mardi le 25 novembre 2015
Chers familles de Division 6,
Last week, students worked hard with Mme Derman and Mme Rolston. Students continued to build their readings skills through phonics and comprehension skills through games. They also continued to develop their writing skills in their journals by using the common sight words on our word wall. In Math last week, grade 2 students worked on estimating, symbols, reading and writing numbers, as well as mental math games. In grade 3, students have started to learn how to graph using an x and y axis. In Science, students did sink vs float experiments. In PE, students practiced their ball handling skills by playing dodge ball. In Art, students did a directed cartoon drawing activity around emotions. They also did a hidden number picture, which is posted on our bulletin board. Students created a beautiful mural drawing as a welcome home gift. Many thoughtful messages were included, thank you to all the students for this beautiful gift. Also, thank you to Mme Derman for organizing such a fun filled week of meaningful learning!
This week we are continuing our French Oral Language development though coral reading and guided reading groups. In our guided reading groups today, we practiced our fluency with punctuation. We talked about and practiced what our voices sound like when we come to the end of a sentence with a period, exclamation and question mark. Our guided reading groups will continue to tie in with our French Language learning by finding the conjugated verbs "être" and "avoir". We are continuing to learn how to integrate these verbs correctly into our writing. Later this week we will start learning about regular verbs that end in -er, for example "aimer" and "marcher" and how to conjugate them in the present tense with all the pronouns (Je, Tu, etc). The endings of these regular verbs are all the same (there are some exceptions of course, but we will learn the regular ones). Remember, that when reading a plural verb ending in -ent (for example "Ils aiment"- they love), the final -nt is silent.
Here is an example or a regular verb ending in -er:
aimer (to love)- present tense
J'aim e
Tu aim es
Il/Elle aim e
Nous aim ons
Vous aim ez
Ils/Elles aim ent
In Math this week, students are continuing with what they were doing last week. In grade 2: estimating, symbols, reading and writing numbers, mental math games. In grade 3: graphing, word problems with equations and a review of place value. In Science today, students did finger printing. They predicted whether or not their two thumbs and if the thumbs of others would be the same or different. We concluded that each finger has a unique pattern! In English, grade 3's will begin a grammar booklet. They will start by learning the difference between common and proper nouns. In PE this week we are going to our weekly pool lesson and we will play a variation of ball handling games such as dodge ball. On Friday we will have a unity circle to talk about virtues we like sharing with others and reviewing our new Quadra School expectation that we call "Respect Around Quadra".
Please note, report cards will be coming home on Friday. Please sign the envelope and return it empty. Many thanks!
Mme Garcin