Bonjour
Today we built a checklist for revising our writing. We came up with the criteria of: a sentence starts with a capital, has finger spaces and ends with a period. We used highlighters to make sure all the elements were there. Students wrote "Voici mon chapeau fou."
We are working on a winter art project. We tried a new art technique of adding salt to water paint and observed the crystalizing effect it had.
Some weekend reading for parents - totally optional :)
Importance of rhyming skill: https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/3-best-rhyme-games-kids.html
Why tracking print and making one to one correspondence is important (no need to read the entire link (it's a teacher who sells resources, not a promotion but her explanation is good) you can read just up to the first picture- it is in English despite the title being in French.
http://www.maternelleavecmmeandrea.com/2018/01/la-correspondance-mot-mot-et-la-fluidite.html?m=1
Bon weekend!
Friday, November 29, 2019
Thursday, November 28, 2019
le 28 novembre
Bonjour!
Today we had a visit from Constable Mark. He discussed his work as a police officer, answered questions and read the students a book about being a bucket filler. Bucket filling will be the virtue of the month in December.
We also put cut up sentences in order based on them 1) making sense 2) starting with a capital and 3) ending with a period.
Tomorrow is crazy hat day.
Today we had a visit from Constable Mark. He discussed his work as a police officer, answered questions and read the students a book about being a bucket filler. Bucket filling will be the virtue of the month in December.
We also put cut up sentences in order based on them 1) making sense 2) starting with a capital and 3) ending with a period.
Tomorrow is crazy hat day.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
le 27 novembre
Bonjour
What a fun Pajama day we had!
Here are a few songs we are working on:
Lundi matin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noo1_wUGsIU
Bonjour Monsieur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5zj3YQ0Tg
The Social Studies presentations are coming along really well. We are using those sentences to look for capitals letters and punctuation. Students are learning that sentences and names (proper nouns) take capitals and periods.
In Math we are learning to order numbers from least to greatest (ordre croissant) and greatest to least (ordre décroissant).
Home reading is coming home today. Please remind your reader to track the words with his/her finger and to sound out unknown words with their Raconte-moi l'alphabet sounds or actions.
Merci!
Crazy Hat day Friday.
What a fun Pajama day we had!
Here are a few songs we are working on:
Lundi matin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noo1_wUGsIU
Bonjour Monsieur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ5zj3YQ0Tg
The Social Studies presentations are coming along really well. We are using those sentences to look for capitals letters and punctuation. Students are learning that sentences and names (proper nouns) take capitals and periods.
In Math we are learning to order numbers from least to greatest (ordre croissant) and greatest to least (ordre décroissant).
Home reading is coming home today. Please remind your reader to track the words with his/her finger and to sound out unknown words with their Raconte-moi l'alphabet sounds or actions.
Merci!
Crazy Hat day Friday.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
le 26 novembre
Bonjour,
I was away today but students got to spend the day with Mme Zdrill!
PJ day tomorrow! (Room 2 only)
Friday is Crazy Hat Day.
I wanted to include some fun ways to practice our words of the week. These are two of my favourite websites:
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/10-diy-reading-games-for-kids/
https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/
I was away today but students got to spend the day with Mme Zdrill!
PJ day tomorrow! (Room 2 only)
Friday is Crazy Hat Day.
I wanted to include some fun ways to practice our words of the week. These are two of my favourite websites:
https://www.themeasuredmom.com/10-diy-reading-games-for-kids/
https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/
Monday, November 25, 2019
le 25 novembre
Bonjour,
Wednesday is Pajama Day (only for room 2)
Friday is Crazy Hat Day (for all students)
Thank you for sending in your community projects. Today we made a list of how many communities are represented in our classroom -11!) and the first couple of students presented. Please send in your project if it didn't make it in today. Merci!
I will be away tomorrow. Mme Zdrill will be covering for me.
Home Reading begins today. Your child will bring home a book. Three strategies I'd like to see them using:
1) track with their finger (touching each word as they go)
2) reread the book (at least twice)
3) try to sound out any unknown words
-Please return your book Wednesday. Merci!
(At this time we won't do a formal recording sheet. Enjoy some family time as you read. We do the heavy lifting in terms of reading at school.) I will do a separate post about encouraging readers.
I mentioned to a few families that the Calgary Reads Children's Reading House is an absolute gem to visit. It's free, you bring a book (new or used in great condition) and you get to leave with a book. To get more info or book a visit, go to:
https://calgaryreads.com/get-involved/visit-reading-place/
Wednesday is Pajama Day (only for room 2)
Friday is Crazy Hat Day (for all students)
Thank you for sending in your community projects. Today we made a list of how many communities are represented in our classroom -11!) and the first couple of students presented. Please send in your project if it didn't make it in today. Merci!
I will be away tomorrow. Mme Zdrill will be covering for me.
Home Reading begins today. Your child will bring home a book. Three strategies I'd like to see them using:
1) track with their finger (touching each word as they go)
2) reread the book (at least twice)
3) try to sound out any unknown words
-Please return your book Wednesday. Merci!
(At this time we won't do a formal recording sheet. Enjoy some family time as you read. We do the heavy lifting in terms of reading at school.) I will do a separate post about encouraging readers.
FOOD BANK DONATIONS NEEDED
We are collecting non-perishable food items for the Mayor's Food Bank Drive until December 19. Items can include: Pasta sauce, granola bars, juice boxes, powdered milk, stage three baby food, peanut butter, pasta, rice, soup cans or packages, cereal, oatmeal, canned tuna, canned chicken, canned beans, canned fruit, pancake/bread/biscuit mixes, gluten-free pasta, etc. Thank you for your support!
I mentioned to a few families that the Calgary Reads Children's Reading House is an absolute gem to visit. It's free, you bring a book (new or used in great condition) and you get to leave with a book. To get more info or book a visit, go to:
https://calgaryreads.com/get-involved/visit-reading-place/
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
le 20 novembre
Bonjour
We finished the alphabet today! Hooray! Ask your child about Z.
I have send a email out to all families about a Social Studies project. If you did not receive it please let me know.
Merci!
Jennifer
We finished the alphabet today! Hooray! Ask your child about Z.
I have send a email out to all families about a Social Studies project. If you did not receive it please let me know.
Merci!
Jennifer
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Le 19 novembre
Bonjour
Today’s letter is X!
In Math we highlighted even numbers on a 100 grid. What kind of patterns emerged? Ask your child what they noticed.
In French we looked at our words of the week. I introduced the concept of there being two types of words: sight words (words that you learn to recognize at sight they may or may not be words that can be sounded out. Les, des, elle for example, words like deux that have a silent end letter) and decode-able words (words that are easily sounded out: cat, je, banane...). I have put up a board across the hallway from our room entitled “how do we learn to read?” Please have a look. I will also attach the content of the board to an email going to families tomorrow.
We did a self evaluation about citizenship and student came up with a goal. These will be shared at conferences.
Library tomorrow.
See you Thursday!
Please visit last Friday’s blogger post with Math games if you missed it. Merci!
Jennifer
Today’s letter is X!
In Math we highlighted even numbers on a 100 grid. What kind of patterns emerged? Ask your child what they noticed.
In French we looked at our words of the week. I introduced the concept of there being two types of words: sight words (words that you learn to recognize at sight they may or may not be words that can be sounded out. Les, des, elle for example, words like deux that have a silent end letter) and decode-able words (words that are easily sounded out: cat, je, banane...). I have put up a board across the hallway from our room entitled “how do we learn to read?” Please have a look. I will also attach the content of the board to an email going to families tomorrow.
We did a self evaluation about citizenship and student came up with a goal. These will be shared at conferences.
Library tomorrow.
See you Thursday!
Please visit last Friday’s blogger post with Math games if you missed it. Merci!
Jennifer
Monday, November 18, 2019
le 18 novembre
Bonjour
Today's letter is W.
In Math, students had the challenge of PROVING if a number was even or odd. Give your child a number between 10-20. Ask if it's even or odd. They can explain it to you or draw it out. The goal is for their work to speak for itself (ie - the child doesn't have to ask if it's correct. Their work should show it.)
Conferences - it is up to you if you would like your child to attend conferences with you - either works with me!
Please see our new words of the week, below.
Important dates:
Wed - Library
Thursday- no school, I'll see you at conferences!
Friday - no school for students - PD day.
Today's letter is W.
In Math, students had the challenge of PROVING if a number was even or odd. Give your child a number between 10-20. Ask if it's even or odd. They can explain it to you or draw it out. The goal is for their work to speak for itself (ie - the child doesn't have to ask if it's correct. Their work should show it.)
Conferences - it is up to you if you would like your child to attend conferences with you - either works with me!
Please see our new words of the week, below.
Important dates:
Wed - Library
Thursday- no school, I'll see you at conferences!
Friday - no school for students - PD day.
Friday, November 15, 2019
le 15 novembre
Bonjour
Today we worked on ordering numbers and identifying them out of order. This is still a bit tricky, so we count manipulatives, order number tiles, represent numbers in many ways (tallies, ten frames, dots....) and play games like Boum, Fill the Cup and Number Path games. This is a great area of practice for home. Tell your child to show you a number with some sort of manipulative and then ask what happens if you add 1, take away 1, add 2 etc. Do they need to recount each time or can they add on/take away and remember what number they had?
Boum: Write the numbers from 1-20 on slips of paper. Include 4-5 slips that say Boum. Put them in a bag, drawn them at random. Say the number and keep your slip of paper. Continue on to the next player. If you pick the Boum card you have to put all of your slips of paper back in the bag. The player with the most cards win.
Fill the cup: Each player has an empty cup (a small cup that holds about 20-30 of an object). Players take turns rolling a die and adding that number of cubes/legos/cheerios/beads/rocks etc into their cup. The first to fill the cup wins. Count how many objects you have.
Number path games (you can google blank "follow the path templates" to get a whole variety for free). Fill in the blank squares with numbers, get a die and some playing pieces and play the game. The objective is to get to the end while identifying the numbers you land on.
I have many digital copies of these games, if you email me I am VERY happy to share them with you and your family.
Mme Zdrill will be available for conferences from 8am-1pm if you'd like to speak with her. Mr Trevor will also be present.
The school is beginning to collect for the Food Bank. Boxes are currently in the hallway by the entrance if you would like to participate in our food drive.
Bon weekend!
Next week:
-Library Wednesday
-Conferences all day Thursday (no school for students)
-No school Friday
Today we worked on ordering numbers and identifying them out of order. This is still a bit tricky, so we count manipulatives, order number tiles, represent numbers in many ways (tallies, ten frames, dots....) and play games like Boum, Fill the Cup and Number Path games. This is a great area of practice for home. Tell your child to show you a number with some sort of manipulative and then ask what happens if you add 1, take away 1, add 2 etc. Do they need to recount each time or can they add on/take away and remember what number they had?
Boum: Write the numbers from 1-20 on slips of paper. Include 4-5 slips that say Boum. Put them in a bag, drawn them at random. Say the number and keep your slip of paper. Continue on to the next player. If you pick the Boum card you have to put all of your slips of paper back in the bag. The player with the most cards win.
Fill the cup: Each player has an empty cup (a small cup that holds about 20-30 of an object). Players take turns rolling a die and adding that number of cubes/legos/cheerios/beads/rocks etc into their cup. The first to fill the cup wins. Count how many objects you have.
Number path games (you can google blank "follow the path templates" to get a whole variety for free). Fill in the blank squares with numbers, get a die and some playing pieces and play the game. The objective is to get to the end while identifying the numbers you land on.
I have many digital copies of these games, if you email me I am VERY happy to share them with you and your family.
Mme Zdrill will be available for conferences from 8am-1pm if you'd like to speak with her. Mr Trevor will also be present.
The school is beginning to collect for the Food Bank. Boxes are currently in the hallway by the entrance if you would like to participate in our food drive.
Bon weekend!
Next week:
-Library Wednesday
-Conferences all day Thursday (no school for students)
-No school Friday
Thursday, November 14, 2019
le 14 novembre
Bonjour
This morning students had a a visit from Elder Randy from the Blackfoot Nation. Ask me what I learned.
We practiced representing numbers in the teens with two ten frames.
Ask me what zone I was in today.
Important Dates:
-Conference booking starts today at 4pm
-Scholastics due tomorrow
-No school for students next Thursday and Friday
-Library next Wednesday
This morning students had a a visit from Elder Randy from the Blackfoot Nation. Ask me what I learned.
We practiced representing numbers in the teens with two ten frames.
Ask me what zone I was in today.
Important Dates:
-Conference booking starts today at 4pm
-Scholastics due tomorrow
-No school for students next Thursday and Friday
-Library next Wednesday
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
le 13 novembre
Bonjour
Today's letter was V.
We are working with persistence on Willie the Wiggle Worm. Check out yesterday's post if you missed it.
We learned more about feelings and started writing a book about them. In the afternoon, we learned about the zones of regulation and which feelings go into which zones/colours.
I am away at a PD session tomorrow morning and will return in the afternoon. They will also be attending a presentation with First Nations Elder Randy. Students, please be mindful of your behaviour and being in the green zone to learn.
Scholastics orders due Friday.
Today's letter was V.
We are working with persistence on Willie the Wiggle Worm. Check out yesterday's post if you missed it.
We learned more about feelings and started writing a book about them. In the afternoon, we learned about the zones of regulation and which feelings go into which zones/colours.
I am away at a PD session tomorrow morning and will return in the afternoon. They will also be attending a presentation with First Nations Elder Randy. Students, please be mindful of your behaviour and being in the green zone to learn.
Scholastics orders due Friday.
Just a reminder that November's Parent/Teacher Conferences for Kindergarten to Grade 5 are next THURSDAY, November 21 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm. There is no school for students on Thursday.
On Wednesday, November 20, our Kindergarten students have Student/Involved Conferences so their is no classes for Kindergarten on Wednesday, November 20. Grades 1-5 have regular school on Wednesday.
Friday is a Professional Learning Day for teachers so there is no school for students on this day.
The conference booking system opens tomorrow at 4:00 for families.
Please see the VAS website for a reminder of other non-instruction days throughout the school year. This information can be found at: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/varsityacres/Pages/default.aspx under 'Calendar'.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
le 12 novembre
Bonjour
Today we began one of my all time favourite Math activities: Willie the Wiggle Worm. You can watch the video here to get a better understanding of the activity, I do not share the video with students after the 4 minute mark. Please don't print any of the sheets off at home as we will be working through them all week and possibly into next.
https://mathpickle.com/project/willie-wiggle-wiggle-worm/
It is quite challenging and moves on in terms of difficulty while allowing students who need the extra practice at the beginning level to have it. It is teaching students grit, flexibility and resiliency in problem solving. It also reinforces numbers to 25 and their correct printing ie we still see reversals (ie 31 for 13) and students starting their numbers at the bottom instead of top as common errors.
Today's letter was T.
These are our new words of the week. Please practice reading and writing them.
Friday, November 8, 2019
le 8 novembre
Bonjour
Our letter today was S.
We attended an assembly and played a syllable game with our grade 4 learning buddies.
Students have a bit of work to do over the weekend. I'll be sending home a project we started (with our buddies!) all about themselves. In Social Studies we are starting to learn about the groups we belong to. On the sheet, it asks for students to illustrate a group they belong to. I'm hoping they can brainstorm with you which groups they are members of and if there is a symbol that represents that group. If you could please return them on Tuesday that would be great. Merci!
Our letter today was S.
We attended an assembly and played a syllable game with our grade 4 learning buddies.
Students have a bit of work to do over the weekend. I'll be sending home a project we started (with our buddies!) all about themselves. In Social Studies we are starting to learn about the groups we belong to. On the sheet, it asks for students to illustrate a group they belong to. I'm hoping they can brainstorm with you which groups they are members of and if there is a symbol that represents that group. If you could please return them on Tuesday that would be great. Merci!
VASPFS HOLIDAY PURDYS FUNDRAISER IS HERE!!!
We are once again fundraising with Purdys chocolatier for the holiday season! VASPFS will receive 25% of all sales.
To order online, go to fundraising.purdys.com and click Login or Create New Account
Then click Join Campaign. Our customer number is 28645.
All orders must be placed by Monday, November 25th.
Orders can be picked up on Thursday December 5th between 3-5pm in the school gym.
You may forward this info to any friends or relatives that would like to participate!
Any questions? Please email VASPFS@gmail.com
Thank you for your support
Thursday, November 7, 2019
le 7 novembre
Bonjour
Today we learned about symbols in Social Studies. What is the symbol for Canada? What other symbols did we see?
Our letter today was r.
Please practice reading and writing our words of the week: la, le, les
We discussed Remembrance today and made a small vocabulary book. It will come home in the next few days. If your child is a Spark, Cub, Beaver etc, they are welcome to wear uniforms to tomorrow's assembly. It begins at 10:30, you are welcome to join us.
Merci!
Today we learned about symbols in Social Studies. What is the symbol for Canada? What other symbols did we see?
Our letter today was r.
Please practice reading and writing our words of the week: la, le, les
We discussed Remembrance today and made a small vocabulary book. It will come home in the next few days. If your child is a Spark, Cub, Beaver etc, they are welcome to wear uniforms to tomorrow's assembly. It begins at 10:30, you are welcome to join us.
Merci!
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
le 6 novembre
Bonjour
Today's letter is Q. It makes a K sound. When your child says the sound, ensure they are saying the k sound and not the name of the letter q.
All of the raconte moi les sons letters, pictures and sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS3iQh0K480
Teaching how teach successive blending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9MUQi-C78#action=share
We had a conversation about touching others. We do have permission to touch other people. We need to ask if we can touch give hugs etc. Things were a bit rough in general (school wide) outside (soccer etc) and Mme Brinson asked all teachers to speak with their students about this.
Students made a beautiful coquelicot project with Mme Emily.
Merci!
Bibliotheque demain!
Today's letter is Q. It makes a K sound. When your child says the sound, ensure they are saying the k sound and not the name of the letter q.
All of the raconte moi les sons letters, pictures and sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS3iQh0K480
Teaching how teach successive blending
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9MUQi-C78#action=share
We had a conversation about touching others. We do have permission to touch other people. We need to ask if we can touch give hugs etc. Things were a bit rough in general (school wide) outside (soccer etc) and Mme Brinson asked all teachers to speak with their students about this.
Students made a beautiful coquelicot project with Mme Emily.
Merci!
Bibliotheque demain!
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
le 5 novembre
Bonjour,
We are working hard on our numbers from 11-20. These are proving a bit tricky. If students can practice their numbers in French in and out of sequence, that would be most helpful. Some students will be bringing home their number booklet again tonight.
We are working on emotion words. Ask your child how they are feeling. They should reply with "Je suis..."
Our letter and sound today is P.
Important Dates
Thursday: Bibliotheque (please return books) and special lunch
Friday: Remembrance Day assembly. Any sparks, brownies, beavers etc are welcome to wear their uniform. If you have any veterans in your family, they are more than welcome to attend.
Merci!
We are working hard on our numbers from 11-20. These are proving a bit tricky. If students can practice their numbers in French in and out of sequence, that would be most helpful. Some students will be bringing home their number booklet again tonight.
We are working on emotion words. Ask your child how they are feeling. They should reply with "Je suis..."
Our letter and sound today is P.
Important Dates
Thursday: Bibliotheque (please return books) and special lunch
Friday: Remembrance Day assembly. Any sparks, brownies, beavers etc are welcome to wear their uniform. If you have any veterans in your family, they are more than welcome to attend.
Merci!
Monday, November 4, 2019
le 4 novembre
Bonjour
I hope you all had a great long weekend!
Today we learned the letter n sound. Have your child tell you the story, show you the action and do the sound.
We are starting our words of the week. Each week, there will be 3 words to practice reading and writing at home.
I hope you all had a great long weekend!
Today we learned the letter n sound. Have your child tell you the story, show you the action and do the sound.
We are starting our words of the week. Each week, there will be 3 words to practice reading and writing at home.
Finally, there about 6 students that have a little work to finish at home. Please check your child's folder, it looks like this.
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