Retells.

Our class is learning how to write a retell of an event. To help us to do so, we took a little excursion to the Kindergarten playground.

I took photos, which you will see here below. During the remainder of the week, the students and I put together a recount of our outing. In addition, the students practised visualizing what they enjoyed the most as well as which things we did not write about. They drew pictures of these things - a few samples of which are also below for your enjoyment!

In writing our retell, we focused on finding words that clearly identify the beginning, middle, and end of our story - these words are underlined. In addition, we added adjectives - these are in yellow.

Notre nouvelle classe joue au parc.

Un joli matin, avant la récré, la belle classe de la salle 101 et Madame Paré ont décidé d'aller au parc de la maternelle. Nous y sommes allés pour écrire ce merveilleux récit et pour nous amuser. Pendant que nous avons joué nous étions très excités et heureux. Nous avons vu la belle nature, les fleurs et les insectes. Heysome était triste parce qu'il pense que le parc est trop petit. Arshad, Adin, Moustapha et Omari étaient fâchés parce qu'ils pensent que ce parc n'est que pour les bébés ! Quand même, tout le monde a joué, et on a joué Man Hunt. Ensuite nous avons marché autour de l'école en chantant superbement ! Finalement, nous sommes retourné à l'école. C'était un bon aventure ! 

Welcome to the second week of school!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend. A quick and gentle reminder to you all regarding the following items that all students need to bring to school, if they have not already done so:

1. Proper gym shoes for days 2 and 5.
2. A pair of indoor shoes which will remain at school (why not make these gym shoes!).
3. Agenda money
4. First day back package with all forms signed and completed, including parent council nominations.
5. A healthy, nutritious lunch and snack with zero or minimal packaging.
6. An enthusiastic and curious attitude.

Regarding point 5, please remember that as a boomerang school, all packaging and uneaten food items will come home with your child. If you anticipate messy lunch-bags, perhaps keep an empty Ziplock bag in the lunch-bag, into which your child may place his/her garbage. Better yet - go package free. It's less expensive and more nutritious.

Happy Monday!

Mme P.

Bienvenue à la deuxième année.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful summer break! I'm excited to welcome parents, guardians, and especially students to my class and to our classroom blog. I'll be using the blog instead of sending home paper newsletters. We're a PLATINUM EcoSchool so we do what we can to reduce our negative impact on the planet!

Below I've posted our timetable. Please take a good look at it and take note of when we have Gym, Drama/Music, Visual Arts, and Library. You must come to school prepared for these subjects so that you can participate fully. For example, if you don't bring proper gym shoes, you will have to sit out for Gym. If you don't bring your library books back on time, you won't be allowed to take out another library book... oh dear!

First Assignment
Don't panic! It's a fun one! As a way to get to know each other and to exercise our French oral skills, students will be creating an "about me" bag. Each student will bring home a paper bag to be filled with FIVE things that reveal something about who s/he is. For example, if your child loves gardening s/he might put in a packet of seeds. Once five things have been collected, the bag comes back to school and your child will present to the class, explaining what each item is and why it is important or representative of who s/he is. I will model my own "about me" bag so that students are clear on what is expected. If you have questions, please ask your child to explain my presentation to you.

Happy Labour Day Weekend and 

Welcome Back to Clairlea!!