il), she (elle), we (nous), hello (bonjour), a (un, une), it is (c'est), here is (voici), the (le), I like (J'aime), I feel (Je me sens). Students are encouraged to use as many of these words as they can- at school and in their community!
In Math we are learning to identify and build 3-D shapes (also called nets). Our new 3-D shape vocabulary is: sphere (une sphère), cylinder (un cylindre), cone (un cône), cube (un cube), pyramide (une pyramide) and recangular prism (un prisme rectangulaire). We are comparing them to the 2-D shapes and learning to find them in the class (for example a clock versus a globe).We are also combining Writing and Math this week by completing a small book of numbers 1-10. Each number is represented using a symbol and the written word (un, deux, trois, ...).
Science this week is very exciting as we watch our large caterpillars transform into chrysalis! We will carefully place them into a large net and wait for the butterflies to emerge. Students are also feeding their worms with their lunch leftovers and watching food scarps turn into soil. Science is truly magical!
Mme Elise is beginning to pack up the classroom for our move back to Quadra at the end of June. Check out our school calendar on the News tab of the Quadra School website for information about exciting June events. The Primary Spring Concert will be on Wednesday June 18th from 1-2pm. Also, our French Immersion year-end field trip will be all day on Monday, June 9th, to Bamberton Park. Please return the yellow permission forms as soon as possible. If anyone can volunteer for this fun day at the beach, please contact me (or indicate on the form).
Also a reminder, please send a white 100% cotton t-shirt to school by June 2nd. We will be tie dying our shirts sometime in June. I will email you with further details.
Have a wonderful week! Mme Elise
Wednesday 21 May 2014
Monday 12 May 2014
Week of May 12th - 15th
lundi le 12 mai, 2014
Dear families,
Today we started the week with some colourful textured art in the style of Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of the book "A Very Hungry Catarpillar". Students are watching our caterpillars (les chenilles) grow and they will soon form a cocoon. The next few weeks wil be exciting as we observe them like real scientists and draw what we see in our journals.
Our letter this week is W and w. New words we are learning starting with this letter are: un wagon, un walkie-talkie and un wigwam (teepee). We are also reviewing all the French letters and the sounds they make in isolation (g, r, e). This helps us as we learn to read and sound out words we see in the classroom and in our books.
In Math we are reviewing basic 2-D shapes and learning how they differ from 3-D shapes. We will also be practicing basic addition up to 10 and continue to review counting up to 30.
Mark your calendars because there is no school this Friday, May 16th (PRO-D day), and no school on Monday, May19th (Victoria Day).
Have a wonderful long weekend,
Mme Elise
Dear families,
Today we started the week with some colourful textured art in the style of Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of the book "A Very Hungry Catarpillar". Students are watching our caterpillars (les chenilles) grow and they will soon form a cocoon. The next few weeks wil be exciting as we observe them like real scientists and draw what we see in our journals.
Our letter this week is W and w. New words we are learning starting with this letter are: un wagon, un walkie-talkie and un wigwam (teepee). We are also reviewing all the French letters and the sounds they make in isolation (g, r, e). This helps us as we learn to read and sound out words we see in the classroom and in our books.
In Math we are reviewing basic 2-D shapes and learning how they differ from 3-D shapes. We will also be practicing basic addition up to 10 and continue to review counting up to 30.
Mark your calendars because there is no school this Friday, May 16th (PRO-D day), and no school on Monday, May19th (Victoria Day).
Have a wonderful long weekend,
Mme Elise
Monday 5 May 2014
Week of May 5th - 9th
lundi le 5 mai 2014
Bonjour! This week students will be getting homes ready for our incoming crawly critters. We are preparing a worm bin for our "red wiggler" worms. We will watch them eat our food craps and learn to love and appreciate them as they create rich and fertile soil for our plants. We are also getting butterfly lavae this week! We will observe them in a homemade netting as they transform from caterpillar to buttterfly. We will learn their important role as pollinators in our ecosystem. Many Language and Art activities will be centered around these themes. Our letter this week is V and v.
In Math we are now completing our measuring unit and will begin learning about 3-D shapes. In groups of two today we measured the length of our foot using cubes. Students will now compare their foot length with their peers. Students are also learning new Math games with Power of Ten cards to help solidify new concepts. For example, bigger (plus grand) and smaller (plus petit), as well as basic addition up to 10.
On Wednesday evening school administrators have organized a special evening for Quadra families. The Student Book Show Case event is at the school from 6:00-7:00pm. Division 16 student books on display will be the 5 Senses Science projects that some of you may have seen at the Student Led Conferences. Come and meet other families and see the writing talent of Quadra students!
Have an excellent week! Mme Elise
Bonjour! This week students will be getting homes ready for our incoming crawly critters. We are preparing a worm bin for our "red wiggler" worms. We will watch them eat our food craps and learn to love and appreciate them as they create rich and fertile soil for our plants. We are also getting butterfly lavae this week! We will observe them in a homemade netting as they transform from caterpillar to buttterfly. We will learn their important role as pollinators in our ecosystem. Many Language and Art activities will be centered around these themes. Our letter this week is V and v.
In Math we are now completing our measuring unit and will begin learning about 3-D shapes. In groups of two today we measured the length of our foot using cubes. Students will now compare their foot length with their peers. Students are also learning new Math games with Power of Ten cards to help solidify new concepts. For example, bigger (plus grand) and smaller (plus petit), as well as basic addition up to 10.
On Wednesday evening school administrators have organized a special evening for Quadra families. The Student Book Show Case event is at the school from 6:00-7:00pm. Division 16 student books on display will be the 5 Senses Science projects that some of you may have seen at the Student Led Conferences. Come and meet other families and see the writing talent of Quadra students!
Have an excellent week! Mme Elise
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