Farewell...

Dear parents and students,

I've had a wonderful year with your lovely, smart children. They've had fun, worked hard, and formed lasting friendships. It was the nicest class I could have hoped for this year, which is my last at Clairlea. Next year, I'll be teaching junior and intermediate students at another school... It is with a heavy heart that I leave - but perhaps you'll see me at your Grade 8 grad?!

All the very best to everyone,

Kati.

Our final week

Next week marks our last 4 days of school.  We'll be celebrating the successes of our Grade 2 year with several fun activities.

On Wednesday, June 28th (weather permitting), we will be walking over to Parma Park to use their splash pad.   For those who are not familiar, Parma Park is about a 10 minute walk west of us on the other side of Victoria Park.  We will leave school after 9AM and return for 11AM.

Students must bring:

• a sunhat & wear sunscreen
• swim wear or a change of clothes
• water shoes (flip flops are fine)
• a towel

I'm looking for parent volunteers who can walk with us and help supervise at the splash pad.  Please email me if you are available: katalin.roughton-pare@tdsb.on.ca

If the weather is unsettled, we will simply stay back.  Please check the blog for updates.

Library books and book bags.

Library books may no longer be signed out this year. Please look carefully at home to see if you might have any books lurking around... Ms. Vincent is planning to send home overdue reports before the end of the year and fines may be possible if books are missing!

Regarding book bags: I am collecting them all in. As with library books, please make sure that you don't keep any at home. I certainly won't fine anyone, but the fewer we have every year, the fewer next year's students have access to. Thanks!

Spelling words and homework

Spelling words for next week:

1. j'aime
2. j'ai froid
3. bonjour
4. il fait beau
5. mercredi
6. la couleur
7. demain
8. c'est beau
9. il pleut
10. beaucoup

Homework: Social studies projects are due Monday. If anyone needs help over the weekend, send me an email and I'll get back to you. Presentations will be done over a few days next week, so if some of you don't bring them in exactly on Monday, it's not the end of the world.

Have a lovely weekend!

Spelling words and homework.

Sight words!

1. Après
2. J'étais
3. L'école
4. Aussi
5. Quand
6. Mais
7. Aujourd'hui
8. Parce que
9. Chercher
10. Toujours

Homework:

Continue with the Social Studies project. If your child needs help with vocabulary or the process, encourage him/her to come and see me... remember, this isn't meant to be stressful (for you either!).

Track and Field tomorrow!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Primary Track and Field. It's going to be a little chilly in the morning but 19 by the afternoon... so have your child dress in layers. Also, think about bringing sunscreen, a hat, and a water bottle.

Online reading support.

I came across this website today. It has read-along texts at grade level. Our class should choose from the first selection (1er cycle). Enjoy!     read along texts

Spelling words and homework.

Sorry this is a bit late! Here are the spelling words...

Être (to be) in the imperfect tense... aka I was, you were, he/she was, etc.

j'étais               nous étions
tu étais             vous étiez
il était              ils étaient
elle était          elles étaient
on était

Homework:
Your child has brought home a Social Studies project outline that explains that they are to research the traditions and celebrations of the country they picked on Friday. Each student has glued their country into their agenda. As noted in the outline, while parents are obviously going to help with research, this must be YOUR CHILD'S OWN WRITTEN WORK please. Don't be tempted to use online translation tools as firstly, this isn't your child's own work, but also because they're no good. They give literal translations that make little sense.

Two good online dictionaries are reverso.com and wordreference.com. I expect written work to be of a Grade 2 level not university!

If you have questions or concerns, please do let me know - this isn't meant to be stressful for anyone! Here is an example of a level 3 (B) poster. There's plenty of time to ask questions; I am happy to help along the way!