Area 24 was very PINK last week in support of pink day!
“J’ai” (“I have”) is the present of the verb “avoir”. We use it all the time in conversation and in our writing. With it are common phrases, and some negative versions (adding the “ne” + “pas”). Miming helps children associate the action with the word and the correct pronunciation.
The 10 reading words for the week beginning April 14th are:
J’ai peur.
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J’ai mal au ventre.
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J’ai chaud.
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J’ai mal à la tête.
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J’ai 7 ans. / J’ai 6 ans.
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Je n’ai pas vingt ans!
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J’ai les cheveux longs.
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Je n’ai pas les cheveux longs.
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J’ai les yeux foncés.
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J’ai un chien.
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I'm a bit behind in my picture posting. Here are a few events from last week…
Recently we've dedicated our art periods to creating backgrounds for our puppet plays. The artists had to consider what happens in each location, what the house or castle would have to have in it, we even thought about what materials the house would be made of, what the ceiling would look like, and what season it might be. Here we are in progress:
In math, we were exploring Area. We talked a little about how it is important to learn about area, especially if you want to build or design houses some day. In one activity, the children helped me calculate the area of my home by counting the squares on my graph paper and adding the area of each room with a calculator. In another challenge, the mathematicians came up with various strategies for deciding which pasture was bigger. Many children filled in the 2 pastures with cubes and then counted them, while others discovered that they could use one row of cubes over and over if the pasture was a rectangle. It was neat to see an array of strategies that eventually led to the beginnings of multiplication!
In the upcoming week we will be measuring mass and capacity. Should be fun!
