Family Dance - February 1st

Tickets are available for the Family Dance happening this Friday, February 1st from 6:30-9:30pm. Tickets are 5$ each for adults and kids are free.
Live music: The Capitals!
Early Bird Door Prize (7pm)

Hope to see you there!

Borax crystals

Late last week when we were learning about dissolving solides in liquids, students made a shape using a pipecleaner that we put into hot water with Borax dissolved in it. As we saw in the beaker, the water cooled and the Borax turned into crystals on their pipe cleaners. I will be sending them home with students tomorrow, but I wanted to inform you that THEY ARE NOT EDIBLE. They look very much like the homemade rock candy that can be made using the same process, but are made of Borax and should not be consumed. Thank you.

Les solides, les liquides et les gaz

Today we were working with more liquides and solides to find out what happens when we mix them together.



We mixed bicarbonate de soude and du vinaigre...

We mixed NeutraSeltzer and de l'eau...

And we mixed a Borax/water liquid with a glue/water liquide to make Slime!

 

Today we learned that sometimes solides et liquides combine to make gaz, and sometimes deux liquides can make a very fun and interesting substance. The slime we made today is neither a liquid nor a solid because it doesn't follow all of the rules for either. When we play with it, it is solid, it stays together, but when we leave it alone, it flows, like a liquid. We call this a non-Newtonian fluid.

More slime!

Parents: All students made this promise today before taking home their slime: "I promise to only play with my slime at the kitchen table, and never ever on my bed, or on the carpets at home."


le 28 janvier - le 1 fevrier

A few reminders for this week:
- Book and a Bagel to celebrate Family Literacy Day on Monday at 8am.
- I am away for a meeting downtown on Monday morning, but will be back for the afternoon.
- Bibliotheque Monday afternoon - please bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
- Hot Lunch orders and Water Rafiki Friend Chain orders are due back on Thursday. The Hot Lunch will be on Feb. 7th.
- Mmes Ollerhead and Hegarty are starting a choir for students in Grade 1-4. The first practice/sign up will be on Friday at noon hour.
- Family Dance on Friday from 6:30-9:30pm.
- Home Reading Books due Friday
- Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at the letters ui like in la nuit. The dictee words are as follows:

les fruits

la nuit

un buisson

du bruit

huit

suivre

Also, this week we will be talking about la journee de la marmotte (Groundhog's Day).

Les matieres dangereuses

We have been learning in science about liquids and solids, and how sometimes they can be dangerous. We learned to identify some of the hazard symbols, including those for flammable, toxic, corrosive, irritating and explosive materials. We discussed storing hazardous materials in safe places, out of reach of little brothers and sisters and pets.

Les solides et les liquides

We have been continuing to learn about liquids and solids for science. This week, we were mixing solids and liquids together. We learned that some solids dissolve, but others don't. We mixed salt with water, and glitter with water. The word in French we learned was dissoudre, to dissolve. We dissolved Borax in room temperature water and in boiling water. Interestingly, the hot water dissolved all the Borax, but not all of the Borax was dissolved by the room temperature water. We let the hot water cool down and checked on it again the next morning. Here are some pictures of what we saw the morning after:

After the hot water cooled down, the Borax isn't dissolved in the water, but it doesn't look like white powder  any more.

Borax that didn't dissolve in room temperature water.

le 21-24 janvier

Here are some updates for this week:

-Library on Monday. Bring your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Les liquides homework due on Wednesday
-NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, January 25th
-Home Reading Books due on Thursday
-Dictee on Thursday. This week we are looking at the letters ai, which make the sound like the english a. The words are as follows:

du lait

une chaise

le français

il était

une fraise

aider

une maison

Water Rafiki Friend Chains

There was a piece in the newsletter about Water Rafiki Friend Chains yesterday, and coming home today is an order form. We had a visit from an SLC member who explained about the chains this morning. Each chain purchased provides water for one person for an entire year! They are made by hand in Kenya by women who receive fair wages. Here is a little video about the water rafiki chains:

 Orders are due in by Thursday, January 31st. Cheques can be made payable to the school.

Les liquides

Corn syrup, water and oil don't mix.

Lava lamps!

Lava lamp

Today we were looking at liquids. We described 3 different liquids and then watched what happened when we mixed them together. We learned that some liquids are heavier than others. We learned a new word to describe liquids - visqueux (viscous). At the end of our experiment we added some food colouring to the mix to see what would happen. The effect was something like a lava lamp. We learned that some liquids don't always mix together, but some do.

Les liquides et les solides homework

Written in the agenda as homework for today was Les liquides et les solides. I didn't get a chance to go over the expectations for this with students at the end of the day, so it will be coming home tomorrow. I am asking that it be back by next Wednesday, January 23rd.
Students will have to find 2 liquids at home and describe them, decide which is the most viscous, as well as mix them together to see what happens.
Merci!

MIMI #3

Here is a link to a video of our MIMI words being said and spelled. There are a few missing, I will be adding them as they are finished.
http://video.spsd.sk.ca/uploads/OllerheadK201311616119.wmv

Les tortues de mer

Here are some interesting videos of les tortues de mer. We have been learning a bit about sea turtles to go along with our third MIMI picture.

 

I have also put up some links to more information about sea turtles on my LibGuides page. It can be found at: http://elementarylibguides.spsd.sk.ca/content.php?pid=290416&sid=3111006.

 

MIMI #3

Last week we started working on our third MIMI poster. Here it is!

le 14-18 janvier

Information for this week:
-We have library on Monday. Bring back your books if you wish to exchange them.
-Scholastic orders are due back on Tuesday. Cheques can be made payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd.
-Home Reading Books due back on Friday.
-Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at the letters eu. The words for this week are as follows:

les œufs

les yeux

eux

les cheveux

un pneu

neuf

je peux

Random Acts of Kindness

Here is a video that was shared with us at assembly on Thursday to go with our current character trait - kindness or la gentillesse.

Science Fair

This year, EVS will be having a science fair. For my students, completing a project will be completely optional. We discussed today about what a science fair is and looked at some science websites during our computer time to get some ideas of what kind of science we may be interested in doing a project about.
The science fair will be on March 20th. Projects will be on display in the afternoon and again in the evening from 5:30-7pm. My students are free to do a project on their own, or with one or two partners. There are some websites to help with choosing topics and questions on the LibGuides page (http://elementarylibguides.spsd.sk.ca/content.php?pid=290416&sid=3304031). Stay tuned for more information on this blog and in the school newsletters.
This is a great opportunity for students to learn about an area of science that interests them.  If you have any questions or want help getting started, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thank you, as always, for your support at home.

Math Club

Starting tomorrow, Math Club will now be on Tuesdays from 12:10-12:45. Skipping club will be starting shortly on Thursdays at lunch and we didn't want students to have to choose between the two.

le 7-11 janvier

Updates for our first full week back:

• We will have library on Monday. Bring your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
• Hot Lunch Orders are due back on Tuesday, Jan. 8th.
• Scholastic orders will be going home on Monday and are due back on January 15th. Cheques can be made payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd.
• Thursday is Backwards Day and Hot Lunch Day. We will also have an assembly on Thursday morning.
• Friday afternoon we are going to Marion Gymnastics. Please sign and send back the form that was sent home last week. I also now have enough parent volunteers for this trip. Thanks to those who have offered their time to come along.
• Home Reading Books are due back on Friday.
• Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at au, which make the sound 'o' (same as eau). The words are as follows:

 

un autobus

haut

sauter

aussi

chaud

un auteur

Kindness - La gentillesse

Our next trait for character education will be Kindness, or la gentillesse.

We looked at the website www.randomactsofkindness.org where there are many ideas for random acts of kindness and then we each wrote a page of a class book of ideas for Random Acts of Kindness (les Bonnes Actions) that we can do to brighten someone's day. Click on the link to see our ideas: http://video.spsd.sk.ca/uploads/OllerheadK20131611917.wmv

 

Bonne Annee!

Bonne Annee and welcome back to school! I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and fun Christmas break.

Here are a few announcements for this first week back:
-We are going to Marion Gymnastics on January 11th. There is a note coming home with your child today. Please sign and return the bottom portion. I am still looking for 3 parents who can come along with us for this afternoon, let me know if you are able to help out.
-Hot Lunch order forms are coming home today, please return by Tuesday, January 8th
-Library on Monday, January 7th