A Time to Remember

It has been a great week! As a former military member, I enjoy teaching the students about The importance of Remembrance Day and having them participate in the assembly we have at school. It was so great to see so many families come out for such an important occasion. The students did a wonderful job in their performance of "En souvenir" and were so respectful during the assembly. Their wonderful Remembrance Day art looks so great in the hall. 

In language this week, the students read "Des habits neufs" for their shared reading. They practised the sounds "p" and "qu" in "Petit Pierrot" and "Quatre écureuils". I have reorganized the guided reading groups and we began a new cycle of centres. Several of the students earned a reward for having worked well in 25 centres and are now working towards 50. We will be beginning writing centres next week and I'm looking forward to beginning guided writing groups with the class. We spent some time on subjects and verbs and will get into that more in our guided writing centre. 

We have finished up math centres for now as we need a bit of time to complete independent activities before moving onto our next unit. Mlle Carmichael has been doing measurement and grid movement activities with the class and will continue with this next week before finishing up her placement in our class next Friday. 

In Social Studies, we began to learn more about the continent of Europe. The students enjoyed the fact that Russia is located on two continents, both Europe and Asia. We have seen some general facts about a few European countries and contrasted their populations with that of Canada. We will be looking at a few of the countries in closer detail, as well as some major European cities. 

In Music, the class learned some French terms for quarter and eighth notes. They listened to recognize what rhythms were clapped and played on sticks. They also created and shared their own rhythms. We will continue to explore this over the next few weeks. In Visual Arts, the class is working on colour contrasts. I hope to get those up on display later next week. 

The students continued to enjoy body and brain breaks using "Go Noodle". This week they have been doing some sprint and hurdle training. There are so many activities on there that we still haven't tried all of them. Until a flash update was installed on the computer attached to the Smartboard, several of the activities haven't been available to us. Now that this has been installed, we are definitely enjoying access to these other activities. 

It has been great to have the opportunity to meet with so many parents this week and share all of the great progress your children have had. 

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!