Posted: October 30, 2018
Le 30 octobre
Students are bringing home a matching game to play with someone at home. The students wrote the number description from 3 models that we dissected and played with in class so they should all be able to explain how it is played. If your child brought home their vocabulary binder they need to work a little more on naming their numbers to 100.
Posted: October 29, 2018
Le 29 octobre
Students are bringing home their vocabulary in a binder this evening. We organized our work into categories today and a binder is easier to manipulate. Their personal dictionaries or vocabulary binder is meant to be a working, usable document. If students do not have French reading material at home they should be bringing something home from school each night to share with someone at home. The students are getting a stronger grasp of the math vocabulary and we are starting to move a little faster. They should however continue to work on their numbers at home.
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Practice counting to 80 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s from different starting points.
Posted: October 22, 2018
Le 22 octobre
Students have several memo’s. They are bringing home another die to assemble at home and play with there. This could be one of the “instead of screen time” activities. They may need some help to assemble the die, I found mounting it to construction paper and stuffing it with a Kleenex made it sturdier. They should continue to practice the alphabet, numbers to 60 and les mots frequents.
Answers to questions on the die;
Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?
Nous sommes le …(22 octobre)
Quelle êtait la date heir?
Heir êtait le …(21 octobre)
Quelle sera la date demain?
Demain sera le …(23 octobre)
Épelle ton nom. (Spell your name.)
Liste les voyelles. (list the vowels)
Quels temps fait-il?
Il fait du soleil.
Il neige.
Il fait du vent. (wind)
Il fait froid.
Il fait beau.
Il fait du brouillard. (fog)
Il est nuageux. (cloudy)
Il pleut.
Il fait chaud.
Posted: October 17, 2018
Le 17 octobre
We have been very busy over the past few weeks as I am sure you are aware from the reading your child has brought home to share. In their homework tonight students are asked to continue practicing their first 16 sight words but for those who are ready to take things to the next level they can practice spelling them (in French of course)
It is very important that they continue practicing their numbers and are able to point them out quickly when they hear them and name them quickly when they see them.
I am uploading an interesting video for parents with some wonderful strategies to give your child extra support or enhancement with the language. I really like this women’s videos and have found the ones I’ve watched helpful.
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Practice counting to 50 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Practice reading and spelling “les mot frequents”.
Posted: October 4, 2018
le 4 octobre
We had a great time at the corn maze today. We also talked about Thanksgiving and the things that we are grateful for. Most students have a book called “Le souper de l’action de graces” to practice reading. We were a few short so if they don’t have one they will bring it home over the week-end to share with you.
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Practice counting to 50 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Posted: October 3, 2018
Le 3 octobre
We will be leaving the school tomorrow directly following the announcements for the corn field. Weather permitting! As of now it looks ok. We are asking for $3 from each student to help cover the cost. If any parents would like to join us the cost is $10 per person, children under 3 are free.
Posted: September 28, 2018
Le 28 septembre
The month of September flew by and it is amazing how much your children have picked up in such a short time. We played memory and bang during morning circle and they were flying through the 19 sight words we have covered with ease. The numbers are giving the students a little more trouble however. We will stop at 50 and practice these numbers for the next week or so. We will be going to the corn maze on Thursday morning at 9, weather permitting. Students need to bring in $3 each to help cover the cost.
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Practice counting to 50 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
English – Students have prepared questions to interview an elder.
Posted: September 27, 2018
Le 27 septembre
We had a great walk this afternoon. The boys and girls are probably tired. They have some reading to do and need to bring their Phys. Ed. clothes tomorrow. Have a wonderful evening. Don’t forget that it is orange shirt day tomorrow in memory of those who went to residential schools.
Posted: September 26, 2018
Le 26 septembre
I missed the 25th! Students brought home another little book “Les Amis” yesterday and like “Notre classe” it is made up of French sight words or what we refer to as ‘les mots frequent’ in class. As in English reading comes much quicker once they can read these words without hesitation.
I have moved the English reading logs next to the agenda’s so I will remember to send them home nightly for students to record their reading. I know there is a place in the agenda but it is nice to have it all together so they can see all they’ve read.
Re-takes and sibling pictures tomorrow and the Terry Fox walk is tomorrow afternoon. It is orange t-shirt day on Friday and your child has a memo explaining the significance of the orange t-shirt.
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Practice counting to 50 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Posted: September 24, 2018
Le 24 septembre
Your child has brought home a little book named “Notre classe” they will more than likely have it memorized by now so it is important that they point at and focus on the words as the entire book is made up of sight words. They could be challenged to read it backwards or to read random words rather than the whole story. It is important that students continue working on number names and counting the web sites are great for this.
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Practice counting to 40 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Posted: September 21, 2018
Le 21 septembre
Kouchibouguac has a “10K Under 10 Million Stars” event tomorrow evening from 8 – 10. I do believe this event is in English but they do run French events from time to time which would be great for your child. The more they use their French and are exposed to it the quicker it will come. The students don’t have any official homework but I told them to watch a French program on the television or Netflix.
Posted: September 20, 2018
Le 20 septembre
Tonight is “Meet the Teacher” meet and greet. I look forward to meeting you all. There will be a BBQ so you will be able to get your supper here that is always a bonus. Your child is bringing home a net to make a die and a piece of construction paper, they may need some help to construct it. We did not do them at school as I didn’t want them to get squashes in the ‘sac d’ecole’. I demonstrated how to make it and we played the game during circle time so they should know what to do with it.
Book orders are due tomorrow.
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Practice counting to 35 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Posted: September 19, 2018
Le 19 septembre
Your child will be showing you what looks like a spelling test. It is actually dictation using French sight words. The purpose of this is to help us isolate which letters they are still having difficulty identifying. As in English they will need to be able to not only recite the alphabet but to identify the letters by sight and sound and to use them to spell out words. Your child will eventually be expected to spell these words in their day to day writing but as of now we are working on being able to read them quickly. I will be adding a sight word document to our page for your reference and adding to it weekly.
Orange t-shirt day is coming up next Friday.
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Practice counting to 30 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s from different starting points.
Posted: September 18, 2018
Le 16 septembre
We had another busy day. Tomorrow is Wellness Wednesday and each week we will be doing a wellness activity instead of the morning walk. Last week we discussed the importance of being prepared and how things just run smoother when we are ready for our day. Tomorrow we will be doing some breathing activities and students are asked to bring in a small stuffy toy. (apportez un petit jouet en peluche). We are continuing to work on numbers and the goal is that students know their numbers in French as they do in English.
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Practice counting to 30 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s.
Posted: September 17, 2018
Le 15 septembre
Students are bringing home “mon sac d’ecole” to read, they should be pretty fluent with this book. We will be starting a new book tomorrow.
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Practice counting to 30 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s and 5’s.