This week in learning:

Francais:  Reading comprehension and continuing to work on sounds. Next week animal vocabulary.

E.S.: passe, courtepointe, why it is important to know our past.

Sciences: The parts of a plant we eat. Just finishing spring and will start summer and animals next week.

Math: Geometry...students should know the following and objects that ressemble them:  sphère, prisme rectangulaire, cube, pyramide, cône et cylindre.

Religion: I only have two volunteers so far to walk to the church next Tuesday. Please email me if you are able to come AND you have done the volunteer course with the school.
Ascension and Pentacost.

ELA: Integrated with Social studies on the past. Upcoming quiz on short "o" words.

Montre et racontre this week:
Zoey, Feranmi, Philo, Ruhaan, and Akin.

Here is my little rant and nag for the month of MAY...
I am finding that parents are not signing agendas on a regular basis lately...let's blame both parents and students on this one and get back on track. To that same end, French reading programs are not being done every night. I have started to evaluate the students and some of them are still not getting their basic sounds: 
oi   au   in   an   eau  ch    eu  etc...  and the words they make. 
Also, some students still do not have dry erase markers and are frustrated when the ones I have purchased no longer work. Get together with another family and buy a set.
Lastly, you need to phone the school if your child will be absent for appointments, or illness or vacations. this way they pu it into the system and I am not guessing where your child is. 

Ok...now the good news...Your children are speaking French! when working on assignments, in groups, at their desks...all I hear (for the most part) is FRENCH...music to my ears. You should be proud too! Keep up the good work.

Yesterday, the students brought home a calendar to record the weather for the month of May, in order to coincide with our Science and what happens in the spring. Every day after school and on the weekends, they are to mark what the weather was like. It is to be returned to school on June 1st. Thank you for your help with this.

I am also happy that several students planted their seeds/plants. If you would like to send a photo of the progress, please email it to me and I will post them on the Blog.

Also sent home yesterday, was a field trip form. We will be having a "behind the scenes" look at the church with Dan D'Agostino, as part of our Religion curriculum. We will be walking to the church and if you would like to volunteer, please email me and I will get back to you. It is for the morning of May 17th.

A reminder that the auditions for lip-sync contest is tomorrow during the lunch period. If your child is interested in participating, they must have their music ready to perform. They may do a solo or with any other student/students in grade one.

This week "montre et raconte":  Curtis, Anna, Shanya et Nevaeh.

A reminder that this week the follwoing students will do their "montre et racontre" en francais:
Owen, Reagan, Shane et Andrew
This week in learning:
Français: I will begin to evaluate the students' reading level in French, a.k.a GB+. Mme Clease will be with us and will work on writing skills with the students while I am evaluating.  Also on the agenda...geometric forms and shapes vocabulary.

Etudes Sociales: All about "me" dice. The students will speak about themselves using a dice we created.

Math: finish off measuring and weighing with some evaluations. We will also race cars down a ramp and measure the distance.

Science:  changes that happen in Spring , Plants and how they drink.

Health: emotions = surprise, confused

With warmer weather here and the classroom being warm, I would like all students to have a bottle of water on their desks to avoid line ups at the fountain and leaving class on a regular basis. Please send one with a secure lid to keep your child hydrated during the day.

 It is also a good idea to be prepared for ANY type of weather; sweaters, small coats, hats and sunscreen.