Tuesday reminder and upcoming dates

Chers parents,

Please remember that Tuesday May 26^th we will be going to the Forestry Farm Zoo.  Please ensure that your child has a hat, sunglasses, good footwear for walking and sunscreen already applied.  We will be spending the morning there and returning for dismissal.

June 4^th is our school wide musical “On Top of the World”.  Our class will be performing in the 4:30 pm show only at Broadway Theatre.  Please come and support our students.  Students will be asked to come to the classroom prior to show time.  Please read school newsletters for details.

The date for our Dad’s day is June 19^th (the same day as the school wide swim.)  We will be meeting in the gym with our class and we will be doing fun activities all together.  If a parent cannot attend please send someone in your stead.  Come prepared to be active!

Watch for the June calendar coming soon via your child’s dossier!



HOME READING LINKS:

http://lamagiedelamaternelle2.blogspot.ca/2015/03/les-livres-chez-nous-home-reading-books.html

  

News and Notes

Chers parents,

Please remember that we will be attending a show at L’École Canadienne Française tomorrow: Les 1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle.  We will be leaving the school at 9:45 and walking to the school.  Please ensure that your child has a hat and sunglasses and good footwear for the walk there.  The show starts at 10:30.  We will be returning on a bus before dismissal time.  We exchange books Friday with the guest teacher.

The following days Mme Wallace will not be in the classroom.  Teachers often become students and have other work to do. 

On Friday May 22^nd, Monday May 25^th and Wednesday May 27^th we will be having a guest teacher for those days.  Please remind your child that expectations remain the same on these days and students are also expected to be helpers.

Tuesday May 26^th we will be going to the Forestry Farm/ Zoo with our care partner class.

We are nearing the end of the school year and there is much to accomplish.  We are looking forward to enjoying many opportunities that these last weeks will bring.  Welcome back to Johnny who brought back Eiffel Towers for the class.  Merci Johnny!

Votre enseignante de la maternelle,

Jennifer Wallace

1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle

Le mercredi 13 mai, 2015

Chers parents,

We have another wonderful opportunity to experience some French culture and have some fun as well.  Thursday May 21^st there is a live show entitled 1001 tours de Monsieur Drôle being performed at the École Canadienne Française  on Albert Ave.  We will be walking there to see the show that starts at 10:30am and we will be taking a bus back to the school for dismissal.  If you can and would like to volunteer as a parent supervisor please let me know as soon as possible.  I do have one volunteer already.  Thank you to those who have volunteered to go to the Forestry Farm with our class and our care partner class on Tuesday May 26^th.

MERCI!

Mme Wallace

Added note and May newsletter--please read all the way through!

IMPORTANT NEWS

Le mardi 5 mai 2015

Chers parents,

We will be going to a French cultural event this Thursday morning at École River Heights with the French Immersion kindergarten classes to grade four. Please ensure that your child is on time that day.  If you can volunteer to go with us please let me know by tomorrow Wednesday May 6^th.  Please remember to come to our Mother’s Day Tea  Friday May 8^th in the LRC at 9:00am.  Thank you!

Thank you to Sandy for volunteering for us this Thursday  for the trip to École River Heights .  Thanks to Sandy and Crystal for volunteering to help with the Forestry farm trip.  We will still take two volunteers for the Forestry farm zoo trip if you are interested please let me know!

Special thanks to two grade 7 helpers Anna and Sydney who helped us make cookies today.  The help was much appreciated.

And another thank you for the sweet cards, notes, gifts and "Bonne Fete!" song for my birthday today.  It was unexpected but very lovely and thoughtful.  Merci!

Mme Wallace

 

 

 

Le jeudi 30 avril 2015

Joyeux mai!   We have thoroughly enjoyed April and are concluding our unit on food.  Thank you to Crystal and Sherrill for helping making bannock.  Thank you also to Stephanie and Sherrill for joining us on our trip to see Le coq de Saint-Victor.  The children enjoyed the movie very much and did quite well as audience members.  Bravo!  Now we are moving into an exciting month of May.  For your child’s special day he or she can do a picture or bring something that reminds him or her of mom. 

May 8^th our class will be hosting a Mother’s Day Tea at 9:00 am in the school LRC.  If a parent is unable to attend please send someone to be there for your child.  I have had grandmas, dads and aunties… attend!  It is a very special occasion and the children are always very proud to share with you.

On Tuesday May 27^th we will be going with our care partner class to the Forestry Farm Zoo.  I will need 4 parent volunteers.  We will be leaving shortly after 9:00am and returning at 11:30 am.

In June we will have Dads' day.  This will be from 8:50am -10:30 am in the gym.  The date will be announced.  (It will be the week of June 15-19th when the school is booked to go to the swimming pool.)  I will let you know as soon as possible.  Again if a parent is unable to attend please have someone come to participate with your child.   This will be an active time which will involve running and lots of movement; please dress for being active.  Dates for field trips will also be announced as soon as possible.

 I hope everyone is enjoying the home reading books.  Click the home reading link on the blog from March 12^th to get to the links for the books.

http://lamagiedelamaternelle2.blogspot.ca/2015/03/les-livres-chez-nous-home-reading-books.html

Mme Wallace

 

 

 

News and Notes in April

Reminder that tomorrow April 23rd is Blast from the Past!  The kids can dress up from a time gone by….another decade or even century!  Also please remember that I will need volunteers April 27^th and April 28^th.  We will be making bannock on the Monday and we will be going to a film on Tuesday.

HOME READING LINKS:

http://lamagiedelamaternelle2.blogspot.ca/2015/03/les-livres-chez-nous-home-reading-books.html

Le vendredi 17 avril, 2015

Chers parents,

We had a great week back! We started the week with a visit from two local artists, Mr. and Mrs. Rivard.  They shared with us some knowledge about light, shadows and colour (la lumière, les ombres et la couleur) as we started our fruit study sketches on Monday.  On Tuesday we then did our still life,nature morte, paintings of a bowl of fruit.  The children did beautiful work.  The paintings and sketches are on display in the LRC glass display case.  Next week we will make our own personal fake pizzas.  We learned a little about how to divide pizzas into even numbers to share with others.  We will include shapes when we make our toppings.

 

We are looking forward to some special days in the weeks to come.  Next week April 23^rd is Blast to the Past.  Children can dress up from a decade or century that has gone by.  This is always optional but great fun to get into the spirit of the day.  Monday, April 27^th I will be baking bannock with the students.  If you are able to volunteer please let me know.  I can use one or two helpers for this undertaking.  On Tuesday April 28^th we will also need volunteers to walk with us and view Le coq de St-Victor at the Broadway Theatre for the Cinergie Festival.  I will need two additional adults.

On May 8^th we will be having our Mother’s Day Tea.  If a parent cannot attend please send someone in your place for that morning.  It will be about 45 minutes in the LRC beginning at about 9am. 

We are done our alphabet homework booklets so we will another break from homework.  Thank you for the great participation.  These booklets can now remain at home.  We are enjoying the warmer weather greatly!  Please ensure that your child still has outdoor shoes (runnners) and indoor shoes as this helps keep our school clean.

Merci pour votre soutien!

Mme Wallace

April Newsletter

Joyeux avril!  Time has been going quickly and we are into a new season: le printemps.  We will continue our unit on food, la nourriture but we will also add a focus of spring.  For your child’s special day he or she can do a picture or bring something that represents spring or a favourite spring activity.  I mentioned at interviews that we will also have some special days in which parents will be invited.

May 8^th our class will be hosting a Mother’s Day Tea at 9:00 am in the school LRC.  If a parent is unable to attend please send someone to be there for your child.  I have had grandmas, dads and aunties… attend!  It is a very special occasion and the children are always very proud to share with you.

In June we will have a Dads' day.  This will be from 8:50am -10:30 am in the GYM.  The date will be announced.  (It will be mid to late June when the school is booked to go to the swimming pool.)  I will let you know as soon as possible.  Again if a parent is unable to attend please have someone come to participate with your child.  This will be an active time which will involve running and lots of movement; please dress for being active.  Dates for field trips will also be announced as soon as possible.

We are enjoying our food unit very much.  Thank you for the great participation in the fruit salad, the veggie soup and the sharing snack.  We will be making a few more items as a class where supplies will be provided already.  We also enjoyed our restaurant simulation with our care partner class.

 I hope everyone is enjoying the home reading books.  Click the home reading link on the blog from March 12^th to get to the links for the books.

http://lamagiedelamaternelle2.blogspot.ca/2015/03/les-livres-chez-nous-home-reading-books.html

Joyeux Printemps!

Mme Wallace

Les livres chez nous ~Home reading books

The students will be taking home books in their dossiers on today. They will be due back--every Thursday--the same day as library exchange day. Each book has a number and a title. You can check the book number and title with the subsequent blog posts and read along. We have two books per blog post. (Please note the timing on the books are 1 minute in length so it goes by quickly. It is okay to pause or re-visit the same recording.) This is an opportunity to read-along in French and hear and see the correct pronunciation. We will also be discussing, asking questions and pre-viewing some of the books in class. I hope that you and your child enjoy! Below are links to the audio for following along with the home reading books. If you click on the links it will direct you to the books. The characters require Flash player to be able to play them. I do not believe they can be viewed on iPods or iPhones. (I am not sure about tablets.)
#1 Les couleurs #2 Dans la salle de classe
#4 Le corps #5 Les nombres 0-10
#6 Les formes #7Les vêtements 1
#9 Les jours et les saisons 10 La nourriture
#11 Les vêtements 2 #12 Ma famille
#13 Les animaux domestiques #14 La ferme
#15 Le zoo  #20 Les nombres 10-20
#23 Les actions #24Bonjour!
#26 Les bonnes manières  #27 L’alphabet
#28 Les sentiments  #30 La maison
#31 Le chaton  #32 Le cheval
#33Le chien
#34 L’escargot #35 L’hibou
#36 Le lapin  #37 Le moustique
#38 Le perroquet #40 Le serpent
Les livres GB+# 01 Le crayon   #02 Une maison #03 Je remplis mon sac #04 Les chaussures de Camille
GB+ #05 Papa #06  Attention! #07 Mon accident # 08 La pêche
Livres GB+ #09 La crème glacée #10 Où sont les oeufs? #11 Zoe et Banjo #12 Voici petit Chimpanzée