Welcome back from what was hopefully an awesome March break!MATH: We are jumping right in with a new unit in Math (Multiplication & Division)!  This week the focus is on representing multiplications up to 5X5 using various pictures/diagrams, counters, ect.                ex: arrays ▲▲▲▲▲                                 ▲▲▲▲▲  this represents 2x5=10 or 5x2=10The students are blowing me away with their speed with the facts up to 5 already!FRENCH: We continue to practice new spelling words everyday through various activities, as a class and individually.  We also read as a class every day, and through our 'Daily 5' groups, students get to read independantly, with a partner or with me, to work on specific skills.  This week we are focusing on comprehension strategies (ie: predicting what might happen before you read, visualizing the story as you read, summarizing what happened after you read, and so on.)This week's spelling words are: feu, autre, regarde, combien, faire, ont, drôle, étais, fois, entrer.SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we are looking at maps of the world, Canada and more specifically New Brunswick.  Students are learning to recognize the shape of our province and where it is in the world.  We are also looking at the physical features of our province. (Mountains, rivers, ect.)HEALTH: We have started a discussion on healthy habits for living.  Eating right, sleeping enough, doing physical activity, dental hygiene, ect.  We will be looking at Canada's Food guide to plan healthy meals that we like, and to see if we are eating the right amounts from each!?A busy week for us, but glad to be back at it!

Here are the spelling words for the next week.  We practice these daily as a class and students get a chance to work on them during Daily 5 as well.  maintenant, ville, bonsoir, toujours, ici, monde, journée, quoi, nouveau, autobus

Hello again!  It's a short week this week and that means we start off with a math sheet tonight!  It's review for the test which will be held on Tuesday Feb. 25.  This was a large unit on additon and subtraction with lots of strategies and steps to remember so we will spend the week reviewing.  Tonight they may choose any strategy they would like to solve the four questions on the page.  (Watch the signs though, because some are addition and some are subtraction!)In French class we are talking about the equipment on the playground, things we like to play on the playground and things we like to do in our communities.   This ties in with Social Studies, as we are looking at & drawing maps for our playground, school, homes, etc.  We will discuss legends required for maps while we work on this.*Book orders are due Feb. 24.*Friday, myself and a couple of other teachers will be cutting off our hair and collecting donations for the Canadian Cancer Society.*Keep an eye on the Olympics, Canada is doing amazing things & our class country of Norway is doing fantastic too! 

Back for another week! A fun one too! This week we have Valentine's Day (A class list went home today, for any who need one) and skating on Wednesday. French: We continue to work on various reading strategies, spelling, sounds and comprehension through 'Daily 5.' Everyday we read together, independently and with partners. We practice different sentence structures orally and in our writing each day. Students should read and record 1-2 books (some choose to take extras) in their reading logs each night. Please sign their log once they have read their book(s). Social Studies: We are continuing with our discussions about our surrounding & neighbourhoods while working on map reading & drawing, as well. Math: We are on our last two lessons for subtraction (Using mental math strategies to help find differences and working with 3 digit numbers.) Next week will be reviewing the addition and subtraction strategies and having the unit test late in the week. Math sheets Tuesday & Thursday this week.  Reminders- Book orders due Feb 26th- Skating Wednesday Feb 12 @ LBA 8:40 - 9:40am- Spelling words (comment, peu, homme, garçon, beau, chose, soir, matin, enfant, nouvelle) - Reading every night, math Tue./Thur.Happy Valentine's Day!   

For tonight's math sheet students have 4 subtraction questions to practice their strategies (whichever they choose).  Tuesday I had uploaded an example question using strategy #1 and now I am attaching strategy options 2 and 3.  Have a great night and spectacular weekend!

Welcome back for another week!  We drew countries for each class to follow during the winter Olympics and we got NORWAY!  We will be making flags and preparing for the opening ceremonies on Friday. This week in: French: We continue with Daily 5 (Reading independently, with a partner, with the teacher, working on writing and spelling & listening to stories.)  We work on various reading strategies every week, so daily reading at home in a must! Social Studies:  We will be looking at our neighborhoods and how far away we live from the school.  We will look at maps and use Google Maps Street View to take a look around and get an idea of some distances we travel every day. Math: We are finishing up our addition and subtraction unit.  It seems like we have been on this unit forever because we started it before the Christmas break and don’t move on until we really have a good understanding.  We are getting there and by the end of the week I should have idea of when the unit test will be.  Practice makes perfect, so there will be questions Tuesday and Thursday this week.  Do your best! Estimate, choose a strategy, calculate, and check your answer with your estimation. * I will try to scan an example question for the new strategy tonight or tomorrow for parents (as I know the ‘new’ math can be confusing at times) Here’s to a great week!

Friday, January 31st students will be permitted to bring electronic items (i.e. iPods, mp3 players etc.) to school as part of a fundraising initiative for our school playground. $1/item permits your child to use their devices. Devices are only to be used during recess time and a special half hour in-class designation time. Please note that your child is responsible (lost, broken, etc) for their device(s). Thank you in advance!