Pieces of paper on November 5

There are many notes in the yellow folders tonight. Most importantly is the field trip form for Area 24's first field trip. We will be travelling to the High Park Nature Centre on Thursday, November 22nd for a half day, hands-on, workshop. I'm very excited! Please sign and return the second page of the permission form, with payment, by November 15th. The cost is $9/student - please let me know if this presents a hardship for your family. If you are able to accompany us on this trip, please indicate by checking the box on that same form. Thanks!

You also have some notes from the school, and the new words for this week (we made flashcards again). In case the letter becomes misplaced, the words are:

c'est     et     tu     vous     je

I can tell you have been busy practising last week's words - the class seems very confident on them now, and they always find them when they are part of our morning message. This week, pay careful attention to the two different 'u' sounds. In the word "tu" (you) it's the tight sound and it helps to scrunch up your lips. In the word "vous" (all of you) it's a rounder sound, like the English 'oo' (we have yet to focus on this sound, but I related it today to the sound of an owl).

There is a lot that needs to be returned in the near future... let's review:

• Thursday (November 8th) - Scholastic orders
• Thursday (November 8th) - Picture proofs
• Friday (November 9th) - Interview form (return sooner if possible)
• November 15th - Field trip form

Today we started working on skip-counting by 2s. We began with all the numbers between 1 and 20, and then we started circling the numbers we got when we kept adding 2 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20). We practised reading ONLY these numbers several times, and the class corrected me when I made mistakes. Something new to try at home if you're getting sick of backwards counting!

In French this week we will be learning about our first two-letter sound 'oi'. Your child will already know how to say words like "oiseau" (bird) and "voici" because we used them in other sound lists. We will explore how the 'o' and 'i' sound when they are right beside each other. Stay tuned!

We will also talk a lot this week about Remembrance Day. We have already read a book about it and started making beautiful 3-D poppies to wear at the assembly. Later this week we will write in our journal about what, or who, we would like to remember this Remembrance Day. This would be a perfect time to talk to your child about people in your family who were in, or lived through a war. We will have time to share some personal stories in class.

Talk to you soon,

Tamara