le 18 decembre

Bonjour

Today we learnt about eye safety. Which tips can your child name? (Wear sunglasses, get your eyes checked, avoid rubbing your eyes, wear eye protection for building, sports, science experiments etc). Why do we need to take such good care of our eyes?

What can your child tell you about ear protection? (Avoid loud noises, wear earphones in loud situations, avoid overuse of headphones to listen to music, don't stick anything in there!) Why do we need to take good care of your ears? What else do your ears help with? Why is noise more dangerous for children?

Today's problem solving challenge:

Tomorrow is:
-festive apparel day
-last day for foodbank donations
and the last day of school before the break!

le 17 decembre

Bonjour

Students got to spend their gym period with paralympian John Leslie again today!

We are close to wrapping up our Five Senses Unit. Tomorrow we will learn how our senses keep us safe and how to take care of our eyes and ears. Over the past two days we have also reviewed the alphabet in American Sign Language (ASL) as well as how to sign some common words (done, eat, more, time, water, bathroom, listen, thank you, line up, sit down etc...).

Shhhhhhhh.....just for parents, if you have an elf on shelf can you please send me his/her name tonight?

December 18 – Toque Day
December 19 – Festive Apparel Day (Anything festive will work) 
December 19 – Last day of school and last day for Food Bank collections
December 20 – No school for students

le 16 decembre

Bonjour

Today we began some Math and Literacy centers. Ask your child about which ones they got to do! Any child that did the pattern station will have uploaded their pattern into Iris for you to see.

In Gym, paralympian John Leslie (snowboarder Sochi 2014) came to tell students his story and demonstrate some moves and encourage healthy active lives.

Important dates:
-Please return all library books

December 17 – Red and Green DayDecember 18 – Toque DayDecember 19 – Festive Apparel Day (Anything festive will work) 
December 19 – Last day for Food Bank collectionsDecember 20 – No school for students (Winter Break for families begins)

le 13 decembre

Oh what fun!

What a great day we had today! Caroling in the gym and making beautiful snowflakes with our learning buddies.

Bon weekend!

Important dates:
-Please return all library books

December 16 – Festive Sweater / T-Shirt Day
December 17 – Red and Green Day
December 18 – Toque Day
December 19 – Festive Apparel Day (Anything festive will work) 
December 19 – Last day for Food Bank collections
December 20 – No school for students (Winter Break for families begins)

What's going on in your child's brain when you read them a story?

An interesting read about the power of reading picture books to your child.

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51281/whats-going-on-in-your-childs-brain-when-you-read-them-a-story

le 12 decembre

Bonjour!

We had a fun stuffie day, did our science experiment and had Art, oh my!

Students enjoyed some of the food during our experiment, the dark chocolate did not taste as good as they were anticipating! They now know about the 4 kinds of tastes: amer (bitter), aigre (sour), sucré (sweet) and salé (salty). Students with dietary restrictions tasted some of the foods.

We have been doing some challenging number puzzles to familiarize ourselves with a 100 chart, have a look at these!

Tomorrow: caroling in the gym, students can wear festive wear, Santa hats, antler headbands etc if they would like. Please return all library books for the break.

le 11 decembre

Bonjour

Exciting news: Tomorrow students can bring in a stuffie as they have earned it as reward for a goal. Bravo!

We have been working VERY hard on speaking more French. Students are expected to be using the French they do know. We are trying to limit the number of English words to about 1.  I am expecting that they are trying to speak with peers in French while conversing and while playing centers/games.

Today we learnt about vision. We spent some time learning about seeing eye dogs and about Braille. Ask your child who invented it! Tomorrow they will be bringing home their names in Braille.