Friday 17 May 2013

Things to talk about...

Dear Area 24 kids & families,

If you're looking for some school stuff to talk about this weekend, here are a few ideas:

1) Discuss fire safety as a family. What should you do if there's a fire in the house? Where are the 2 best exits? Where is your meeting spot once outside?

2) If you are heading to the zoo or a museum, check out the map! Can you orient yourself on a map and find the right direction to walk to get where you want to go? We will be doing some mapping in class next week...

3) Talk about your stories. Most of us are just about at the end. How should the story end? Who solves the problem and how? What questions will the reader want answered?

4) Can you find some of the 3-D shapes we've talked about at home or outside? (For example, traffic cones, pillows, toys, balls, containers.) Can you remember their French names?

5) Review Avoir. Today we tried to recite the verb (the blue parts) quickly, and even with our eyes closed! We also wrote sentences using the verb avoir as sentence starters. Here are some examples, but you can end the sentence however you like. (The verb is underlined.) These will be our words of the week next week...
J'ai les cheveux bruns.
Tu as mon crayon!
Elle a une corde à sauter.
Nous avons fini notre travail!
Vous avez bien écouté.
Ils ont lu 2 livres ensemble.

Have a happy weekend,
Tamara