June 1-5

Hello, sorry I am late with the blog again. I have been working long nights correcting the Dinomir projects. These are major projects...you will understand when you see them. We had our test in fractions. It was a little tough for some. We will rework some of the concepts and retest on Friday. Fractions are a generally tough concept for students to master. They are getting closer. We only have to cover one other section after this. Time is getting short. Things are going well. If any of you have any questions please feel free to email me kzgallant@edu.pe.ca

thanks

Mme Gallant

May 25-29

It is hard to believe that this is our last week in May. My has the time been flying by. This week we will be having a quiz on fractions. All of the students are doing quite well in this chapter. We are continuing on with the Dinomir projects. There is a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time. We are also finishing up our chapter on measurement in Science. There will be also a small project to be done in this area. I hope everyone understands the new homework set up. Students should be completing there Carnet de Lecture at home, in addition to their reading. I explained in more detail in the previous blog posting.

This week we will be traveling to see Athena s Seusical the Musical. We are very excited attend this event.

take care,

Mme Gallant

May 19th-22nd 2009

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. I know I certainly did. This week we will be starting a new unit on fractions. It will be pretty basic concepts. I am hoping that it will go well. We are continuing our Dinomir projects as well. They are coming along quite well! I have sent home permission slips for the pen pal photo exchange....try and get them in...I would like to send the letters by the end of the week. The homework has changed slightly. Instead of their homework binder they will be taking home their carnet de lecture. This should accompany their nightly reading. We have been doing these for awhile now so they should know how to do them. I will be still collecting homework on Fridays. Everything is going well! The students are great, I am sad to see the end of our school year approching!!!

Mme Gallant

May 11-15

Hello all! This week will be a busy. We are doing the provincial tests on Wednesday + a math test. I know that seems like a lot in one day, but the students are well prepared. The math test shouldn't be too difficult. It covers; time, money;and weight (kg/g). The students are in the middle of writing their Dinomir books. They are impressive. I can't wait for the finished products. The students stories are awesome. I am anxiously waiting to share them with you all! The homework scribbler will be changing a bit. They will be ready for later this week. I will explain the format later on. Two sets of permissions slips were sent home. Please sign them and send them back. The "Fry" day was a huge success! The students loved the tasty fries that were provided by Cavendish Farms. That's it for this week!

Mme Gallant

May 4th-9th

It is hard to believe that May is here. Wow the year is flying by. Last week we were fortunate enough to go see the Elm street play....Wow! It was amazing. The students really enjoyed it, I did too! It's great for the students to celebrate other students achievements of the same age. It shows the student what hard work and comittement can achieve. Speaking of hard work....WE STARTED!!!! We finally have started writing our Dinomir books. I love the ideas that I am seeing for our young authors. I would like to wrap up our Math unit this week and have a test early next week. We have been working on Money, Time, and Measurement. It seems to be going well. We will be also doing a science unit on Measurement, this will hopefully strengthen the students knowledge of measurements. Another permission slip was sent home on Monday. We will be going to see the Greenfield play at the Jubilee Theater. There will be no cost to the students for this play.

Here are this weeks list words:

l'air
la joie
la rose
la lune
chaque
chez
l'eau
le jeu
le feu
tout
toutes
tous

April 27- May 1st

I apologies for writing the blog late this week. I was out sick Monday and yesterday I didn't get around to it. I was very pleased with the student's science projects. It was really neat to see what different types of cars they produced. In math we have moved on from learning about money to learning to tell time. If you would like to practice telling time at home that would be a great help. The Dinomir project is progressing very well. We are hoping to start writing on Monday!!! The work that the students are doing to become qualified authors is great. They have learned about the 6+1 writing traits and have worked hard on becoming experts of Dinomir. There will be no school on Friday. The Western School Board is holding its annual meeting. Teachers will be at Westisle Composite High School for the day to attend. Hope everything is going well for all of you. Enjoy the spring weather!!!

Here are this weeks list words:

la nature
le chemin
le monde
un arbre
la route
le pays
la fleur
la ville

April 20th- 24th

Hello! This week the students are continuing to work on using money in Math. Please practice many exchanges at home. This is a great way to incorporate play and learning together. We are continuing to learn about the process of writing books. The Dinomir project is going well. Students were asked last week to start a science project. They have to design and build a car (no kits or Lego please). There are three criteria they have to meet 1. It must be able to roll well, the unit is on things the can roll. 2. The car has to have a compartment that objects can be placed in. 3. It must be decorated. A few projects have come in so far, and they are fantastic. The projects are due on Friday.

Report cards went out yesterday, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Overall, I am impressed with how well the class is doing.

Mme Gallant

Here are this weeks list words....It's more verbe tenses then list words. This is coinsiding with the verb tenses we are learning in class.

Devoir

je dois
tu dois
il doit
elle doit

Pouvoir

je peux
tu peux
il peut
elle peut

Vouloir

je veux
tu veux
il veut
elle veut

le vélo
loin
il monte