Les Sentiments

It has been a busy and fun couple of weeks in Room 109! In math we have continued to talk about numbers, practiced writing them as well as measurement and have been measuring different objects throughout the classroom. We've also been talking about love, family, Valentine's Day and different feelings! This week some of the new vocabulary we have learned is:
Les émotions               Emotions

Je suis…                        I am…

Heureux (euse)               Happy

Fâché (e)                       Angry

Méchant (e)                   Silly/mean

Curieux (euse)               Curious

Triste                           Sad

Peureux (euse)              Scared

Excité (e)                      Excited

Ennuyé (e)                    Bored

In language, the students have begun to learn how to retell a story using words and pictures. Their work is very creative and rather clever! In this endeavour, I have been encouraging the students to make sure they are considering the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story so their audience can understand the plot. Please encourage your child to do a short retell of what happens in the stories at home. It's great practice and is a great reading strategy for the future! Some of the students are still struggling with the idea of middle and end so work extra hard on those ones :) We also have some students who are well on their way to becoming good spellers! As much as possible, I have been asking the children to try and sound out their own words. Encourage them to do this at home as well.

Here's a quick look at what we've been up to:

Building a Master Piece in the Block Centre

Retelling 'Sans Toi!' in the Writing Centre

Measuring the Carpet with our Feet in the Math Centre

We have also started a little experiment in the Science Centre. As a school-wide eco-initiative, we are talking a look at the negative effect of road salt on our environment. One day, we found a whole bunch of salt on our carpet and we got into a discussion of what it does to snow, us, and plants. Many of us weren't really sure, so we decided to do an experiment. We got two of the same plant and put road salt in the soil of one and left the other salt free. Each day we give it what plants need to grow- water and sunshine- and we have been watching what effect the salt will have. Here is the 'Before' picture of our plants on Day 1.