lundi le 7 décembre, 2015
Chers famillies,
Welcome to another exciting week with Division 6! We are learning many new things as our 2nd term begins. In French Language Arts, we are learning and practicing to conjugate the verbs avoir, être and all regular verbs ending in -er in the present tense. Students are learning to isolate the root of the verb (le radical) and add the proper ending, depending on the subject pronoun or noun. We are finding them in the stories we read and writing them in our journals. Today, students read to their little buddies. Tomorrow, students will participate in their weekly guided reading groups and continue to practice oral pronunciation, reading strategies and answer comprehension questions.
In grade 3 English Language Arts, we are continuing to learn about nouns. This week we are learning how to write and pronounce plural nous. We will also be starting a novel study of Stuart Little by EB White. Together will learn to read and understand this small chapter book with a variety of learning activities and of course, the movie at the end.
In grade 3 Math, students are continuing to learn about basic multiplication. This week students are learning the rules for multiplying by 0 (the answer is always 0), and multiplying by 1 (the answers is always the other factor). In grade 2 Math, students are skip counting, learning about symmetry and creating graphs.
In Science this week, students will learn the different parts of their eyes and explore their reflection in the mirror. They will predict and observe how their eyes change in the light versus the dark. In Social Studies, we are doing a short unit called Festival of Lights. Students will learn about different cultures and how they celebrate various holidays with light (for example, Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Chrsitams and Santa Lucia). As we get ready for our holidays in 2 weeks, all students will share how they celebrate their favourite holidays during our carpet discussions and in their journals.
In Visual Arts, parent and teacher in training Morgan Holmes (Keels' dad) and a few of his classmates, will come do an art project with us on Friday. Students will learn to make ropes using the a Wet Felting technique. In PE this week, we have our last swim lesson on Thursday. We have also been doing some outdoor circuit jogging and indoor team building with bench ball. This week we will start a basketball unit.
On Thursday we are participating in our annual school-wide Loonie Emporium. Students are asked to bring a strong and large shopping bag, their envelope with $4 and the 4 names of family members they will be purchasing gifts for (not including themselves). We will be going as a class from 9:50am-10:20am. If students wish to purchase an item for themselves or more for others, parents can accompany them after school. If you have any donations of lightly used items you can drop them off at the entrance of the school this week.
Many thanks for all your support at home and have a wonderful week!
Mme Garcin