Hello all!
Our dictée words for the week all contain the /ou/ sound:
1. la soupe
2. je cours
3. je trouve
4. j'écoute
Math:
We are continuing on with Measurement this week. We have been learning a variety of new vocabulary words: longueur, hauteur, grandeur, estimation, etc. We have been comparing, estimating and measuring many different objects in the classroom. Today we compared and measured les hauteurs of our friends. The students ordered themselves from shortest to tallest! They did a great job working as a team today! :)
Language:
We are focusing on the /ou/ sound this week. We will be hunting for this sound in various vocabulary activities this week.
Writing:
We will be introducing the Persuasive Writing form this week.
Oral:
Please encourage your child to be speaking in French in the classroom.
Reading:
I have completed most GB+ reading assessments with students that are ready to be assessed. We are moving right along in our reading. Please continue to practise sight words with the students at home (from the chart/list I sent home last week). Also, I posted information on the home reading program where you can click on sight words and have your child repeat these words at home. We are also working on this in class as part of our centres on the iPads. Here is the information again...
http://livresvideo.net/
username: cathcart
password: bonjour
Science:
We have moved on to Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures. Today we discussed various materials that we saw in the classroom and went on a scavenger hunt to find and label different objects that we found made from wood (bois), steel (l'acier), rubber (caoutchouc), plastic (plastique), paper (papier), fabric (tissu).
Important Dates:Thursday Nov. 26th - We welcome another visitor into our classroom. We have a firefighter coming into the classroom to teach us about fire safety!
Enjoy your week!
Mme K. Forbes
Monday, 23 November 2015
Friday, 20 November 2015
La lecture
Bonjour tout le monde!
I hope you are enjoying your Friday! Here is the link to a website that we will be using in class for reading and solidifying our sounds.
http://livresvideo.net/
username: cathcart
password: bonjour
Once you log in, please ensure that your volume is ON. You will see Reading Skills at 4 different levels and Sight Words. If your child had difficulty on the Sight Words page that I sent home earlier this week, please start here. For the Reading Skills, you can choose a different "vitesse" (speed) -- Vitesse 3 should work well for our students. These are always a good reminder for students and will help to solidify their sounds. Please have them repeat the sounds that they hear.
There are a variety of animals listed on the page as well. These are all leveled texts. Each animal has a bunch of different books at that level. The books are read aloud.
Please try to access Lecture Enfant each night as homework- "les devoirs". It is great reinforcement so that students hear the correct pronunciation of the words while being able to read them at the same time.
Thank you for the continued support of your child's education.
Mme K. Forbes
I hope you are enjoying your Friday! Here is the link to a website that we will be using in class for reading and solidifying our sounds.
http://livresvideo.net/
username: cathcart
password: bonjour
Once you log in, please ensure that your volume is ON. You will see Reading Skills at 4 different levels and Sight Words. If your child had difficulty on the Sight Words page that I sent home earlier this week, please start here. For the Reading Skills, you can choose a different "vitesse" (speed) -- Vitesse 3 should work well for our students. These are always a good reminder for students and will help to solidify their sounds. Please have them repeat the sounds that they hear.
There are a variety of animals listed on the page as well. These are all leveled texts. Each animal has a bunch of different books at that level. The books are read aloud.
Please try to access Lecture Enfant each night as homework- "les devoirs". It is great reinforcement so that students hear the correct pronunciation of the words while being able to read them at the same time.
Thank you for the continued support of your child's education.
Mme K. Forbes
Monday, 16 November 2015
November 16 - 20
Bonjour!
This week's dictée words are: le roi, le mois, je bois, and trois.
We are studying the "oi" (wa) sound again this week.
Thank you to all who have submitted the permission form for the blog. If you haven't submitted that page, could you please do so asap so I can post some pictures! :) Thank you!
Math - We are moving on to Measurement. Some of the main vocabulary words that we will study over the next few weeks are: longueur, hauteur, grandeur, comparer, mesurer, plus longue, plus courte, et l'aire.
We will be continuing on with number sense (counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100, understanding the idea and quantity of number, breaking numbers down, making 10, etc.) throughout the year.
Language - We just finished another Recount piece of writing about Remembrance Day, following a model. We are continuing to work on our reading, writing, and oral (speaking and listening) each day.
Please encourage your child to be speaking FRENCH in class at all times. Please reinforce at home that they should be using their learned French vocabulary words in class.
Science - We are still working away on Needs and Characteristics of Living Things. We have moved on to the Human Body, discussing major body organs and their functions.
Please check the SCHOOL WEBSITE for an update from the Director of Education regarding Progress Reports and Interviews.
I hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather!!
K. Forbes
This week's dictée words are: le roi, le mois, je bois, and trois.
We are studying the "oi" (wa) sound again this week.
Thank you to all who have submitted the permission form for the blog. If you haven't submitted that page, could you please do so asap so I can post some pictures! :) Thank you!
Math - We are moving on to Measurement. Some of the main vocabulary words that we will study over the next few weeks are: longueur, hauteur, grandeur, comparer, mesurer, plus longue, plus courte, et l'aire.
We will be continuing on with number sense (counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s to 100, understanding the idea and quantity of number, breaking numbers down, making 10, etc.) throughout the year.
Language - We just finished another Recount piece of writing about Remembrance Day, following a model. We are continuing to work on our reading, writing, and oral (speaking and listening) each day.
Please encourage your child to be speaking FRENCH in class at all times. Please reinforce at home that they should be using their learned French vocabulary words in class.
Science - We are still working away on Needs and Characteristics of Living Things. We have moved on to the Human Body, discussing major body organs and their functions.
Please check the SCHOOL WEBSITE for an update from the Director of Education regarding Progress Reports and Interviews.
I hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather!!
K. Forbes
Monday, 9 November 2015
This week!
Bonjour!
What a busy upcoming week we have!
Just a quick confirmation of this week's "mots de dictée"
- moi
- toi
- voici
- noir
* "oi" makes the "wa" sound
Reminders for this week:
Wednesday the 11th: Wednesday we have our Remembrance Day Assembly. Our class will be joining up with the Grade 1/2 split class and together we will be seeing "Beau coquelicot". The assembly begins at 11:30 for the primary students.
Thursday the 12th: The Toronto Zoo is coming this week for a Science Presentation at 11:30 on Thursday, November 12th.
Friday the 13th: I have arranged for the Sarnia Police to present to our Primary Division at the school. Our class presentation is at 11:50 to 12:20.
Please remember that Book Orders are due this Thursday, November 12th.
Mathematics
We have been working away in Mathematics on our Data Management unit and should be finishing up shortly. Students have been developing questions, organizing data, creating graphs, and answering questions about their graphs for the past week. They have done extremely well. We have worked on a variety of types of graphs together. We have organized our data using tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs, etc. We have talked about the differences between quantities, how they know which one has less or more, and how many less or more in each bar. We have asked questions with specific yes or no answers and we have asked more open questions with two possible answers, ex. "Est-ce que tu aimes l'automne?" or "Est-ce que tu préfères les chiens ou les chats?".
We have also been working on our counting to 100 by 1s and skip counting by 5s and 10s to 50. Please continue to work on these types of counting activities at home with your child every day.
Language -
Writing- We are still working on Recount Writing. We have been working in small and large groups to create a recount piece of writing following a model. The key words that we have been following in our model are Premièrement, Ensuite, Après and Finalement (First, Then, After, Finally)
Reading - We are doing so well with our reading! Please continue to support your child's reading at home by helping them to sound out their letters, repeat words and sentences, use the pictures to help make connections, etc.
Oral - Listening and Speaking - I have been really trying to encourage speaking French in the classroom. Please encourage your child to speak in French, using the words that he/she knows. This is an expectation in the classroom.
If you haven't already done so, please sign up to receive quick text messages using Remind 101 -- I sent home a sheet last week with the number to text to be added to the list. I will be sending quick reminders for different events during the week!
Thank you so much for the continued support of your child's education.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me - email is easiest.
K. Forbes
What a busy upcoming week we have!
Just a quick confirmation of this week's "mots de dictée"
- moi
- toi
- voici
- noir
* "oi" makes the "wa" sound
Reminders for this week:
Wednesday the 11th: Wednesday we have our Remembrance Day Assembly. Our class will be joining up with the Grade 1/2 split class and together we will be seeing "Beau coquelicot". The assembly begins at 11:30 for the primary students.
Thursday the 12th: The Toronto Zoo is coming this week for a Science Presentation at 11:30 on Thursday, November 12th.
Friday the 13th: I have arranged for the Sarnia Police to present to our Primary Division at the school. Our class presentation is at 11:50 to 12:20.
Please remember that Book Orders are due this Thursday, November 12th.
Mathematics
We have been working away in Mathematics on our Data Management unit and should be finishing up shortly. Students have been developing questions, organizing data, creating graphs, and answering questions about their graphs for the past week. They have done extremely well. We have worked on a variety of types of graphs together. We have organized our data using tally charts, bar graphs, pictographs, etc. We have talked about the differences between quantities, how they know which one has less or more, and how many less or more in each bar. We have asked questions with specific yes or no answers and we have asked more open questions with two possible answers, ex. "Est-ce que tu aimes l'automne?" or "Est-ce que tu préfères les chiens ou les chats?".
We have also been working on our counting to 100 by 1s and skip counting by 5s and 10s to 50. Please continue to work on these types of counting activities at home with your child every day.
Language -
Writing- We are still working on Recount Writing. We have been working in small and large groups to create a recount piece of writing following a model. The key words that we have been following in our model are Premièrement, Ensuite, Après and Finalement (First, Then, After, Finally)
Reading - We are doing so well with our reading! Please continue to support your child's reading at home by helping them to sound out their letters, repeat words and sentences, use the pictures to help make connections, etc.
Oral - Listening and Speaking - I have been really trying to encourage speaking French in the classroom. Please encourage your child to speak in French, using the words that he/she knows. This is an expectation in the classroom.
If you haven't already done so, please sign up to receive quick text messages using Remind 101 -- I sent home a sheet last week with the number to text to be added to the list. I will be sending quick reminders for different events during the week!
Thank you so much for the continued support of your child's education.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me - email is easiest.
K. Forbes
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