Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

A home reading email was sent to all families Tuesday afternoon outlining our home reading site Je Lis as well as additional French resources.

Students should be spending a minimum of 10 minutes each evening interacting with French texts/media.

Find a time that it can easily be built into home routines and stick with it.

Small amounts of time per day equate to huge gains in vocabulary, pronunciation and comprehension.

Thank you for your anticipated and continued support!

 Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Math - 2nd feuille de translations will be corrected in class tomorrow (Wednesday) (Thursday)

2. Spend some time reading this week!

A home reading email was sent to all families yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon outlining our home reading site Je Lis as well as additional French resources.

Students should be spending a minimum of 10 minutes each evening interacting with French texts/media.

Find a time that it can easily be built into home routines and stick with it.

Small amounts of time per day equate to huge gains in vocabulary, pronunciation and comprehension.

Thank you for your anticipated and continued support!

 Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

4. Term 1 report cards will be emailed home from the school office TODAY (Wednesday).

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Math - 2nd feuille de translations will be corrected in class tomorrow (Tuesday) (Wednesday)

2. CFOO#1 - Opinions

Bravo to everyone who presented today, and un grand merci to our last three presenters who will share their opinions in class tomorrow (Wednesday) since we ran out of time today.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

4. Term 1 report cards will be emailed home form the school office end of day Wednesday.

Hmmm...

 Put your thinking caps on and solve these expressions:

1.   2 + 5 x 3

2.   10 - 3 x 3

3.   3 x 8 - 7 x 2

4.   9 + 9 ➗ 3

Did you get the following answers?

1. 17   2. 1   3. 10   4. 12

These same questions sure had us thinking first thing this morning!

Some of us have already figured out the Mathy "trick", while some of us left the class scratching our heads.

Stay tuned for more Math clues! :)

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AGENDA

1. Math - 2nd feuille de translations will be corrected in class tomorrow (Tuesday)

2. CFOO#1 - Opinions - TOMORROW (Tuesday)

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

**Reminder: All visuals (powerpoint slides, etc.) must be submitted to Teams BEFORE the presentation date. Students will not have the opportunity to access a computer the morning of the presentations in order to send in their work. As this is an 'art oratoire' (speaking) task, students can complete their presentation without an added visual element.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

4. Term 1 report cards will be emailed home form the school office end of day Wednesday.

Weekend Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Math - 2 feuilles de translations - Monday

2. CFOO#1 - Opinions - Tuesday, November 28.

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

**Reminder: All visuals (powerpoint slides, etc.) must be submitted to Teams BEFORE the presentation date. Students will not have the opportunity to access a computer the morning of the presentations in order to send in their work. As this is an 'art oratoire' (speaking) task, students can complete their presentation without an added visual element.

3. Spend some time reading this weekend!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Problem-solving rubric

Hello! Happy Thursday!

Today in Math we took time to review our problem-solving rubric. The rubric was created from the list of criteria previously discussed in class. We had the chance to compare the solutions from our previous work to the rubric to see if all required parts/steps were included. We also had the chance to review our peer's work from a group problem completed at the whiteboards earlier this week.

We will have the chance to apply our observations and the criteria from the rubric to a new problem-solving question later this week.

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AGENDA

1. Math - 2 feuilles de translations - Monday

2. CFOO#1 - Opinions - Tuesday, November 28.

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

**Reminder: All visuals (powerpoint slides, etc.) must be submitted to Teams BEFORE the presentation date. Students will not have the opportunity to access a computer the morning of the presentations in order to send in their work. As this is an 'art oratoire' (speaking) task, students can complete their presentation without an added visual element.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. CFOO#1 - Opinions - Tuesday, November 28.

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Jeu de soccer

Hello! It's Tuesday!

Today in Math we worked in randomized groups at the white board to solve a word problem involving time. We collaborated with our groupmates to identify the important info, choose a strategy, organize our work and arrive at a solution.

We will apply our work from today to an independent problem-solving task (with a similar problem) later this week.

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AGENDA

1. CFOO#1 - Opinions - Tuesday, November 28.

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. CFOO#1 - Opinions - Tuesday, November 28.

See THIS POST for all the CFOO details.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

CFOO!

What is CFOO?

CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices) is a public speaking "club" (similar to its English friend TUSC) that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations. There are fifteen different presentation options, separated into three categories: Opinion, Creativity and Research.

Our CFOO preparation and presentation periods alternate on Day 6, periods 3 and 4.

For the first presentation, we will be choosing one of the five Opinion options. We will prepare a short oral presentation, fulfilling the criteria specific to our topic. (All categories are outlined on the sheet in our binder. There is also a photo posted below). Our presentation is in the form of speech, but our speeches can be take on/be supported with a variety of options: a poster, a puppet play, a poem, a painting, a PowerPoint, a movie, etc. As long as our public-speaking skills are on display, the possibilities are truly endless!

Leading up to the first presentation, we will continue discussing what we should keep in mind while making an oral presentation to the class. This will include: keeping eye contact with the audience, having a confident stance while at the front of the room, projecting our voice and speaking at a good pace with expression.

We will have a short block of time to begin our presentations tomorrow morning (a special Day 1 bonus for this time only) and then the rest of the preparation (finishing our speech and practicing our presentation) will happen on our own time. If we would like Mme Careen to review our speech with us before our presentation, we are welcome to make an appointment to work with her at lunch over the coming week. And, please note that any visual supports must be submitted to Teams in advance of presentation day. (Students WILL NOT be allowed to grab a laptop to submit their work when it is time to present. If their visual element is not ready to go, they will present without it.)

Our first CFOO presentation is set for Tuesday, November 28. Mark your calendars and get practicing! :)

Hidden Chessboard Math!

Good morning! Happy Thursday!

Our Math brains were working hard this morning when Mme asked us to work on this question:

Combien de carrés se trouvent sur un échiquier? (How many squares are there on a chessboard?) 

The answer is not as simple as you would think!

Please ask me about my group's strategy. How did we keep track of all possibilities?

Did we arrive at the correct answer? Were we close?

Keep thinking on it over the weekend. We'll explore in class on Monday!

Happy counting! :)

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AGENDA

1. Term 1 conferences are TODAY!

Conference Manager is now closed, but I still have a few time slots available. Please call the school office to schedule an appointment.

I am booked back-to-back for most of the evening and will do my best to stay on time.

To facilitate this, we will follow the following format:

Greeting/Hello: 1 minute

Questions/comments from you (parents): 2-3 minutes

Comments from me (Mme) including academic and work habit observations: 2-3 minutes

Next steps: 1-2 minutes

Wrap-up/Goodbye: 1 minute

A reminder that Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

2. Spend some time reading this weekend!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Français - The good copy of "les buts" and the corresponding PowerPoint slide 

are both OVERDUE. 

Class presentations will conclude tomorrow (Thursday).

2. Term 1 conferences are TOMORROW!

Conference Manager is now closed, but I still have a few time slots available. Please call the school office to schedule an appointment.

I am booked back-to-back for most of the evening and will do my best to stay on time.

To facilitate this, we will follow the following format:

Greeting/Hello: 1 minute

Questions/comments from you (parents): 2-3 minutes

Comments from me (Mme) including academic and work habit observations: 2-3 minutes

Next steps: 1-2 minutes

Wrap-up/Goodbye: 1 minute

A reminder that Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Français - The good copy of "les buts" and the corresponding PowerPoint slide 

are both OVERDUE. 

Students should have saved their work in OneDrive, so it is accessible from home.

Completed slides should be submitted into Teams ASAP.

Class presentations will continue tomorrow (Wednesday).

2. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager will close tomorrow (Wednesday) at noon. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Français - Good copy of "les buts" is now overdue.

The PowerPoint slide "Mon tableau d'inspiration" is also overdue.

Students have saved their work in OneDrive, so it is accessible from home.

Completed slides should be submitted into Teams.

Class presentations will start tomorrow (Tuesday).

2. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened last week. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Activités Pyjama, Take 2.

Voici les liens pour les activités françaises ce matin!

Les vidéos:

Vidéo 1: A quoi ça sert dormir?

Vidéo 2: Pourquoi dormons-nous?

Vidéo 3: Les fourmis dorment-elles?

Vidéo 4: Pourquoi fait-on des cauchemars?

Les histoires de pyjama:

Histoire 1: Journée pyjama

Histoire 2: Ma vie en pyjama

Les vidéo-clips:

Vidéo-clip 1: Mon pyjama

Vidéo-clip 2: BB Brunes: Pyjama

Vidéo-clip 3: Laurie LeBlanc: Rever en couleurs

J'ai fini mon travail!

Jeu : Qui veut gagner les neurons?

Jeu: Pendu sur la nourriture

Jeu: Mots mélés

A Friday Math Problem and Weekend Agenda Items

 Hello! Happy Friday!

We've had a busy week of learning, trying our best to finish up all of our learning for the end of Term 1.

Today, in Math, we worked collaboratively with our table groups to solve a word problem. We then shared our work with the class to show what strategies we chose to use.

(My apologies to the last group that shared... I forgot to snap a photo!)

We will revisit this question next week, along with other similar questions to work on our communication in problem-solving. Finding the correct answer is important, but, with problem solving, it is not the most important part which is always a tricky thing to wrap our head around.

Stay tuned for more math problem-solving news! :)

Have a nice weekend! :)

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AGENDA

1. Français - Good copy of "les buts" is now overdue.

If not yet done, please ensure it is complete for Monday.

The PowerPoint slide "Mon tableau d'inspiration" is due by end of morning Monday.

Students have saved their work in OneDrive, so it is accessible from home.

Completed slides should be submitted into Teams.

Presentations will start Tuesday.

2. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened last week. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Thursday Agenda Items

Poppies - Students are asked to bring in a monetary donation for the poppy they received this morning. Donations will be accepted until end of day tomorrow.

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AGENDA

1. Short Math assessment (Plan cartésien et nombres entiers) - tomorrow (Friday)

2. NetMath - Students were assigned 4 'books' in Net Math yesterday. The tasks were chosen to give students a chance to review "les nombres entiers" and "le plan cartésien" before their short assessment on Friday. Please set aside some time this evening to complete this activity if it was not completed in class. The assigned books should be completed by Friday.

*Students are sometimes blocked by new-to-them vocabulary words. They are encouraged to use text clues and/or a dictionary (wordreference or linguee work great) to figure out words before giving up.

3. Français - Good copy of "les buts" is due by end of day morning tomorrow. (Friday). 

The PowerPoint slide "Mon tableau d'inspiration" is due by end of morning Monday.

Presentations will start Tuesday.

4. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened today. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

5. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Wednesday Agenda Items

 Poppies - We will having our Remembrance Day Service Thursday, November 9 at 11:00am.

Students are asked to bring in a monetary donation for the poppy they will receive.

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AGENDA

1. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened today. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

2. Short Math assessment (Plan cartésien et nombres entiers) - Friday

3. NetMath - Students were assigned 4 'books' in Net Math today. The tasks were chosen to give students a chance to review "les nombres entiers" and "le plan cartésien" before their short assessment on Friday. Please set aside some time this evening to complete this activity if it was not completed in class. The assigned books should be completed by Friday.

*Students are sometimes blocked by new-to-them vocabulary words. They are encouraged to use text clues and/or a dictionary (wordreference or linguee work great) to figure out words before giving up.

4. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Tuesday Agenda Items

Poppies - We will having our Remembrance Day Service Thursday, November 9 at 11:00am.

Students are asked to bring in a monetary donation for the poppy they will receive.

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AGENDA

1. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened today. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

2. Short Math assessment (Plan cartésien et nombres entiers) - Friday

3. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Term 1 conferences are Thursday, November 16 from 4:30 - 7:30.

Conference manager opened today. https://ness.schoolsoft.com/

Mme Houlahan and I will be holding separate conferences, so please be sure to book with each of us if in fact you would like to meet with each of us.

Band/Art, Phys Ed and PA teachers will also be available for drop-in appointments - no registration required.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Friday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

Thursday Agenda Items

 *Immunization Forms: Students who did not return their immunization form in September are bringing home a sheet with them today. Please sign and return to the school by Friday. Even if you DO NOT want your child to be immunized at school, the form must be returned. There is an option to check "no" on the paper.

Immunizations are scheduled for next week.

Thank you for your support with this!

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AGENDA

SPIRIT WEEK is THIS WEEK! Check out THIS POST for all the dress-up fun!

1. Français: Les buts - Rough drafts are now overdue. See Friday's post for writing charts if required.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

3. Picture orders : Friday, November 3. (Order online or via paper form).

A Quick Pyjama Day Pic!

Happy Pyjama Day!

Keep the school spirit coming! Tomorrow: Je reviens jeudi - Throwback Thursday!

(See Wednesday Agenda Items for all other info!)

Wednesday Agenda Items

*Immunization Forms: Students who did not return their immunization form in September are bringing home a sheet with them today. Please sign and return to the school by Friday. Even if you DO NOT want your child to be immunized at school, the form must be returned. There is an option to check "no" on the paper.

Immunizations are scheduled for next week.

Thank you for your support with this!

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AGENDA

SPIRIT WEEK is THIS WEEK! Check out THIS POST for all the dress-up fun!

1. Français: Les buts - Rough drafts are now overdue. See Friday's post for writing charts if required.

2. Spend some time reading this week!

New: Je Lis! (Home reading site)

OR

 ebookids.com is a great site that offers a variety of French stories as well as audio books. 

Setting aside 10-15 minutes for French reading will have a huge impact on French language development.

3. Picture orders : Friday, November 3. (Order online or via paper form).

4. Picture retakes : TOMORROW (Thursday, November 2.)

Activités - La journée de pyjama - Le mercredi 1 novembre

Voici les liens pour les activités françaises ce matin!

Les vidéos:

Vidéo 1: A quoi ça sert dormir?

Vidéo 2: Pourquoi dormons-nous?

Vidéo 3: Les fourmis dorment-elles?

Vidéo 4: Pourquoi fait-on des cauchemars?

Les histoires de pyjama:

Histoire 1: Journée pyjama

Histoire 2: Ma vie en pyjama

Les vidéo-clips:

Vidéo-clip 1: Mon pyjama

Vidéo-clip 2: BB Brunes: Pyjama

Vidéo-clip 3: Laurie LeBlanc: Rever en couleurs

J'ai fini mon travail!

Jeu : Qui veut gagner les neurons?

Jeu: Pendu sur la nourriture

Jeu: Mots mélés