La Division 15

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 practised reading our new phonics sheet. We visited the Gym with students in Mme Walman’s class, where we worked on our hockey skills (passing, goal-tending). In Math, we worked on our “friendly facts” to 10. We read the book “La poste de police” and talked about some different jobs in the community. This aftern

This morning, we reviewed our Dictée words before writing them in our agendas. We wrote and illustrated sentences using a bank of "food" vocabulary. In Social Studies, we read the book "Un jour je serai" and talked about some of the different jobs in the community and how they help people. In Math, we played a game with a partner using Power of Ten cards to practise our "friendly" facts to 10. We also practised them independently in our math booklets. We played a game of read

This morning, we did some reading and writing using our knowledge of phonics. We visited the Library for a story and book exchange. In Math, we worked on our “friendly” facts to 10. We had Music with Ms. G. as Ms. Harvey was away. We had a successful fire drill before lunch. This afternoon, we ran around the basketball court outside and played at the intermediate playground for our outdoor Gym time. We attended the drumming assembly at the end of the day.

This morning, we reviewed our Dictée words and wrote and illustrated sentences using some of these words. We read our phonics sheet as a class and then with a partner. We read the story "La Saint Valentin de Pat le Chat". We read independently while I read with individual students. In Math, we played a game with a partner to practise our "friendly" facts to 10. We had Gym with Mr. G. as Mme Mottishaw was away. This afternoon, in Art, we decorated paper bags that will house ou

I was away again today - many thanks to Mme Prendergast for teaching the class. The students reviewed our Dictée words and brainstormed other words with the "oi" sound, then recorded some of these words in their Dictée notebooks and also completed a word search using the Dictée words. They practised reading a short book that showcased the sound "oi". The class practised reading our phonics sheet with their new buddies from Mme DiGeso's class and also played a reading dice gam

I was away today - many thanks to Mme Prendergast for teaching the class. The students reviewed our new Dictée words and their meanings, then acted them out and practised printing them in their Dictée notebooks. They read our new phonics sheet as a whole group and with a partner. They visited the Gym with students in Mme Walman’s class, where they worked on their hockey skills in different stations. In Math, they worked on their “friendly facts” to 10. They did a desk clean u

This morning, we reviewed our Dictée words before writing them in our agendas. We did some reading with our buddies from Mme DiGeso’s class and also played a game of reading bingo with them. In Social Studies, we read the story “Qu’est-ce que c’est une communauté?”. We looked at examples of services in our community, then drew pictures of some of our favourite places in the community. In Chess, we leaned how the Rook moves, then played a game with a partner using the pawns, K

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We visited the Library for a story and book exchange with Mme Né as Mme Coons was away. We finished our Art projects from yesterday. We had Music with Ms. Harvey after recess. In Science, we talked about the different states of matter and passed around plastic bags with examples of each of the states of matter. We did a demonstration/experiment where we put an ice cube into a kettle and saw how a solid can become a liquid and th

This morning, we did some independent reading and then chatted about our weekends. In Health Education, we sorted our lunchkits according to different categories (fruits and vegetables, whole grains, proteins, etc.). We practised our Dictée words by completing a word search with the words. We practised reading our phonics-based reading sheet. After recess, we wrote and illustrated sentences using some of the Dictée words. We had Gym with Mme Mottishaw. This afternoon, in Art,

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 practised reading our phonics sheet. We read the book “Je construis un iglou”. We visited the Gym with students in Mme Walman’s class, where we practised our hockey skills in different stations. In Chess, we learned how the Queen moves, then played a game with a partner using the pawns, King and Queen. This afte

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We reviewed our Dictée words before writing them in our agendas. We read the story "Les microbes" and talked about ways to stay healthy in Health Education. In Math, we worked on some story problems and our -1 subtraction facts. We did some reading and writing by sounding out words. We played a game of reading bingo. This afternoon, we played outside at the Primary Playground with students in Mme Walman's class for our outdoor G

This morning, we visited the Library for a story and book exchange with Mme C, who was in for Mme Coons as she was away. In Math, we worked on our +1 addition facts. We had Music with Ms. Harvey after recess. We did some singing and drumming and read independently while I read with individual students. We wrote and illustrated sentences using a bank of winter vocabulary. This afternoon, we ran around the basketball court and played outside at the intermediate playground for

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We reviewed our Dictée words and wrote and illustrated sentences using some of our Dictée words. We practised sounding out words and reviewed some of our phonics sounds. We worked on reading some phonics readers as a class and individually. In Math, we worked on adding and subtracting zero from a number and also did some word problems together. We had Gym with Mme Mottishaw. This afternoon, in Health Education, we talked about t

This morning, we talked about our weekends. We reviewed our Dictée words and brainstormed other words with the “in” sound, then recorded these words in our Dictée notebooks and also completed a word search using our Dictée words. We had a short assembly with primary French Immersion students - we talked about the bear and the gift of courage and had some students present their ideas around this teaching. We read independently while I read with individual students. In Math, we

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 practised reading our phonics sheet as a class and independently. We visited the Gym with students in Mme Walman’s class, where we practised our soccer skills (dribbling, passing) in different stations. We worked on our literacy, art and math skills at different stations in the class while I read with a group of

I was away today - many thanks to Mme Prendergast for teaching the class. Students reviewed their Dictée words before writing them in their agendas. They wrote and illustrated sentences using a bank of winter vocabulary words. In Math, they worked on identifying 2-D and 3-D shapes. In Science, they learned about the different states of matter (solids, liquids and gases) and drew examples of these states of matter in their Science notebooks. In Health Education, they talked ab

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We visited the Library for a story with Mme Coons and a book exchange. We did some reading and writing and practised printing the letter G in our printing notebooks. We had Music after recess with Ms. Harvey. We practised our reading, writing and math skills in different stations while I read with a group of students at their reading level. In Math, we worked on identifying 3-D objects in our environment. This afternoon, we ran

This morning, we reviewed our Dictee words and wrote and illustrated sentences using some of our Dictee words. We practised reading some of our sight words and identifying phonics sounds, then practised printing the letter K in our printing booklets. We worked on our math, reading, writing and art skills in different stations while I read with a group of students at their reading level. In Math, we worked on identifying 3-D shapes (sphere, cone, cylinder, etc.). We had Gym wi

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We chatted about our weekends and shared some news from home. We reviewed our Dictée words and their meanings and completed a word search using our Dictée words. We practised reading and writing using phonics and small whiteboards. We practised our reading and played a reading game with our reading buddies from Mme DiGeso’s class. In Math, we read the book “Les formes” and identified different shapes in the pictures. We identifi

This morning, we did some singing and drumming. We reviewed our new Dictée words and their meanings, then acted them out and practised printing them in our Dictée notebooks. We did some reading and writing phonics activities on small whiteboards and also practised printing the letter P. We visited the Gym with students in Mme Walman’s class, where we practised our soccer skills in different stations. In Math, we used geoboards to review the names of 2-D shapes. We began learn