Hi families,
We had a very nice day today - so many respectful listeners and quiet workers!
In French, we are working on our good copies of our ideas for how to help the world. The writers are taking the time to correct some spelling mistakes using posters, their dictionaries and the word wall. They are also doing a careful illustration to help further explain their invention.
Today, in math, we learned how to measure in centimetres using a measuring tape. Measuring with standard units is not a requirement in grade 1, but we seem to have a good grasp of how to measure using various other units, so we went ahead. Each student had their own "mètre ruban" and a list of things to measure in the classroom. They had to be careful to start at the end where it says "1" and to hold the end of the measuring tape right at the edge of what they were measuring. Challenge your student to do all your measuring at home, using your measuring tape!
Last week we spent a science period outside taking pictures of things that move. Today we labelled the pictures and sorted them according to what was making them move. For instance, the bus was using gas and our hair was moving because of the wind. My favourite part of this activity, however, was that every single student who read the title out loud said the word "bougent" correctly, without making the 'en' sound at the end. Our grade 2, 3 and even 4 teachers will be so impressed!
Speaking of taking pictures. During this outing, we accidentally dropped the camera and I don't think it can be fixed. Luckily, it was a very old camera of mine, which is why I didn't mind letting the kids use it. I don't care that it's broken, but it does leave us class camera-less. If your family has an old digital camera that you don't care about, didn't spend a lot of money on, don't intend to use ever again and would like to donate to our class, we would gratefully accept it. Please do not feel obliged and please do not offer a camera that you would like to have returned.
Speaking of taking pictures. During this outing, we accidentally dropped the camera and I don't think it can be fixed. Luckily, it was a very old camera of mine, which is why I didn't mind letting the kids use it. I don't care that it's broken, but it does leave us class camera-less. If your family has an old digital camera that you don't care about, didn't spend a lot of money on, don't intend to use ever again and would like to donate to our class, we would gratefully accept it. Please do not feel obliged and please do not offer a camera that you would like to have returned.
Words of the Week
Review of ‘u’
this week. See if your writer can invent some sentences using some of these
words. For example, J’ai vu une tortue turquoise!
une rue, numéro, j’ai vu, bureau, une tortue,
une fusée, une tulipe, j’ai bu, j’ai lu, turquoise
Bonus words: musée, légume