I can't believe it is November 30th, but I'm so excited for this next month. I love the holidays!
There are a number of things in pochettes today. I have prepared the December calendar with what I know of now, but please keep checking this blog for last minute stuff. I also carefully tucked a tiny slip of paper inside many kids' library books today - this lists any books that are overdue to our school library. Please search your home and see if we can get all our books returned before the Christmas break.
Our library trip yesterday was successful and entertaining. We listened to the very funny story "That is NOT a good idea", and we watched a puppet show called "Nail Soup", featuring some cool 30-year old puppets! Please ask your listener about these two stories!
We also learned how to get a library card and I have sent home some information today. If you do not yet have a library card for your child, there are two easy ways to get one.
1) Take the postcard to any branch along with a piece of ID.
2) Fill out the white form and return it to me.
We will not be signing out books during our class outings to the library, but we do wish to make it easy for families to visit the public library and hope that you take advantage of this fantastic resource!
The librarian that we met wanted you to know that they are preparing another show for families on some upcoming Saturdays. It will be "The Princess and the Pea". You can call the College/Shaw branch at 416-393-7668 for information.
Our December Scholastic catalogues are also coming home today, and orders are due next week. Again, if you would like to keep your order a secret, just send it in an envelope and leave me a note. I'll contact you when the books arrive. Here are a few recommendations from the Club de Lecture catalogue:
#21F4 "Veux-tu être mon ami?" - A book about friendship, a subject often discussed at school. We are also very familiar with the word "ami", so maybe your beginning reader can help you look for this word in the book.
#7F4 "Toujours parfait" - 3 books for $6 - sweet deal! Plus, one of the books is the French version of "The Princess and the Pea" (the show that the library is putting on soon).
#2F4 "Activités pour les petits: Noël" - this is an activity and sticker book that might be fun to work on over the holiday. The kids are LOVING this type of interactive book right now, but remember that it is to keep at home!
Today was hat day. (I hope these special days have been sent out by the office because I always forget about them.) With hat day in mind, some students helped me plan a special crown-making centre. Artists who chose to make a crown got to wear it all day and bring it home.
Also this week, we did some great work with a story we read last week called "Ce n'est pas mon chapeau". It's a very funny story about a little fish who steals a hat from a big fish and thinks he can get away with it. The last few pages have no words, so it's a little unclear whether the little fish gets away or not... we know the big fish gets his hat back! I had the students draw how they imagine that the story ends, and I wrote down their idea. Each student helped me with the writing by adding some missing vowels (a's and e's). Please ask your author what happens in this book, and what their ending is!
Mots de la Semaine
Here are some words which have come up in our poems, stories, songs and writing this week.
petit
gros
un poisson
un éléphant
mon ami(e)