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