Reminders:

• Friday May 15th – no school for students
• Monday May 18th – No school Victoria Day

This week we are working on:

• This week we are moving on to a new story – The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The version we read in French is called Les trois chèvres. The characters in our version are sisters instead of brothers giving us lots of practice reading all the feminine adjectives that are spelt and read differently (petit/petite and gros/grosse). 
• We continue to practice solving addition and subtraction problems using number lines, 100s charts, ten frames and physical counters. 
• This week and next we get to try tennis!
• We have been going for short neighbourhood walks discussing the changes we see as the weather warms up. We have also discussed road safety.

Homework – les devoirs: 5-10 minutes of daily French literacy with an adult

• Tuesday is the day we visit the library and exchange our home reading books. Please pack the duotang and classroom levelled reading books. Please also pack your library books for Mme Bossio. Merci!

Reminders:

• No school May 15th
• Grade 7 Street Market & PAC Fun Night – 4 to 7pm

This week we are working on:

• We continue re-writing the story of The Three Pigs.
• We are reviewing the composed sound ‘on’. 
• In maths, we are learning the Canadian coins and bills and their values. We can use coins to count by 2s, 5s and 10s. We will also discuss the difference between wants and needs.
• We have been learning with sunlight this spring. We’ve been playing with a variety of prisms, spraying water, holographic glasses and papers. We’re learning how light travels through transparent and translucent objects and how we create shadows with opaque objects. 

Homework: 5-10 minutes of French literacy with an adult

• Tuesday is library day and homework book exchange day. Thank you for packing your child’s duotang, classroom books and library books. Click the links below to access French learning resources.

Reminders:

• Monday April 27th – No school for students

This week we are working on:

• This week we are re-telling the story of The Three Little Pigs. We will be acting it out and re-writing it in our own words. This is easily our most challenging work of the school year. 
• We are reviewing the composed sound ‘ch’ this week. We know lots of words with this sound.
• In maths, we continue to practice addition and subtraction below 20. We are also evaluating students abilities to count by 2s, 5s and 10s. Counting with coins is a great way to practice this skill.
• Friday we go on a full day field trip to Hat Creek Ranch. PAC lunch orders have been cancelled. Please pack a full lunch and snack and water bottle for the day. Students should be dressed for the weather as we will be outside much of the day.

Homework: 5 – 10 minutes of French literacy with an adult

• Tuesday is library day and homework book exchange day. Thank you for packing your child’s duotang, classroom books and library books. Click the links below to access French learning resources.

Reminders:

• No school for students Monday April 27th

This week we are working on:

• We are starting a unit on stories. We’ll read a variety of fables, fairy tales and Indigenous stories over the next two months The Three Little Pigs – Les trois petits cochons. We will be learning about characters, setting and plot. We will be learning with this story over the next two weeks. We will be reading, comparing different versions, re-telling, acting out, and re-writing this story. 
  • Directed drawing of a pig. Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• We are reviewing the composed sounds we have learned this year starting with ‘au’ and ‘eau’. 
• In maths, we continue to use counters, ten frames and number lines to help solve addition and subtraction problems below 20. 

Homework: les devoirs – 5-10 minutes (every day) of French literacy with an adult supporting the learning

• Tuesday continues to be our library and homework book exchange day. Thank you for helping your child pack their materials.

Reminders:

• No school Monday the 27th for students

This week we are working on:

• We will be finishing up our last individual letter sounds this week. W,X and Z.  ‘Ww‘ We don’t know many words with this letter other than wapiti because it is not a French sound – instead, this sound is ‘oi‘ in French. 
• For the letter ‘Xx‘ we know:  exercice. 
• We know lots of words with ‘Zz‘: zigzag, zèbre, zéro, chimpanzé. Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• Monday we get a lesson with Frisbee Rob.
• Friday we make our instruments out of recycling. CréaSon is the group leading this activity.  

Homework: les devoirs – 5-10 minutes (every day) of French literacy with an adult supporting the learning

• Tuesday continues to be our library and homework book exchange day. Thank you for helping your child pack their materials. 

Reminders:

• Monday April 27th – Pro D Day – No School for Students

This week we are working on:

• The letter sound ‘Vv‘. We know the words: vert, violet, voici, vélo, vache, ver de terre. Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• We have transitioned from non-fiction writing to fiction. We will focus on fiction until the end of the year. 
• Tuesday is Day of Sucwentwécw.  We will be recognizing the day as a school.
• In maths, we continue to work on addition and subtraction problems. One of our strategies is a number line. Click here to watch Mme Koldewijn demonstrate this strategy. 
• Thursday we will practise our audience skills when the grade 6 and 7 bands present their spring concert.

Homework: 5-10 minutes of French literacy with an adult

• Tuesday continues to be library and classroom book exchange day. Please pack the duotang and all books. Click to read along with the titles below or click the hyperlinks above to work on listening in French. 

Reminders:

• April 3rd and6th no school
• April 27th no school for students

This week we are working on:

• Getting back into Grade 1 routines! We’ll be sharing what we did over the two week break using the past tense. Je suis allée, j’ai vu, j’ai fait, j’ai joué, j’ai visité…
• The letter sound ‘Mm’. We know the words: maman, merci, manger, monarque, mouton, melon, mal, monter, monstre. Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• We will be talking about the change of season – bienvenue printemps! Students will be asked to share changes they have observed in their yards and neighbourhoods. 
• In maths, we have a fun Easter themed math pack with a little of everything. We will be adding and subtracting below twenty and skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.

Homework: 5-10 minutes of daily French literacy with an adult

• Tuesday continues to be library and classroom book exchange day. Please pack the duotang and all books. Click to read along with the titles below or click the hyperlinks above to work on listening in French. 

French songs on You Tube:

French tv on You Tube:

French read aloud books on You Tube:

Reminders:

• Report cards will be published Wednesday
• We go curling on Friday! Please skip the beach theme day and dress for curling.
• Spring Break begins March 16th school resumes March 30th
• April 3rd and 6th no school
• April 27th no school for students

This week we are working on:

• The letter sound ‘Nn‘. We know the words: nouveau/nouvelle, nuage, neige, nuit, nocturne, nez, narval, nature, nourrir, nombres. Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• We have been working on reading and writing composed sounds – that’s when two or more letters work together to make a single sound. Click the links to hear these sounds: on, in, oi, au/eau, ou, eu.
• One of our daily routines is calendar. We discuss a variety of topics during this time and practice a lot of our basics. One concept we work on all year is place value. We count the days of the school year and work with a hundreds chart to count and describe numbers. For example, the number 42 is four groups of ten and 2 units. Click to hear more about les unités et les dizaines. 
• Friday we will walk to the Curling Club! Students need a helmet, weather appropriate clothing, and clean athletic shoes (we will bring our indoor shoes with us from school). We plan on using the skills we learned in the gym on the ice. We will not be using brooms. 
• We will empty our lockers and send everything home for the two week spring break. It is a good time to check the size of your child’s shoes and refresh the emergency clothes for their locker.

Homework: 5-10 minutes of French literacy with an adult

• Thank you for ensuring your child has their library and homework materials ready every Tuesday!

Reminders:

• Please sign and return the permission slip for our curling field trip
• Spring Break begins March 16th school resumes March 3oth

This week we are working on:

•  The letter ‘Rr‘. We know lots of words, like: rouge, rose, rectangle, robot, recyclage, raisins, renard roux, raton laveur, rhinocéros,  Idéllo class code: 5F5423
• We are exploring different addition and subtraction problems below 20. We have used our fingers, counters, number lines and ten frames. Watch: 16-3=, 9-4=, 8+7=, 10+4=. 
• We continue to discuss our families, human needs and health. Students have been sharing their favourite healthy foods, their favourite physical activities and their hobbies and interests. 
• We continue to talk about  our responsibilities at home and at school, the important people in our lives and our family traditions. 

Homework: 5-10 minutes of French literacy every day with an adult.

• Tuesday continues to be library and classroom book exchange day. Please pack the duotang and all books. Click to read along with the titles below or click the hyperlinks above to work on listening in French.