March 12

Hello all. Today and yesterday were good days. The kids seem tired and I am sure it is for the same reason as all of us...daylight savings time! Boooooo!

Today I told a story about Paddy O'Reilly, the leprechaun who was crazy about, and had the ability to sniff out gold! He went off in search of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, after a rain storm. He found that the rainbow ended in a lake...loch ness! Yes there was a monster and later, that monster did bite off Paddy's foot, but he did get the gold and a new wooden foot. The monster got a taste and know that there will be another meal as Paddy didn't see the other pot of gold and will undoubtedly be back.

They had to write about it. I described Paddy and gave lots of actions and so on and so forth. I don't pay much mind to grammar on this here blog. I know this is coming from a teacher but the keyboard makes me lazy. In the end, I explained much of the story 3-4 times and the ending, I told recapped in English, as MANY weren't able to follow. Please have a conversation with your child. Ask them if they truly understood. Were they able to follow along and then write about the story?

In the afternoon we did a good copy of the story and coloured a leprechaun that accompanied it.

We did some group work on a St. Patrick's Day themed booklet for English LA and then finished the day off with subtraction practice.

Have a look:

For homework, have your child write me one sentence, in French, about Paddy O'Reilly's adventure. Not his physical appearance, but rather, something that happens to him.