Nous avons fait des impressions! We made prints!
With Mme. Shin this week we learned to make our own prints using aluminum foil and paint! We thought about how the patterns we made would look when transferred to the paper and how our colours might blend together to make a couleur secondaire - secondary colour! Hier on a recontré l'auteur Mireille Messier! Yesterday we met the author Mireille Messier!
We had the awesome privilege of listening to Franco-Ontarian author Mireille Messier! She read to us her most recent book Ma Branche Préférée! The story was beautifully illustrated and so interesting. Mireille asked us lots of questions afterwards while we got to know each other and we were able to answer them in French! It was a really unique and fun experience. Ask your child what they remember about the story and her beloved tree Albert! Comment épelez...? How do you spell...?
Over the last few days while trying to find or think of words that begin with each letter of the alphabet we were able to practice using our very important phrase "Comment épelez...?" and putting those words in their special place on our white board. We came up with so many that we needed more space! It is very exciting to now be able to ask how to spell words we already know almost as often as we ask how to say things we want to know in French. It was awesome to see all the words we can think of on our own that start with certain letters of the alphabet in French! We have come so far! Parents & Caregivers: take a look at the Resources tab under Other to find a PDF version of our letters. If you would like to cut up more and continue playing with these letters they are available! Ask your child to randomly draw one from the baggie and see if they remember how to say the letter in French. Practice spelling their names with the letters as well! Qui hiberne en hiver? Who hibernates in winter?
Today we continued thinking about animals that hibernate and learned about six different animals and how they prepare! We learned about what they eat and where they hibernate. Keep an eye out for the six completed animal booklets coming home soon! Ask your child to share with you what they remember about each animal in French! Aujourd'hui nous avons porté nos lunettes scientifiques! Today we were wearing our science goggles!
Using our science thinking today we started talking about our current inquiry question: What do animals do in winter to survive? One of the things we thought about was hibernation and we learned about some animals that use this strategy to survive. Ask your child what hibernation means and what some animals do to prepare for it! Bienvenue à l'école! Welcome back to school!
Our classroom is ready for this new season and we are already hard at work again! We are enjoying learning about winter weather, vocabulary and science ideas! Below is an image of one of our activites 'En hiver, j'aime...' (In winter I love...). Ask your child to share in French what they love about winter! Parents and caregivers please note - in the next few weeks your child will be evaluated on their knowledge of the alphabet (naming the letters) and their ability to apply this knowledge and spell out words using their letters (especially their own names). They will also be evaluated on their knowledge of body parts (naming them) and their science application in being able to identify where on their body it is by pointing. For a list of body parts they will need to know please check under Resources -- Other and see the list of words and their translations that I will be using. There is also a photo of the anchor chart we have been using in class to refer to some of the key body parts. |
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March 2017
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