French Update

Sorry it's been so long since my last update! My home computer is on the fritz and when I try to update using my phone, there is an issue with the browser. Anyway, we've been busy in French. Students have been retelling the story of "Boucle d'or" (Goldilocks) in the drama centre and are getting really good at it. They are politely asking for common classroom items in French (crayon, colle, ciseaux etc.) by saying "s'il te/vous plait" (please) and "merci" (thank you). We have recited the poem "Ramunoir" a million times and are acting out the action words "marche" (walk), "saute" (jump), "danse" (dance), and "dort" (sleep). We are now in the final stretch before Halloween and learning a lot of the vocabulary that goes along with it.

Merry and Bright

Yikes.....Hallowe'en hasn't even arrived and here I am posting and passing on a little Holiday goodie from Mabel's Labels. If you are interested don't forget to type Stonecrest as the school you wish to support! Just click on the link below and it should take you right to the holiday specials.

Holiday Labels and Stocking Stuffers

Best Day Ever!

Your son/daughter likely thinks that their birthday ranks up there as one of the best days ever! Please know that we are happy to celebrate your child's birthday by distributing invites on their behalf or even enjoying a treat that you might like to send in as long as it is easy to distribute. We do have a gluten issue in the class, but Mom has graciously offered to provide a "stunt double" to ease the concern over this dietary sensitivity. Please just let us know in advance if you plan on sending a food item in so that she has a treat available for her child to take part in the celebration too. 

 

Many thanks!

Got Buddies?

Lucky us....we have some Big Buddies! Every Day 1 we will have a visit with Mrs. Wilker's Grade 3/4 students for about 20 minutes. During this time you might find us playing language based games or reading books to one another. It is such a wonderful time as the interactions are incredible and the learning through games continues to support what we are up to in the classroom!

A-P-P-L-E

Do you remember the song about a farmer who had a dog named Bingo? Hum that tune and then try our shared reading. The little dots were an activity that the children participated in by indicating where each word was and helped us to track print as we read or sang through the poem. Be warned...it might be hard to get the song out of your head once you start! 

New Addtition

Wanted to wish you all a lovely long weekend! If you are on a journey to visit with family....safe travels. :o)

A new gadget was added to the blog on the right hand side. Instead of checking in here at random you can actually sign up to receive an email any time a new entry has been made! Great feature that may make things easier.

Give and Give and Give

Over the last few weeks the children have been very interested in nature. What better time to talk about trees and all that they have to offer! We began by brainstorming all of our ideas on how trees help us and the various ways in which trees can be used. A picture walk of the story The Giving Tree followed and we added to our list by just having been close observers of each page.

After actually sharing the heartwarming story with the children, we discovered yet other things to add to our list with some BIG IDEAS that could be summed up with one word. Some students were pretty surprised as they realized how useful trees can be and how they really do give and give and give just like the story.