Hello everyone,
Well we've begun our final theme of 2010 which is..... Christmas! I guess the people writing the curriculum were wise enough to know that there's no point in resisting what is on all of the kids' minds anyway. Today we started decorating our classroom for Christmas, while each day we build our Christmas vocabulary as well.
As you may have noticed, the homework format has changed. The new format consists of practicing the 'mots fréquents' each night and reading one or two short books with mom or dad. The students will keep the same book or books for the entire week and return them on Friday. I will send home a new book or books each week. From time to time I will still send home some homework that requires them to do some printing in their homework duotangs, but I'm interested to see how the new format goes. I welcome your feedback about this change.
In Math we've been working on the concept of estimation. Next we'll be working on the concepts of a value plus one and a value minus one. Please feel free to practice estimation at home!
Caramba! You may have noticed that your child came home with a brand new book by this title. All the grade one French immersion students on PEI received this book as part of a special grant program funded by TD Bank. We had a special visitor come in and read the book to the students and then each student was given their own copy. It's a great story with beautiful illustrations. Please keep this book at home and enjoy it!
Christmas concert - The Greenfield Christmas concert will be taking place on Thursday December 16th. If your last name begins with a letter between A - L, please attend the morning show which starts at 10am. If your last name begins with a letter between M - Z, please attend the afternoon show which starts at 1pm. The students have been working hard on their numbers for the show!
Food Drive - For our class charitable activity for the holidays, I'd like to ask families to donate any non-perishable food items that they can spare. All food items will be distributed to needy families in the community.
As always feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Take care,
Ellen
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
An Overdue Update!
Hello,
My apologies for the delay in the blogging. I was quite sick the week of parent-teacher interviews, and I've been busy playing catchup this week.
We're working away on our animal theme and the kids are enjoying it. Next week we'll be working the theme of fruits and vegetables for two weeks.
In math we've started to work on the concept of parts of the whole, i.e if we have ten apples and we divide them into two groups of five, we still have ten apples. We've also been working on addition as it links to this concept i.e 5 apples + 5 apples = 10 apples.
We have started our literacy centres and they are going well! Students are divided into groups of four and spend 25 minutes at their specified centre for the day. The centres are guided reading, puppet station where students practice different sentence structures with puppets, a listening station where students have a headset on and listen to a book on cd as they follow along, and a word making station where students use modeling clay to write the words of the week. Right now we also have the French Immersion literacy coach for our family of schools in our classroom for an hour every morning. She assists with the literacy centres and then leads some intensive French language activities for 25 minutes.
As you may have noticed, I sent home permission slips for a Christmas play that will be staged at La Centre Belle Alliance next Tuesday November 23rd. We will be heading over to the play in the morning and will be back at school for lunch. It should be a great time!
Report cards will be given to students on Thursday November 25th. If you have any questions or concerns about your child's report card, please contact me.
Sub orders - If you'd like to place a sub order for your child, please submit it on Tuesday morning each week. I have to have all sub orders submitted to the office on Tuesday mornings.
School photos - I sent home the students' school photos today. Please check their backpacks!
A reminder that Friday November 26th is a professional development day for teachers, so there will be no classes for students.
Take care,
Ellen
My apologies for the delay in the blogging. I was quite sick the week of parent-teacher interviews, and I've been busy playing catchup this week.
We're working away on our animal theme and the kids are enjoying it. Next week we'll be working the theme of fruits and vegetables for two weeks.
In math we've started to work on the concept of parts of the whole, i.e if we have ten apples and we divide them into two groups of five, we still have ten apples. We've also been working on addition as it links to this concept i.e 5 apples + 5 apples = 10 apples.
We have started our literacy centres and they are going well! Students are divided into groups of four and spend 25 minutes at their specified centre for the day. The centres are guided reading, puppet station where students practice different sentence structures with puppets, a listening station where students have a headset on and listen to a book on cd as they follow along, and a word making station where students use modeling clay to write the words of the week. Right now we also have the French Immersion literacy coach for our family of schools in our classroom for an hour every morning. She assists with the literacy centres and then leads some intensive French language activities for 25 minutes.
As you may have noticed, I sent home permission slips for a Christmas play that will be staged at La Centre Belle Alliance next Tuesday November 23rd. We will be heading over to the play in the morning and will be back at school for lunch. It should be a great time!
Report cards will be given to students on Thursday November 25th. If you have any questions or concerns about your child's report card, please contact me.
Sub orders - If you'd like to place a sub order for your child, please submit it on Tuesday morning each week. I have to have all sub orders submitted to the office on Tuesday mornings.
School photos - I sent home the students' school photos today. Please check their backpacks!
A reminder that Friday November 26th is a professional development day for teachers, so there will be no classes for students.
Take care,
Ellen
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Le mois de novembre
Hello,
This month our theme is "Our Friends the Animals". We will be exploring vocabulary about animals, animals' needs, habitat, etc... I think the kids will really enjoy this unit.
An important event coming up are parent-teacher interviews. I will be hosting them from during after school and early evening hours on next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I will be sending home notes in the students' agendas tomorrow. Please write a note in your child's agenda to let me know whether or not your time slot works for you or not. Remember that there is no school on Thursday November 11th (Remembrance Day) nor Friday November 12th.
In Math, we are progressing onto bigger sums, and adding numbers onto ten. For example 10 + 2 = 12, or 10 + 4 = 14. We will continue or work on representing numbers in different ways and the constancy of values.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions.
Madame Ellen
This month our theme is "Our Friends the Animals". We will be exploring vocabulary about animals, animals' needs, habitat, etc... I think the kids will really enjoy this unit.
An important event coming up are parent-teacher interviews. I will be hosting them from during after school and early evening hours on next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I will be sending home notes in the students' agendas tomorrow. Please write a note in your child's agenda to let me know whether or not your time slot works for you or not. Remember that there is no school on Thursday November 11th (Remembrance Day) nor Friday November 12th.
In Math, we are progressing onto bigger sums, and adding numbers onto ten. For example 10 + 2 = 12, or 10 + 4 = 14. We will continue or work on representing numbers in different ways and the constancy of values.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions.
Madame Ellen
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Change of Day for Weekly Blog Posts
Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm changing my blog post day to Monday evenings. From now on, please check our class blog for weekly updates then.
Thank you!
Ellen
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'm changing my blog post day to Monday evenings. From now on, please check our class blog for weekly updates then.
Thank you!
Ellen
Sunday, October 24, 2010
C'est l'Halloween!
As I'm sure all of you know, the kids are very wound up about the idea of Halloween! We will be incorporating some Halloween activities into our work this week as we wrap up our final unit My Family & Autumn.
While I'm on the topic of Halloween, we will be having a class Halloween party on Friday morning with some games, songs and special treats, followed by a school wide Halloween activity on Friday afternoon that will involve students circulating between different activities. Students are allowed to dress up on Friday, if they so choose, but it's not required. Please remember that no masks are to be worn and if students are wearing Halloween makeup that it be applied at home. Please do not send your child to school with makeup to be applied or 'touched up' at school. We also discourage students from bringing play guns, swords, etc... Lastly, if you're sending in any Halloween treats with your child, please remember that Greenfield nut free.
We finished making our family trees and they are posted outside of our classroom. Thanks for sending in the photos. The kids really enjoyed doing this project. During our last week of this theme we'll be working on a haunted house project. Students will colour and cut out their own haunted houses and do a writing activity describing their haunted house. It's will be a lot of fun, and the finished products will be on display at the end of the week.
This week we'll continue our work on acquiring the French vocabulary words for the parts of the body. The sight words for the week are j'aime, des, viens, gros, grosse. The sounds we're focusing on this week are au, eau and y. We'll also be doing a special focus on vowels.
Students have begun borrowing books from the school's library books. We go to the library on day three, which is this coming Wednesday. The librarian suggested that students take home their library book for one night and then bring it back to the classroom the following day. We have a special library book box in the class, and then all students may read the borrowed books. Please make sure that your child's library book is put back into their homework bag.
In Math this week we'll be doing some review of the previous unit on patterns, and then continue on working with the ten frame. This week we'll also focus on the concepts of plus one and minus one, while using the ten frame as a tool.
The upcoming theme for November is "En pleine forme avec mes amis les animaux" (With my friends the animals).
I sent home the monthly menu for November on Friday. If you'd like to make a food order, please send it back with payment as soon as possible.
The school choir for primary students has begun. Choir practice takes place at big recess on Tuesdays and Fridays. All students are welcome!
Lastly, parent teacher interviews are coming up and have been officially slated for Wednesday November 10th and Friday November 12th. Because I'll be away on Friday the 12th, I'm hoping to hold interviews from 3 - 8pm on Monday November 8th, Tuesday November 9th and Wednesday November 10th. If this is a problem, please contact me and we can make alternate arrangements. I've had some requests for particular times. I'll try my best to accommodate you whenever possible.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Ellen
While I'm on the topic of Halloween, we will be having a class Halloween party on Friday morning with some games, songs and special treats, followed by a school wide Halloween activity on Friday afternoon that will involve students circulating between different activities. Students are allowed to dress up on Friday, if they so choose, but it's not required. Please remember that no masks are to be worn and if students are wearing Halloween makeup that it be applied at home. Please do not send your child to school with makeup to be applied or 'touched up' at school. We also discourage students from bringing play guns, swords, etc... Lastly, if you're sending in any Halloween treats with your child, please remember that Greenfield nut free.
We finished making our family trees and they are posted outside of our classroom. Thanks for sending in the photos. The kids really enjoyed doing this project. During our last week of this theme we'll be working on a haunted house project. Students will colour and cut out their own haunted houses and do a writing activity describing their haunted house. It's will be a lot of fun, and the finished products will be on display at the end of the week.
This week we'll continue our work on acquiring the French vocabulary words for the parts of the body. The sight words for the week are j'aime, des, viens, gros, grosse. The sounds we're focusing on this week are au, eau and y. We'll also be doing a special focus on vowels.
Students have begun borrowing books from the school's library books. We go to the library on day three, which is this coming Wednesday. The librarian suggested that students take home their library book for one night and then bring it back to the classroom the following day. We have a special library book box in the class, and then all students may read the borrowed books. Please make sure that your child's library book is put back into their homework bag.
In Math this week we'll be doing some review of the previous unit on patterns, and then continue on working with the ten frame. This week we'll also focus on the concepts of plus one and minus one, while using the ten frame as a tool.
The upcoming theme for November is "En pleine forme avec mes amis les animaux" (With my friends the animals).
I sent home the monthly menu for November on Friday. If you'd like to make a food order, please send it back with payment as soon as possible.
The school choir for primary students has begun. Choir practice takes place at big recess on Tuesdays and Fridays. All students are welcome!
Lastly, parent teacher interviews are coming up and have been officially slated for Wednesday November 10th and Friday November 12th. Because I'll be away on Friday the 12th, I'm hoping to hold interviews from 3 - 8pm on Monday November 8th, Tuesday November 9th and Wednesday November 10th. If this is a problem, please contact me and we can make alternate arrangements. I've had some requests for particular times. I'll try my best to accommodate you whenever possible.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Ellen
Monday, October 18, 2010
News From Our Classroom
Good evening,
Sorry for the delay in having this blog posted! Thanks for your patience.
The students were excited to fill me in about their field-trip to Cackleberry Farms. It sounds as though it was quite a success! Thanks to those of you who volunteered to come along and help out.
The Norcard stationery orders have arrived. I would have sent them home with the students, but I think all of them are too large for them to carry/fit into their backpacks. Please email me and we can make arrangements to get those items home.
The family tree projects are going well. If you haven't already sent in some photos for this project (that you don't mind having cut up!) please do so. I hope to have these finished up tomorrow and up for display.
We will continue to focus on our theme of autumn and the family. This week we'll also be doing some vocabulary activities about the parts of the body.
In Math we will continue to work on numbers from 0 to 20 and how to represent these numbers in a variety of ways; written form, numerical form, and with objects or drawings. So far the students are doing very well with this concept. We will gradually begin working more and more with the ten frame. A ten frame is a tool that helps students visualize adding and subtracting. We'll be working with it a lot! I've attached an example of a ten frame below, fairly straight forward, but I thought it couldn't hurt!
I'm in the process of updating the students' homework folders for this week. Students will have assigned homework on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Of course during the weekends, feel free to review any of what we've been working on to date with your child.
This week we'll also be focusing on the weather and its related vocabulary.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone at Greenfield at any time.
Take care,
Ellen
Sorry for the delay in having this blog posted! Thanks for your patience.
The students were excited to fill me in about their field-trip to Cackleberry Farms. It sounds as though it was quite a success! Thanks to those of you who volunteered to come along and help out.
The Norcard stationery orders have arrived. I would have sent them home with the students, but I think all of them are too large for them to carry/fit into their backpacks. Please email me and we can make arrangements to get those items home.
The family tree projects are going well. If you haven't already sent in some photos for this project (that you don't mind having cut up!) please do so. I hope to have these finished up tomorrow and up for display.
We will continue to focus on our theme of autumn and the family. This week we'll also be doing some vocabulary activities about the parts of the body.
In Math we will continue to work on numbers from 0 to 20 and how to represent these numbers in a variety of ways; written form, numerical form, and with objects or drawings. So far the students are doing very well with this concept. We will gradually begin working more and more with the ten frame. A ten frame is a tool that helps students visualize adding and subtracting. We'll be working with it a lot! I've attached an example of a ten frame below, fairly straight forward, but I thought it couldn't hurt!
I'm in the process of updating the students' homework folders for this week. Students will have assigned homework on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Of course during the weekends, feel free to review any of what we've been working on to date with your child.
This week we'll also be focusing on the weather and its related vocabulary.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or by phone at Greenfield at any time.
Take care,
Ellen
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Update
Hello!
Just a quick note to let you know that I will be posting my weekly blog tomorrow evening instead of tonight. I need to see how far along the substitute got with the students until I can paint an accurate picture of this week's goals.
Sorry for the delay!
Ellen
Just a quick note to let you know that I will be posting my weekly blog tomorrow evening instead of tonight. I need to see how far along the substitute got with the students until I can paint an accurate picture of this week's goals.
Sorry for the delay!
Ellen
Sunday, October 3, 2010
En automne avec ma famille
Good evening,
The title of my blog post is the name of our new theme for the month of October. During the month of October we'll be exploring the theme of 'Autumn with my family'. As part of this theme, students will make their own family tree (immediate family only) complete with photos. I will send home more info about this project this week. Students will also be introduced to the vocabulary of family (mother, father, sister, brother, etc). We'll also be talking about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving.
In Math we will be continuing work on chapter 2 which discusses numbers from 1 to 20. Part of the work we'll be doing will be learning about the various ways that numbers can be represented, whether it be with words, numerals, or represented by objects. This week we'll also be beginning our math centres where the children have the opportunity to work independently or in groups on math activities related to patterning and representing numbers from one to twenty.
I'll be sending home red homework duotangs with the children this week. The homework for each evening will be outlined in the homework duotang.
The students are speaking more and more French in the classroom everyday! It's exciting to see the transformation. You may be interested in checking out the Canadian Parents for French website for tips, info about ways in which you can support your child's learning. http://www.cpf.ca/eng/home.html
Please make sure to send the October menu in with your child tomorrow, if you haven't already done so.
Remember that our fieldtrip to pick apples is on the morning of Wednesday October 13th. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please let me know before this Wednesday.
Lastly, I will be away for awhile as of this coming Thursday because I'm getting married next weekend. Ms. Becky Stewart will be teaching the students while I'm away on this coming Thursday and Friday, as well as next Tuesday and Wednesday. She is bilingual and has worked with the students a few days already this year. If you need to contact Ms. Stewart for any reason i.e pickup changes, questions, etc... please write a note in your child's agenda or call the school and leave a message for her. I will not be checking my work email while I'm away, nor posting a blog next Sunday. My next post will be October 17th.
Take care,
Madame Ellen
The title of my blog post is the name of our new theme for the month of October. During the month of October we'll be exploring the theme of 'Autumn with my family'. As part of this theme, students will make their own family tree (immediate family only) complete with photos. I will send home more info about this project this week. Students will also be introduced to the vocabulary of family (mother, father, sister, brother, etc). We'll also be talking about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving.
In Math we will be continuing work on chapter 2 which discusses numbers from 1 to 20. Part of the work we'll be doing will be learning about the various ways that numbers can be represented, whether it be with words, numerals, or represented by objects. This week we'll also be beginning our math centres where the children have the opportunity to work independently or in groups on math activities related to patterning and representing numbers from one to twenty.
I'll be sending home red homework duotangs with the children this week. The homework for each evening will be outlined in the homework duotang.
The students are speaking more and more French in the classroom everyday! It's exciting to see the transformation. You may be interested in checking out the Canadian Parents for French website for tips, info about ways in which you can support your child's learning. http://www.cpf.ca/eng/home.html
Please make sure to send the October menu in with your child tomorrow, if you haven't already done so.
Remember that our fieldtrip to pick apples is on the morning of Wednesday October 13th. If anyone is interested in volunteering, please let me know before this Wednesday.
Lastly, I will be away for awhile as of this coming Thursday because I'm getting married next weekend. Ms. Becky Stewart will be teaching the students while I'm away on this coming Thursday and Friday, as well as next Tuesday and Wednesday. She is bilingual and has worked with the students a few days already this year. If you need to contact Ms. Stewart for any reason i.e pickup changes, questions, etc... please write a note in your child's agenda or call the school and leave a message for her. I will not be checking my work email while I'm away, nor posting a blog next Sunday. My next post will be October 17th.
Take care,
Madame Ellen
Sunday, September 26, 2010
The End of September Already?
Good evening,
Well time has been flying! Things are going very well in our class.
A reminder that there is no school this coming Friday, October 1st as it is a professional development day.
The last day to turn in Norcard money and info is tomorrow, Monday September 27th. Please send this along with your child tomorrow.
This week I introduced an incentive program to encourage students to express themselves in French. I placed laminated 'je parle en francais' grids on each student's desk. Each time a student makes an extra effort to use French vocabulary from our words of the week, colours or numbers (not simply bonjour or merci), they will receive a sticker. On Fridays (or Thursday this week) I'll open my "store" where students can purchase items with their hard earned stickers. Items available for "purchase" include pencils, erasers, and small toys. This incentive program has worked very well for my immersion students in the past, so I hope it will have a positive impact for this group as well.
The school will be doing a Terry Fox run on the afternoon of Thursday September 30th. Students are invited to make a donation of $1 if they so choose. Donations are welcome anytime, but please have them in by Thursday at the latest.
I sent home the October menu with students on Friday. If you'd like to order milk, pizza, or hot dogs for your child, please complete the form and return it by this coming Thursday.
Homework! I did assign homework once this week, but there will be more regular homework this coming week. I will be giving students two courier bags this week. The red courier bag will be for homework, so whatever scribbler/duotang is in the red bag will contain the homework. Students will also have a gold courier bag. The gold bag will be for transporting books from school to home and back. Students will begin taking homework and reading materials home in these two courier bags on Tuesday evening of this week.
For your information, here is our schedule for specialty classes:
Day 1 Music
Day 2- Phys. Ed.
Day 3- Music
Day 4- Phys. Ed.
Day 5- Music & Computers (computer class begins in October)
Day 6- Phys. Ed. & Library
Because I was out of the classroom at workshops for two days last week, I decided that we'd spend some more time working on patterning and we did not begin working on the next chapter in our Math book which deals with numbers from 1 - 20. However we will be starting this new chapter on Tuesday.
The words of the week this week are: voici, jour, petit, petite, pour. We'll be also be working on vocabulary related to school supplies and objects in the classroom. We'll wrap up our focus on colours with a project of making a small book about birds of various colours that will get students writing simple sentences about the colours of different birds that they will colour in their book.
Because it's a short week, we may be working on some of the same topics early next week, it just depends how the students get along with the material.
We are planning a fieldtrip to Arlington's Apple Orchard for the morning of Wednesday October 13th. I will be sending permission slips home this week. The cost is $2 per child. If anyone would like to volunteer to come along, please let me know.
Please send in old t-shirts/button-up shirts for when we paint. I will have a few in class, but not enough for everyone. If you have any you'd like to donate to the class, please send them along with your child.
Lastly, a word about birthday invitations. We strongly recommend that students pass out any birthday party invitations outside of school hours.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)
Ellen
Well time has been flying! Things are going very well in our class.
A reminder that there is no school this coming Friday, October 1st as it is a professional development day.
The last day to turn in Norcard money and info is tomorrow, Monday September 27th. Please send this along with your child tomorrow.
This week I introduced an incentive program to encourage students to express themselves in French. I placed laminated 'je parle en francais' grids on each student's desk. Each time a student makes an extra effort to use French vocabulary from our words of the week, colours or numbers (not simply bonjour or merci), they will receive a sticker. On Fridays (or Thursday this week) I'll open my "store" where students can purchase items with their hard earned stickers. Items available for "purchase" include pencils, erasers, and small toys. This incentive program has worked very well for my immersion students in the past, so I hope it will have a positive impact for this group as well.
The school will be doing a Terry Fox run on the afternoon of Thursday September 30th. Students are invited to make a donation of $1 if they so choose. Donations are welcome anytime, but please have them in by Thursday at the latest.
I sent home the October menu with students on Friday. If you'd like to order milk, pizza, or hot dogs for your child, please complete the form and return it by this coming Thursday.
Homework! I did assign homework once this week, but there will be more regular homework this coming week. I will be giving students two courier bags this week. The red courier bag will be for homework, so whatever scribbler/duotang is in the red bag will contain the homework. Students will also have a gold courier bag. The gold bag will be for transporting books from school to home and back. Students will begin taking homework and reading materials home in these two courier bags on Tuesday evening of this week.
For your information, here is our schedule for specialty classes:
Day 1 Music
Day 2- Phys. Ed.
Day 3- Music
Day 4- Phys. Ed.
Day 5- Music & Computers (computer class begins in October)
Day 6- Phys. Ed. & Library
Because I was out of the classroom at workshops for two days last week, I decided that we'd spend some more time working on patterning and we did not begin working on the next chapter in our Math book which deals with numbers from 1 - 20. However we will be starting this new chapter on Tuesday.
The words of the week this week are: voici, jour, petit, petite, pour. We'll be also be working on vocabulary related to school supplies and objects in the classroom. We'll wrap up our focus on colours with a project of making a small book about birds of various colours that will get students writing simple sentences about the colours of different birds that they will colour in their book.
Because it's a short week, we may be working on some of the same topics early next week, it just depends how the students get along with the material.
We are planning a fieldtrip to Arlington's Apple Orchard for the morning of Wednesday October 13th. I will be sending permission slips home this week. The cost is $2 per child. If anyone would like to volunteer to come along, please let me know.
Please send in old t-shirts/button-up shirts for when we paint. I will have a few in class, but not enough for everyone. If you have any you'd like to donate to the class, please send them along with your child.
Lastly, a word about birthday invitations. We strongly recommend that students pass out any birthday party invitations outside of school hours.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend :)
Ellen
Sunday, September 19, 2010
The Week of September 20th
Hello!
First things first: Wednesday September 22nd is picture day. I sent home cards last week where parents are asked to indicate which type of background they'd like for their child's school photo. Please make sure to send that in before Wednesday.
I also sent home envelopes/info for sub day. Sub day is on Wednesdays. If you'd like to place an order for your child, please complete the form, put exact change in the envelope and send it with your child in their agenda by Tuesday.
Also, this week I will be away from the classroom on Monday and Thursday for workshops. Ms. Becky Stewart will be subbing for me. She is bilingual and has experience working with primary grades. I'll strive to have her as my regular sub so that the students don't have to constantly adapt to different substitutes when I can't be there.
This week we'll continue to delve into the vocabulary of colours. We'll also begin to learn the vocabulary for the parts of the body. We'll begin to use the 'Paul et Suzanne' series of books to assist with these goals.
The words of the week for this week are fille, garcon, c'est and du. Your child will always write the words of the week in their agendas, if you'd ever like to practice them with your child.
In Math this week we'll be starting to explore numbers from 11 to 20. We'll also begin to represent numbers in different ways i.e through different groupings and in written form.
Homework will also begin this week. I will send home homework on Tuesday evening. This week's homework will be related to practicing vocabulary for colours and numbers.
Just a quick reminder that Friday, October 1st is a professional development day, and there will be no school that day
Lastly, if any parents would like to volunteer in the classroom by coming in and reading to the children, assisting with an art activity, or sharing a special talent, please let me know! It's wonderful for students to see their parents in action in the classroom.
Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments you may have.
Looking forward to another great week with the grade ones.
Ellen
First things first: Wednesday September 22nd is picture day. I sent home cards last week where parents are asked to indicate which type of background they'd like for their child's school photo. Please make sure to send that in before Wednesday.
I also sent home envelopes/info for sub day. Sub day is on Wednesdays. If you'd like to place an order for your child, please complete the form, put exact change in the envelope and send it with your child in their agenda by Tuesday.
Also, this week I will be away from the classroom on Monday and Thursday for workshops. Ms. Becky Stewart will be subbing for me. She is bilingual and has experience working with primary grades. I'll strive to have her as my regular sub so that the students don't have to constantly adapt to different substitutes when I can't be there.
This week we'll continue to delve into the vocabulary of colours. We'll also begin to learn the vocabulary for the parts of the body. We'll begin to use the 'Paul et Suzanne' series of books to assist with these goals.
The words of the week for this week are fille, garcon, c'est and du. Your child will always write the words of the week in their agendas, if you'd ever like to practice them with your child.
In Math this week we'll be starting to explore numbers from 11 to 20. We'll also begin to represent numbers in different ways i.e through different groupings and in written form.
Homework will also begin this week. I will send home homework on Tuesday evening. This week's homework will be related to practicing vocabulary for colours and numbers.
Just a quick reminder that Friday, October 1st is a professional development day, and there will be no school that day
Lastly, if any parents would like to volunteer in the classroom by coming in and reading to the children, assisting with an art activity, or sharing a special talent, please let me know! It's wonderful for students to see their parents in action in the classroom.
Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments you may have.
Looking forward to another great week with the grade ones.
Ellen
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Week of September 13th
What a great first week! It was really interesting getting an introduction to my sixteen new grade one students over the past week. They are a lovely group.
Firstly, a few housekeeping items:
Last week we began practicing writing letters, and we will continue on with that this week.
The students were introduced to the vocabulary for the numbers from 1 to 10 last week. We will be reviewing that information this week and I'll be introducing them to regularities and patterns. They'll also begin using their Math activity books this week.
Many students have also asked if they can take their agendas home. They are very excited about their agendas! They won't be taking their agendas home until I begin assigning homework. The agenda is a another communication tool that we can use to discuss how your child is getting along.
Your child may have mentioned the 'Behaviour Wheel'. It's a classroom management tool that I'm using with our class. I will explain it in more detail during the open house.
Again, if you have any questions, drop me a line at elmullally@edu.pe.ca
See you on Tuesday,
Ellen
Firstly, a few housekeeping items:
- There is an Open House at Greenfield school this coming Tuesday September 14th at 6:30pm. I'll be giving a brief presentation in our classroom at 6:30pm and again at 6:45pm for those of you who may have more than one child attending the school and therefore more than one classroom to visit. At 7:00pm there will be an assembly in the school gym for a short presentation about Greenfield school and a Q & A session.
- Your child has been given an information package regarding Norcard, the school's annual fundraiser. For more information about the fundraiser, please visit the school's website at http://www.edu.pe.ca/greenfield If you have not received this package, please let me know.
- Please do not send your child with a lunch that needs to be heated. There is no microwave in the classroom, and I cannot leave the class unsupervised to go heat lunches. Thank you for your cooperation regarding this matter.
- Milk order forms were sent home last week. If for some reason, this info did not make it home to you, please contact me and we can make arrangements.
Last week we began practicing writing letters, and we will continue on with that this week.
The students were introduced to the vocabulary for the numbers from 1 to 10 last week. We will be reviewing that information this week and I'll be introducing them to regularities and patterns. They'll also begin using their Math activity books this week.
Many students have also asked if they can take their agendas home. They are very excited about their agendas! They won't be taking their agendas home until I begin assigning homework. The agenda is a another communication tool that we can use to discuss how your child is getting along.
Your child may have mentioned the 'Behaviour Wheel'. It's a classroom management tool that I'm using with our class. I will explain it in more detail during the open house.
Again, if you have any questions, drop me a line at elmullally@edu.pe.ca
See you on Tuesday,
Ellen
Monday, September 6, 2010
The First Week of School
Hello!
Welcome to my blog for the grade 1-D French immersion class at Greenfield School. I am new to the 'blogosphere', but I'm sure this blog will serve as a helpful communication tool. Its purpose is to keep you, the parent, informed of what's happening in our class from week to week, as well a space to post info related to reminders or special events. At any time, please feel free to contact me by email at elmullally@edu.pe.ca.
This week is primarily about introducing the students to the school building, myself, their classmates, and to school and classroom routines. We will be starting some work with the French language this week, but it will be very gradual. Most people, adults and children alike, have some anxiety when first faced with a new language. It will take some time for most of the students to get comfortable enough to begin using French.
During the first few weeks there will be no homework. Homework will be begin in late September or early October, depending on how the students are getting along.
Some of the topics I will be broaching with the students this week are the alphabet in French, colours, numbers from one to ten and a few key phrases, such as; Bonjour, Au revoir, Je m'appelle, Tu t'appelles, Je suis un garcon/fille, etc.. I will also be introducing the students to Dimoitou, a puppet I'll be using to facilitate many French language activities throughout the year. Students will also be learning a few simple songs in French this week that will reinforce the material covered in our lessons.
I'm looking forward to day one with the grade ones :)
Welcome to my blog for the grade 1-D French immersion class at Greenfield School. I am new to the 'blogosphere', but I'm sure this blog will serve as a helpful communication tool. Its purpose is to keep you, the parent, informed of what's happening in our class from week to week, as well a space to post info related to reminders or special events. At any time, please feel free to contact me by email at elmullally@edu.pe.ca.
This week is primarily about introducing the students to the school building, myself, their classmates, and to school and classroom routines. We will be starting some work with the French language this week, but it will be very gradual. Most people, adults and children alike, have some anxiety when first faced with a new language. It will take some time for most of the students to get comfortable enough to begin using French.
During the first few weeks there will be no homework. Homework will be begin in late September or early October, depending on how the students are getting along.
Some of the topics I will be broaching with the students this week are the alphabet in French, colours, numbers from one to ten and a few key phrases, such as; Bonjour, Au revoir, Je m'appelle, Tu t'appelles, Je suis un garcon/fille, etc.. I will also be introducing the students to Dimoitou, a puppet I'll be using to facilitate many French language activities throughout the year. Students will also be learning a few simple songs in French this week that will reinforce the material covered in our lessons.
I'm looking forward to day one with the grade ones :)
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