Joyeuse Halloween!

What a day! This afternoon we participated in the costume parade and then an InMotion activity in the gym. Afterwards, in the classroom we had some fun with some Halloween writing and other activities. Students were given a card today that they can show to people when they trick-or-treat tonight to explain the We Scare Hunger initiative. Food items can be brought to school tomorrow. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

Les feux follets

Pumpkin carving was a success! Milles mercis to the parents and grandparents who came to help out today, it is very much appreciated. Here are some photos of our pumpkins:

Picture Re-Take Day

Picture Re-Take Day will be on November 5th in the afternoon. If you wish for your child to have retakes, please let me know via email or note or in person so I know who to send to the library to have their photo taken on this day. Thanks for your support!

We Scare Hunger

This morning we had an assembly and were introduced to a new initiative that the school will be participating in for Halloween. The initiative is We Scare Hunger. Students are asked to ask for non-perishable food items instead of candy when they trick or treat on Thursday night. The food items can be brought to the school to be tallied. The goal is for each student to collect at least one item. The food will be donated to the local food bank.
Thanks for your support at home!

Mini fundraiser for band program

There will be a mini fundraiser for the band program here at the school. Students will be selling fruit bars for $1 and fruit bites for $2 during recesses on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
Thanks for your support!

Les expressions

Each week, we have been learning a new idiomatic expression in French. Here is a summary of the expressions we have learned to date:

A tes souhaits!/A vos souhaits! - used when someone sneezes (tes is used for friends, family, while vos is used to be more polite)

avoir une faim de loup (to be as hungry as a wolf) - used when very hungry

quoi de neuf? (what's up?) - used with friends/family only

avoir du pain sur la planche (literally translated: to have bread on the cutting board) - said when there is a lot to do

avoir la tete dans les nuages (literally translated: to have ones head in the clouds) - used when someone is daydreaming, or lost in their thoughts

Les biographies

Over the past 2 weeks we have been learning about writing biographies. Students interviewed and wrote about their calipartenaires in grade 5/6. Everyone did such a fantastic job! They will be posted outside of our classroom for everyone to enjoy. Be sure to check them out next time you are in the school!

Halloween

Thursday is Halloween!
Students are welcome to wear their costumes in the afternoon. We will be having a costume parade and then participating in an In Motion activity as a school in the gym. For the remainder of the afternoon we will be doing some Halloween themed activities. If you wish to send a healthy treat for our Halloween celebrations please feel free to do so.
Please be reminded that costumes are not to depict gore or violence.

After school, the Home and School will be hosting an event at the school:

Joyeux Halloween!

 

Here is a little song in French about Halloween:

 

le 28 octobre - le 1 novembre

Just a few updates for this week:
-Au courant journals are to come back to school on Monday
-Home Reading Books will be coming home on Monday and are due back on Friday
-Tuesday from 10:50am (after morning recess) until lunch we will be carving pumpkins. Any parents/guardians are welcome to come and help out.
- Thursday is Halloween. Please see the post about Halloween for more details and the plan for the day.
-Library on Friday. Please bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-This week the idiomatic expression we will be learning is 'plein comme un oeuf' (literally translated: full as an egg). This expression is used to describe objects, not when someone has eaten and is full.
-Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at the letters 'ou' and the sound they make (like a wolf howling). The words are as follows:

rouge

les souliers
la bouche
jouer
un groupe
la boue
courte

le 21-25 octobre

Just a few updates for this week:
-Au courant journals are to come back to school on Monday.
-Les bucherons are coming to the school on Monday. We will be participating in a workshop in the morning, and will be attending a presentation in the afternoon.
-Home Reading Books will be coming home on Monday and are due back to school on Friday.
-Booster Juice hot lunch will be on Friday.
-Library on Friday, bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at the letters 'on' and the sound they make. The words are as follows:

une maison

mon oncle

onze

les pantalons

un garçon

bondir

Les jours de la semaine et les mois de l'annee

We have been practicing a few little songs to help us learn the days of the week and the months of the year.

Big Crunch

Today, CHEP provided each student with a carrot for a healthy snack this morning. The aim of this program is to promote healthy snacking practices.

Les jeux de mathematiques

Starting today, students will be taking turns bringing home math games. Please take a few minutes to play the math game that comes home with your child. The games are chosen to reinforce skills taught at school. Topics that will begin coming home include addition facts, doubles, making 10, sorting odd and even, and practicing numbers in French.

le 15-18 octobre

A few reminders for this week:
-Au courant journals should come back to school on Tuesday
-Home Reading Books will be coming home on Tuesday and are due back at school on Friday
-Library on Friday. Bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Spirit Day on Friday. Students are invited to wear their pyjamas on Friday.
-This week we will be having our first dictee. Dictee is French for spelling test. The list of words will be stapled into the agenda on Tuesday to be practiced at home, as well as in the blog post for the week. Since this week is the first, there will only be a few common words. As we go on, the dictees will focus on a phonetic sound and the corresponding letters. There will be an extra word each week to ensure students have mastered the sound and spelling. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know by way of the agenda, phone, email or in person.

le 18 octobre

je

j’ai

j’aime

je suis

je vais

Frances Morrison Library Outing

Just a reminder that we are going to the public library on Wednesday afternoon. I have one parent who has offered to come along, and I could still use another if anyone is able to join us. We will be leaving soon after lunch (12:40pm) and returning around 3:00pm.
Students will need to be dressed to walk there and back, and will also need to bring their library cards.

Doubles

Today for math we started practicing our doubles facts. Knowing doubles will help students to add two digit numbers to 100.
Here are some games we played today on the SmartBoard.

http://www.ictgames.com/robindoubles.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/addition/MDAddDoubles.htm

le 7-11 octobre

Lots of updates for this week!

-Au courant journals are due back on Monday
-Scholastic orders are due back on Tuesday
-We are going to Frances Morrison Library on Wednesday, leaving at 12:45pm and returning at 3pm
-Picture Day is on Thursday
-Because there is no school on Friday, we will go to the library on Thursday. Bring your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Home Reading Books are going home on Monday and will be due back on Thursday of this shortened week
-No school for students on Friday - PD/Planning for teachers
-No school on Monday, October 14 - Thanksgiving

Busy Friday!

What a day! This morning started with an assembly to kick off the QSP Magazine Fundraiser. There is an envelope with all the information in your child's sac bleu tonight. Monday is the first collection day, and is also double day (each subscription counts as double points for prizes).
We went to the library and are still working on choosing 'les livres de bon choix'. Mme Hushagen told a really funny story about being embarassed.
This afternoon we went on a little walk with our calipartenaires. It was great to get some exercise and to enjoy the beautiful crisp fall day.
This week in Grade 2 we have been learning some expressions in French. When someone sneezes, we say 'a tes souhaits' or 'a vos souhaits'. When we are really hungry we say 'J'ai une faim de loup'.
Bonne fin de semaine!

Dix

Over the past few days we have been working on different ways to make the number 10. Here are a few games we have played:

http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html

http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-number-twins/addition-practice-10.html

Having a strong understanding of the number ten is important for learning to do two digit addition to 100 with regrouping.