A reminder that our first Scholastic orders (which were given out on the very first day of school) are due this Thursday, September 20. Feel free to start sending them at any time in the yellow folder.
This will be our last week to work on patterns in math, for now. The class is getting very good at completing and extending patterns involving colour, shape and size. Sometimes we have all three variables in one pattern and students have been able to fill in the missing term in the pattern by choosing an object that works with all three pattern rules! For example: big yellow triangle, small red circle, big yellow triangle, small red circle etc.
In French, we've started building a wall of sounds ("Le Mur des Sons") beginning with 'a'. We have found lots of words that start with, end with or contain the French sound 'a', including many of our names (e.g., Tamara!). If your child has any French books at home or on loan from the library, encourage him or her to sound out short words that have 'a' in them! I'll post a picture, in the next week, of our list of 'a' words, and you can practise reading them at home!
Other things to talk about... ask your child what they did in art last week and today! I'll post some pictures once I get them up on the bulletin board! We've also been talking about the different seasons, and we've read books that talk about signs that seasons are changing. As you walk through the neighbourhood, you might want to talk about the changing colours, the change in temperature, and review the characteristics of each season.
Have a great week!