lundi le 3 avril, 2017
Chers familles de division 6,
We are excited to be back at school! Today students read their newest letter from Doncaster pen pals. Students will re-read them several times out loud to their peers, and those who volunteer will read it out to the classroom. This morning, all students described what they did during spring break, and tomorrow they will begin writing a reply letter. They will be applying the two past verb tenses learned in term 2: le passé composé and l'imparfait.
In English, our novel study of Stuart Little continues! Today we read chapter 11 and so far students have found many similarities between this story and Flat Stanley. Students are learning to read many types of punctuation and how to pronounce new and unknown words. For example, pauses for commas, the voice goes up with a question and exclamation, and down for a period, emphasis on words in italics, and chunking large difficult words in smaller manageable pieces. Speaking of Flat Stanley, students are asked to bring in their 3 Flat Stanley poster project materials by this Friday (1- poster, 2- corrected write-up and 3- 5 to 8 pictures). If most students have brought them, we will start making our posters next week. If you cannot print the pictures, you can email me up to 5 and I will print them on regular paper in black and white. So far, it looks like Flat Stanley went on many exciting adventures! The next spelling test will be next week and I will post it this Thursday.
In Math this week, we are reviewing multiplication and division, and how they are related. Today we looked at fact families such as 7X3=21 and 21÷3=21. Boxes are also used to represent these operations visually. We will being measurement unit, starting with centimeters and meters. This week we have the chromebooks laptops reserved for two sessions because we are participating in the National Number Rumble math competition! All concepts learned are included in the different categories, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, time, money and more!
In Social Studies this week, students will begin to learn about the Métis culture, such as its origins, the flag, food, music and dance. On Friday we have a Métis dancer coming to do a dance lesson with us! In Science, students will learn how to germinate vegetable seeds. We will grow plants along our window sill so that we can observe and record the different growing stages.
Have a wonderful week and enjoy the sunshine! Mme Garcin