Chers familles,
In Language Arts this week students are continuing to learn the past tense: le passé compose (a past action that has been completed). This week students will be introduced to l'imparfait (a past action happening during another action, a past action that takes a lot of time, a past action that is repeated, or a description of a past event). Students will learn when to use the appropriate past tense by identfiying them in text, creating examples and through oral and written practice. Students also continue to play fun language games with Mr Gomez. Today, students were challenged to translate common English and French phrases that cannot be literally translated. For example, I am finished = J'ai fini, NOT Je suis fini. Mr Gomez will soon be leaving and we are very sad to see him go!
In Math this week, students are continuing to revise time, division and counting money. They will also be introduced to measuring the perimeter of regular and irregular shapes. Students are encouraged to continue practicing addition, subtraction, and multiplication (including memorizing the multiplication table up to 10 at home). We will continue to do the odd computation drills in +, -,
× and ÷ .
In Science this week, student have a special presentation by Jill Robertson, a staff member from HAT (Habitat Acquisition Trust). She will do a follow-up on our school planting and talk about ecosystems, our local food webs and stewardship. We will also be germinating some vegetable seeds here in class as we observe and record the germination process.In English this week, we will start learning about long and short vowel sounds. We will also do small group reading and focus on applying these sounds and other reading strategies. We will start our Social Studies unit on Canada next week and we are continuing to do dance and yoga in the gym. In art, we will be going outside to draw some of our local wildflowers and other plants.
Have a wonderful week, Mme Garcin