Week of October 12th to 16th

 Grade 1

Since this week we had a day off on Monday I only saw most of my grade 1 classes for 30 minutes. Some classes read the story There was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything by Linda Williams or Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman. We also learned a new Halloween song and the saying Trick or Treat and Happy Halloween. Here is the link to the super fun song we learned:

Hello Hello Trick or Treat by Super Simple Songs

Grade 2

This week we read the story There was an old Lady who Swallowed some leaves By Lucille Colandro. We learned vocabulary like: scarecrow, hay, pants, shirt, pole, rope. We reviewed the events of the story and then the students had a workpage to complete as to show me they understood the story. They did very well and participate super well!

Grade 3

This week we had a reading comprehension on Tuesday and corrected that during class. If you look inside your children's New Adventures the test is graded and will be part of their report card grade. The evaluation was out  of     \15. 

The other classes I saw on Thursday, had a 'Station Class' as to review the body parts for their test next week and their writing project. A 'Station Class' is a class where the kids have 8 minutes per station to complete the work: 

• station 1) memory game on body parts,
• station 2) boardgame on body parts and 
• station 3) labelling the body parts
• station 4) a cootie catcher on body parts (fabrication d'un coin-coin)

The students worked hard and were able to review the body parts while having fun!

Important information:

** Listening Test Next Tuesday**

** October challenges to be completed by the end of the month:

Week of October 5th to 9th, 2020

 Grade 1

This week we started on our Halloween theme. We read the book Big Pumkin By Erica Silvermann. We learned words like: witch, vampire, pumpkin, mummy, pumpkin pie, bat. We then worked on a cutting and gluing activity where the students had to place the story in chronological order. They were super good!

and here is the link to the song that we learned when monsters come near us: GO AWAY!

vocabulary for the song: go away, goblin, squeleton, spider and bat

Go away spooky Goblin

Grade 2

This week we worked on the book Pete the Cat loves His White Shoes by Eric Litwin. The kids LOVE Pete the cat!

Pete had a little trouble keeping his shoes white because he stepped in a pile of strawberries, then blueberries then mud... Ask your kids what happens next. We then had two work pages that we completed in class. They really understood the book well and they love to participate! Oh and ask them to sing to you the song! ;-)

Grade 3

A. This week we worked really hard and learned adjective placement in English. In English, we place our adjectives before the noun ex:

1) two large ears NOT two ears large

2) two short legs NOT two legs short

B. We also learned our 3rd person singular pronouns 

He 

She

It

** Please look at your kid's agenda and encourage them to study their New Adventures: 

body parts p.15

adjectives p.19

and pronouns p. 21 

Listening test : week of October 19th

Reading comprehension evaluation : week of October 12th **

Week of September 28th to October 2nd, 2020

 Grade 1 

This week we worked on colours again and we became super colour detectives. The students had to make a magnifying glass. Then they walked around the classroom finding the different colours. It was very cute and a the kids were super good! They really know their colours!

Here is the link to the song that we worked on this week:

I see something PINK from Super Simple Songs

And here is the other song we worked on to have them sit down for story time:

Can you make a circle from Super Simple Songs

Grade 2

We are slowly starting to work on our Halloween theme so we read the story I want A Monster By Elise Gravel. The little girl in the story wants a monster and goes to the store to buy one. She has to feed it, train it and love it. The students then had to draw and invent a monster that they would like to adopt. They did a super job and worked so well!

Grade 3

This week we continued working on body parts and played the game Simon Says (Jean Dit). It is a wonderful game to play with your kids to help them practice their body parts in English. They are working very hard and are doing a great job!

Week of September 21st to 25th

 This week we :

Grade 1

We are still working on colours and we read the story Pete the cat and His 4 Groovy Buttons by James Dean. We then did a workpage to accompany the book. The kids are expert colour detectives! Here are the songs we are working on:

Book Reading: Pete The Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons

Hello Hello by Super Simple Songs

Bye Bye by Super Simple Songs

Grade 2

We are slowly going to start working on Halloween so we started by reading the book I Want a Monster By Elise Gravel. The students will then need to create their own monster and write a few words describing their monster. They have a lot of imagination!

Grade 3

We started a new unit on Body Parts and worked on vocabulary related to this. The students will have to write a little text describing a new avatar (for a video game), a listening comprehension and a reading comprehension. They will need to work hard, but they can do it! Here are the vocabulary words they will need to study and work on for this unit.            (New Adventures Edition CEC p. 15)

This week September 14th to 18th

  This is what we did in English class this week:

Grade 1

We always start the class by asking the students "How are you?' Here is the link to the video to practice at home: 

Hello how are you? by Super Simple Songs

We are continuing our work on learning colours. I read them the book 'What colour is your underwear' by Sam Lloyd. Oh what fun we had! The students then had to work on colouring and writing the colours on the workpage. 

Grade 2

We read the book 'David goes to school' By David Shannon. A great book to work on good or bad  school behaviour. We then did a sorting activity then we had a workpage that goes along with the book. The students had to circle the correct behaviour and put an X on bad behaviour.

Grade 3

We had the test this week and the students did really well. I am proud of their work. We continued working on our resource pages: colours, numbers and school objects. We also had an English game period where the kids got to work with the vocabulary we have been learning. We had fun. 

Great work everyone!

This week: September 8th to 11th, 2020

 This is what we did in English class this week:

Grade 1

We worked on colours and learned a new song. We played a detective game of finding colours around the classroom and on their clothes. If you want to practice with your kids at home you can ask them to show you their new song. It goes like this: (sur l'air de frère Jacques)

Blue Yellow Red

Purple Pink

Orange Brown and Green

Black and White

Grade 2

I asked the students what they did this summer. They had to write a simple sentence and made a drawing of this activity. The students also had to present their drawing and text, They were so cute and proud! 

Grade 3

We worked on school objects and the correct determiner that goes in front. (Ex: an eraser, a pen, colouring pencils). They have a little listening test next week so the students should all have their New Adventures to study the words.      New Adventures p. 6, Édition CEC

Welcome back to school!!

 I hope you had a great summer and that you are ready for our extraordinary new school year!!!

See you soon superheros!