Chers familles,
This week is an exciting one. We are starting our week with Math by creating a graph using Smarties. Come and see them on display! This week in Math we are also reviewing how to read time and money before moving onto measurement. In addition to this, students will continue to explore different ways of multiplying and dividing single digit numbers.
In French Language Arts, students are continuing to learn the past tense Passé Composé. We are learning to: identify this tense in sentences, conjugate them with fill-in-the blanks, write about our past experiences in our journals and highlight our use of this verb tense when speaking orally in-class. Students are also practicing their reading and reading strategies in small groups (on a weekly basis). Last week we focused on Oral Fluency (in particular liaison), the identification and pronunciation of verbs ending in -ent (pronounced e) and finding high frequency words.
In English this week, we are completing our Flat Stanley Poster projects. Come and see them on display in the hallway!
In Science this week we are starting our Plant Unit. Today we have a special outdoor presentation by the Sierra Club. This program, called "Going Wild", will engage students through their senses, interactive games and artifacts from our Coastal Rainforest ecosystem. For example, students will learn about wild products, ecosystem dynamics and stewardship of the forest. This will lead nicely into our study of local plants, their life cycles and why they are important to other living things.
We are also meeting with our buddies this week for an Easter Egg decorating activity. Last week, students created a mini egg basket from recycled tubes, which we will use to bring our eggs home with on Thursday. In the gym we are continuing dance and yoga.
Have a wonderful Easter and see you back at school on Tuesday, April 7th.
Mme Garcin
Monday 30 March 2015
Spelling this week: Thursday, April 2nd
Our spelling this week covers common sight words that begin with letters o and p. This spelling test will be on Thursday, April 2nd. Note that there is no school on Friday, April 3rd and Monday April 6th for the Easter weekend.
1. of
2. off
3. old
4. on
5. or
6. our
7. out
8. over
9. own
10. park
11. people
12. play
13. please
14. pull
15. put
Bonus:
16. probably
1. of
2. off
3. old
4. on
5. or
6. our
7. out
8. over
9. own
10. park
11. people
12. play
13. please
14. pull
15. put
Bonus:
16. probably
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Week of March 23rd - 27th
mardi le 24 mars, 2015
Welcome back from Spring Break! As students trickle back from holidays, we are doing some review of our French phonetics from our first ten dictées: é, è, a, i, u, en, an, in, on and ou. Students are using dictionaries, their journals, dictée booklets and French duotangs to find and learn new words in the French language!
This week, our dictée is based on the sound k and sk (see previous blog post for details of these sounds). In French Language Arts we are reviewing the irregular verbs avoir (to have) and être (to be). These are the auxiliary verbs we need to know for the past tense: passé compose (in English known as compound past tense). The passé composé is used to express an action that has been completed. It has 2 parts: the auxiliary verb (present tense of avoir or être), and the past participle of the verb. For example: I ate pizza yesterday = Hier, j'ai mangé de la pizza. Therefore, we are now learning to use this past tense: le passé composé.
In Math this week, we are reviewing single-digit multiplication and division up to 10. We will continue doing this through a variety of activities and drills. This term, we will be learning various forms of measurement, geometry and introducing fractions.
In English (and at the computer lab), we are close to finishing our Power Point slide show about ourselves. Next is our Flat Stanley poster project. This will begin later this week, as soon as everyone is back, and brings their poster, pictures and final copy of their write-up. Looks like Flat Stanley had many exciting adventures during the break!
This morning we planted some beautiful plans outside! This will lead nicely into our plant unit, where we will explore our local native wildflowers, learn the various parts of the plant and observe and record the plant germination process with our own seeds.
In Social Studies this term, we will be learning about Canadian geography, provinces and capitols. In the gym today, we continued to learn our dance routine, and explore various yoga poses and stretches.
Have a wonderful week everyone! Mme Garcin
Welcome back from Spring Break! As students trickle back from holidays, we are doing some review of our French phonetics from our first ten dictées: é, è, a, i, u, en, an, in, on and ou. Students are using dictionaries, their journals, dictée booklets and French duotangs to find and learn new words in the French language!
This week, our dictée is based on the sound k and sk (see previous blog post for details of these sounds). In French Language Arts we are reviewing the irregular verbs avoir (to have) and être (to be). These are the auxiliary verbs we need to know for the past tense: passé compose (in English known as compound past tense). The passé composé is used to express an action that has been completed. It has 2 parts: the auxiliary verb (present tense of avoir or être), and the past participle of the verb. For example: I ate pizza yesterday = Hier, j'ai mangé de la pizza. Therefore, we are now learning to use this past tense: le passé composé.
In Math this week, we are reviewing single-digit multiplication and division up to 10. We will continue doing this through a variety of activities and drills. This term, we will be learning various forms of measurement, geometry and introducing fractions.
In English (and at the computer lab), we are close to finishing our Power Point slide show about ourselves. Next is our Flat Stanley poster project. This will begin later this week, as soon as everyone is back, and brings their poster, pictures and final copy of their write-up. Looks like Flat Stanley had many exciting adventures during the break!
This morning we planted some beautiful plans outside! This will lead nicely into our plant unit, where we will explore our local native wildflowers, learn the various parts of the plant and observe and record the plant germination process with our own seeds.
In Social Studies this term, we will be learning about Canadian geography, provinces and capitols. In the gym today, we continued to learn our dance routine, and explore various yoga poses and stretches.
Have a wonderful week everyone! Mme Garcin
Friday 20 March 2015
Dictée on Friday, March 27th, 2015
Here is our next dictée. Due to our return from Spring Break, this week the dictée will be on Friday, March 27th. Next week, we will continue spelling and dictée on Thursdays.
The phonetic sounds we are focusing on this week are K and SK, which is the same sound in English. K can also be written as C (before an a, o and u), QU and CH (words that have Greek origins such as orchestra, however cherche is pronounced shershe). The SK sound can also be written as SC (before an a , o and u).
1. Monsieur Scorpion joue de la musique.
2. Quatre jours par semaine, il pratique.
3. Il cherche un copain pour s'amuser.
4. Mais Monsieur Martien fait du karaté.
Bonus
5. Il n'a pas le temps de jouer.
The phonetic sounds we are focusing on this week are K and SK, which is the same sound in English. K can also be written as C (before an a, o and u), QU and CH (words that have Greek origins such as orchestra, however cherche is pronounced shershe). The SK sound can also be written as SC (before an a , o and u).
1. Monsieur Scorpion joue de la musique.
2. Quatre jours par semaine, il pratique.
3. Il cherche un copain pour s'amuser.
4. Mais Monsieur Martien fait du karaté.
Bonus
5. Il n'a pas le temps de jouer.
Monday 2 March 2015
Week of March 2rd - 6th
lundi le 2 mars, 2015
It's our last week before Spring Break and students are finishing up various work they have been doing. We are reading daily in French, both individually and together as a class. We are working on reading strategies that help us understand what we are reading. For example, looking for picture clues, reading ahead and looking for smaller word that we recognize in bigger words we don't understand. All of these strategies help us better understand and re-tell stories we read. In writing, students are completing another pen pal letter. They are also writing a final, corrected version of a story they wrote about an adventure in the Canadian Arctic. Mr Gomez is also continuing Oral language games through drama, words and guessing games.
In English and Computers, students are continuing paragraph writing using PowerPoint. In math, students are continuing measurement, reviewing multiplication and division up to 10, and learning various ways to do addition and subtraction up to 1000.
Also, students are entering a Nationwide poster contest for WITS, the anti-bullying program. They are sharing their experience with WITS in a creative way! In the gym, we are learning a merengue dance routine, and cooling off on our yoga mats. Students are also learning how to be a mentor for their small buddies by engaging them in a variety of activities such as painting, building and reading.
Students are asked to return all their library books and home reading books to school by Thursday this week. Have a wonderful holiday and see you back at school on Monday, March 23rd, 2015!
Mme Garcin
It's our last week before Spring Break and students are finishing up various work they have been doing. We are reading daily in French, both individually and together as a class. We are working on reading strategies that help us understand what we are reading. For example, looking for picture clues, reading ahead and looking for smaller word that we recognize in bigger words we don't understand. All of these strategies help us better understand and re-tell stories we read. In writing, students are completing another pen pal letter. They are also writing a final, corrected version of a story they wrote about an adventure in the Canadian Arctic. Mr Gomez is also continuing Oral language games through drama, words and guessing games.
In English and Computers, students are continuing paragraph writing using PowerPoint. In math, students are continuing measurement, reviewing multiplication and division up to 10, and learning various ways to do addition and subtraction up to 1000.
Also, students are entering a Nationwide poster contest for WITS, the anti-bullying program. They are sharing their experience with WITS in a creative way! In the gym, we are learning a merengue dance routine, and cooling off on our yoga mats. Students are also learning how to be a mentor for their small buddies by engaging them in a variety of activities such as painting, building and reading.
Students are asked to return all their library books and home reading books to school by Thursday this week. Have a wonderful holiday and see you back at school on Monday, March 23rd, 2015!
Mme Garcin
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