Bonjour!

We have been having a great week here in room 150! In Language, we have been consolidating our knowledge of the vowel sounds "i" and "a" by practicing reading syllables.

We have played "Mémoire", trying to match pairs of vowels.

We have also done a silly word challenge, where the students get to ring a bell if they can correctly read a nonsense word made up of syllables we already know.

Yesterday was National Take Me Outside Day, so we did a nature walk around the school yard. We discussed seasonal changes we could see, and we also collected twigs for a craft :)

The students chose a shape to hang from a "décoration d'Halloween/d'automne", such as bats, pumpkins, colourful leaves, etc. 

They looked very spooky hanging up in our classroom today! Not all of these are finished, so a few more will be going home tomorrow :)

Our writing prompt for the day was to help Mme Bena choose a Halloween costume... the students drew a picture of a costume they would like to see me wear, and then they wrote about it! Let me tell you, they laughed quite a bit! :)

News items:

1) I wanted to thank those who were able to order from this September's Scholastic book order-- your orders allow us to get new books for the classroom, so a few weeks ago we voted, and today we were able to add three exciting new titles to our classroom library. Merci! :)

2) Reminder - tomorrow is our field trip! We will be outside all day so please ensure your child is dressed warmly (winter coats, snow pants, winter boots, mittens, and a hat are all good ideas!) Please also remember to send them a lunch-- if your child usually orders pizza, they will not receive it until we return to school at 2:30. They will need lots of healthy food to give them energy until then :)

Have a great night, and enjoy the s-n-o-w! :)

Mme Bena

Bonjour!

I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend! I'd like to share some pictures of our learning from last week :)

Our language focus is the sound "a" and we are learning about Tara le chat. Students have been completing a variety of activities to help them read and write words with the sound "a", such as:

ami
Tara
chat
rat
avec

We have been talking about Fall vocabulary, and observing seasonal changes in the world around us. Last week, we went on a nature walk around the school yard and gathered leaves of different sizes, shapes, and colours. Each student then chose one leaf to bring back into the classroom. 

Once inside, we learned some describing words for our leaves. The students then drew a picture of their leaf and wrote about it in their journals. 

We made our own Bingo cards to help reinforce the Fall vocabulary we have learned so far.

We also made a Fall craft which emphasized fine-motor skills. First, the students traced a leaf template. 

They then cut it out, and glued tissue paper squares onto their leaf. Our classroom is now decorated with these beautiful "feuilles d'automne!"

News items: 
1) On Friday, I sent home the October Scholastic book order forms. If you wish to place an order, please return the completed forms by Wednesday, October 19, 2016.
2) We will not be visiting the library tomorrow, as there is an event scheduled in the library during the day.
3) Wednesday is iWalk Day, where students (and staff!) are encouraged to walk to school, to promote a healthy and green lifestyle. For those who are unable to walk to school, we will be walking the school yard in the morning before entering the school!

Have a great week!
Mme Bena :)