Also, we were a bit rushed getting ready this afternoon and I forgot to remind the kids that any Scholastic orders are due tomorrow, and any envelopes for Mme Gaudreault would be welcomed. Thanks!
The rush today was actually for a very good reason - we were attending a wonderful presentation combining Black History Month and International Women's Day. We learned the life story of Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad (which we now know was neither underground, nor a railway). Ask your historian why Ms. Tubman was a hero. Students also have a brochure from the parent organizers that explain hers, Viola Desmond's and other black womens' stories.
Today Mlle Bradfield was here and played a super fun science game with the class. Last week they had told her about different things they all already know about energy - for example, that the Sun gives energy to plants. Today she summarized those ideas and helped us define exactly what energy is (ask your scientist - hopefully they can tell you that energy makes things work and move). The game was to match an object that she showed, with it's source of energy by moving to the correct signs placed around the room. She took the time to listen to why students made their different choices and it was interesting to learn that sometimes energy can come from a combination of places. Ask your scientists where laptop computers get their energy, where a clock gets energy, and what on earth is mechanical energy?? That's a tough one, but Mlle Bradfield had a short and simple explanation!
In math today, we learned the rest of our math centre games. Now we know all 10 and can choose to play them during free time as long as we take care of them!
Select what you would like to buy from the store and draw the coins you will need in order to pay for it!
Test your partner to find the answer to your 3-D addition or subtraction sentence!
Roll two wizard dice and write an addition or subtraction sentence in your math journal using those numbers.
Words of the Week
les oiseaux chantent, les grenouilles sautent,
les enfants parlent, les chiens courent,
les chats dorment, les amis jouent,
les parents travaillent, les feuilles tombent,
les avions volent
Bonus words: ils peuvent, elles aiment
Words of the Week
We have arrived at our final sound rule for this year!
Rather than focusing on a sound that some letters create, we are focusing on a
sound that is not created. Two months
ago, we learned about the sound ‘en’.
However, when an action word ends with ‘-ent’, the nt is SILENT!
This will occur all the time in the 3rd person plural of most verbs.
Pronouncing the ‘-ent’ is one of the most common reading errors made by French
immersion students, even in the junior grades. This is a hard rule to explain,
and I haven’t gone into conjugating with our grade 1s. I’m explaining that we
need to think about whether the word is an action (something we do) and if so,
we ignore the ‘nt’. To my delight, we are starting to get it! Have
your reader go through their list and put an X over all the silent letters.
Quick review:
Les parents travaillent.
(not an action word - normal ☝) (☝ action - ignore)
les oiseaux chantent, les grenouilles sautent,
les enfants parlent, les chiens courent,
les chats dorment, les amis jouent,
les parents travaillent, les feuilles tombent,
les avions volent
Bonus words: ils peuvent, elles aiment