Dictée - l'espace
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- le soleil
- l'orbite
- les planètes
- une fusée
- les étoiles
- un trou noir
- une éclipse
- le système solaire
- une astéroïde
- la Grande Ourse
Monday 29 February 2016
Mots de dictée
Sunday 28 February 2016
Cette semaine - Feb. 29 to March 4th
... but first a bit about the week that just passed...
Whew! This past week was an exciting one, even by Willows standards.
On Wednesday, our class met with Mrs. Ireton's Grade 3 English class. As part of anti-bullying day, Mrs. Ireton and myself wanted students from different areas of the school to practice meeting someone new and asking questions. In a large school such as Willows with 600+ students, some in the English-track and others in the French Immersion-track, not everyone knows each other. Since many students will cooperate on sports teams or in musical productions, it's a good idea to promote inclusiveness and practice how to meet new friends.
In preparation, both of our classes prepared questions. We tried to steer students away from lower-level questions such as: "What is your favourite animal?", to more interesting one such as: "Would you prefer to fly or be invisible, and why?". After pairing the students, our two classes walked around the neighbourhood to Willows Beach, then back to school via Estevan Avenue. As the weather was cooperating, we stayed outside in the playground for a few extra minutes. A good time was had by all!
On Friday afternoon our school welcomed the "Hometown Hockey" team to our gym. It was loud, hot, crowded, and very exciting! The kids did a great job making banners to decorate the gym, and drawing jerseys for our bulletin board. Three former NHL players spoke to students about working hard and following their dream. After the speeches came a comedy-juggling act that entertained everyone. The highlight was the juggler standing on top of a hockey net, wearing skates, and juggling 3 hockey sticks! Facebook users can find a few pictures in the "Rogers Hometown Hockey" group.
This coming week will be luckily be a bit calmer and give us a chance to catch our breath.
The only scheduled event at this time is Friday afternoon after lunch. We will be taking part in the Jump Rope for Heart activity in the gym.
Topics we're learning about right now:
Science - space (planets)
Math - We will be starting to practice subtracting with regrouping.
Bonne semaine!
Whew! This past week was an exciting one, even by Willows standards.
On Wednesday, our class met with Mrs. Ireton's Grade 3 English class. As part of anti-bullying day, Mrs. Ireton and myself wanted students from different areas of the school to practice meeting someone new and asking questions. In a large school such as Willows with 600+ students, some in the English-track and others in the French Immersion-track, not everyone knows each other. Since many students will cooperate on sports teams or in musical productions, it's a good idea to promote inclusiveness and practice how to meet new friends.
In preparation, both of our classes prepared questions. We tried to steer students away from lower-level questions such as: "What is your favourite animal?", to more interesting one such as: "Would you prefer to fly or be invisible, and why?". After pairing the students, our two classes walked around the neighbourhood to Willows Beach, then back to school via Estevan Avenue. As the weather was cooperating, we stayed outside in the playground for a few extra minutes. A good time was had by all!
On Friday afternoon our school welcomed the "Hometown Hockey" team to our gym. It was loud, hot, crowded, and very exciting! The kids did a great job making banners to decorate the gym, and drawing jerseys for our bulletin board. Three former NHL players spoke to students about working hard and following their dream. After the speeches came a comedy-juggling act that entertained everyone. The highlight was the juggler standing on top of a hockey net, wearing skates, and juggling 3 hockey sticks! Facebook users can find a few pictures in the "Rogers Hometown Hockey" group.
This coming week will be luckily be a bit calmer and give us a chance to catch our breath.
The only scheduled event at this time is Friday afternoon after lunch. We will be taking part in the Jump Rope for Heart activity in the gym.
Topics we're learning about right now:
Science - space (planets)
Math - We will be starting to practice subtracting with regrouping.
Bonne semaine!
Bonjour!
Bonjour & welcome to what I hope will become a more regular way to communicate between my classroom and your home.
Here are some of my goals for this site:
- Post a more timely list of dictée & spelling lists, as well as events specific to our class.
- Post links to cool resources.
That's it for now. I'm trying to keep it simple so I don't outsmart myself and create a site that is too cumbersome to update. I will also try to keep the tone light to make it more fun to read.
About the platform & name:
For a few years I played around with a few different platforms which facilitate closed-groups where I could post student work & photos, permissions granted, but I kept getting stuck at various stages. So I have decided to go with what I know and use Blogger. No photos or student work at this time.
Finding a name was a also a stumbling block in getting this blog going. I didn't really want my name in the title so tried to find a clever French/English title. Attempts at securing a blog name such as: "Mais oui!", "Bien sûr!", and "Le sac à dos" failed as these were unavailable.
So I settled for the so far unique "Jaune-orange". Having spoken both French and English since a very young age, I have always been interested in words and expressions which exist in one language but not the other. An example is the French ailment "faire une crise de foie" which literally translates in English as "having a liver attack". In English we probably just complain of an upset stomach which is not quite as dramatic.
As a young French kid, my favourite colour was jaune-orange. Very specific, not "orange" or "jaune", but jaune-orange, a pale yellowish-orange, not easily translated to English. So while the name does not immediately illicit French Immersion teaching, there is a language connection there somewhere.
For the first few blog updates I will email parents with the link. There will be a place on the Home Page to sign-up for blog updates, but please note that it can take 24hrs after an update to receive this link.
Merci!
Here are some of my goals for this site:
- Post a more timely list of dictée & spelling lists, as well as events specific to our class.
- Post links to cool resources.
That's it for now. I'm trying to keep it simple so I don't outsmart myself and create a site that is too cumbersome to update. I will also try to keep the tone light to make it more fun to read.
About the platform & name:
For a few years I played around with a few different platforms which facilitate closed-groups where I could post student work & photos, permissions granted, but I kept getting stuck at various stages. So I have decided to go with what I know and use Blogger. No photos or student work at this time.
Finding a name was a also a stumbling block in getting this blog going. I didn't really want my name in the title so tried to find a clever French/English title. Attempts at securing a blog name such as: "Mais oui!", "Bien sûr!", and "Le sac à dos" failed as these were unavailable.
So I settled for the so far unique "Jaune-orange". Having spoken both French and English since a very young age, I have always been interested in words and expressions which exist in one language but not the other. An example is the French ailment "faire une crise de foie" which literally translates in English as "having a liver attack". In English we probably just complain of an upset stomach which is not quite as dramatic.
As a young French kid, my favourite colour was jaune-orange. Very specific, not "orange" or "jaune", but jaune-orange, a pale yellowish-orange, not easily translated to English. So while the name does not immediately illicit French Immersion teaching, there is a language connection there somewhere.
For the first few blog updates I will email parents with the link. There will be a place on the Home Page to sign-up for blog updates, but please note that it can take 24hrs after an update to receive this link.
Merci!
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