Aside from the talking, we did accomplish quite a bit today. We started with the sharing circle and then went into Math. We did some math addition drills using 4 digit numbers and then we started learning our Christmas concert songs. See below for more information on the Christmas Concert. A few more details will be added and an email will be sent out soon too.
After the morning recess, we had our first attempt at Journal writing in French. I gave everyone a rubric so they can measure how well they are doing as they are writing. The topic was "What I did this weekend." We will be writing in our Journals every week. We will use these to check our spelling, grammar and improve on our ability to write nice clean sentences.
In the afternoon we worked in groups to fill in our research diagram on "Les Montagnes Rocheuses". We will be sharing our findings with the rest of the class end of this week and early next week.
Finally, we wrapped up the day with reading Wonder.
Our Christmas tree has also started growing. We now have three egg cartons. Please help us grow it by sending in your empty egg cartons. We will be painting them as soon as we have more and we will recycle them after Christmas.
You can book a Parent Teacher Conference through this site if you have not done so already: https://stgerard.schoolsoft.com/login.jsf
Homework:
- Raz-kids French books (Assignment Nov. 26-30) - due Dec. 2
- Math homework - Monday - semaine 11 - all due Dec. 3
- English homework - Monday - week 5 - all due Dec. 3
(Please tell the kids to check their work as sometimes careless mistakes end up costing more than they should.)
- Practice Words of the week; Mots de la semaine; Phrases en Français for Thursday Nov. 29
- The Christmas Concert will take place on Dec. 18 @ 6:30 PM
- Our French song will be "Mon beau sapin" - more details around this one and lyrics coming soon. The version we will sing can be found here:
- Our English song will be "Silent night" but in addition to singing we will also be doing it using American Sign Language. The students will be wearing a black or dark outfit and white gloves (I am looking for white gloves, so if you have any, don't put them away yet, and if you know where I could find some, give me a shout :)). Again, details are being ironed out, but here is the video we are using to learn the song. We will sing two verses.
(The signs are done really nice and slow and we will practice in class. We do know a few lines already and we simply need to practice everything together once we learn all the signs. Please don't hesitate to practice at home (or let your children practice) as that will help build their confidence.)
Important Upcoming Dates:
- Tuesday, November 27
- Katerina's last day with us :(
- Thursday, November 29
- Sammy's Pizza
- Math Quiz (Mental math additions)
- Spelling Tests (French words, English words and Étude de la phrase)
- Thursday, November 29
- Parent Teacher Conferences (4:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
- Friday, November 30
- Parent Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
