Hi parents,
Here we are in the last week of grade 1! Can't believe the end is already here!
This week I will be sending everything home. I hope you have a little time to look at all the work from the year.
Today was our final theme day of the year. Thanks to Evan and Jared for being SO patient. We saved you for last so that we would have a hot day for playing basketball and eating ice cream! Our theme days this year were all based around our favourite things that we wrote about on the first day of school. This assignment helped me get to know the students a little bit. Therefore, I thought it would be a fitting time to give our next teachers a head start by writing them a little letter about us. Each student wrote to their grade 2 teacher and told them what they like to do, their favourite subject at school and what they're looking forward to in grade 2. Ask your writer what they wrote to their future teacher! In the morning, we also participated in a special Round Dance to celebrate National Aboriginal Day.
This afternoon, we went outside for some basketball activities including dribbling drills, passing, shooting and a game, followed of course by ice cream!
Change for tomorrow: Our music period has been moved to period 1. At the beginning of the school day, students should line up in the music line by the outdoor water fountain - NOT in our line at the North doors. Please remind each other. Thanks!
A reminder that tomorrow we are going to Dufferin Grove Park from 10-1:30. Students will need a litterless lunch and snacks as well as a water bottle. They are welcome to bring a ball, frisbee or game to play at the park, but please no waterguns or other things causing wetness. Please ensure students dress for the weather and come with sunscreen already applied. If you would like to join us at the park for some or all of our time, that would be fine. Younger siblings are welcome too!
We have worked hard this year, beginning with Words of the Week on the second day of school. Last week or not, we have Words of the Week as usual...
Last Words of the Week
Thank you for supporting the Words of the Week program this
year!
We are finishing up with être
again this week to highlight the accord
that needs to be made for masculine & feminine adjectives and some nouns.
We looked at this briefly in May, and students will continue
to work on this for years to come. For now, here are five sentences in both the
masculine and feminine forms. Ask your student to circle the part that changes
and guess which one is for a boy and which is for a girl.
Challenge questions:
Can you find the sentences where we just add an e? What are some other endings that are
added or changed when we’re talking about a girl?
Can you write these sentence starting with “Je suis” instead
of “Il/Elle est” and use the right ending for YOU?
Be sure to review all the words of the week over
the summer so that you get off to a running start in grade 2!
Il est beau. / Elle est belle.
Il est gentil. / Elle est gentille.
Il est un bon ami. / Elle est une
bonne amie.
Il est un acteur. / Elle est une actrice.
Il est amusant. / Elle est amusante.
Quick visit from the Sadie puppy! She was very well behaved and sat 3 times on command.