La Division 15

This morning, we practised reading our phonics sheet. We did a desk clean-up and practised our French vocabulary by playing holiday Bingo for prizes. After recess, we played outside for our outdoor Gym time as the Gym was closed today due to the sing-along set-up. We played in Centres before lunch. This afternoon, we had fun singing along with the rest of the school during the annual Doncaster Holiday Sing-Along. We ran around the basketball field and finished doing the activ

I was away today - many thanks to Mme Derman for teaching the class. The students reviewed our new Dictée words and their meanings, then practised printing them in their Dictée booklets. They wrote and illustrated sentences using a bank of winter words. In Science, they discussed some of the signs of winter, then wrote about some of these winter signs in their Science notebooks. In Math, they worked on subtraction using manipulatives. This afternoon, they played outside at th

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We visited the library for a story and book exchange with Mme Coons. In Math, we worked on subtraction using manipulatives. We had Music with Ms. Harvey, then played in Centres. We played outside with students in Mme Walman’s class after lunch, then had lots of fun making gingerbread houses - many thanks to all our volunteers for helping us out in class!

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We wrote stories using some winter vocabulary. We practised reading a phonics reader as a class and with a partner. After recess, we read independently while I read with individual students. In Math, we worked on subtraction using manipulatives. We had Gym with Mr. C. as Mme Mottishaw was away. This afternoon, we played outside at the primary playground. We worked on some phonics reading sheets and read the story "Qui?".

We had a great winter concert this morning - many thanks to all the families who were able to attend and to Barbara K. for taking a video for the class. We had a special visit from Linda P., Watkin's grandmother, who read us the story "The Hannukah Latkes". We did some singing and drumming, then read independently while I read with individual students. We played outside for our outdoor Gym time. I was away this afternoon - many thanks to Mme Prendergast for teaching the class

This morning, we wrote and illustrated sentences using some holiday words. We practised sounding out some words and blending different sounds. We did a dress rehearsal for our holiday concert. We did some singing and drumming in class. In Math, we played a math game with a partner to practise subtraction. This afternoon, we had Music with Ms. Harvey, then ran around the basketball court and played at the intermediate playground for our outdoor Gym time. We read the story "Le

This morning, we reviewed our Dictée words before writing them in our agendas. We wrote and illustrated sentences using a bank of winter vocabulary words. We had a special visit from Nyah and Fiona, two Grade 5 students and members of the Rainbow Club, who read the story "Worm Loves Worm" to the class. In Math, we worked on subtracting numbers using manipulatives. We practised reading some of our phonics booklets. I was away at a workshop this afternoon - many thanks to M. Jo

This morning, we visited the Library for a story and book exchange with Mme Coons. We practised singing some of our holiday songs with students in Mme Walman's class. We had Music with Ms. Harvey after recess. In Math, we worked on subtracting numbers using manipulatives (cubes, etc.). This afternoon, we did some exercising in the class as it was too wet to play outside. We read the story "Toupie et Binou fêtent Noël". We attended the drumming assembly in the Gym, where we le

This morning, we had a special presentation from Lydia H., Maeve's mom, who talked to us about proper handwashing techniques. She also brought a special machine with a special light that showed us what germs we had left on our hands. We read a story about the letter F and practised printing it in our printing booklets. In Math, we played a dice game with a partner to practise "counting on". We practised reading a phonics book as a class and independently. We had Gym with Mr.

This morning, we talked about our weekends. We reviewed our Dictée words and completed a word search using our Dictée words. We practised reading our phonics based reading sheet. In math, we worked on “counting on” to add two quantities. We read the story “Qui aidera le Père Noël?” We attended the mini assembly for French Immersion primary classes, where we sang some songs and talked about the Eagle, which represents love in the Seven Grandfather Teachings. We heard some pres

This morning, we reviewed our new Dictée words and their meanings, then acted them out and practised printing them in our Dictée notebooks. We did a desk clean-up and also practised sounding out words in our reading and writing using small whiteboards. We practised printing the letter V in our printing booklets. We visited the Gym, where we practised our soccer skills in different stations with students in Mme Walman’s class. We did some singing with students in Mme Walman’s

This morning, we reviewed our Dictée words before writing them in our agendas. In Math, we worked on "counting on" to add two numbers. In Social Studies, we read a story about Kwanzaa, then coloured some pictures and reviewed some Kwanzaa vocabulary. We did some singing with students in Mme Walman's class - retired teacher Mme Cohen sang some songs with us and talked to us a bit about Hannukah. This afternoon, we played outside at the primary playground for our outdoor Gym ti

This morning, we practised reading our phonics reading sheet. We visited the Library for a story and book exchange with Mme Coons. We practised singing our holiday songs with students in Mme Walman's class. We had Music after recess with Ms. Harvey. We worked on finishing our self-evaluations for our report cards. In Math, we worked on "counting on" to add two different numbers. This afternoon, we played a game outside and then played at the primary playground for our outdoor

This morning, we had a special visit from Mme Brittany, who taught us some math strategies for counting. We worked on our self-evaluations and wrote about ways in which we show respect at school. We visited Mme DiGeso's class, where we watched her Grade 3 students perform a French play. We had a special presentation from Barbara K., a class parent, who talked to us about her job as a child psychologist and who also spoke about anxiety and why it happens. We had Gym with Mr. C

This morning, we chatted about our weekends. We did some writing for a self-evaluation we are doing which will be available with student report cards. We practised our reading with students in Mme DiGeso’s class. We reviewed our Dictée words and completed a word search using our words from the Dictée. In Social Studies, we talked about some different holidays at this time of year and drew pictures of how we celebrate winter in our families. In Math, we worked on “counting on”