Joyeuses fêtes!

Hello! Happy Friday!

We had a holly jolly time this morning in Room 208!

We had time to finish our Grinch pictures and 3D snowflakes, did a 12-days-of-Christmas themed Math question and finished with a Grinch-themed Math 'race.'

Check out some pictures of our morning below.

3D snowflakes with winter-themed Haiku tags!

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch!

How many items would you receive if you were gifted the 12 days of Christmas? Based on the provided, how much would it cost? (Also, what would you do with all those birds? So.Many.Birds.)



Here we are in Math 12-days-of-Christmas action!
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Joyeuses fêtes et meilleurs voeux from us to you! :)

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday and a very Happy New Year! 🎄

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AGENDA

1. Take time to rest, but also make time to read!

 Je Lis! OR ebookids.com OR other. :)

Snow!

❄ Oh snow! ❄

Happy Thursday, friends of learning!

Today, in celebration of the winter solstice, our morning learning theme was snow!

We watched two snow-themed videos, read a snow poem, wrote a winter-themed Haiku and started creating 3D snowflakes!

Check out some of our creations! Amazing!

Stay tuned for more amazing snowflake creations coming tomorrow! ❄

P.S. Today was "Anything but a backpack day!" Check out today's school accessories! So fun!

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Spirit Week is THIS week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Grinch!

Hello! Happy Wednesday!

Today in Math we drew a mystery holiday-inspired 'friend' - the Grinch!

We brushed up on our coordinate knowledge to sketch out his grinchy grin and santa hat!

(Stay tuned for more Grinch photos coming tomorrow!)

We had fun singing along to holiday songs too. Who knew Wham! was still so popular?!

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Looking forward to another special winter day tomorrow! Stay tuned!

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. NetMath - 2 new books

Students were assigned 2 'books' in NetMath today. Students are encouraged to complete the books by Friday.

NetMath

Username: First Name Last Name (ex: Adrienne Careen)

Password: standard school password (ex: Adrcar123)

3. Spirit Week is THIS week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Pyjamas and Twins!

Hello! Happy Tuesday!

Yesterday, we dressed in pyjamas. Today, we matched our friends and classmates! Fun!

Keep up with the Spirit Week dress up days with THIS POST!

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A big "Bonne Chance!" to all band and choir students who will be performing in the winter concert this evening.

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. NetMath - 2 new books

Students were assigned 2 'books' in NetMath today. Students are encouraged to complete the books by Friday.

NetMath

Username: First Name Last Name (ex: Adrienne Careen)

Password: standard school password (ex: Adrcar123)

3. Spirit Week is next week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

PEDMAS puzzles and Sports Haiku!

Hello! Happy Friday!

Today in Math we worked in teams of 2 to solve a PEDMAS puzzle.

Please ask me about my team's strategy: how did we approach putting the pieces together?

In Français, after our daily routines of "Spot the difference", reading and mini grammar lesson, we began exploring the world of Haiku and wrote a quick sports-themed Haiku with our table groups. For a first go, we had some very descriptive poems! Bravo!

We will continue on our Haiku journey next week with a special crafty surprise! Stay tuned! 

Have a great weekend! 

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. NetMath - Monday

Students were assigned 4 'books' in NetMath today. Any students who did not complete the books in class are asked to have them completed by Monday. Any other previously assigned books may also be completed at home.

NetMath

Username: First Name Last Name (ex: Adrienne Careen)

Password: standard school password (ex: Adrcar123)

3. Spirit Week is next week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Thursday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Club de concours d'art oratoire is underway! 

Interested in writing and presenting a short French speech? Check out Club de concours Fridays at lunch. See you there! :)

3. NetMath - Monday

Students were assigned 4 'books' in NetMath today. Any students who did not complete the books in class are asked to have them completed by Monday. Any other previously assigned books may also be completed at home.

NetMath

Username: First Name Last Name (ex: Adrienne Careen)

Password: standard school password (ex: Adrcar123)

4. Spirit Week is next week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Wednesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Club de concours d'art oratoire is underway! 

Interested in writing and presenting a short French speech? Check out Club de concours Fridays at lunch. See you there! :)

3. CFOO#2 - Créativité - TOMORROW (Thursday)

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.

4. NetMath - Monday

Students were assigned 4 'books' in NetMath today. Any students who did not complete the books in class are asked to have them completed by Monday. Any other previously assigned books may also be completed at home.

NetMath

Username: First Name Last Name (ex: Adrienne Careen)

Password: standard school password (ex: Adrcar123)

5. Spirit Week is next week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Club de concours d'art oratoire is underway! 

Interested in writing and presenting a short French speech? Check out Club de concours Fridays at lunch. See you there! :)

3. CFOO#2 - Créativité - Thursday

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.

4. Spirit Week is next week! Check out THIS POST for all the dress up details!

Winter Spirit Week!

Winter break is coming and we are going to send off 2023 in super-spirit style!

Here are the dress-up days for our holiday spirit week!

Monday (18 décembre) -  Les pyjamas parfaits! (Perfect Pyjamas!)

Start the week in your cozy pyjamas. You're welcome! :)

Tuesday (19 décembre) - Journée de jumelage (Twin Day!)

Dress to match your bestie, a teacher, a group of classmates or your teammates!

Wednedsay (20 décembre) - Un mercredi farfelu! (Mix-up Wednesday!)

Teachers dress like the students and students dress like their teachers!

Thursday (21 décembre) - Tout sauf un sac à dos! (Anything but a backpack!)

Leave your backpacks at home and transport your school supplies to school in another way!

Friday (22 décembre) - Célé-fêtes (Holi-day!)

Holi-day! Dress up for your favourite holiday (Halloween, Eid, Christmas, Diwali, Easter, etc...) or like you are going on a holiday!

Four Fours!

Hello! Happy Monday!

The Math Challenge of the Day: Quatre Quatres (Four Fours)!

Make the numbers 0 - 16 using 4 4s and any operations.  

Please ask me: What number was the easiest to solve for? The hardest? What number could I not solve for? What numbers had more than 1 solution?

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Club de concours d'art oratoire is underway! 

Interested in writing and presenting a short French speech? Check out Club de concours Fridays at lunch. See you there! :)

3. CFOO#2 - Créativité - Thursday

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.

Weekend Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Basketball ID camps are underway.

This is for anyone who would like to play on the competitive Tier 1 or Tier 2 teams.

Boys: TODAY (Friday) - 3:45 - 5:30.

Atomic Basketball (noon hour practices and in-school tournaments) will begin in January.

3. Club de concours d'art oratoire is underway! 

Interested in writing and presenting a short French speech? Check out Club de concours Fridays at lunch. See you there! :)

4. CFOO#2 - Créativité - Thursday, December 6.

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.

Is cereal a soup?

Hello! Happy Thursday!

Today in Français we kicked off our short debate unit with the question, Is cereal a soup?

Surprisingly, the whole class, with the exception of one student who was "50/50", had the same opinion that cereal is NOT a soup. What do you think? Is cereal a soup? Why or why not?

Stay tuned for more silly debates coming soon!

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Basketball ID camps are underway.

This is for anyone who would like to play on the competitive Tier 1 or Tier 2 teams.

Girls: TODAY (Thursday) - 3:45-5:30

Boys: Friday - 3:45 - 5:30.

Atomic Basketball (noon hour practices and in-school tournaments) will begin in January.

3. CFOO#2 - Créativité - Thursday, December 6.

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.

La priorité des opérations

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, too! 

To help us all arrive at the same answer, we've added a new skill to our Math arsenal: 

"la priorité des opérations" (aka PEDMAS)!

The acronym PEDMAS helps us remember the order of operations 

when we are evaluating a Math expression or equation.

We will continue practicing how to solve a variety of equations this week. Please ask me about 'la priorité des opérations'! What do I already understand? What questions do I still have?

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

 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.

2. Basketball ID camps are underway.

This is for anyone who would like to play on the competitive Tier 1 or Tier 2 teams.

Girls: Thursday - 3:45-5:30

Boys: Wednesday and Friday - 3:45 - 5:30.

Atomic Basketball (noon hour practices and in-school tournaments) will begin in January.

3. CFOO#2 - Créativité - Thursday, December 6.

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.

Tuesday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

A home reading email was sent to all families last week 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.

2. Basketball ID camps are underway.

This is for anyone who would like to play on the competitive Tier 1 or Tier 2 teams.

Girls: Thursday  - 3:45-5:30

Boys: Wednesday and Friday - 3:45 - 5:30.

Atomic Basketball (noon hour practices and in-school tournaments) will begin in January.

Monday Agenda Items

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AGENDA

1. Spend some time reading this week!

A home reading email was sent to all families last week 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.

2. Basketball ID camps are underway.

This is for anyone who would like to play on the competitive Tier 1 or Tier 2 teams.

Girls: Monday (today) and Thursday  - 3:45-5:30

Boys: Wednesday and Friday - 3:45 - 5:30.

Atomic Basketball (noon hour practices and in-school tournaments) will begin in January.