One more day of swimming left - Nov 7

One more day of swimming left.  We can't say thank you enough to the amazing volunteers who once again helped us throughout the whole swimming trip.  Once again, to my knowledge nothing was left behind for a second day in a row .😊

NOTE: Although tomorrow there will be Sammy's Pizza (for those who ordered), it will not arrive in time for our students to eat these before we go swimming.  Please pack a lunch so that we don't have any hungry friends going to swimming lessons tomorrow.  We will pick up the pizzas upon our return.  

Math-a-thon: Pledges and the math tests have now been returned.  Thank you all for your patience.  As mentioned in my last blog, pledge money should be sent in by November 9th.

Today in Math we worked with our large numbers again and used Venn Diagrams and Carroll Diagrams to sort and organize our numbers. Although many remembered from last year how to use these diagrams, we quickly discovered that they can be a little challenging sometimes so we will continue to use them throughout our lessons to help solidify the concepts. 

In the morning we also worked on our abstract art which most of us have now finished.  A picture will be posted here once the final two pieces of art are finished and displayed with the rest.  
   
Finally, once we returned from swimming, the students had gym which may have resulted in very tired kids going home today.  Hopefully that also means that they sleep well tonight.  😃

Friday we will have our Remembrance Day Liturgy @ 10:00 AM in the school.  Come join us and help us remember.

Before our swimming lesson, we watched a short video on why we remember our veterans and in particular why WWI was so significant.  This is from a great website that I have now added as a resource to the Resources page.  Questions to many questions are answered through animated short videos that are fun to watch and informative.

https://www.1jour1actu.com/histoire/video-souvenir-premiere-guerre-mondiale-90689/

Homework:

- Math review sheets (Semaine 9) - Wednesday - all due Nov. 12

- English Homework (week 3) - Wednesday - all due Nov 12

- Raz-kids French books (Assignment  Nov 5-9) - due Nov 11

- Spelling Words: French, English

Important Upcoming Dates:

- November 5-8 - Swimming Lessons

- November 8 - Math Quiz

- November 8 - Sammy's Pizza

- November 9 - Spelling test (French, English)

- November 9 - Remembrance Day Liturgy @ 10:00 AM

Have a wonderful evening!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming - Nov 6

Today we continued with our swimming lessons.  Thank you again to the amazing volunteers who helped us get ready and off to the pool as well as get back safely.  To my knowledge nothing lost its owner today 😄

Math-a-thon: Due to a personal emergency I had to leave early today, and therefore the pledges did not go home today, as planned, but will absolutely go home tomorrow.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.  Again, the money should be sent in by November 9th.

Today in Math we did a Marathon again, but this time looking at large numbers and the positions for each of the digits in them (unites, dizaines, centaines, etc.).  There were 20 questions to answer for each of the numbers and those who were among the first three to finish with correct responses received a small reward (colourful transparent dice to practice their math skills with.)

In French we continued working on determinants and should be wrapping it up very soon.  Up next will be adjectifs.
   
We also had our BFG groups this morning, where we did beautiful Remembrance Day crosses to help us remember the many fallen soldiers from WWI and WWII.  Things were so busy that we had no time for pictures, but we will make sure we take some good ones tomorrow as the crosses are absolutely beautiful. 

Homework:

- Math review sheets (Semaine 9) - Tuesday - all due Nov. 12

- English Homework (week 3) - Tuesday - all due Nov 12

- Raz-kids French books (Assignment  Nov 5-9) - due Nov 11

- Spelling Words: French, English

Important Upcoming Dates:

- November 5-8 - Swimming Lessons

- November 8 - Math Quiz

- November 9 - Spelling test (French, English)

- November 9 - Remembrance Day Liturgy @ 10:00 AM

Have a wonderful evening!

Swimming, swimming, in a swimming pool - Nov 5

Today we started our swimming lessons.  The students were excited from the moment they arrived in school until we finally returned back to school.  Because of the swimming, some of the students felt like this was the best school day so far this year.  I, however, will live with the belief that it was such an awesome day because of the Math-a-thon we had this morning 😉.

The Math-a-thon went well, and all the results are in.  I will be sending home the results and the pledge forms for those who collected pledges.  Please send in the money by November 9.

I want to take a moment to congratulate all the students on their results in the Math-a-thon.  The majority of the students did really well if not exceptionally well even though we did not get to study for this Math-a-thon.  The questions were very similar to homework questions and those seen in class, but nonetheless, I am very proud of each and every student for putting their best effort forward first thing Monday morning.  They all deserve a hug for this.

The rest of the morning was a rush from one activity to the other which the students handled with grace and respect.  We had our regular sharing circle, followed by recess, then had a brief visit to the library, followed by some work with Mme Tardif for Remembrance Day and we wrapped up the morning with some reading of illustrated fairy tales.  These we will continue reading in groups.  Once we are comfortable, we will be telling these stories to the class in the upcoming weeks.

The swimming:
Swimming went quite well today and everyone enjoyed being in the water.  Some of the students switched groups depending on their skill levels.  They can tell you all about these.  A special thank you to our amazing volunteers who helped with getting on and off our bus without losing anyone, changing in and out of swuimsuits (this is hard when they are wet :)) and most importantly, making sure we didn't leave anything behind, 

Speaking of which, I have found a wet off-white towel left abandoned in the change room.  Apparently it did not belong to anyone, but if you know your child did not bring home their towel, please let me know.  I will be bringing it back to the pool tomorrow. 

Looking forward to three more days of swimming :)

Tomorrow we will have our first Big Family Group activity (students get to work with other teachers and many other students from all grade levels.)  The focus tomorrow will be Remembrance Day.  Our song of the week is a beautiful French song reminding us to take the time to remember our veterans.

Homework:

- Math review sheets (Semaine 9) - Monday - all due Nov. 12

- English Homework (week 3) - Monday - all due Nov 12

- Raz-kids French books (Assignment  Nov 5-9) - due Nov 11

- Spelling Words: French, English

Important Upcoming Dates:

- November 5-8 - Swimming Lessons

- November 8 - Math Quiz

- November 9 - Spelling test (French, English)

- November 9 - Remembrance Day Liturgy @ 10:00 AM

Thank you Anika for bringing in delicious cupcakes for your birthday.  It was a welcome treat after such an exhausting day 😊.  Happy Birthday Anika!!!

Have a wonderful evening!