le 19 décembre

Bonjour,

We enjoyed our last day of 2019 in Salle 6!  We had les 5 au quotidien and we wrote more bucket fillers and worked on winter writing activities.

After recess I put the students to work and we did a small quiz on magnets.  We did more snowman math talks, practicing our problem solving skills.

This afternoon we finished our social studies art and had centres.  We played outside and watched an episode of le bus magique.

I sent home four books for home reading.

Wishing you all a very happy holidays and looking forward to the new year!

Mme Lauren

le 18 décembre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

• Tomorrow us wear anything festive day!
• No school for students Friday.
• Please send library and home reading books tomorrow!
• Tomorrow is our last day for food bank donations.

Today in salle 6:

• We had les 5 au quotidien and we wrote more bucket fillers for friends in our class. 
• We had our last music class of the year with Mme Zdrill.
• We had a snowman math talk.
• We learned how to draw nesting dolls and started an art project.
• We had parent volunteers and we did lots of learning and exploration with magnet centres.  A big thank you to our volunteers!

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 17 décembre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is tuque or festive hat day.

Today in salle 6:

• We had les 5 au quotidien.
• We did our good copies of cards for other teachers in the school.
• We had a special visitor our school constable, who talked to us about his job and also strategies to help us when we are feeling frustrated, sad or angry.
• We learned about the different types of metals that are magnetic: iron, steel, cobalt and nickel.  We thought of examples for each.
• We had a special visitor in gym, more information on M. Trevor's blog:https://mtrevorphysed.blogspot.com/2019/12/week-15-16.html#more

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 16 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in Salle 6:

• we had many of our social studies presentations, they were so well done and I was very impressed with the thought that went into picking special items to share with the class!
• we wrote about our weekends in French.
• we learned a new math game called Tim Horton's Double Double.
• we reviewed different types of magnets in science

Reminders:

• there is no school on Friday.
• please send in library books.
• tomorrow is red and green day.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 13 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle we had les 5 au quotidien and then we had a school assembly to sing carols! Ask students if they can tell you any of the jokes we heard!

We wrote about our star of the week and then had centres.

Reminders:

• Next week is our last week before the winter holidays and we have lots of special days:
• Monday - Wear a festive sweater or t-shirt
• Tuesday - Wear red and green
• Wednesday - Wear a toque or holiday hat
• Thursday - Wear anything festive

• Please remember to bring in your three items for our social studies project on Monday.
• Please send in any library books you have at home.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mme Lauren

le 12 décembre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

• Please send in all library books tomorrow!
• Tomorrow is festive hat and headband day at VAS! 

Today in salle 6:

• We had les 5 au quotidien, while the students are doing centres I have been pulling them one on one to read with them.
• We wrote letters to other staff and teachers in the school, this is part of our December virtue of bucket filling.
• In math we worked on subtraction and played a similar dice game to yesterday.  Students are using 100 charts as well as blocks as we start to explore this, we are also continuing to work on recognizing even and odd numbers.
• In social studies we learned what tourism is and then we wrote and drew about tourism in Saskatoon.
• In science we looked a different types of magnets and the four types of metals that they will stick too.  I could not believe how much the students of Salle 6 already knew about magnets!
• In gym we played penguin tag and dodgeball.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 11 décembre

Bonjour,

Please send in library books by Friday!

Today in salle 6:

We worked on addition and even and odd number in math.  We used dice to keep adding on and at each step we identified the numbers as even or odd.  The biggest number someone got to was 119!

In social studies we talked about the services available to help people in Saskatoon.

In science we learned how we could turn scissors into a magnet.  Pictures below!

 
 

le 10 décembre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

• Friday we will have caroling in the gym at 8:45, parents are welcome to join us!
• Please send in all library books by the end of the week, we will not be taking out new books until the new year.  

Today in Salle 6:

• We are going to do a special project about three things you would bring if you were moving to another country.  Mme showed us her three special objects they were - snowshoes, a photo album, and a recipe box.  (HH). Watch for an e-mail tonight with the details about this project!
• We had gym and we learned about snowboarding and skiing.  (HJ)
• In math we made as many equations as we could to make 20.  We also drew different ways to make 20. (AEB)
• We did les 5 au quotidien. (AO)
• We finished the book Bonne Nuit les camions. (SJ)
• We made sentences with words of the week and shared them with the class. (ED). Pictures below!

 
 
 

le 9 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we had les 5 au quotidien and we wrote about our weekends!  We are trying to write three or more sentences when we do journals.

After recess we had music and we leaned a new game for Math Monday!  This afternoon we talked about then environment in Saskatoon and then we went outside for an afternoon break.  In science we used magnets to test objects in our classroom to see if they were magnetic or non-magnetic.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 6 décembre

Bonjour,

Today we had our first "Choice and Curiosity" day.  Student's got to pick another classroom to visit and listen to a few stories.   It was so much fun for us all to explore the school and get to know more of the people in our school community!

We also wrote about our star of the week KC!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mme Lauren

le 5 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we practiced drawing people, no more stick people in salle 6!  We drew pictures of ourselves and used a new section in our dictionaries to find words to describe ourselves.

In math we worked on skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's.  We are starting a new unit in Science on magnets!  We watched a Bill Nye video today and the we drew about what we already know about magnets.

Reminders:

• Please bring home reading tomorrow!
• Tomorrow is a school pajama day, students may bring one small stuffy.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 4 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we did les 5 au quotidien and we went to the library.  Please check for any library books at home and send in tomorrow!

After recess we continued our work on writing negative sentences (ex. I don't like mushrooms).  We wrote a science test for Hot and Cold and after we looked at all the answers as a class on the smart board.  We had an afternoon recess to play in the snow.  In social studies we talked about jobs in Saskatoon.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 3 décembre

Bonjour,

Reminder - library tomorrow!

Today in salle 6 we had daily five and then we listened to a story about bucket filling.  Bucket filling means doing kind things for others to help them feel great!  We each made a bucket in class and then we wrote messages on water drops to put in our classmates buckets.

In math we worked on reading graphs about winter activities.

This afternoon we reviewed Hot and Cold in science.  We will have a test for Hot and Cold tomorrow.  In social studies we learned about goods that are made in Saskatchewan, specifically we talked about bread and farming equipment.

In gym we played a very fun warm up game and then we played a game with the volleyball nets.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 2 décembre

Bonjour,

Today in Salle 6 we did literacy centers and we wrote about our weekends.  After recess we had music and we learned our new math game.

This afternoon we learned about natural resources in Saskatchewan and we had gym with M. Trevor.

Reminders:

• Library Wednesday!
• We are collecting food bank items.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 28 novembre

Bonjour,

This morning we did our daily 5 centers and had a library visit.  After centers we had our library visit.    After recess we worked on how to write negative sentences in French, for example I am not 100 years old.  To do this in French we need to use the words ne and pas, we learned where these words fit into a sentence and then practiced writing sentences.  Salle 6 wrote in their journals and drew me funny pictures about their writing.  In math we looked at balancing equations and used the image of a see-saw to help us.

This afternoon we reviewed how different animals stay warm in the cold.  We played some fun tag games in gym and then we practiced our volleyball skills.

Please remember home reading tomorrow!

Merci,

Salle 6

le 27 novembre

Bonjour,

Tomorrow is library day, please bring your books!  This morning we had daily five centers and then we worked on writing and drawing our own end to stories.  We had an indoor recess because it was so cold outside!

After recess we had music and Mme Zdrill was very impressed with how well Salle 6 was listening.  

In math we kept working on addition, we practiced carrying numbers as a whole class and then students practiced on their own.  

After lunch we did a science experiment to see what happens when snow melts.  We knew it would turn into water when it melted but we wanted to see if there would be more or less volume.  We started with a whole measuring cup of snow and at the end of the day we had just over 1/2 a cup of water!  

In social studies we talked about other cultures in Saskatoon.  We have learned a lot about the Ukrainian influence but today we learned that people in Saskatoon come from more than 25 different countries all around the world!  We also watched some videos about the indiginous people in Saskatoon and we talked about how they have been living on the land for a very long time!

This afternoon we had a special activity with our grade five buddies, we made crazy hats!  Friday is crazy hat day so we made hats that we can wear and we will bring home after!

Have a wonderful evening,

Lauren

le 26 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in Salle 6:

-We had gym and we played a giant game volleyball! (GVDB)
-We did a little test on thermometers in science. (CB)
-We did les 5 au quotidien. (FIC)
-We learned about art in social studies. (AR)
-In math we played our math game and we did a math talk for addition. (ALB)
-We read a story about a girl who gets stuck in a book, we did not write the ending because we are writing our own endings. (HJ)
-Our petit prof was NDO.  (ED)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 25 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We had a special guest who came and taught us about the settlers in Saskatoon. (HH). Thank you to our volunteers!
-We learned a new math game!  (AO)
-We wrote about our weekends in our journal.  Our goal was 3 sentences. (GW)
-MCG is our étoile de la semaine, she did her presentation today! (ED)
-We wrote about our coolers in Science. (NDO)

Reminders:

FOOD BANK DONATIONS NEEDED

We are collecting non-perishable food items for the Mayor's Food Bank Drive until December 19.  Items can include:  Pasta sauce, granola bars, juice boxes, powdered milk, stage three baby food, peanut butter, pasta, rice, soup cans or packages, cereal, oatmeal, canned tuna, canned chicken, canned beans, canned fruit, pancake/bread/biscuit mixes, gluten-free pasta, etc.  Thank you for your support!

We will have library this week on Thursday!

Merci,

Salle 6

le 20 novembre

Bonjour,

I was so impressed this morning with Salle 6, we did 30 minutes of quiet reading!  I was so proud of the students and they earned stickers and an extra ten minutes of recess to play in the snow.

After recess our grade five buddies came and we played math and literacy games.  We did our message of the day and for the first time we did this on the smart board!  Then some students finished their coolers and others did some math work.

This afternoon we tested our coolers.  I was so impressed by the planning and hard work that went into construction.  We tested with freezies and we checked to see if they were frozen every 20 minutes.  Some of the freezies melted but we still learned from doing this experience!  We talked about how if you buy a cooler at the store they use much stronger materials and keeping your freezies frozen for even 20 minutes is a great achievement!

Parent teacher interviews are tomorrow and Friday is no school for students!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mme Lauren

le 19 novembre

Bonjour,

-We made our coolers in science. (ALB)
-We had gym, we kept practicing volleyball. (SO)
-We had music and we did just dance and a song about three little muffins. (MH)
-We did a number talk in math for addition. (NDO)
-We did les 5 au quotidien (AR)
-We did message of the day and found spelling and grammar mistakes. (CB)
-We did calendar, GVDB was Petit Prof today. (FC)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 18 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We designed our coolers in science, we will start building tomorrow! (HJ)
• We did addition in math and used a hundred chart.  We also learned a new math game. (ALB)
• We practiced underhand serves for volleyball in gym. (GW)
• We had tranquility after lunch. (GVDB)
• We did les 5 au quotidien. (AR)
• We wrote about our weekend in French. (AB)
• Our Petit Prof was DR.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 15 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We had les 5 au quotidien and we exchanged our home reading books.
-We had outdoor recess with our grade 5 buddies.
-We wrote about our star of the week HJ.
-We finished our work on Saskatoon from this week.
-We had center time.
-We talked more about growth mindset.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 14 novembre

Bonjour,

We filled our marble jar today!  Tomorrow will be a pajama day everyone can bring 1 stuffy!

Today in salle 6:

• In music class we did a rhythm battle, and them we played on a djembe. (GW)
• In social we learned about music in Saskatoon and Ukrainian dancing. (AR)
• We went outside for a movement break. (NDO)
• We had a math test and we looked at efficient snd inefficient math strategies for addition. (ALB)
• We worked on our beginning middle end stories with partners.  We will share with the class tomorrow!

Merci,

Salle 6

le 13 novembre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

November's Parent/Teacher Conferences for Kindergarten to Grade 5 are next THURSDAY, November 21 from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm - 7:30 pm.  There is no school for students on Thursday.

On Wednesday, November 20, our Kindergarten students have Student/Involved Conferences so their is no classes for Kindergarten on Wednesday, November 20.  Grades 1-5 have regular school on Wednesday.  

Friday is a Professional Learning Day for teachers so there is no school for students on this day.

The conference booking system opens tomorrow at 4:00 for families. 

Please see the VAS website for a reminder of other non-instruction days throughout the school year.  This information can be found at: http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/varsityacres/Pages/default.aspx under 'Calendar'.

Today in salle 6:

-We had gym (HJ)
-We had social studies and we learned about food in Saskatoon. (ALB)
-We had a test in math. (KC)
-We did les 5 au quotidien. (CB)
-We watched class dojo and we learned about how making mistakes helps us to learn. (GVDB)
-We made safety rules for Hot and Cold (NO)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 12 novembre

Bonjour,

In science, we are concluding our unit of study on Hot & Cold Temperatures. During this unit, we have learned to identify things that are hot and cold (using the words hotter than, colder than), to measure temperatures using thermometers, the effects that heat and cold have on other things (including ourselves!), how to protect ourselves from the heat and cold, how animals protect themselves from cold, as well as how houses and our school are heated and cooled.

As a final project for this unit, your child will be building a miniature ‘cooler’ at school using recyclable/reusable material as much as possible. Students will be building and testing their coolers at school. The cooler that your child builds should be designed to keep a freezie frozen for as long as possible (during the school day).  We will be building coolers next week, if you could please send in recyclable materials before Friday. We will provide various items as options for attaching their recyclables together in the classroom.

Today in salle 6:

• In social studies we wrote about the people of Saskatoon, we learned about how many people came from the Ukraine over 100 years ago! (HH)
• In math we learned a new math game! (AO)
• We went to the library! (CB)
• We wrote about our weekends. (ALB)
• I was the petit prof!  (ED)
• L'étoile de la semaine was HJ, he shared his box with the class!  He LOVES Pokémon! (GVDB)
• We did les 5 au quotidien. (FC)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 8 novembre

Bonjour,

Reminder library on Tuesday!

Today in salle 6:

-we had daily 5 Centers and we exchanged our home reading
-we wrote about our star of the week HH
-we had an outside break
-we had a Remembrance Day assembly
-we worked on unfinished work and had center time when we finished.
-Some students asked me to share an alphabet project they made in centers:

VASPFS HOLIDAY PURDYS FUNDRAISER IS HERE!!!

We are once again fundraising with Purdys chocolatier for the holiday season! VASPFS will receive 25% of all sales.

To order online, go to fundraising.purdys.com and click Login or Create New Account

Then click Join Campaign. Our customer number is 28645.

All orders must be placed by Monday, November 25th.

Orders can be picked up on Thursday December 5th between 3-5pm in the school gym.

You may forward this info to any friends or relatives that would like to participate!

Any questions? Please email VASPFS@gmail.com

Thank you for your support

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 7 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We had gym. (SR)
-We had les 5 au quotidien. (HJ)
-We did two digit addition in math!  (GW)
-We watched a mini méteo video, c'est très drôle!  (HH)
-We reviewed thermometers in Science, we looked at the temperature in Calgary and Saskatoon.
-We learned about la vie quotidien in Saskatoon. (ALB)

Reminders:

-Assembly tomorrow at 10:30, families are welcome.  If you have a scouts, brownies uniform you are welcome to wear it tomorrow.

Merci salle 6 you were AMAZING listeners and worked so hard today!

Mme Lauren

le 6 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We had daily five centers.
-We read descriptions about drawings and then colored them in accordingly.
-We had music, Mme Zdrill was so impressed with our class that everyone got a point.  Great work today!
-We talked about adding strategies in math.
-We brainstormed ideas for things that burn, freeze, melt or cook.
-We read about the First Nations in Saskatchewan.
-We had gym.

Reminders:

-For our Remembrance Day assembly on Friday students are welcome to wear their scout, brownie etc. uniforms and participate in the procession into the gym.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

le 5 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-In gym we played thunder ball. (GW)
-We learned about growth mindset and we practiced drawing to learn how we get better.  Instead of saying we can't do something we will say, I can't do that YET. (MH)
-We read a book and made mini books with the beginning, middle and end. (CB)
-We learned a new French game called Kaboom and a new French puzzle. (NO)
-We had les 5 au quotidien. (ALB)
-In math we drew addition strategies.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 4 novembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• our étoile de la semaine is HH she presented her box to the class!
• we did les 5 au quotidien.
• we wrote about our weekends.
• we had music class.
• we learned a new version of go fish in math.
• we worked on unfinished work.
• we had social studies and we read about the geography and the climate in Saskatoon.
• we played outside in the snow this afternoon.

Reminders:

• no library this week.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 31 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-we had gym and we played bench ball.  (HJ)
-we had center time. (NDO) Some of us did a pumpkin drawing. (ALB)
-we finished our pictures of Saskatoon.  (GW)
-we did les 5 au quotidien. (CB)
-we did sudoku in math. (AO)
-we wrote about our étoile de la semaine SJ. (HH)
-we read a book about Clifford (Bertrand) and Halloween! (GVDB). We found the beginning, middle and end.

Reminders:
No school tomorrow!  (FC)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 30 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We went to the library!  (SR)
-We painted the prairies. (AR) Thank you volunteers! (SO)
-We did problem solving in math. (NDO)
-We did a halloween word search. (GW)
-We played hangman. (ALB)
-We played a game with even numbers. (FC)
-We did some writing and drawing for Halloween. (AO)
-We did les 5 au quotidien. (CB)
-Our petit prof was HJ. (ED)

Reminders:

-No school Friday, please send home reading tomorrow.
-You are welcome to dress up for Halloween tomorrow!

Merci,

Salle 6

le 29 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We colored the flag of the Ukraine, because lots of people who live in Saskatchewan came from the Ukraine. (MCG)  Both flags have yellow to represent wheat.
-In math practiced reading numbers, and found a secret letter in a number chart. (NH)
-We had gym! (MH)
-We had les 5 au quotidien. (HJ) We have halloween words we can use for writing. (CB)
-We did writing and we learned how to do draw the animal we were writing about! (GW)
-Our étoile de la semaine shared a book about dinosaurs. (GVDB)
-Our Petit Prof was LV.

Reminders:

-Please dress for paining tomorrow!
-Library tomorrow!

Merci,

Lauren

le 28 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-we had daily 5.
-we wrote about our weekends!
-we learned a new math game, instructions are in our envelopes!
-we had music.
-we found Saskatoon on a map.  Ask us how Saskatoon got its name.
-our étoile de la semaine, SJ did his presentation.
-a grade three class presented their marker recycling project to our class.
-we worked on our owl art project.
-we had gym.

Reminders:
-library on Wednesday!
-no school Friday, please send home reading on Thursday!
-a pair of blue argyle mitts went missing today, please check backpacks in case they fell in!

Merci,

Salle 6

le 25 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We did a science experiment to find the best insolation.  We found that bubble wrap and tin foil worked the best!  (AB)
-We did art and we used pastels to draw owls!  (CB)
-We read with our grade 5 buddies!  (ALB)
-Our Petits Profs were AR and AO. (ED)
-We had a lockdown practice!  The police officer said we did great!  (MH)
-We wrote about our étoile de la semaine CB and we read her book! (SJ)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 24 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We played a cooperation game in gym.  (SO)
• We learned about the Saskatchewan flag. (HJ)
• We played heads up 7 up. (ED)
• Tomorrow we are going to do an experiment in science to find the best insolation.  (GW)
• What do you think will keep water cold?  Tin foil, tissues, cotton, bubble wrap or a paper bag?  
• We read the book Le rouge c'est bien mieux.  (AO)
• We did a class survey and made a pictogram with the results.  (ALB)
• We did les 5 au quotidien. (AR)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 23 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We did a math pretest so Mme Lauren knows what we need to learn in math for our numbers 0-50. (ALB)
• In music we learned a new trick-or-treat song. (GW)
• We finished the movie Inside Out.  (FC)
• We talked about strategies to get back to "headquarters" when we are feeling angry, sad or silly.  (Mme Lauren
• We did les 5 au quotidien. (GVDB)
• We learned about insolation in science. (HJ)
• We read the book le chandail d'Amos. (AO)
• We played a circle math game for even and odd numbers. (NO)
• We practiced lockdown. (NH)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 22 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

-We read a Clifford story and found the beginning, the middle and the end! (HJ)
-We made class monsters, the monsters will earn points we wrote about what we will do to earn points. (AEB)
-We had gym and learned a new tag game and a cooperation game. (GVDB)
-We  had a fire drill. (ALB)
-We had math and we worked on pictograms. (AO)
-Our petits profs were DR and NH. GW

Merci,

Salle 6

le 21 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

-We did les 5 au quotidien.
-We went to the library (if you forgot books please bring tomorrow).
-We talked about our weekends and then did a journal entry.
-We had our star of the week presentation, merci CB!
-We learned about how some animals have natural insulation to keep them warm.
-We watched a little more of the movie Inside Out.
-Our Petits Profs were FC and MCG.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 18 octobre

Bonjour,

Reminder:

Library Monday!

Today in salle 6:

-We had buddies and we had a challenge to make the longest paper chain!  (HH)
-We wrote about our étoile de la semaine!  (GVDB)
-We did centers. (FC)
-We had a fire drill! (DR)
-We had les 5 au quotidien!  (NH)
-Our Petits Profs were HH and SR. (HJ)

Merci,

salle 6

le 17 octobre

Bonjour,

Reminders:

Please bring home reading tomorrow!

Today in room 6:

-We did our daily 5 rotations!
-We had a special visiter who talked to us about stuck thinking and flexible thinking.
-We did some problem solving math questions and worked on adding 10's.
-We continued to work on mapping in social studies.
-Our star of the week shared a very funny book!
-We had gym and did a relay game.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 16 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

-We did les 5 au quotidien.
-We did our daily message and corrected all the mistakes.
-We had music class.
-We did a number of the day in math.
-We drew maps of our classroom and learned which way North, East, South and West are from our school.
-We watched a short Franklin movie and started talking about how stories have different parts.
-We had gym class.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 15 octobre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

-In gym we played bench ball.  AO
-In Social Studies we played a game using directions to fill in a map. (HH)
-We wrote in our journals about what we did during the long weekend. (MH)
-Our petits profs were CB et HJ. (CB)
-GVDB is l'étoile de la semaine. (HJ)
-We learned a new math game with dice and cards, instructions in our envelopes!  (ALB)

Merci,

Salle 6

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

-We wrote about l'étoile de la semaine ED.  (FC)
-We had music. (HJ) We played a circle game, ask me how to play!  (GVDB)
-We had reading buddies. (AR)
-We had school pictures. (NO)
-We had les 5 au quotidien (CB)
-We learned how to make pictograms in math!  We used stickers.  (ALB)

Happy thanksgiving!

Salle 6

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

• We drew houses and drew details of how we could make our homes warmer or colder. (ED)
• We had gym and we did a rubik's cube relay.  There were lots of pieces and the best group had their puzzle reset 5 times!  (GVDB)
• FC did a presentation on a soccer player. (GW)
• We did 3 centers in les 5 au quotidien. (HJ)
• We finished our map and direction work in Social Studies.  (AO)
• We put everyones names in alphabetical order!  (NO)
• We played bonhomme pendu. (ALB)

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is picture day!
• Please send home reading tomorrow!
• No school Friday! 

Salut,

Salle 6

Bonjour!

Today in room 6:

-Our petits profs were ALB and AO
-We worked in groups to create a question, then we asked all of the kids in the class and graphed the answers!  (HH)
-We started daily 5 and today we completed three centres with our groups! (AO)
-We went to the library!  (CB) If you forgot your books please bring anyway this week to exchange.
-We worked on bookmarks! (MCG)
-We learned about North, East, South and West and how to use them on a graph. (Mme)

Merci,

Salle 6

Monday, October 7th

Bonjour,

Reminders:

-Please send library books tomorrow!

Today in salle 6:

-We did a journal entry about our weekends.
-We had our first étoile de la seaming presentations!  Merci ED!
-We learned a new math game for Math Monday!  (Please find in back packs)
-We learned about the three communities we will be studying in grade three.  We found them on a map of Canada and we graphed how long it would take to fly to each destination.
-We had gym with M. Trevor, we are working on planks and we learned a new relay game.

Merci,

Salle 6

Bonjour,

Today in room 6:

• We started a film called Inside Out to learn about emotions. (ED)
• We went to gym. (MH)
• We talked about how heat changes can be reversible or irreversible (NO)
• ex: ice cubes are reversible they can freeze and then melt (HH)
• ex: a cake is irreversible once you cook it, it can not change back. (GVDB)
• We had music we played the djembes (NH)
• We did silent reading for 13 minutes (AO)
• We kept working on graphing.  We graphed about our favorite colours and our favorite types of ice cream.  (Mme)

Reminders:

• Please send home reading in tomorrow!  
• Tomorrow is crazy hair day at the Varsity Acres School!

Salut,

Salle 6

Bonjour,

We have filled our celebration jar!  Tomorrow will be pyjama and stuffy day!
We do not have library this week we will be going again next Tuesday!

• We watched a movie about Canada.  We learned about geography and about the northern territories. (HH)
• We had gym and we did relay races! (AO)
• We started graphs in math!  (ALB)
• We did quiet time after lunch and worked our "pas-fini" work (GVDB)
• We talked about how we can change the temperature of something by burning, cooking, freezing and melting.  We started to talk about if these changes are reversible or non-reversible.

Merci,

Salle 6

le 1 octobre

Bonjour,

• we made thermometers in science (AO)

• we did centers in FLA. (GW)
• we did 15 minutes of quiet reading!  (GVDB)
• we did drums in music! (SR)
• we did a journal about Stream of Dreams. (AEB)
• our petits profs were GW and SR! (ED)

Merci,

Salle 6 

le 30 septembre

Bonjour,


Today in room 6:

• We did stream of dreams. A program where we learned about clean water and we painted fish. (ALB) *pictures below 
• We had gym, where we did a relay race, we had to make the pattern out of blocks.  (HH)
• We read a story about the First Nations and to learn about orange shirt day! (GW)
• We did an orange shirt drawing. (GB)
• We did math and our number of the day was dix-sept. (CB)
• Our Petit Profs were KC and MH.

We had our first math Monday! Instructions for the game are in envelopes as well as a deck of cards and 2 dice. These materials are yours to keep and are all you need for all of our grade 2 math games.

Merci,

 
 

 

le 27 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we had our Terry Fox run!  After the Terry Fox run we wrote about the run and how many laps we did.

We met with our grade five buddies and did some reading in the learning commons.  Students earned some centre time and chose between stacking cups, play dough, yoga, cards and puzzles.

Home reading went home for the first time today you will find a yellow duo tang and home reading books in backpacks.  Please return books and dustings every Friday.  We are continuing to assess reading levels but please let me know if the books are too easy or too challenging and I am happy to adjust throughout next week!

Reminder Monday is Orange Shirt day.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mme Lauren

le 26 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we had our library visit.  I forgot to share in blogger yesterday so if student's forgot to bring in their books from last week please send tomorrow and they will have time to exchange!

Please remember to bring good outdoor running shoes for Terry Fox tomorrow!  We will hopefully be running outside so please dress warmly.

For social studies we brainstormed urban community images and made a collage on the smart board.  In Science we talked about what clothes we wear in different types of weather.

Merci!

Mme Lauren

Reminder

Please bring library books tomorrow for our book exchange!  I apologize for missing that in our post this afternoon.

Merci!

Mme Lauren

le 25 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in Salle 6:

• our petits profs were ALB and LV
• our number of the day was 40,  we wrote and drew about 40 in our math journals.  We found the numbers below and above and we reviewed how to write out with letters. (GVB)
• we wrote about our favourite teams in our journals. (NH)
• we did 11 minutes of silent reading (LV)
• we read with partners. (HH)
• we looked at images and decided if they were rural or urban. (AO)

This is us during our Social Studies activity reviewing urban and rural communities:

 

 

le 24 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we:

• played a French game asking each other questions and throwing a teddy bear.
• did a number of the day and learned how to represent a number using money.
• practiced reading thermometers!  We will keep reviewing negative temperatures but we are feeling very confident!
• started learning about urban and rural communities.  We brainstormed lots of ideas for rural communities and started to draw them in our journals.
• practiced for Terry Fox.

Please remember to dress warmly for the weather this Friday for our school Terry Fox run!  Please have layers and good shoes for running outside!  If it is raining or snowing lightly we will do the run outside (if the weather is unsafe the run will be done inside.  Students should bring a dry pair of socks to change into after.

Please check envelopes as today a letter about star of the week and a letter about classroom volunteers went home. 

Merci,

Mme Lauren 

le 23 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We had gym where we practiced for Terry Fox (ALB)
• We practiced silent reading and today we did 6 minutes! (SR)
• We learned about temperature in science and worked on showing negative temperatures on a thermometer.  (HJ)
• We wrote about our weekends in our journals.  (GW)
• We played desolé with two dice and blocks, ask me how to play!  (HH)
• We had number of the day in math, today's number was 23!  (CB)
• We watched a short video about Terry Fox for our run on Friday!  (SO)
• We did our calendar routine (AEB)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 19 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6:

• We met our grade 5 buddies!  We asked each other French questions and we played a tag game with pool noodles.  (ALB)
• We learned a new game with blocks and dice.  This game is called desolé! (HH)
• We had music class!  (SO)
• In science we kept working on thermometers.  (GW)
• At lunch we have ten minutes with Mme Doris where we eat and stay at our desks quietly. (GVB)
• We started number of the day and looked at 20! (MH)
• We all worked on helping each other (FC)
• We did calendar. (AEB)

Tonight and tomorrow we have parent teacher interviews, no school for students tomorrow! (MH)

Merci,

Salle 6

le 18 septembre

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we:

• had outdoor games with M. Trevor in Gym (ED)
• did a math puzzle challenge and learned a new math game with dice (HH)
• learned about Terry Fox and started reading a book about him (AO)

Looking forward to seeing many of you at interviews tomorrow and Friday!

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Tuesday, September 17th

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we had our first library visit.  We will visit the library on day two's of our schedule.  Our next library day will be Thursday, September 26th.  I will send out a reminder closer to!  Students picked two books each at least one of which is French.

We worked on breaking down the number ten and finding ways to depict and write equations.  In social studies we looked at the Canadian Flag and what the colours and symbols mean.

We did a small art project where students used water colour pencil crayons.

Please remember good shoes as we will be running outside for gym tomorrow.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Monday, September 16th

Bonjour,

Today we worked on a journal entry about what we did during the weekend, I challenged students to see how many sentences they could write on their own.  We brainstormed words and sentence starters before they started writing independently.

In science we did a small experiment to see how food coloring moves through hot water compared to cold.  We also started comparing objects using hotter than and cooler than (plus chaud que ou plus froid que).

This week in gym we will be practicing for the Terry Fox run outside.  Please have students wear good shoes for outdoor running and avoid rain boots.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Friday, September 13th

Bonjour,

Thank you for a great second week.  It was wonderful to meet many of you this morning!

Today we did an journal entry on our favorite animals.  We also did a math activity where we matched numbers for example 15 to quinze.  During our snack break students watched a magic school bus episode about the arctic, this video reviewed topics we are starting to look at in our science unit hot and cold.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Thursday, September 12th

Bonjour,

Yesterday in salle 6 students received their French dictionaries.  These dictionaries will be a personal tool that moves with them next year to grade three.  This morning we did an activity to help students know how to use their dictionaries to find words and spelling.  We also had our second music class!

This afternoon we continued working on community looking at a Canadian map and identifying Alberta.  I was amazed how many students were eager to share other provinces they already knew as well!

Tomorrow will be one of our "les journées joyeuses" please have students wear green if possible!  Families our welcome tomorrow from 7:30 to 8:15 to meet teachers, students and other families.

Looking forward to meeting many of you tomorrow!

Salut,

Mme Lauren

Wednesday, September 11th

Bonjour,

Today in room 6 we worked on patterns in groups to create different sequences.

We also read a book on how to get along at recess and include many students.  It was great to hear from a few in our class that others have invited them to play when they have been alone during recess.

This afternoon we had gym with M. Trevor.  Students also used mini white boards to identify objects as chaud (hot) or froid (cold) when I showed an image on the smart board.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Tuesday, September 10th

Bonjour,

This morning in room 6 we worked on putting French words in alphabetical order.  Students also had their first music class of the year!  We made a graph of how the room 6 students get to school.

This afternoon we finished our math work and started our first science unit hot and cold.  

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Monday, September 9th

Bonjour,

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I was very impressed this morning with everyones effort to tell the class about their weekend in French!

Today in salle 6 we finished our class contract, students copied into their journals and then signed our class copy.  We agreed on the below points:

-On est gentil (we are kind)
-On parle en français (we speak in French)
-On est poli (we are polite)
-On respecte des amis (we respect our friends)
-On fait de notre mieux (we do our best)

Students also used their math skills to decode a coloring activity.

This afternoon we started Social Studies by reviewing what we learned in grade one.  We discussed how in communities, people come together to live, work and play.  We brainstormed many places people gather in our communities.  We also had gym and learned a new French game.

Salut,

Mme Lauren

Bonjour,

Thank you to all salle 6 students and families for such a wonderful first week!  It has been a pleasure getting to know you all!  Today we had our welcome back assembly.  We were incredibly proud of the grade two team who were identified as the grade being the most respectful in the hallways!  

We also had our first fire drill and salle 6 did a great job as a class, they were wonderful role models for the younger students.  We celebrated these accomplishments with some center times where the students explored some of the classroom materials we have such as unifix cubes and stacking cups.  

Below is a poster for our Annual Fall Welcome, I hope to meet many of you here next Friday.

As a last note, I would like to encourage students to leave personal items and toys at home.  

Merci and have a wonderful weekend!

Mme Lauren

Thursday, September 5th

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we did a bingo game to learn about other students in the room.  We also worked on making paper T-shirts reviewing some of our French phrases.

Tomorrow we will have our welcome back school assembly.

As a reminder tomorrow is a short day with dismissal at 12 noon.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Wednesday, September 4

Bonjour,

Today in salle 6 we played an addition game with dice and wrote letters to ourselves for the last day of school!  We also had our very first gym class with M. Trevor.

Please return blue forms by the end of the week.

Merci,

Mme Lauren

Bienvenue!

Bonjour,

A big thank you to all of the salle 6 students!  It was so nice to meet everyone today and kick off grade 2.  Students worked really hard on an "autobus" art activity and a summer journal entry.  We also learned some new class games and had a movement break outside enjoying this beautiful day.

Merci les amis!

Mme Lauren

Bienvenue!

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