Here are the words of the week:
This week, we will review a few “j’ai” expressions, and compare them to matching “tu as” expressions. Tu as is the verb avoir in the 2nd person singular (“you have”). You can practice using “tu as” to replace every “j'ai” in the phrases from the last 2 weeks!
The 10 reading words for the week beginning April 28th are:
J’ai six ans.
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Tu as sept ans.
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J’ai les cheveux courts.
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Tu as les cheveux longs.
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J’ai les yeux clairs.
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Tu as les yeux foncés.
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J’ai un poisson.
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Tu as un oiseau.
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Je n’ai pas fini.
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As-tu fini?
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Last Friday you should have received a green science note that explained the expectations for a group task we did recently with my comments and feedback for your scientist's group. We had some great French presentations on how to be safe when using energy-using devices. Ask your scientist what his/her group talked about.
Tomorrow you will receive the April dictée rubric.
Here are a few pictures of our Picasso project: a collage of our fairy tale hero using shapes and a variety of materials. Ask your artist about Picasso's work of art that this is based on.
We have begun our 3-D geometry unit and students have already begun identifying various attributes of 3-D shapes. Does it roll? Can it stack? Does it have corners (des sommets)? We have also started noticing that 3-D shapes are often made up of shapes we already recognize. For example, a cube is just a bunch of squares, a cone has a circle as a base. Today we talked a lot about prisms. What is a prism's favourite shape? It can have any matching shapes for the top and bottom, but for the sides, it always has..... In contrast, what is the favourite shape of a pyramid?
Each student contributed to making a poster explaining what a particular 3-D shape consists of. Ask your mathematician to notice shapes around your home. Boxes are great for this, but I've found other things that are quite interesting to examine: traffic cones, cushions, step stools, coffee cans, balls etc.
Don't forget to hang on to one big empty cereal box, we will each need one soon!
Finally, I think I told you about the school-wide math challenge that we did a couple weeks ago. Remember the problem with the chickens and the pigs? Ask your mathematician about this if you haven't already. Here are some of our solutions - lots of different, great ideas!
