Welcome back J I will be placing class pictures from the past few weeks on my teacher page this week. I am very pleased with everyone's progress thus far. We will begin our week by quickly reviewing the concepts taught last week and then move on to our next section which is all about animals. As we progress though each unit, we continue to build our class word wall and reinforce “no excuse” French words.   French - This week our theme will be all about "pets". Students will learn to identify various animals, express which one's they prefer, and describe in detail a pet of their choice. For example, students will learn to say the following: "mon animal préféré est...", "il s'appelle", "je n'ai pas...", "je veux avoir", etc.   Please continue and read, record, and return your child's book along with his agenda and letter sheet daily. We will soon commence guided reading once the nightly reading books have been completed. Remember as well to continue reading the sound sheet of the night (placed in agenda) and review les "mots outils" located in the box on the bottom of the sheet.   Math - Monday we will review concepts taught to date. Tuesday we will have a small class quiz on number up to 1000 (place value, numbers greater then/less than, etc.) to wrap up our first unit in math. Wednesday we will be moving on to tackle mental math strategies up to 2 digits, along with addition and subtraction of 3 digits numbers where the final answer can be as high as 1000.  Reminders:  - Reading is to occur nightly. Please record on sheet. - Reading bags are to be returned daily - Please sign your child’s agenda to let me know you have reviewed homework Let's have a great week! As always if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me. 

     Welcome back from Thanksgiving weekend! I look forward to hearing everyone's stories from their extended weekend. I hope you enjoyed the "Me Voici” video. Throughout the year, we will continue to utilize technology as much as possible to expand our learning en Français. French - This week students will communicate their preferences at school by stating what they like "j'aime" and do not like "je n'aime pas."   1) "Ce que j'aime à l'école"...what I like at school 2) "Ce que je n'aime pas à l'école"...what I do not like at school Please continue and read, record, and return your child's book along with his agenda and letter sheet daily. We will soon commence guided reading once the nightly reading books have been completed.   Math - We continue to practice our numbers orally up to 100 in class. We are paying special attention to the 60 vs 70s and 80 vs 90s.Please refer to my web links in order to practice at home. Also, we will continue to work on our numbers unit in math. Last week we completed another 2 lessons. Students continue to review how to represent numbers symbolically and pictorially using base ten units. By Friday, my goal is to complete our first unit. Practice sheets will be sent how the following week in order to practice for our unit quiz. NOTICES:   * October Scholastic orders due Friday, October 17th  Let's have a great week! As always, if you have any questions, comments and/or concerns, please contact me :) Cheers. 

The Me Voici video posted below was filmed after only 2 weeks in French. A few minor speaking errors, but I am very pleased! Congratulations to everyone for a job well done :) Thank you to Mr. Duplessie as well for helping us record the video. I look forward to our year end video and the many gains that will be accomplished.

     Welcome back! Can you believe we are already into the month of October? Students have made great gains, and I look forward to the many Halloween themed activities this month :)French - We will be finishing up our 4th week in French.Please continue and read, record, and return your child's book along with his agenda and letter sheet daily. Once the 19 books have been completed, we will commence guided reading in class.Remember to read the sound sheet of the night (placed in agenda) and review les "mots outils" located in the box on the bottom of the sheet. Stay tuned for another special video presentation. Mr. Duplessie was in last week with his iPad equipment to film use learning to speak in French. Students are enthusiastic to see the videoMath - We continue to practice our numbers orally up to 100 in class. Please refer to my web links in order to practice at home. Also, we continued working on our numbers unit in math. Last week we completed 2 lessons. Students reviewed how to represent numbers symbolically and pictorially using base ten units. This week we will be learning how compare, order, and skip count by 5 and 10. Later on in the term, we will be skip couting by 25 and 100. If we have time, we will move along to incorporate estimation.  NOTICES: 1) Fire Prevention Week. There will be a presentation in the gym. 2) Teacher PD sessions next Thursday and Friday (October 9th/10th) hence NO school for students.3) Thanksgiving Monday (October 14th)...NO school4) October Scholastic orders will be sent home Monday. Due October 17th  Let's have a great week! As always, if you have any questions, comments and/or concerns, please contact me :) Cheers.