Chers families,
In Language Arts this week students are reading their second pen pal letters to themselves and their friends in the class. They will begin writing a response letter, including answers to the questions! In grammar, students are continuing to learn about the past tense "le passé composé". They will apply writing in the past tense in their pen pal letter responses. An important part of this verb conjugation is making sure that the verb ending has an "e" for verbs describing an action by a feminine subject (Elle est allée au magazin), and an "s" at the end of verbs describing an action by a plural subject (Nous sommes allés au cinéma). Also, a new dictée will be coming home on Thursday or Friday (and posted here on the blog as well).
In English Language Arts, students will continue to write a short story using the short "o" vowel sound. This week's spelling includes important words such as I and isn't. We will be looking at our personal writing an double checking to make sure we are applying this correct spelling.
In Math this week, we are completing our Smarties graph. This graphing exercises also includes a list of questions to help us learn how to read a graph and use it to find helpful information. Come and see these projects on display in the classroom! We will continue to look at different types of bar graphs this week. We are also continuing to practice single-digit division using a variety of activities to allow all learner types (eg. visual, kinesthetic, logical, etc) to better understand this concept.
In Science today we completed our multiple intelligence questionnaire to find out what kind of learner we are. Results show that some students can learn many different ways, whereas some find it much easier with just one or two methods (for example, through music or movement). Later in the week, we will start to learn about our four main habitats (forest, desert, ocean and freshwater) and the food chains that live in these habitats.
In Social Studies this week, we will start learning about our Canadian geography, including getting to know our provinces, territories and capital cities. In PE we are continuing to play indoor hockey. In Art, we continue our Chinese zodiac animals and if time permits, maybe start creating to lanterns!
Happy learning everyone :) Mme Garcin