Truth and Reconciliation Week

We have been learning about why we wear orange shirts in late October.

On Friday, we read the story Stolen Words  which told of an Indigenous elder whose language was taken away when he was a child, and how his granddaughter helped him learn his language again. We also talked about elders in our local community having opportunities to learn their language again.

Another story we read is called You Hold Me Up which is a simple story about how we can support those around us.

We are learning the Truth about the history of residential schools in Canada as well as ways in which we can work towards Reconciliation. Tomorrow, children are encouraged to wear orange shirts to school. Mme Jules will be reading a story about the history of orange shirt day to student. Thursday there will be no school so that we can honour First Nations culture. Our flag will fly at half mast until Friday.

 

Le 15 septembre

The focus over the last week has been on empowering students. They are readers, writers and mathematicians. They are kind, helpful and creative. What a joy to see their abilities and talents!

Our 2 class rules are:

  1. Sois gentil. Be nice.
  2. Aide les autres. Help others.

We have been reading books about kindness as well as books for fun!

What else have we been doing?

Children practice printing words they find with the sound é using mini whiteboards and visual dictionaries.

  • French
    • Our focus is the sound é as in bébé – makes the long a sound as in cake
    • Journal writing
    • Show and Tell- asking questions, sharing comments in French
    • Reading and writing colours- review from gr.1 to build confidence!
    • Building sight words that students can read without sounding out, such as colours, and building phonetic knowledge, such as the sound é,  together support children’s reading skills.
  • Math
    • Using ten frames to add to ten
    • Finding many solutions to an open-ended problem
    • Focusing on ways to make 10
    • 10 is our MAGIC number! Making ten supports our mental math skills.
  • Social Studies
    • We have started learning about Canada
  • Visual Arts
    • The book Joyeux reveur inspired painting, colouring, cutting and gluing our own scenes of children flying through the sky.

Children are building their stamina. A good night’s sleep and breakfast go a long way to support learning:)

September Show and Tell

This month, students will bring in an object for Show & Tell to share in French. Please have your child prepare in advance so that he/ she may see me for help with any special vocabulary.

Topic this month:

Choose an object that represents a sport or activity that you like to do in your free time.

The object should be reasonably sized to fit into a mystery bag (the bag is approx. 30 cm x 40 cm). Students will play 20 questions to try and guess the activity. Then the presenter will tell us about what sport or activity he/she likes to do and why in FRENCH.

Examples:

A sport you participate in.

An art activity you love to do at home.

A club that you are a part of.

An outdoor activity that you love to do with your family.

Special note: Many children love to play with toys in their free time! Please try and avoid your child bringing a toy to school for Show and Tell. Try and focus on an activity. For example if your child likes Lego, he/she could talk about building and constructing. If your child likes Barbies, he/she could talk about role playing and imagination games.