First Friday of May

We did our dictée this morning. It can be found in your child's agenda. We started a math/art/social studies activity. It could be seen in the presentation pics I shared with you  earlier today. If I don't have a gmail address for you, you must forward it to yours before being able to see it as I created the presentation on my Google drive.

If you don't have a gmail account, I have shared the presentation with your child. Have them log into their gmail via the Chrome browser and click on the "Shared with me" button on the left hand side of their Google Drive.  It is called Friday May 3 in class.

The kids had music and then phys. ed., before and after lunch, respectively, and then we made toffee. It took a bit for me to figure out that it really only works when the syrup is close to 240 degrees Fahrenheit. I got it after a bit. Don't worry, Ella! I saved you some!

Here was a sweet, literally, day in your kid's life:

Day 2 of May

Hey everyone. We did some science! I taught the kids what a conductor is. Metal and glass were given, by students, as examples. We heated things up and cooled them down. We talked about insulators like wood, or wool. Tomorrow afternoon is ''La tire''. You kids will have a bit of a sugar high at the end of the day. Ella, don't worry, I will try to save you some!

Homework: Your child has his/her username and password to log in to their google account from home. All you need to do is ensure that the home computer has Google Chrome. Once logged in, he/she will show you the presentation that we are working on and they are to write me an email. They have my email address in the agenda. They can type me a sentence about their favourite flavour of ice cream!?
We also started a lesson in our spelling workout booklet. They are to do pages 63 and 64. If you are busy and don't have time, no worries!

I go now! Cheers.

First day of May!!!!

Ok, so we didn't have much success emailing our document this afternoon. I am told that it can't be seen. I believe it is because the document needs to be shared. We will try this tomorrow. If you didn't get an email from your child it is because he/she was having difficulties following directions, watching my example on the Smartboard, or paying attention. It will happen eventually but I am trying to teach the kids how to problem solve and help themselves. I have and continue to give them tools to help themselves but some are still struggling.

Homework: Have your child spell 5 words that you give to him/her, that you come up with, that have s blends. Example: st - story, sl....., sp..., sm...., ......st, etc.

Bonne chance!

The last day of April in the year 2013!

And what a cold day! Thank the weather maker for the sun! Today was a day for learning to recognize shapes in everyday objects, for getting better at reading temperature that is below zero, for adding to our It's (insert student's name here)! presentation, for practicing our sound of the week, for working our fine motor skills by cutting little objects with scissors, for all kinds of things.

Have your child draw  , indicating where zero, minus 10, minus 20 would be if the thermometer read, from the top of the red, minus 5 degrees Celsius. Have them make another, label 20, 10, 0, -10, and -20 degrees Celsius and then colour in red to indicate minus 14. They can do this in the agenda. We have worked on this in class for a bit now and it shouldn't cause difficulty. Please explain how to read temperature below zero if they have difficulty.

On Friday, we are going to boil the water out of maple syrup and then roll it on a stick and eat it! That is all because of Hot and Cold temperature, Grade 2 science!

Have a nice evening.

April 29

Hope you are enjoying a great spring day! NOT!!!! Here are the dictée word for this week:

un jouet, un navet, un chalet, un perroquet, un paquet, violet

The students are coming home with last week's dictée. Most had no troubles. Keep up the great work!

Today we worked on our presentations on the Chromebooks. This involves spelling, writing sentences, being creative, inserting pictures, etc. Next, we started learning about geometry. Ask your child if he/she can tell you, using a book, what the face, arête, sommet are.

They are coming home with their English Spelling Workout book. Have them finish the poem about trees and any other part that isn't complete. If they've finished all, have them read the poem to you and possibly add to it.

Adios,

Keith