Mrs. Murphy Notes

Grade 6/7M, 6H & 5/6 English Language Arts

Notes

Posted: January 16, 2019

Pratique, pratique, pratique

le 16 janvier

It is important that students read in French and English on a nightly basis as well as review their basic addition facts and counting in French. Tonight I want them to start at 11 and skip count by 10's until they reach 111. Addition facts that make 10 are important when doing mental math. If your child does not have French books at home and does not bring home a book they should have a duo-tang with work we are presently working on that they can also read from. They are to write any math facts that they may have gotten wrong on their quiz today 10X each.

lire et partager

les sons

pratiquer

comptent par dizaines à partir de 11-111

étude

des faits d'addition

1+9=10 6+4=10

2+8=10 7+3=10

3+7=10 8+2=10

4+6=10 9+1=10

5+5=10

signe dicté

faire des corrections dix fois chaque

Posted: January 8, 2019

Une nouvelle année

le 8 janvier

Students are bringing home a matching game that is a review of common classroom phrases to practice. They also have a book to read with someone. I listened to everyone read from the book today and they should have no problem reading it on their own. Most students finished the math but they are to bring all homework home , completed or not, to show you should you want to see it.

 

Homework

 

lire et partager (read and share)

les sons (duo-tang)

Les jours de la semaine (book)

 

pratiquer (practice)

les chiffres 1-1000 (numbers 1-1000)

 

jouer (play)

jeu de match (match game)

 

maths

 

pg 98 1-4


 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted: December 10, 2018

Comptez par cinq

Students completed a dot to dot this afternoon counting by 5's. For homework I would like them to read all the numbers on the page to someone. If they are having difficulty they can use the number page in their vocabulary binder.

We will be having Christmas dinner on Wednesday. If students did not purchase the meal they will need to bring their own lunch as that will be the only meal served that day.

Please see the information on the final part of our healthy living challenge. Students have a drink diary to fill out and return.

Posted: December 6, 2018

La pratique rend parfait

Le 6 decembre

We wrote our letters to Santa today and I will be sending them off as soon as they are all done. We have also started working with Christmas vocabulary so you can ask your child about their favorite part of Christmas or about their letter and they should be able to respond. 

Students are working on numbers 1-1000. Once they have 1-100 down pat the rest tends to come very quickly. I would never expect them to sit down and count to 1000. They could however start at 327 and count to 340 forward or do the same backwards or count from 635 – 700 by 5’s for example. They should be practicing counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s at a variety of intervals. They could randomly pick 3 playing cards from 1-9 or roll 3 die and make the biggest or smallest number possible, or make all the possible numbers they can with those numbers and order them from greatest to least or smallest to biggest. The important thing is that they are comfortable with the numbers 1-1000 and are able to recognize and write them quickly.

They do not have their agendas tonight but they should have brought home their new library books, French and English and their vocabulary binder. Their Christmas concert poem is in a sheet protector in the binder.

Posted: December 3, 2018

C’est la saison

Le 3 decembre

December has arrived and we will be busy covering the curriculum and learning the vocabulary of the season all month. The children will be performing the poem “Le bonhomme de noel” at the Christmas concert and will need to be able to recite their line by heart. They should practice nightly. Reading the whole poem would be a good idea for French reading.

Tomorrow is the last day to contribute to the “Giving Tree” initiative. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in money or items.

Next Wednesday the cafeteria will be serving Christmas dinner, the cost is $5.75.

The children should be bringing home and spending at least 5min a night working in their “ mots frequent” duo-tang. It is very important that students are able to know these words on sight in order to have fluency in their reading.

Posted: November 26, 2018

Nous sommes occupies

le 26 novembre

We are quickly moving into the Christmas season and will be very busy over the next month. We have skating tomorrow morning. Your child has a memo in their agenda regarding the giving tree initiative which is a school wide project. Our class will be providing gifts for 3 seniors at Mount St. Joseph this year and your help with this project would be greatly appreciated.

The book fair is this week. Students visited today to see what is available and we will make time to visit throughout the week to buy books.

Your child is bringing home their dictee scribbler, if they did not make 10/10 today they need to spend a little extra time studying their numbers. They should be able to get them down almost as quickly as they would if they were called out in English.

Posted: November 22, 2018

écrtiture de textes autobiographiques

I am so pleased to say we finished our autobiographies today and they are all up in the hallway outside our classroom. The students worked very hard on these and I am so impressed with how much they have learned in the process.

There is no homework tonight but students brought home their cursive writing duo-tangs to show to someone at home.

Heads up - we will be going skating on Tue. We will leave the school at 9 and return at 10:15.

Next Thursday is parent-teacher meetings from 4-6 but I am away for the day and will be here to meet with parents between 5-7. Appointment times will be given upon request when the forms that go home with the reports are returned. Again I just wanted to give you all a heads up.

Posted: November 21, 2018

Homework

 

le 21 novembre

 

Math - page 22 ques. 1 & 2 

 

Important vocabulary

 

à partir de - start with

 

enlève - remove

 

cubes - cubes

 

colonne - column

 

l'etage - row

 

chaque fois - every time

 

Posted: November 14, 2018

Ne paniques pas

Le 14 novembre

Students have brought home their math books to complete page 44 questions 1-5 & 7. We have spent 2 days working on this page in class. It is very normal for the students to have difficulty working from the text in the beginning and to have difficulty getting the questions from the text to the scribbler. This will come but they need to do it to get it. We will work on this page again tomorrow doing corrections and the whole process will get easier with time. This is not an immersion thing it is universal.  

Posted: November 13, 2018

L’heure de jouer

Le 13 novembre

Mathématiques

If your child has brought home their math duo-tangs and scribbler they need to complete the pumpkin patch activity (see Nov. 2 for explanation). They are also bringing home another die to assemble and play a question game with.

It is important that they continue to practice their alphabet and counting to 100. As well as number and letter recognition. The goal is to have both of them come as quickly to them as they do in English.

Posted: November 1, 2018

Mathématiques

Le 2 novembre

 

Students have brought home their math duo-tangs and scribblers. They are to finish writing the pattern rules for the numbers in the pumpkins. We have been working on this for a while and we did the first 6 on the board. Most students finished but they were told to bring it home to show you what they are doing. The pattern rules themselves follow a pattern and the words they will need are on the side of the pumpkin patch. I am away to PD tomorrow but I will be back on Monday. Have a great week-end!

Posted: October 30, 2018

Quel nombre suis-je

 

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

Nous avons été occupés

 

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.

Homework

 

Read and Share

 

Practice counting to 80 forwards, backwards, by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s from different starting points.

 

 

 

Posted: October 22, 2018

L’heure de jouer

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;

  1. Quelle est la date aujourd'hui?

    Nous sommes le …(22 octobre)

  2. Quelle êtait la date heir?

    Heir êtait le …(21 octobre)

  3. Quelle sera la date demain?

    Demain sera le …(23 octobre)

  4. Épelle ton nom. (Spell your name.)

  5. Liste les voyelles. (list the vowels)

  6. 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 temps passe vite

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.


 Homework

Read and Share

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”.


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