First a few reminders...
1. Monday is our library outing, so please make sure students are dressed for being outside no matter what the weather.
2. Report Cards come home Tuesday. I haven't gotten a hold of all your other teachers yet, but I will confirm your interview times on Monday. I think I've been able to accommodate all requests.
3. Don't forget to send your green activity bags back Monday!
We observed Remembrance day today with a beautiful assembly in the morning (at which we were VERY well behaved) and several other activities. We had an opportunity to read about and share stories about people we know who may have served or been affected by war. I was able to share some stories about my own grandfather who was in the Navy during WWII, and is still kicking in his 90s! We were given some Remembrance Day activity books, which many students started at school and have brought home. We also painted some coquelicots, which we wore to the assembly, and did some beautiful marshmallow print poppies which are on our bulletin board.
Thanks, also to Mary, for our new building blocks. They have been a popular addition to our class!
This week, our guided activity was again to make patterns, this time with pattern blocks, and without the use of the template, like with the beads.
Did I share this yet? This is old, but I don't remember if I showed you our cool box painting session. Mme Barnett (who is frequently our lunch supervisor), rescued this box from a moving van across the road. There was some debate as to whether it became a castle or a submarine...
Also, several week ago, we did a colour hunt in our classroom. We made piles of objects that matched each colour and took a picture of each group. Now we have these cool colour posters!
If you haven't yet heard, I told another oral story last week. It's called "Tipingee", and we've been having a lot of fun acting it out this week. Please ask your student to tell you the whole story - I'm sure they can do it! Here are some pictures of us acting it out and a brief outline of the story.
Tipingee lives with her mean aunt (sa méchante tante) who makes her do all the housework.
She even has to go to the forest to cut wood for the fire.
Until one day, Tipingee has to go to school, and the mean aunt has to do all the work herself. But the firewood is too heavy, so she calls for help. A man appears out of the forest.
But Tipingee, having returned from school, heard the conversation and asks her friends to come over the next day, wearing the same colour as her.
When the man comes to find Tipingee, he can't figure out which girl is the real Tipingee. So he asks them, "Laquelle entre vous est Tipingee?"
And they all answer, "C'est moi Tipingee, c'est elle Tipingee, c'est nous Tipingee toutes!"
Oh boy, is he ever mad! He marches right into the mean aunt's house, and she promises that the next day, Tipingee will wear a different colour, and he'll recognize her.
But Tipingee overhears again, and with her friends, tricks the man two more times!
He becomes so upset, that he decides to take the mean aunt back to his house to be his servant, and Tipingee and her friends live happily ever after!
La Fin!