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Friday, June 28, 2019
Merci Beaucoup!
Wow. I am sure a lucky teacher. Not only was I blessed to teach your children but you all spoiled me on our last day together 💝 I did not get a chance to thank everyone at the end of the day yesterday but I do want everyone to know that I appreciate all the gifts I got. Between the chocolates, jewelry, flowers, Starbucks and Indigo gift cards, personalized cards and books, cd's, and of course, the very generous group gift, my summer is already off to a great start! Merci beaucoup. I hope everyone has a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you all in September.
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(Temporary Backup) Robot workshop
*June 11, 2019 (failed upload)
This morning, UBC engineering and science students came to our class to give a workshop on robots. The students learned how to program the robot to move using a coloured marker and then use different coloured codes to make it go fast/spin/slow/etc. The students first made individual ones and then we worked together as a class to made a giant circuit. I took mostly videos but can’t seem to upload them onto the blog. Here a few simple pictures when we were getting started.
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This morning, UBC engineering and science students came to our class to give a workshop on robots. The students learned how to program the robot to move using a coloured marker and then use different coloured codes to make it go fast/spin/slow/etc. The students first made individual ones and then we worked together as a class to made a giant circuit. I took mostly videos but can’t seem to upload them onto the blog. Here a few simple pictures when we were getting started.
(Temporary Backup) Our Garden
*June 20, 2019 (failed upload)
This week we harvested some of our garden. We have so many things growing: carrots, kale, cucumbers, beets, lettuce, and peas. We did some watering and picked the lettuce, kale and beets that were ready. On Thursday, we made a salad and ate it together at snack time. We still have lots of kale that is ready to eat so please feel free to pick some and take it home. You can also come visit our garden over the summer and help yourself to whatever is ready.
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This week we harvested some of our garden. We have so many things growing: carrots, kale, cucumbers, beets, lettuce, and peas. We did some watering and picked the lettuce, kale and beets that were ready. On Thursday, we made a salad and ate it together at snack time. We still have lots of kale that is ready to eat so please feel free to pick some and take it home. You can also come visit our garden over the summer and help yourself to whatever is ready.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Outdoor Treasure Hunt
We did an outdoor treasure hunt with our buddy class today. Each pair was given a sheet of paper with 15 objects to find outside. The students loved it! It would be a great activity to do this summer when you’re out for a walk :)
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Le monde est a nous
Here is a link to a song we sing as a school during our assemblies. It is a bit fast for the kindergarteners but they love the song and can sing the chorus. It is a beautiful song about how love makes the world a better place.
Alex Nevsky - Le monde est a nous
Alex Nevsky - Le monde est a nous
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
OWL
We had our presentation from O.W.L. today. The presenter, Zac, brought in an American Kestrel named Johnny and a Southern Boobook owl named Cricket. The Southern Boobook Owl is native to Australia and was brought in from Smithers where is was someones pet who no longer wanted it. It was so neat to see an owl up close and the students were captivated! They learned so many facts about owls. We even dissected owl pellets and say mouse skeletons. Ask your child to share with you what they learned.
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An eagles talons
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Baby Owls' downy feathers
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An eagles egg
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An owl's wing
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An eagles wing. Half the length of Zac!
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American Kestrel named Johnny
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Sourhern Boobook named Cricket
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Touching an Osprey's talon.
An eagles talons
Baby Owls' downy feathers
An eagles egg
An owl's wing
An eagles wing. Half the length of Zac!
American Kestrel named Johnny
Sourhern Boobook named Cricket
Touching an Osprey's talon.
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
sur le/sur la
In the students activity bags today, there is a book called 'sur'. This means 'on', as in on top of something. When reading the book with your child, you can:
-spell the word together, s-u-r spells sur
-focus on differentiating between 'le' and 'la' (this keeps their eyes on the words in stead of just guessing or memorizing)
-ask them to find certain letters on the page
-read 'sur la _____' and have them teach you the vocabulary word based on the picture (it is not expected that they know all the words, but they should be able to get at least half!).
-spell the word together, s-u-r spells sur
-focus on differentiating between 'le' and 'la' (this keeps their eyes on the words in stead of just guessing or memorizing)
-ask them to find certain letters on the page
-read 'sur la _____' and have them teach you the vocabulary word based on the picture (it is not expected that they know all the words, but they should be able to get at least half!).
Les Chrysalides
We have cocoons! This morning we made caterpillars out of egg cartons. The students called them their ´class pet’. We will do some writing and science activities with them next week. And in 14 days, we will have butterflies :)
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
La chenille qui fait des trous
We read ´La chenille qui fait des trous’ and are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. Our caterpillars are getting big and should begin to cocoon in the next few days!
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´ou ´
This week, we are learning the sound ‘ou´. Ask your child to teach you the sound it makes. We are also learning some words that contain that sound.
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ou dit ooooo
ou dit ooooo
loup, loup
ooo, ooo, ooo
Thursday, May 16, 2019
(Temporary Backup) Buddy reading
We do buddy reading with our big buddy class. Right now we are focusing on pointing to the words as we read. This helps emergent readers to keep their eyes on the print and helps them to sound out new words.
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Activity bags will not go home this week. It was a short week and an extra busy one for me so I did not get them done!
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Les chenilles
Division 9 is home to 20 caterpillars! As we learn about their life cycle, we will watch them turn into chrysalis' and then hatch into butterflies over the next four weeks. The yellow stuff in the containers is food. It is a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and plant matter on a soy base. They eat almost all of it and triple in size before they begin to cocoon in 10 days.
This morning, we made studied them and drew and wrote our observations based on what we saw.
une chenille = caterpillar
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This morning, we made studied them and drew and wrote our observations based on what we saw.
une chenille = caterpillar
Monday, May 13, 2019
Crab Habitats
On our field trip last week, we learned all about crab habitats. Today, the students each made one for a crab they made out of plasticine. Ask your child to tell you all about it.
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
´ch’
The last complex sound we learned was ´ch’.
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It makes the sound ´shh’ en francais.
Ask your child to teach you the sound and the action. See if they can read some of the words that contain that sound.
c h dit shhh
c h dit shhh
chuchote, chuchote
shhh, shhh, shhh
Leaning to play the xylophone
I haven’t been able to update the blog lately because my old phone was no longer compatible with the app. But I just upgraded so I can now post to the blog again!
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In music class, the students are learning to play the xylophone :)
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