Les poussins!

This week, Mme Hada's Grade 1 class is hatching eggs! They have un incubateur and une couveuse (brooder) set up in their classroom. Each day this week we will go and visit and hopefully get to see an egg hatch! Here are some pictures of what we saw yesterday, on Jour #1:

12 oeufs dans l'incubateur

Les semis (seedlings)

We have been continuing to take care of and observe our plants. When we came in on Monday, almost every pot had at least one semi! We have been enjoying sketching changes we see each day, and using our rulers to measure how many centimetres our plants have grown. Here are some photos:

Les soucis (marigolds)

Les tomates

Les haricots (beans)

le 29 avril - le 3 mai

Into May already! Here are a few reminders for this week:
-Library on Monday
-Mme away Tuesday morning for a meeting
-Sparkle and Shine Spirit day on Thursday
-Assembly on Thursday morning in the gym. Choir will be performing Oh Canada and No One Like You.
-Mme away all day Friday
-Picture Day on Friday
-Home Reading Books due on Friday
-Dictee on Friday. This week we are looking at the letter "ion", the words are as follows:

la récréation

l’espion

un avion

une question

un camion

The Lorax

Today we read the book The Lorax and had some discussion around it. Students each made a mustache that went home with them. We also wrote about what we would do if we were entrusted with the last seed of the Truffula tree. Here is a link to the original The Lorax cartoon (1972).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHar6X3Nnw

Jour de la Terre writing

Last week, we were discussing Earth Day and how we can and do take care of the planet. Here is our work:

http://video.spsd.sk.ca/uploads/OllerheadK2013421172818.wmv

le 22-26 avril

Here are the updates for the week:
-Library on Monday. Students are encouraged to bring back their books and exchange them for new ones.
-Monday is also Earth Day, or Jour de la Terre. We will be talking about the importance of this day and doing some Earth Day activities.
-Mme is away Thursday morning for a meeting.
-Home Reading Books due on Friday.
-Dictee on Friday. This weeks words all pertain to Earth Day:

la Terre

l’eau

les arbres

l’air

les déchets

recycler

Les plantes

Last week we made some flower pots and planted some seeds. We will be keeping track each day of our seeds' growth, like scientists! Here are the photo directions for if you want to do some planting at home:

What you need: 1/2 sheet of newspaper, masking tape and a pop can.

Fold the 1/2 sheet of newspaper into thirds the long way.

Roll the newspaper around the popcan tightly. Leave a bit of paper hanging out the end.

Fold the paper around the bottom in.

Ask a friend to tape the bottom for you while you hold it.

Tape the seam on the side.

Remove the popcan et VOILA, a biodegradable flower pot! 

Here are our pots with plants. We planted marigolds (les soucis), beans (les haricots) and tomatoes (les tomates).

L'argent

For the past week or so, we have been learning about money. We have learned the values of the different coins and bills, and have been working on adding money and making sums of money using different coins. Working with money helps us to count by 1s, 5s, 10s and even 25s. It also helps build critical thinking skills, and is a valuable life skill to have. Today we played two little games on the SMARTBoard, and I promised students I would share the links so they could play at home.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/money/money-master.html

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi

Today we discussed the two differences between French and English in writing amounts of money. In English we use a "." to separate dollar from cents, where as in French, we use a ",". Also, in English, the $ goes before the amount of money, and in French, it comes after. For example, in English we would write  $5.32, but in French, we write 5,32$.

StarPhoenix Fundraiser

Last week, order forms and information sheets went home for the StarPhoenix fundraiser. For each subscription sold, EVS will get $20. For each subscription that a student sells, he or she will get an entry into a draw for a prize. This fundraiser will finish up in about a months time. Thanks for all of your support at home!

le 15-19 avril

Here are the reminders for the week:
-Library on Monday. Please bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Scholastic orders due back on Tuesday. Cheques can be made payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd.
-Hot lunch orders are due back on Tuesday. The hot lunch will be on Thursday.
-Mme will be away for meeting on Friday afternoon.
-Home Reading Books due back on Friday.
-Dictee on Friday. This week we are looking at the accents grave et circonflexe on the letter e. The words are as follows:
 

une fenêtre

la tête

mon père

une chèvre

un trèfle

Bonus : de la crème glacée

Puddles

It's that time of year again...
All of the snow is finally beginning to melt and the result is a wet school yard with lots of tempting puddles. Again this year we are asking that students stay out of the puddles during recess and lunch times. I have been reminding them to be wearing rubber boots and proper clothes outside to keep themselves warm and dry. I have also told all of the students that if they make the decision to play in or near the puddles that they may get wet, and that they will be cold an uncomfortable for the remainder of the day.  All that being said, I understand that sometimes accidents happen, so students are welcome to keep a dry change of clothes in their locker.

le 8 - 12 avril

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fantastic break. Here are a few reminders for this week:

-Library on Monday. Please bring back your books if you wish to exchange them for new ones.
-Scholastic will be sent home today (Monday), and will be due back on Tuesday, April 16th.
-Wednesday, April 10th is Day of Pink. Students are encouraged to wear pink to show support against bullying.
-Thursday, April 11th is Colour Spirit Day. The Grade 2 colour is blue. We will also have an assembly on Thursday morning. Our newspaper fundraiser will start on this day (more information to follow).
-Friday, April 12th at 9:05am Persephone Theatre will be at the school performing "Bluenose"
-Friday, April 12th at 12:45 - 1:30 students will be attending the Spring Dance. Students are asked to bring $1 and a non perishable food item.
-Home Reading Books due on Friday.
-Dictee on Friday. This week we will be looking at another way to make the sound 'eh'. We have studied 'er', 'ai' and 'é' already, this week we will study 'ei'. The words are as follows:

la neige

une baleine

la reine

treize

le soleil

plein

une peinture