February 16, 2009

This week the students will be writing letters to students from a class in Toronto. My sister is teaching Grade 3 French Immersion in Toronto and agreed to do a pen pal type exchange with our class. The students are very excited about this opportunity. This is a great way for students to learn about students from another part of the country while learning the conventions of writing a letter.

The students have really easily grasped multiplication in Math. They will begin to learn division in the next week or two. The class has started a class project. We will be writing and illustrating "Dinomir" books. These books will look quite professional. The students are excited about this. This project will be ongoing until June. There are many steps to the process. We are currently reading the "Dinomir" books while exploring the type of language and sentence structures that are being used (eg. Nouns, verbs, adjectives + Characters, settings, problems, solutions). Next week it is mardi gras!!! A orange newsletter was sent home with the details. I hope everyone's week is going well.

Mme Gallant

Here are this weeks list words:

1. chaud
2. chaude
3. une auto
4. froid
5. froide
6. un chapeau
7. je m'amuse
8. la fenêtre
9. je joue

February 10-13, 2009

Happy Valentines to all this upcoming Saturday! This week we will be continuing multiplication. The students seem to really enjoy it so far. The class really did well on their Tables and Graphs chapter test. Please make sure you sign the test and send it back. This week the students will be starting new literacy centers. I hope that they are a success. I sent the homework duotangs home today. They are updated until the March Break. Just a reminder, that homework is an important part of school. Please make sure that your child is completing the homework. I do the homework checks on Friday's. In general things are going well. The students seem to be advancing at a good rate! Have a great week.

Mme Gallant

Here are this weeks list words:

1. Le coeur
2. le nom
3. le mot
4. il donne
5. la musique
6. la couleur

Feb 2nd-6th, 2009

Sorry I am late posting my blog this week. With Parent-Teacher interviews Monday and the storm starting Tuesday and No school Wednesday made for an unorganized week. Parent-Teacher interviews went well on Monday. It was great to sit down with all of you to discuss your child's education. Don't worry about the Homework duotang for this week. I am am printing off the new set for Febuary today. They should be done and in your child's back pack by tonight (Tomorrow at the latest.) We will be back on schedule for homework next week. We will be having our spelling test on Friday, however if I notice that many students are struggling with the test we can do another one (since they didn't have their duotangs this week for studying) Other than that things are going well.

Here are this weeks list words:
1. Comme
2. notre
3. une pomme
4. votre
5. un homme
6. nos
7. un bonhomme de neige
8. vos