Dances and a Short Week

This week in Language, we read "Le bébé" to review the "é" sound and its various spellings. We also read the poem "L'écureuil" which had lots of new vocabulary for all of the students. We also finished our read aloud of "Le loup qui voulait faire le tour du monde". Throughout the readings, we made references to maps to see exactly where le loup traveled in the story. 

A group reviews the "ou" sound in Guided Reading.

Students work on picking out key information from texts in Guided Reading.

In Math, Mme Misener has continued to teach the unit on place value. The students have done a variety of activities, hands-on, games, and written work . She has been assessing where they are in an on-going manner and will be completing a final assessment of their learning (with my collaboration and supervision). Look for a rubric covering this unit to come home over the next little while. 

Mme Misener is going over the learning goals for the unit for both grades. 

All set up for hands-on activities. 

Mme Misener began to introduce volleyball skills to the class this week. They learned proper hand positioning for volleying and had the choice to practise with soft balls or actual volleyballs. They then played a mini-game designed to teach them that each team has three tries to get the ball over the net in volleyball.

Learning about volleyball

Playing a volleyball mini-game

Playing a Halloween game with the Grade 5 FI class

In Visual Arts, the students have finished up their name art. They are now working on a musical colouring.

In Science, the Grade twos are learning about animal adaptations. The Grade threes are learning about the differences and similarities between the needs of plants and the needs of animals. They are also learning about the various uses of plants, food, clothing, medicine, to make things.

In Social Studies, the Grade twos learned about Diwali. The Grade threes continued to learn about differences in amenities available in small and large communities. Both groups looked at the geography of Canada, its 10 provinces and 3 territories (and the differences between the two) and the capitals and important cities in each.

We finished the week with a dance. Each division had its own dance at a different time. Friday is a PA Day so there is no school. Monday is Black and Orange Day.

Have a great long weekend!