lundi le 9 avril 2017
Chers familles de division 6,
This is a 4-day week with no school on Good Friday or Easter Monday. In French Language Arts this week, students are continuing to apply spelling, punctuation and grammar in their pen pal letters, with an emphasis on correct verb conjugations in the past tense of le passé compose and l'imparfait. A new dictée will be handed out on Thursday and there will be a lesson on the different ways to spell the sound ien (ien, ient, iens) and the differences between the masculine and feminine endings (ien and ienne).
In English, we are continuing our novel study of Stuart Little. Reading aloud strategies are discussed during the chapter readings and students are asked to re-tell the details orally and with a drawing. On Wednesday, we will start out Flat Stanley poster projects. Students have worked hard on writing their adventures with Flat Stanley with full sentences, proper grammar and punctuation. We will lay this out with photos on a poster that is clear, easy to read and visually attractive. Students will be given extra coloured construction paper to frame their title, write-up and pictures for added layering and colour.
In Math this week, we are continuing to participate in the Number Rumble competition at 10monkeys.com. Students have access with their username and password from 7am-2pm Monday to Friday until the end of the week. That means students can log on from home in the morning if they want! We are also continuing the measurement unit we started last week. So far, students have measured many classroom objects, different parts of their bodies and even the school hallway! Depending on the object, students have to figure out which is the best measurement instrument to use among the cubes, measuring tapes, 30cm rulers and meter sticks.
In Science this week, students have sowed more seeds with our first Growing Chefs lesson. This special program will continue over the next 2 months so that students can learn to grow and prepare their own vegetables right here in the classroom. We now have broccoli, cucumber, carrots, peas, arugula, lettuce, beets and beans germinating in our window sills! For Art on Thursday, we will walk up to Summit Park to find signs of spring and draw some wildflowers.
In Social Studies, all students today made dream catchers. A local First Nations story teller came in and told up a very ancient story about the dream catcher. Later this week, student will learn about the traditional Métis food called Bannock. If time permits we will make some, otherwise we will likely make it next week.
In PE this week, students have their regular dance class on Tuesday in the gym. Due to no school Friday, we will be walking up to Summit Park on Thursday for some exercise and hopefully some sunshine!
Have a wonderful week and have a great long weekend, Mme Garcin