Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Help with art

I'm putting the word out that I'd love some help with an art project next week, on Thursday October 25th in the afternoon. We will be starting around 1:30, but if you could show up by 1 to help me set up and go over the project that would be great! No special art experience necessary, just helping hands, and a willingness to get a little messy with paint and paper and glue!

Also, be sure to ask your student about the toilet paper project we did today!

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Pencil Sharpeners

I have a quick favour to ask: if you have an extra pencil sharpener with attached 'shavings catcher' at home, could you please send it to school? We seem to have just a few sharpeners of and it's becoming a bit of an issue in the class. Thanks in advance!

Monday, 15 October 2012

Dictée - week of October 15

Here is this week's dictée. Since this Friday is a professional day, we will have our dictée celebration on Thursday.

Friday, 12 October 2012

Picture Update!

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks of school. Ask your students what was going on! Speaking of updates, I have added a calendar, as well as an 'interesting links' section at the top. Check it out for some cool websites!

















Rainy Days

Just a reminder that our normal Vancouver weather has returned, so students need to come to school prepared for the rain. On rainy days, students should bring to school:

- a rain jacket

- rainy day shoes

Students should always have inside shoes at school to change into, so we can keep our classroom tidy. If you haven't sent inside shoes to school, please do so next week!

Thursday, 11 October 2012

60 Minutes Kids Club

A few weeks ago, we had the chance to learn about a great program called 60 Minutes Kids Club. We attended an assembly where we learned the importance of eating right, drinking enough water, getting enough exercise, and sleeping enough. 60 Minutes Kids Club helps us track all of these things, so that we can make sure that we are getting enough. Tonight's homework is to sign up! Please do this with your child, and review how to sing in everyday. This isn't something that we will be doing in class, so please try to help your child remember to log in and track their habits every day! Your help is much appreciated!

Home Reading

Bonjour everyone,

As you hopefully saw, there was a home reading sheet that came home last week. On it, students are to write the date, the book, the pages and what was in their mind while they were reading. There is no right answer for this last column. It is for students to make connections with what they're reading, reflect on the content of the book, or even if it is the right reading level for them. Students can fill out one space for every 15 minutes read, or just fill in one row, and add the time at the end. For next month, we will have a column for time and will start a class tally of minutes we have read!

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Dictée week of October 8th

Bonjour everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. I'm sorry this post is late. Here is this week's dictée. It's 4 sentences instead of words this week. As you may notice, the first sentence has one letter - an 'e' at the end of allé - that is green. That is because it is only the girls who need to write that e. we will be starting 'le passé composé' in our grammar lessons next week, where the students will learn more about this!

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Math update

Thank you all for your input on our math book situation. There was enough interest in switching to jump math, that we will go ahead and get the books. There is some logistical paperwork that I need to work through on my end, then I will be sending more information home.

Monday, 1 October 2012

Dictée

Here are the words for this week's dictée

raconter

répondre

répéter

découper

ouvrir

travailler

jouer

partir

gagner

parler


I'll be posting instructions on the home reading sheet later tonight!

Enjoy the sunshine!

Mme Jessica