Fun at the Children's Museum

The grade 1's had so much fun at the Children's Museum. The kids got to do lots of exploring and playing. We also reviewed French vocabulary while describing different objects.  The kids also made some good looking mosaics. Bravo!

C'est le printemps!

Here is a picture of our new Spring bulletin board in the classroom. The grade 1's were lucky enough to have the help of M. Sorokowski's grade 5's. After making all of the 'spring things', the grade 1's labelled the board. Next week we will be using these words to do some writing in French. C'est beau! Bravo!

TIA with Gaby

We explored many different genres of music, from Jazz to Rock and Roll to Blues, as well as different music across Canada. We grooved to the music and even made our own music. We could also make different sounds using different parts of our bodies and our voices. Music allows us to express our feelings too. What fun!

70 ou 90?

We have become very confident in our counting, but sometimes still have trouble with 70 and 90, en français. Thanks to Mme Bellefeuille's website and her helpful trick, we are remembering our 70's and 90's better now! We thought these posters are really cool too!

Les Doubles, les doubles +1 and Read to someone

This week we have been reviewing and practicing our doubles and continuing to work on doubles plus one (near doubles). We love practicing in centres!

We have been doing a great job of Read to Self, so this week we started to practice how to Read to Someone.  Reading is so much fun!

This week...

This week we practiced our double facts.  We are getting better! We played memory (mémoire), roule et couvre (or Double Trouble) and a doubles game on the iPads.

We also continued practicing many routines, like 'Read to self'. We are working at becoming better readers.

We started our unit on Characteristics of Objects and Materials (les caractéristiques des objets et matériaux). This week we cut objects out of flyers and sorted them by what they were made of. We found objects made of paper, wood, metal, plastic, rubber and glass.

Wow! What a great week!

Scholastics

Scholastic order forms are being sent home today. Orders will be due Monday, March 14th. This will allow me to place the order and receive the books hopefully before Spring Break.

If you wish to make a purchase, please return the completed forms to school along with a cheque (made out to Scholastic Canada Ltd.) or pay by the 'new' Parent Pay with credit card online (cash cannot be sent). Please send orders and payment prior to the deadline. If you are returning multiple forms, please ensure your child’s name is indicated on each form.

Here is more information about the Parent Pay:

Introductory Letter to Parents

Step-by-step Guide