Wednesday February 10 marks our 100th day at school this year! The students have been working hard to learn how to count to 100 (cent) in French. They are very excited! To celebrate, we are going to play some fun games, do some different colouring activities, and ask the children to share a collection of 100 things. We'd like them to count the objects out at home and bring them in for a show-and-tell. Please make sure the collection is small enough to carry! Some examples include: stickers, toothpicks, buttons, popcorn kernels, a picture with 100 things, beans, beads, or pennies. The children are really looking forward to this so please help us in fostering their excitement!
Also, since Valentine's Day falls in the middle of our long Family Day weekend, we will be having a small celebration on Tuesday February 16th. Activities will include games, treats, crafts, and fun! The students will each be making their own 'mailbox' for Valentine cards - if you would like to send cards or treats, please ensure there are enough for the whole class (28 students), they are nut-free, and you do not address them to each student - this makes the handing out process much easier!
Merci!
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Monday, 25 January 2016
3-D Fun
As you know, over the past number of weeks, we have been exploring 2-D shapes. The children have been having a great time making shape art, sorting shapes, and finding shapes in the classroom. Please continue to work on this at home by asking them to find shapes in and around your home! Some of them are still having a bit of trouble with this.
This week, we are moving onto 3-D figures. One of the best ways to introduce these shapes is to compare them to objects that we see everyday. As such, we are asking that your child bring an item that is the shape of a cylinder (ex: a can), a cone (ex:a party hat), a sphere (ex: a ball), a pyramid (ex: a tent), a cube (ex: a dice), or a prism (ex: a box). Please ask your child to help you find one or a few of these shapes and BE CREATIVE! We will be putting together a 3-D museum to put all of the items on display while we talk about 3-D figures and then the items will be returned :)
Here are the French names for the 3-D figures we are talking about:
This week, we are moving onto 3-D figures. One of the best ways to introduce these shapes is to compare them to objects that we see everyday. As such, we are asking that your child bring an item that is the shape of a cylinder (ex: a can), a cone (ex:a party hat), a sphere (ex: a ball), a pyramid (ex: a tent), a cube (ex: a dice), or a prism (ex: a box). Please ask your child to help you find one or a few of these shapes and BE CREATIVE! We will be putting together a 3-D museum to put all of the items on display while we talk about 3-D figures and then the items will be returned :)
Here are the French names for the 3-D figures we are talking about:
le sphère ~ sphere
le prisme rectangulaire ~ rectangular
prism
le cylindre ~ cylinder
le cône ~ cone
le pyramide ~ pyramid
le cube ~ cube
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Bonne Nouvelle Annee!
Welcome back! We hope everyone had a happy and restful holiday season!
Before talking about what's going on in the classroom, we'd just like to give a friendly reminder that it has been much colder since the break! Please make sure you send your child with snowpants, hats, mitts, neckwarmers, and boots EVERYDAY!!! We love to play outside and have a few extra of these things for a couple of children if they forget, but there have been a few cold days that some students weren't prepared and got very cold outside. It would also be helpful to send an extra pair of gloves/mittens as often they get wet in the morning and are still wet at lunch time. If you have any concerns about this please let us know :)
We've gotten right back into the swing of things in K3 and the students are working hard and excited to be learning again. Since the break we've been learning all about 2 dimensional shapes! We started off with a review of what shapes are and now we're moving into learning vocabulary in French and talking about how we can distinguish shapes from one another. This has lead to the students discovering that there are shapes all around us! They have been finding them in the classroom, outside, and all around the school. They've also been using shapes to make beautiful pieces of artwork.
Here's a few of the shapes that we've been learning about:
les formes ~ shapes
le cercle ~ circle
le triangle ~ triangle
le rectangle ~ rectangle
le carré ~ square
l'ovale ~ oval
la coeur ~ heart
l'étoile ~ star
le losange ~ rhombus
le pentagone ~ pentagon
l'octogone ~ octagon
l'hexagone ~ hexagon
Here's a look at some of the fun we've been having:
Before talking about what's going on in the classroom, we'd just like to give a friendly reminder that it has been much colder since the break! Please make sure you send your child with snowpants, hats, mitts, neckwarmers, and boots EVERYDAY!!! We love to play outside and have a few extra of these things for a couple of children if they forget, but there have been a few cold days that some students weren't prepared and got very cold outside. It would also be helpful to send an extra pair of gloves/mittens as often they get wet in the morning and are still wet at lunch time. If you have any concerns about this please let us know :)
We've gotten right back into the swing of things in K3 and the students are working hard and excited to be learning again. Since the break we've been learning all about 2 dimensional shapes! We started off with a review of what shapes are and now we're moving into learning vocabulary in French and talking about how we can distinguish shapes from one another. This has lead to the students discovering that there are shapes all around us! They have been finding them in the classroom, outside, and all around the school. They've also been using shapes to make beautiful pieces of artwork.
Here's a few of the shapes that we've been learning about:
les formes ~ shapes
le cercle ~ circle
le triangle ~ triangle
le rectangle ~ rectangle
le carré ~ square
l'ovale ~ oval
la coeur ~ heart
l'étoile ~ star
le losange ~ rhombus
le pentagone ~ pentagon
l'octogone ~ octagon
l'hexagone ~ hexagon
Here's a look at some of the fun we've been having:
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