Les sorcieres

This morning we made witches (les sorcières) and decorated the bulletin board outside the classroom. Come in and take a look!

Walk-a-thon

Getting our costumes ready for our walk-a-thon. Can you guess what we are going to be?

Les chauve-souris

We painted bats (les chauve-souris) in a pattern and decorated our windows for Halloween. 

Art can be messy :)

Letter ‘Mm’

This week, we are learning all about the letter ‘m’. Ask your child to teach you the letter and sound in French. When you practice printing, remember to start the letters from the top!

‘m’ dit mmm

‘m’ dit mmm

manger, manger

mmm, mmm, mmm

Halloween Door

Look at our classroom door! Thank you Naomi and Yuko for decorating it this morning. The kids love it and we hear lots of excited voices from the other students in the hallway. Halloween is in the air!

Lockdown Drill

Today at 2:00, we had a lockdown drill. This is when we practice staying hidden and quiet if there was ever a stranger in the school and we felt we were in danger. We had to stay quiet for 10 minutes. Even though some of them felt nervous, the students did a great job. I was very proud of them.

Drop Everything And Read!

Today was ‘drop everything and read’ (d.e.a.r.). Mme Eve made an announcement and the school stopped what they were doing and read for 10 minutes. Since the students don’t know how to read french yet, we practiced reading the pictures and making up the story ourselves.

Getting back into the green zone

The students have been doing a wonderful job at identifying their feelings. Now we are working on getting ourselves back into the green zone if we are feeling sad, angry, frustrated, or silly. Below are some pictures of some of the strategies we are learning. Ask her child to explain how it works. 

Goodnight World

Friday, we read the story ‘Bonne nuit le monde’ (it’s in English but I translated as I read). Then we did this fun art project. It turned out really well! It is up on our bulletin board. Come in tomorrow and take a look!

Zones Check In

With our big buddies help, the students made a zones check-in chart to bring home. They can use this to help them identify how they are feeling. It is helpful to know how you are first feeling in order to know how get yourself back into the green zone. Ask them to explain the types of feelings they might be experiencing in each zone. 

Letter of the Week

This week, we are learning all about the letter ‘t’. Ask your child to teach you how to correctly print it. Remind them to start writing from the top!

‘t’ dit t

‘t’ dit t

tennis, tennis

t, t, t

New Desks

In order to get to know each other and sit beside new people every day, I hadn’t  assigned desks to the students. However, that changed today! Each student now has their own desk! Ask you child where they sit. 

Calepin de son

Today, you received your child's 'Calepin de Sons'. This book should be kept at home. Please spend 3-5 minutes every couple of nights reviewing the sounds we have learned. When learning each letter, we learn the name of the letter, how to properly write it, the sound it makes, and an action. As we learn more and more, practice in a different order each time.

**please note a mistake on the inside front page: there will NOT be a list of words going home for each letter

Happy practicing!

Letters of the week

This week, we are learning all about the letter 'a' and 's'. With every letter, we learn the name of the letter, the sound it makes and an action. We even learn a little song (see below). We also learn how to properly write the letter. Ask your child to teach you!




'a' dit a
'a' dit a
acrobat, acrobat
a, a, a



's' dit sssss
's' dit sssss
serpent, serpent
sss, sss, sssss

L'action de grâce

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (action de grâce)! On Friday, we met with our buddy class (div. 1) for the first time and made thanksgiving turkeys. On the feathers, the students wrote things they were thankful for :)

Color Wheel

This week, we painted a color wheel. The students began with three colors: red, blue and yellow. Then chose two to mix together. This is a fun way for kids to experiment with colors and they get so excited when they see what colors they can make! They might need to see the pictures to jog their memories, but most of them can make purple, green and orange by mixing two colors!

Red + Yellow = Orange
Yellow + Blue = Green
Blue + Red = Purple





Painting can be messy but it's worth it!





We used plastic plates as our mixing palette

Zones of Regulation

The students have been learning to identify their emotions. We categorize our emotions into four 'zones': the blue zone, the green zone, the yellow zone and the red zone (see below for zone descriptions). We do check-ins during the day, and the students are getting so good at identifying how they are feeling. Once we get some practice at identifying our emotions, we will begin to learn strategies on how to manage them. I will share them with you as they learn!




The blue zone is when we are feeling tired, hungry, sad, or sick.



This is the ideal zone to be in. This is when our bodies are calm, comfortable, focused, and ready to learn. 



The yellow zone is when we are feeling hyper, silly, or wiggly. 



The red zone is when we are feeling angry, frustrated, scared or anxious.