Semaine du 4 au 14 février 2019

Bonjour,

The students worked hard on their fictional story. We learned about using transition words to make it easier to follow the story and the divide the story. We shared our stories with partners, and worked on making good comments and constructive comments to other improve their stories.

We had a special activities with the grade one to help them drawing and to some physical activities. The students loved it. They were communicate in French with their little friends which make them good model for them. 

In social studies, we started the new unit on Ontario. We began by identifying on a map what is around Ontario. In sciences, we also started the new unit on structure. We began by filling out the first part of chart (SDA: je sais, je me demande, j'ai appris). Then we learned about asking good questions with the proper French structure. 

We were in charge of the January Assembly (we did it early February). The students prepared amazing posters on perseverance using French sentences. Everyone loved the posters. 

Almost everyone has finished with the Art project with the mountains and the watercolour paint. The results are fabulous .  The students are really proud of themself. 

Dates: 

14 février: Report Cards go home

15 février: PD Day no school

18 février: Family Day no school

Semaine du 28 janvier au 1er février 2019

Bonjour,

Lots happened in the last 2 weeks.

In writing, we worked on writing a story with details that make sense. We used the picture of shawarma to explain the concept.  For example, good shawarma will have the humous, the meat, the right vegetable in it, like cucumber, tomatoes, onions. All those ingredients go together. It is like the details of the story go with that story, to make sense.
Also, we talked about not putting too many ingredients in the shawarma, so it is possible to wrap the pita without breaking it so everything stays together and it is easier to eat it. Like a story, there are just enough details to make it interesting. Not enough detail make the story a little bit boring, too many details make the story difficult to follow.

We learned about the structure of a fictional story, using a plan and many books as examples. We used a funny version of the 3 little pigs as the main example. The students are working on creating their own version of the three little "something". Someone is writing about "Les trois petits poissons et le grand méchant requin".

In art, we did a project that mixes many techniques such as using pencil and watercolor paint. This project is using lines and perception. The artist is Jen Aranyi. We are creating beautiful mountains and colorful sky.  

Jen Aranyi's artwork.

Little artists at work!

In the past 2 weeks, the students have been evaluated in reading. A little update has been sent home on Friday, February 1st. A new objective will be to work on the word endings.

For example, in the word "petite", the "e" at the end (I call it "le E magique") tells us to sound out the "t". But in the word "petit", the "t" is silent because there is no "e" at the end. 

Dates: 

Friday, February 8th: skating