Wondering what we’ve been learning in class? Read on!

French

• the sound ill / ille in fille (eey – lone e + y as in yes)
• we have begun our planning sheet as we become the authors of our own fairy tales

Math

• we learned about the 5 cent coin and have begun counting coins
  • we will be working with coins up to 2$
• we continue work adding and subtracting to/from 100 with a focus on tens dizaines and ones unités

Science

• we began learning about physical and chemical changes of matter
  • how many ways can we change a piece of paper?
  • what clues help us recognize if a change is a changement physique or a changement chimique?

Social Studies

• we learned about the province of Québec

Coming up…

• counting 10 cent and 25 cent coins
• using our plan to write our story in sentences
• observing and categorizing physical and chemical changes in science
• ProD Day on Friday, Feb. 3rd
• celebrating Carnaval on Wednesday, Feb. 8th at Lloyd George
• eating crêpes on Friday, Feb.10th

February/March Show & Tell

A Canadian Community

Our next focus will be on the many diverse communities in Canada! Each student will choose a community in Canada to research at home. The information will be shared with the class so that we can build our communal knowledge of Canada and appreciate its diversity. Show and Tell is also an opportunity to develop French speaking skills.

Provinces/Territories NOT represented yet if your child has not chosen a topic: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland & Labrador, New-Brunswick, North-West Territories.

Step 1:

Choose a community outside of B.C. but in Canada. Locate it on a map of Canada. Say the name of the community and its province or territory in French. (We have learned them).

Step 2:

Find out some interesting facts about the community. (Culture, landscape, activities).

Share a few sentences with us.

Step 3:

Bring in an image that represents the community. For example:

-a photo

-a postcard

-a drawing

Write the name of the community on or beside the image.

If a student wishes to also bring in an object or souvenir, visual aids are welcome!

We would love to borrow the image so that we can create a bulletin board with images across Canada. Keep your image postcard-sized or smaller if possible please so that we can fit 19 of them on our wall! Thanks.

Please share your first and second choice with Madame so that we can avoid repetition AND learn about communities in all of our provinces and territories.

January is in full swing!

Math

• We wrapped up our measurement unit with some math monsters
• We are continue to add and subtract big numbers to 100

French

• Our focus has been the sound in which is pronounced the same way in ain and ein
• We are presenting our fairy tale plays tomorrow!
  • We have learned about adding gestures and facial expressions to our words as actors
  • We watched a goonoodle flow video, helping us calm down and imagine worries floating away

Science

• We learned about matter
• We learned about how particles are organized and how they move in solid, liquid and gas states
• In small groups, children represented particles with Cheerios!

Looking ahead:

Friday Jan.20 – we present our plays in class

Thursday, Jan.26 – skating at Memorial Arena

February 14th- Valentine’s Day

A special note: if your family celebrates Valentine’s Day, and your child would like to bring Valentines to class, I ask that your child bring EVERYONE a Valentine. If your child is not comfortable with that, please do not distribute Valentines at school. Everyone needs to be included, regardless of friendships or gender. Thank-you.

For anyone interested, I will distribute a class list of first names only at the start of February.

Today we learned more about the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, gas.

We also practiced our plays which we will present Friday morning.

What have we been learning?

Health

• On Friday we learned about sleep including phases of sleep, why sleep is important, and strategies we can use if we wake up during the night

Gym

• We have learned how to serve and have a rally in badminton

Science

• Today we began learning about matter
  • We learned about 3 states of matter: solid, liquid and gas

French

• Our sound of the week is the sound ain in main (pronounced like e in red, but say it while pinching your nose!)
• We are learning about what people did over the holidays during Show and Tell
• We are retelling the beginning of fairy tales we know in written form to prepare for our upcoming writing project
• We are practicing our plays

Upcoming Dates:

• Friday, Jan.20
  • SKSS band concert
  • booster juice
• Tuesday, Jan.24
  • Jess Dance workshop for primary students
• Thursday, Jan.26
  • Skating 10:30-11:30 at Memorial Arena
  • We will leave school at 10am
  • An email will ask parent volunteers who can walk with us and if anyone can drive our skates to and from the arena
• Friday, Jan.27
  • PAC hot lunch
  • Presenting our plays to the class! Bring in any props/costumes before Friday

Happy New Year! We are starting many new units this units this January.

French

• We are learning the genre of fairy tales.
• This week, we are exploring traditional fairy tales.
• Later in the unit, we will challenge traditional stereotypes and read modern versions and different cultural versions of fairy tales, leading up to being the authors of our own fairy tales before Spring Break!

Drama

• We are reading and performing fairy tales for classmates.
• This week children are choosing their roles.
• Children may prepare homemade costumes for their roles and prepare next week-end for performances next week. (Please do not purchase anything! Choose brown clothes for a rabbit, cut out ears and put on a hairband, do some crafting…)

Math

• We are wrapping up our measurement unit as we continue to measure our amaryllis which is currently 55 cm tall and hasn’t bloomed yet!
• We will be making math monsters for art, then measuring its body parts.
• We are working with adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers.

Social Studies

• We are learning about Ontario.
• We learned about Ottawa and the Parliament buildings.
• We heard the Algonquin legend of how Niagara Falls was created.

Physical & Health Education

• We have begun a badminton unit.
• In health, we learned why it is important to exercise and rest.

Coming up…

• In Science, we will begin a unit about matter.
• The morning of Tuesday, Jan.23 we will dance with “Jess Dance” from Vancouver.
• On Thursday, Jan.26 we will be skating at Memorial Arena. Only those with a completed criminal record check can volunteer and attend. Please advise me IN ADVANCE so that I can verify that the office has received your criminal record check.