lundi le 17 février, 2014
Chèrs familles,
This week we will be celebrating our 100th day of school! Today students reviewed how to count up to 100 by 10's (10, 20, 30). Many student have handed in their 100-day projects. There are some wonderfully creative displays that include lego, rubber bands, photographs, fruit loops, beads, stickers, poms poms and cheerios. We will do some more 100 related activities, such as walking around the school, counting classroom materials and visiting other classroom projects.
In Language Arts we are doing the letter M and m this week. Opportunities to practice this letter includes decoding it in our morning messages, finding it in texts, tracing it on paper, and writing it in our journals. In writing today, we reviewed how to write lower case letters by starting at the top and working our way down, keeping our pencils on the page (for most letters). We will continue this as we carry on with our weekly letter exploration. In Oral Language, our classroom dog "Scruffy" is helping us to learn French greetings such as "Bonjour, comment ça va?"= Hello, how are you?, "Ça va bien, merci!" = Good, thank you, "Pourquoi"' = Why?, "Parce-ce que" = because. We will continue to learn conversational French to build on the letters and sounds we are learning. Students have learned "Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes s'il vous plaît?" = May I go to the bathroom please? Please ask them if they can remember this phrase and have them practice this at home. Or at home they can say "Je dois aller aux toilettes" = I need to go to the bathroom.
In Science we are exploring the sense of hearing, which we did not have time to do last week. In music on Wednesday, we have a special presentation by a Folk Harp duo as part of a Ptarmigan Music Society funded musical experience. In preparation for their visit, students have been learning "Oh Suzannah," "Amazing Grace," and "Farewell to Novia Scotia".
Please note in your calendars that this Friday, February 21st there is no school for students.
Have a wonderful week, Elise