Welcome to another short week! We have a special treat this weekin that we are participating in several activities relating to the Dark Sky Festival. We will hear from Joan Marie Galat, Alan Dyer, Chris Beckett, and Wilfred Buck throughout the week.
I am off to Halifax to attend the Professional French Immersion Teacher's Conference. I will be absent on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
In lieu of a spelling dictée this week, the students will be asked to match ordinal numbers from 1-10 to the written form of the number. They will not have to spell any words, rather, recognize the word and match it to it's appropriate number.
We are hosting the cookie sale this Thursday at recess and students are asked to bring in 2 dozen nut-free treats. The proceeds that we raise are put directly to our school's foster child in Guatemala.
Thanks to all of this students who contributed to our "Friendship soup" last week. The veggies took a while to cook and we finally got to have a taste of the soup today....yum! I thought that there would be a ton of leftovers, but the students gobbled it all up, even asked for seconds!!
Monday, 20 October 2014
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
14 octobre, 2014
I hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving long weekend! The students did an amazing job disguising the turkeys that were sent home. Check out our awesome bulletin board"!
This week at school we are looking at the sound "é". This is a "special" French sound and is makes the sound "eh" when it is in a word. The spelling words this week are:
1. dé - dice
2. clé - key
3. bébé - baby
4. Zoé - name of a girl, watch out for the capital "Z"
5. école - school
6. fée - fairy
We will be cooking vegetable alphabet soup this Friday morning. The students will be asked to send in a half a cup of a chopped vegetable (carrot, potato, celery, tomato, etc...).
Have a great (short) week at school!
1. dé - dice
2. clé - key
3. bébé - baby
4. Zoé - name of a girl, watch out for the capital "Z"
5. école - school
6. fée - fairy
We will be cooking vegetable alphabet soup this Friday morning. The students will be asked to send in a half a cup of a chopped vegetable (carrot, potato, celery, tomato, etc...).
Have a great (short) week at school!
Monday, 6 October 2014
6 octobre, 2014
The class keeps on growing and we are lucky to have two lovely new students in our class; welcome to Jordyn and Jayden!
This week at school we are looking at the "u" sound the makes an "ew" sound in English. The spelling words this week are:
1. du
2. cru
3. lu
4. une
5. tu
Please check out the turkey letter that was sent home today. Your child's job is to disguise the turkey in a creative way so that it can be saved from the Thanksgiving Day feast! Have fun with it!
This Friday is our spelling dictée in the morning and then the students are dismissed at the noon bell.
Have a great week!
Becky
This week at school we are looking at the "u" sound the makes an "ew" sound in English. The spelling words this week are:
1. du
2. cru
3. lu
4. une
5. tu
Please check out the turkey letter that was sent home today. Your child's job is to disguise the turkey in a creative way so that it can be saved from the Thanksgiving Day feast! Have fun with it!
This Friday is our spelling dictée in the morning and then the students are dismissed at the noon bell.
Have a great week!
Becky
Monday, 29 September 2014
September 29, 2014
What a marvelous day to look for leaves! Thanks to the moms who accompanied our group to look for the most beautiful fall leaves! Cheryl, Tina and Kim (plus a few siblings..) thanks for helping us out today!
The sound of the week is "o"....this letter makes the Santa Claus laugh, "oh, oh, oh". The action is to put your hands around your belly and laugh, santa-like!
The words are, again, mostly non-words. These are sounds that will help the students to read and spell French words if they can hear the letter sounds.
1. lo
2. to
3. no
4. os
5. or
6. mo
This week at school, we will be talking a lot about colors in French. We will learn about the primary colors and secondary colors that are formed when 2 colors are mixed.
We continue to practice the alphabet, the order of letters, the 6 vowels and the consonants. Quiz your child (even in English!) about anything alphabet related!
The sound of the week is "o"....this letter makes the Santa Claus laugh, "oh, oh, oh". The action is to put your hands around your belly and laugh, santa-like!
The words are, again, mostly non-words. These are sounds that will help the students to read and spell French words if they can hear the letter sounds.
1. lo
2. to
3. no
4. os
5. or
6. mo
This week at school, we will be talking a lot about colors in French. We will learn about the primary colors and secondary colors that are formed when 2 colors are mixed.
We continue to practice the alphabet, the order of letters, the 6 vowels and the consonants. Quiz your child (even in English!) about anything alphabet related!
Friday, 19 September 2014
September 20, 2014
What a great time it was to visit an apple tree and eat the sweet apples! A great, big thanks to Nadia Helmy for sharing her tree with us!
Making the apple sauce was a hit thanks to Kim and Tina for helping peel and mix ingredients with the students! Check out our photos:
Making the apple sauce was a hit thanks to Kim and Tina for helping peel and mix ingredients with the students! Check out our photos:
The spelling words of the week are "non" words in French...they are two letter blends that will help the student with their phonetic awareness. The sound of the week is "I"; this letter says "eeee" in French. I told the students that when I see the small dot on the top, I pretend it is a spider (and I am totally, irrationally afraid of spiders), so I make a scream, like "eee!".
The words this week are :
1. si
2. mi
3. li
4. fi
5. ri
6. di
As our vocabulary expands, we will use these sounds to make words, such as dimanche.
Have a wonderful week!
Monday, 15 September 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Nice to see the sun, rather than the snowflakes!
This week at school we are learning the story of "e"...a boy who forgets everything! When asked to repeat what his teacher says, he puts his hands on his cheeks and says "uh" because he has forgotten the answer.
The words for this week's spelling dictée are (thanks to the students' suggestions!):
1. me
2. le
3. te
4. se
5. de
6. je
The class as a whole did very well last week on the "a" dictee...please sign the scribbler and send them back to school.
As we will not have school this Friday (our regular library is on Friday), we have an alternative library exchange on Wednesday. Please send the book your child brought home, back to school on Wednesday.
Also, the dictée will occur on Thursday of this week due to the PD day on Friday.
We will be going apple picking this Wednesday morning at 11:00 am. Parent helpers are welcome to come along!
The activity bags that went home today are due back tomorrow. We will exchange bags and continue to do these bags as a nightly activity.
Have a good week!
This week at school we are learning the story of "e"...a boy who forgets everything! When asked to repeat what his teacher says, he puts his hands on his cheeks and says "uh" because he has forgotten the answer.
The words for this week's spelling dictée are (thanks to the students' suggestions!):
1. me
2. le
3. te
4. se
5. de
6. je
The class as a whole did very well last week on the "a" dictee...please sign the scribbler and send them back to school.
As we will not have school this Friday (our regular library is on Friday), we have an alternative library exchange on Wednesday. Please send the book your child brought home, back to school on Wednesday.
Also, the dictée will occur on Thursday of this week due to the PD day on Friday.
We will be going apple picking this Wednesday morning at 11:00 am. Parent helpers are welcome to come along!
The activity bags that went home today are due back tomorrow. We will exchange bags and continue to do these bags as a nightly activity.
Have a good week!
Monday, 8 September 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
A second week at school has begun!
This week at school, we are learning about the sound "a". The story about the sound is that a little girl has a toothache and complains about it, "ahhh!" she says until the dentist fixes it. Her sigh of relief is "ahhhh", also! We put our hand on the cheek to make the "a" sound.
Each Friday, we will be having a spelling quiz, called a "dictée". We will start with 6 words that the students should be able to spell by hearing the sounds of letters in words. Some at-home practice will help, also. Try to write the words out together at home throughout the week...spell them in magnetic letters, on dry erase boards, or make up flashcards! If you should need help with the French pronunciation, check out the "French pronunciation" on the right-hand side of this blog. Once at the site, change the language to French, type in the word and hear the French-speaker say the word aloud.
This week's words are:
1. ma - my (feminine)
2. ta - your (feminine)
3. sa - his (f)
4. la - the (f)
5. un - a (masculine)
6. une - a (feminine)
This Thursday is a "Meet the teacher" night. Please come to the classroom at 6:30 for a visit. Afterwards, enjoy some popcorn by the playground (hopefully if won't be snowing!).
Book orders are due this Friday.
Have a great week!
This week at school, we are learning about the sound "a". The story about the sound is that a little girl has a toothache and complains about it, "ahhh!" she says until the dentist fixes it. Her sigh of relief is "ahhhh", also! We put our hand on the cheek to make the "a" sound.
Each Friday, we will be having a spelling quiz, called a "dictée". We will start with 6 words that the students should be able to spell by hearing the sounds of letters in words. Some at-home practice will help, also. Try to write the words out together at home throughout the week...spell them in magnetic letters, on dry erase boards, or make up flashcards! If you should need help with the French pronunciation, check out the "French pronunciation" on the right-hand side of this blog. Once at the site, change the language to French, type in the word and hear the French-speaker say the word aloud.
This week's words are:
1. ma - my (feminine)
2. ta - your (feminine)
3. sa - his (f)
4. la - the (f)
5. un - a (masculine)
6. une - a (feminine)
This Thursday is a "Meet the teacher" night. Please come to the classroom at 6:30 for a visit. Afterwards, enjoy some popcorn by the playground (hopefully if won't be snowing!).
Book orders are due this Friday.
Have a great week!
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