These three students were happily finishing their math work while some of their classmates had music class. Their excitement in completing their work was delightful! Working on some place value activities and making groups of 10 was the task at hand. 'More activities to complete?' was their question was once they finished ;)
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With the help of our Apprenti-sons words and our developing French vocabulary, the students filled in paint cards with rhyming words. They chose one of the French sounds we have worked on and off they went! Ask your child about the sound they chose and the words they came up with!
La dicteé PGL is coming up and we have started practicing in our personal magazines. Since we are a split class, there are two dictations that we will be participating in but expectations will vary. Below is a list of words that will be on the dictation. Feel free to practice at home; read the words with your child, search for the words in books, write them down, makes sentences with them, the possibilities are endless!
The dictation words are as follows: First Level: une école, une maison, une maman, un matin, un papa Second Level: aller, un chiffre, un dessin, une école, une fille, un garçon, une image, une journée, une lettre, lire, un mot, un pays The website for La Dictée PGL is also a great resource for practice dictations. The practice dictations on the site are for grade 1 and up and while they may be challenging, they are great practice and help in developing French comprehension. Check it out at home! http://fondationpgl.ca/accueil/ The official dictation will take place on January 28th, 2015.
A fantastic morning spent at the Canadian Nature Museum! The first part of the morning was spent in a workshop all about beavers and their habitats. We reinforced some things we already knew about beavers and learned some new things as well. Did you know that a beavers four front teeth have an orangey yellowish colour? Ask your child why that is!
After our workshop, we decided to explore some of the exhibits and displays in the museum, why not?! We had a chance look at the mammal exhibit, which was perfect since we were just talking about mammals! Then, we took a look at some pretty awesome dinosaur displays. A great morning, I'm sure the drive there was fun as well, everything is fun when you're 5 and 6 years old! After talking about the different animal categories and, more specifically, what makes mammals, mammals, the kids got to work looking for animals in the books in our class. They wrote down the name of animals they found in the books and placed them in the appropriate category. When they were unsure, they analysed the animal, looked at what was written about that animal in the book and determined where it should be placed. We talked about some of the characteristics of the animals and how that could determine their habitat. We definitely knew that animals with lots and lots of fur and fat probably lived in a cold climate!
What better way to understand how a polar bear stays warm in the arctic cold! Before starting our experiment, I asked the students how they think polar bears keep warm. Some of the answers included lots of fur, moving around and staying in the sun. All great answers! Now, how about that thick layer of fat?
The question before we started: Can fat keep you warm? We covered one hand with lard and then stuck both hands in a bowl of ice cold water. How long do you think we were able to keep the uncovered hand in the water?! Not very long at all but the hand covered in fat was as warm as can be. It was pretty exciting to realize just how warm the fat kept our hands! |
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