Bowling

Just a reminder that we will be going bowling tomorrow afternoon to celebrate the last day of school.
Happy Holidays!!!
Mme C

LCM

Good morning,

During the holidays, I ask that the students read in French and in English.  They are to read the French book I will be sending home with them.  Upon return after the holidays, I will test them on that book to determine whether or not to change their level of books.  They may also read a book of their choice in English and in French.

As always, please feel free to email me at scraciun@sjsd.net if you have any questions.

Happy Holidays!!!
Mme C

Secret Friend Exchange

Just a reminder that we will be doing the secret friend exchange this Friday.  The gift should be no more than $5.  Please let me know if there are any concerns.

Happy Holidays!!!
Mme C

Algebra

Good afternoon,

We have been working very hard in Math practicing Algebra.  I will be giving the students a quiz on Tuesday.  The quiz will cover the following:

1. Finishing a pattern and writing the rule

e.g.

2            12
3            13
4            
5          

Rule: X+10


2.  Finding X in a question

e.g. Xx5=25
X=5


3.  Wring out an equation while reading a problem

e.g. I had 32 eggs and a few of them broke when the carton fell.  I now have 15 eggs.
Equation: 32-X=15   X=17


Please let me know if you have any questions,
Mme C

A few notes

Good evening,

I just wanted to let you know that I will not make the students do home reading for the next couple of days.

Instead, I would like them to concentrate on 2 things:

1. I would like them to work on their Aboriginal French stories.  I will send home their plan along with their journals.  The criteria is that they have animals as the characters, something we have learned about a particular animal and a moral (e.g. in the story, How the Rabbit Lost His Tail, we learn why rabbits have a short tail, and that you should try not to get into trouble and constantly ask for help), spelling, punctuation, capitalization and verbs.  I will then have them correct their stories at school independently, and with a partner.

2.  I ask that they study verbs in present tense.  I will send home a list of verbs to review, and I will give them a quiz next week.  We will also do a review in class on a daily basis.  The quiz will have sentences in which they need to insert the correct conjugation (e.g. Je (avoir) ____________ très froid parce que j'ai oublié mes mitaines.  The correct answer would be "J'ai").  I will also ask them to conjugate a complete verb.
(e.g. Je suis              Nous sommes
        Tu es                Vous êtes
        Il/Elle est         Ils/elles sont)

They can practice by playing the following game:

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/VerbConj1.htm
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/VerbConj2.htm


In case they lose their sheet, here is a complete list of verbs they should study:

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Révision pour le quiz des verbes :

Verbe : avoir au présent :

j’ai       nous avons

tu as    vous avez

il a       ils ont

elle a   elles ont

Verbe : être au présent :

je suis    nous sommes

tu es      vous êtes

il est      ils sont

elle est  elles sont

Verbe : aimer au présent :

j’aime       nous aimons

tu aimes   vous aimez

il aime      ils aiment

elle aime  elles aiment

Verbe : finir au présent :

je finis     nous finissons

tu finis     vous finissez

il finit       ils finissent

elle finit   elles finissent

Verbe : aller au présent

je vais    nous allons

tu vas    vous allez

il va       ils vont

elle va   elles vont

Verbe : vendre au présent

je vends     nous vendons

tu vends     vous vendez

il vend        ils vendent

elle vend    elles vendent

Verbe : vouloir au présent :

je veux     nous voulons

tu veux    vous voulez

il veut      ils veulent

elle veut  elles veulent

Verbe : faire au présent :

je fais nous faisons

tu fais vous faites

il fait ils font

elle fait elles font

Verbe : pouvoir au présent

je peux     nous pouvons

tu peux     vous pouvez

il peut        ils peuvent

elle peut   elles peuvent

 

Social Studies Quiz

Good afternoon,

I will be giving the students a quiz in Social Studies on Friday.  We did a review today and we will do another review on Thursday.

The quiz will cover the following:
- Aboriginal culture (e.g. What was the name of the habitat in which they lived in?  A tipi)
- The Bering Straight Theory (The Aboriginal people walked on the ice from Russia to Alaska following the animals)
- Interaction between the Aboriginal tribes (e.g. The Wendats traded corn with the Algonquins).

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Mme C

Adopt-A-Family

Good morning,

The school is once again participating in the Adopt-A-Family program sponsored by the Salvation Army.  Our class is putting a hamper together with Mme Lemoine and Mme Lachance's class.  We have a family of five: Father, mother, 6 year old boy, 5 year old boy and 2 year old girl.

Suggested gift ideas:

6 year old boy: kids' movie, play dough, Lego
Clothing sizes: shirt: size 6, pants: size 6, shoes: size 6

5 year old boy: kids' movie, play dough, Lego
Clothing sizes: shirt: size 6, pants: size 6, shoes: size 6

2 year old girl: dolls, clothing, shoes
Clothing sizes: shirt: size 3, pants: size 3, shoes: size 10-12

To view what has been sent, please visit Mme Lachance's blog at http://mmelachance.blogspot.ca.
She will be updating the list on a daily basis.

Thank you in advance for you generosity,
Mme C

Science Quiz

Good morning!  I will be giving the students a Science quiz on Friday.  We will also do a review on Wednesday.  The have put their booklet that they are to study in their agenda.  The material that they are to study are:

- The water cycle
- A story about predicting the weather (e.g. If the groundhog sees his shadow, 6 more weeks until spring)
- Identifying clouds (Cirrus, Stratus, and Cumulus clouds)
- The difference between the temperature and the climate
- The importance of short and long term weather forecasts.

As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Mme C