lundi le 24 avril, 2017
Chers familles de division 6,
In French Language Arts this week, students are reviewing the phonetic sounds from our previous dictées by finding words and phrases with these sounds. They will use their memory, discussion with peers and reference materials such as dictionaries to help them find as much vocabulary as possible for each sound. For example, for the "in" sound, words include jardin (garden), Inde (India), magasin (store). This helps guide proper pronunciation, increase reading confidence and expand vocabulary. You will see these posted in the classroom during student-led interviews on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
In Math this week, students are measuring their feet in centimeters. They are also measuring the plants growing in the windows and keeping track of their growth on a chart. Some of our plants have grown about 8cm within 3 hours! This ties in nicely with our plant science. Growing Chefs came today for their second lesson. Students learned the English terms for parts of plants and flowers. They tasted new vegetables and shared all the important ways to care for a plant as it grows.
In English, students will learn elements of a story such as the characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. Together we will do a one-page book report of Stuart Little and then do a plot diagram sequencing the events in chronological order. Students can use the illustrated story boards they created while reading the book. Due to four half-days this week (student-leds, UVic dance field trip and Jump Rope for Heart), this may end up happening next week. We also will wait until next week to do another Social Studies and Art activity.
In PE this week we started outdoor tennis lessons! They are learning to balance the ball on their rackets, send the ball and control the direction and distance of the ball across the net. Time permitting we will also do some track running such as 100m, 400m and/or relay. Friday afternoon, the whole school will be outside skipping to help raise awareness about the Heart & Stroke Foundation. On Tuesday morning we will walk up to Summit Park for a nature walk, look for signs of spring, local native and non-native flowers. In Art, students completed 3 large panels of their enlarged painted flowers, which are now posted in large windows one the corner of Prior and Hillside, until mid-May!
Happy spring everyone! Mme Garcin