February Newsletter
Hé Ho! C’est le festival du voyageur! The
month of February is very busy and yet the shortest month of the year! January has been great and the children were
able to get right back into their routines and once again accomplishing a lot.
Here is the list of events that are
happening this month:
Valentine’s Day Celebration – Feb. 14 (A list of
the children’s names is provided on the second page along with who is signed up
to bring food for the party. If your
child chooses to give out Valentine’s Day cards, please ensure that there is a
card for everyone. Merci. )
Festival du Voyageur Celebrations (Friday, Feb. 15)
100th Day (Our 100th day of school will be Feb. 12)
More information about these events
will come as we approach the dates.
Français: We will
continue our unit on “L’hiver”. We will practice winter vocabulary words, read
poems and stories, do some creative writing, and play games. We will work on
the following sounds: ç, ê, è. We will also continue regular class routines.
French Home Reading: If you
would like to access the website Lecture Enfant, go to:
http://livresvideo.net. The username is: wall and the password is: bravo. This
is a wonderful website as all of the books are leveled. Your child can listen
to the books and how to pronounce the words, read along, or read independently.
A lot of the books we will be reading during our French Guided Reading can be
found on this site.
Also,
please note that I might be sending home books that are 1 Level lower than your
child’s current reading level. This is to work on developing fluency,
expression, accuracy, word recognition and pronunciation.
Sc. Humaines:
We will start a unit on “Deux communautés canadiennes”. We will learn about the
Cree Nation.
Sciences de la Nature: We will finish our unit on “La position et le mouvement”. We
will do experiments to determine how various objects move on different
surfaces. We will also talk about friction. At the end of this unit, we will
use the design process to construct and test an object with wheels and axles.
E.L.A.: After we finish our Jan Brett unit, we’ll be doing some
activities on the themes above along with starting a unit on Aboriginal Legends. Our main focus will be to learn what a legend
is, read many of the legends and then do follow up activities. In March, the children will be writing their
own legends.
Math: Our
main focus will be double digit subtraction
without regrouping and then moving
on to addition. This may present a
challenge for some children. I will be
sending out a letter showing how I am teaching it in class so that you are aware
and in case you want to work with your child at home for extra support. We will also continue with mitten math.
We will be having
our Valentine’s Day party on Thursday, February 14 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm. During
this time we will read a story, have a snack, make a craft, and hand out
Valentines. The following students have signed up to bring a treat for our
party:
Drinks
– Noah L.
Veggies/dip
– Rianne
Fruit
– Logan
Cheese/crackers
– Maksim
Choice
- Ben
Choice
– Padraig
If you are sending V-day cards, please ensure all the
children receive one.
The
children in our class:
Callum,
Violet, Padraig, Maksim, Alvin, Alyssa, Marly, Eloise, Abigail, Sunny,
Shantaya, Parker, Jake, Madyson, Noah L, Kenley, Rianne, Noah P, Alina, Noah U,
Logan, Benjamin, Xiaoran
*We will be
collecting large empty Kleenex boxes starting on Monday up until February 13th.
We will be using the boxes to make a card holder for our Valentines!
Thank you and have a great month… stay
warm!
Mme
Kovach and Mme Bouchard
