St. Anthony Connects – the week of November 28 – December 2

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Ottawa Public Health is currently mailing notices to families if a student in the household has incomplete immunization records.  If you receive such a notice, in order to prevent a future suspension from school for non-compliance with the Immunization of School Pupils Act, please note that it is a parent/guardian responsibility to ensure that Ottawa Public Health receives the required immunization information.  You may contact them at:  Website: Update your child’s records online   Telephone: 613-580-6744   Toll free number: 1-866-426-8885   E-mail: immunization@ottawa.ca

St. Anthony This week

Monday, November 28

Rec LINK Office Hours

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Nahima Mohamed,
Family Coordinator
OCH Foundation for Healthy Communities
Office: (613) 422-1555
Mobile: (613) 857- 5677
Fax: (613) 422-4556
Email: recLINKcoordinator@OCHFoundation.ca
Dalhousie Community Centre
755 Somerset Street West, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6R1

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Monday, November 28th
9:00 to 10:00 – Group 1 (50 Kids)
Grade 3 Ms Solymar  (16 students)
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10:30 to 11:30 – Group 2 (50 Kids)
Grade ⅘ Troccoli (23)
Grade ⅚ Colaiacovo (26)
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Tuesday, November 29

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Lunch Lady in today order here

Goodlife – Ms Troccoli 12:50 – 1:50

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Wednesday, November 30

Wastefree Wednesdays

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Y Kids Academy – Final session

Guest Reader Session in Mrs.Rupnik’s class- AM- Grade 4 student at 9:30 and 12:15-12:30 Ms. Lindsey Barr

Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3 Ms Solymar

 

Thursday, December 1

Papa Jack popcorn

Our 5/6 class will be selling Papa Jack popcorn every 2nd Thursday until the end of the year. $1.00 per bag.

Advent Celebration – 9:15

Friday, December 2

Pizza Day today!

Goodlife Fitness M Chartrand’s class

St. Anthony Super Stars

Kindergarten News

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All the students learned so much from the dairy presentation. The workshop was very engaging as they got to touch what cows eat, sort foods into the four food groups, and even get to make and taste their own butter.
In French, we are continuing with learning the parts of the body through songs and various learning activities. This week we will continue to practise using the sentence structure ‘Je mange’ (I eat). Some of the SK students wrote the sentence in their journals and sounded out the spelling of French food words.

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In Math, we are continuing to measure objects and structures in the classroom. On Friday, K1 made play dough and helped with measuring out the quantities of flour, salt, and cream of tartar.

Please continue working with your child on letter and sound recognition. If they know all the letter sounds they can begin to sound out words and start to read some sight words such as I, am, see, look, in, and it.   We continually work on printing names, first and last names or first letter of their name, recognizing that each child is at a different stage.  This one-on-one activity is providing each child with the opportunity to see growth and accomplishment everyday!  They are very proud of their name books! (And so are we.)
Advent began on Sunday and every week the Kindergarten students will take part in the school’s Advent liturgy on Thursdays.  We look forward to this special time of year in Catholic Education where we prepare in our hearts for the birth of Jesus.  Please look for a purple note on Monday that explains our Advent Outreach Project this year.

This Friday, we will have a special Winter Hibernation Day for all kindergarten students.  We will be going on a hibernation walk in the community in search of the perfect place to hibernate our stuffed bears.  We read “Time to Sleep” and “A Little Bit of Winter” to get ready.  We will continue to read stories about changing season, what we do to get ready for winter and what animals hibernate!  Watch for a note coming home in the mailbags on Monday!  Please join us if you can!
Thanks for returning the Starr Gymnastics permission form.  We look forward to two more visits on December 5 and December 12.  So many great things happening at St Anthony School.

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Grade One-Two Ms Myers’ Class

This week we will focus on the season of Advent. The children have prepared our classroom prayer table with the symbols of this Church season. We will discuss how Advent is a time for preparing our hearts for the coming of Baby Jesus. We do this through acts of kindness and thinking of others. Each day in our classroom we will pray for friends and families within our St. Anthony school community. Our first school-wide Advent celebration will take place on Thursday at 9:15 a.m.  Families are welcome to attend.  Our school Advent outreach project will be in support of St. Luke’s Table. We will be collecting items such as Kleenex, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, bar soap, and various other personal care products. A list will be sent home with your child. Thank you, in advance, for considering a contribution to our Advent project.  In math we will finish up our unit on patterning and move on with data management. In science we continue to inquire about seasonal changes and the impact these changes have on living things. We were lucky to spot some winter birds feeding at the pumpkin feeders in our schoolyard!  This sparked some discussion about living things that migrate and those that make adaptations to stay year round.  Please look for a December newsletter and homework calendar that will be sent home in your child’s agenda in the coming days.  Check out this website for some simple ways you can celebrate Advent as a family! http://bit.ly/2fA0UlU Have a great first week of Advent!

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Ms Moga’s Grade two-three class

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It’s hard to believe that it will be December on Thursday! Last week, the students enjoyed our second visit to Starr Gymnastics and playing outside after our first significant snowfall.  

Writing-  We are continuing our unit on descriptive writing. Last week, we researched information on Polar Bears and organized our facts together. This week, the students will research their chosen animals and fill out their own organizer.

Reading- We explored several features of nonfiction text and discussed how they help readers determine what is important (or what the author wants us to remember). The students looked through nonfiction books to find examples of each feature. We will do this again this week with the remaining features.


Math- We began our unit on Data Management. Students gathered data and made pictographs and bar graphs. We will continue making bar graphs this week and conduct surveys and graph the results.


Science- We will be wrapping up our unit on animals. The students descriptive writing animal report will act as their final assignment for this unit.


Religion- Advent begins today! Our focus for the next month will be preparing our hearts and minds for Christmas.


Art- We discussed perspective and different techniques to show background and foreground when drawing. We will finish these pictures this week.

Have a great week!
Ms. Moga

Mrs. Rupnik’s Language Class

 

Our student desks have been rearranged and reorganized.  The students are now seating in pairs. Ask your child about his/her partner. This desk configuration has created more space for whole class teaching in front of the SMARTBOARD. My hope is also to maximize student interactions and give them the opportunity to practise ‘caring and sharing’ with their partners (our Social Language focus).  

 

We will continue to work on descriptive writing. The students have really enjoyed the game ‘Guess What/Guess Who’. Here is a brief description of our game. AR had a picture of balloons taped on the back of his chair. He has not yet seen the picture. The students provide clues about the picture and AR tries to guess the unknown object in the picture. Here are the clues:

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AB- “You can get it from a clown.”

CT- “It floats in the air.”

KG-G- “It’s for a birthday party!”

KV- “It can bounce and I can kick with my foot.”

FB-B- “I can play it and fly it.”

 

This is a simple oral language activity you can try at home. Cut out a photograph from a magazine and have your child use words to describe the object in the photograph.

Remember to keep making connections when reading with your child at home. This will help reinforce what we are learning in our class. 

Please take some time this week to read our November class newsletter. New December homework calendars will be sent home on Thursday, December 1, 2016.

 The snow season has arrived! Please ensure your child has an inexpensive pair of shoes that could be left at St. Anthony Catholic School. The shoes should be shoes he/she can put on easily on their own (i.e. without laces if your child is unable to tie his/her shoes yet).  Please be sure to write your child’s name in the shoes clearly.  

M Girard’s French Classes

2/3e Français oral : lecture à voix haute des scripts, répétition en sous-groupe des quatre scènes de la pièce «Dans les nuages», premières mises en scène (déplacements)

Lecture : choix individuels avec questions de compréhension

Écriture : étude des structures écrites pour répondre à des questions (Qui ?, Quand ? Où ? Quoi ? Pourquoi ?)

3e Théâtre : lecture à voix haute des scripts, répétition en sous-groupe des quatre scènes de la pièce «Dans les nuages», premières mises en scène (déplacements)

 5/6e Immersion

Français lecture : le royaume ; test-maison de compréhension (à remettre le mercredi 30 novembre)

Etudes Sociales : la ligne de temps du moyen-âge (enquête)  

Musique : flûte à bec; les 3 parties de la suite folklorique en sol majeur et évaluation

Sciences : rédaction d’un rapport de laboratoire (suite)

Santé : les substances nocives

The 3 swimming monitors were impressed with the thank you card our students made. Rachel presented it (of course).

Ms Solymar’s Grade 3 Class

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Here is my blog post for the week. I hope you are having a good weekend!
The highlight of this week was that the Grade 3’s won the Caught you Caring! I am so proud of them all and they deserved the trophy this week!
This week we also got to experience a presentation by Ontario Dairy Farmers and after learning how milk is processed, we got to make and eat our own butter. 
Coming up this week:
Math – This week we are going to start looking at different types of graphs and how we can gather data and show it using graphs and tables. 
Language – Now that we know how to write a good paragraph, we are going to start expanding our writing by using descriptive words. 
Religion – It is officially the Christmas season, so this week we will start talking about Advent. 
Reminders for the week:
1. Star Gymnastics Monday Morning (wear comfortable cloths and socks)
2. Popcorn Day on Thursday
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Mr. Nixon’s Extended French Class

This week students progressed well in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6!

Grade 3: Students had fun playing matching verb online games to review their knowledge of the verbs aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also être (to be). Students also began to use these verbs to write short sentences with pictures to demonstrate their understanding of each verb in different contexts. As an additional challenge, students worked in teams of four to put their knowledge of these verbs together to compete with other groups in digital class games. Superbe travail!

Next week:

 

French Language: Students will work on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the verb faire (to do) and begin to use this verb in proper sentence structures.

 

Grade 4/5: Students enjoyed playing a recall online verb game to assess their knowledge of the verbs aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also être (to be). Students also began to use these verbs to write short sentences with pictures to demonstrate their understanding of each verb in different contexts. As an additional challenge, students worked in teams of four to put their knowledge of these verbs together to compete with other groups in digital class games. During social studies, students showed passion and engagement in completing their research on ancient civilizations. Students, finished their drafts, edited, and published their findings in their digital portfolios.  In addition, students began to create beautifully detailed posters to display their research in the hallways. For music, students worked on duration to better understand the time intervals when singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”. Très impressionnés!

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Next Week:

 

French Language: Students will work on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the verb faire (to do) and begin to use this verb in proper sentence structures.

 

Social Studies:  Students will examine and research differences between modern Canadian society and the ancient civilisation they chose to study for their posters. 

 

Music: Students will continue practicing the lyrics of the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and begin to work on improving their pitch.

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Grade 5/6: Students enjoyed playing online verb games to review their knowledge of the verbs aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also être (to be). Students also began to use these verbs to write short sentences with pictures to demonstrate their understanding of each verb in different contexts. As an added challenge, students worked in teams of four to put their knowledge of these verbs together to compete with other groups in digital class games. For social studies, students continued to research Canada’s diverse population, and created digital word clouds that displayed a variety of Canada’s religions, ethnicities, and cultures. For music, students worked on duration to better understand the time intervals when singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”. Bravo!

 

Additionally, students made a giant thank you card for the wonderful lifeguards that helped to improve their swimming skills on Fridays at the pool. This card in was put together in collaboration with Mr. Girard’s class, and presented to the lifeguards on the last swimming day this week as a means for students to show their appreciation.

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Next week:

French Language: Students will work on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the verb faire (to do) and begin to use this verb in proper sentence structures.

Social Studies:  Students will research and examine how to determine the importance of various geographical and societal events in Canadian society.

Music: Students will continue practicing the lyrics of the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”, and begin to work on improving their pitch.

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Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

December is in sight! With it comes Advent and all the joys and anticipation it brings as we prepare for the Birth of Jesus. We will be observing Advent through our school weekly Advent celebrations as well as in class activities.  

We will begin the week with our first visit to Starr Gymnastics.  The students will be enjoying using a variety of apparatus in a safe gym environment with qualified gymnastics instructors.

Mr. Moleski continues with his visit our class on Wednesday with a focus on summarizing.  We are using Teaching Kids News to read current articles and using the read and write app to help summarize what we are reading.

In Math we have started using Number Talks to reinforce a variety of mental math strategies to calculate addition and subtraction equations. Ask your child about the ‘friendly number’ and the ‘open number line’ strategies. Very exciting!

In Language I look forward to hearing the students present their second Book Talk. I expect to see a greater comfort level in the presentations which represents greater preparation. The summary should be brief, but clearly  explained, to give their peers a sneak peak into their book. The students have had the outline and rubric in their homework book for almost a month now so the expectations are very clear.

We will also be starting a novel study with the book, Hana’s Suitcase.  We will have discussions and the students will be responding to the story by answering questions based on what they have heard.  Ask your child to tell you about the events in this true story of a little girl named Hana who lived in Europe during the time of the Second World War.

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In Science, the students did a wonderful job with their research projects on the Human Body.  We learned so much from each other about different diseases and how they affect our body.  We are certainly more aware of the need to take good care of our bodies by increasing the activities we do and watching what we put into our bodies.  The presentation by the Dairy Farmers reinforced the need to help keep our bodies healthy by drinking milk with all its wonderful nutrients.  We all need to get up and get moving!!

For the next few weeks we will be focussing on the Advent season and preparing for the birth of Christ.  Our Advent Outreach project is to support St. Luke’s Table.  A note will be sent home with each student explaining this wonderful project and how each one of us can help and “Be the Good News”!

Have a great week!

Together Everyone Achieves More!

St. Anthony Connects – the week of November 14 – 18

Monday, November 14

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Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM

 

 

Starr Gymnastics schedule

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Monday, November 14th

Starr Gymnastics Schedule:

9:00 to 10:00 – Group 1 (50 Kids)

Grades 1/2/3 Primary Language Class Teresa Rupnik (10 students)

Grade ½ Myers (19 students)

29 Students

10:30 to 11:30 – Group 2 (50 Kids)

Moga ⅔ (17 students)

FDK 1 class only (23 students)

Tuesday, November 15

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Lunch Lady in Today!

 

 

 

Goodlife – Ms Troccoli 12:50

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Wednesday, November 16

Y Kids Academy – Grade 6

Junior division to 67’s game

Our first School Wide Waste Audit for 2016-7

Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3 -2:00 pm

Thursday, November 17

Boys Volleyball Tournament – St. George Nora out

Pizza Day

Pap Jack Popcorn

Friday, November 18

PD Day – school closed

Teacher Notes for this week

Kindergarten News for November 14-17, 2016

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> It was a pleasure meeting many of the parents on Thursday for parent-teacher interviews. It is great to highlight the strengths of our students and we are very proud of their accomplishments to date.  We encourage on-going communication so please feel free to contact us by telephone or in person before or after school.

> We participated in a beautiful Remembrance Day Ceremony in the gym on Friday.  All of our students were so respectful, and really listened to the songs, prayers, videos and The Last Post.  Our students prepared for this ceremony by making wreaths and participating in class discussions about “why we are proud to live in Canada”.  We also used pictures to highlight the amazing work our peacekeepers do and focused on being a true hero!  Please ask your child “Why you are proud to live in Canada?”  It is amazing to see how they respond!!  (I feel safe, I love Canada, it is a great country, We have parks were just a few of our responses)
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> In French, the students have been learning the sounds of the alphabet for many weeks now. We sound out the letters in the ‘Star of the Day’s’ name every morning.  We encourage that when you work on letter recognition with your child that you focus on the sound the letter makes and words that produce the sound. They are very good at associating the name of a student whose name begins with that letter.
> The sentence starter this week will be ‘Je vois .,,’ (I see …). They can pick the name of a student in the class.

> We will begin a new theme this week on Hibernation.  We will read stories, learn songs and make our own bear cave!  It is a great topic to discuss how we get ready for winter, how the seasons change and what animals do to adapt to their environments.

> In mathematics, we will begin to measure objects in the classroom using non-standard units of measure such as our hands, feet, fingers, as well as cubes.

> K1 class will be going to Starr Gymnastics on Monday!!!  K2 will be going the following Monday, November 21st!  Thanks for returning all permission forms and for our many volunteers!

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Writing names of Superheros!!

Ms Myers’ Grade one-two class

As the “Wonderful Ones” marked Remembrance Day on November 11th, we took the opportunity to think carefully about how each of us can be an instrument of God’s peace. We read the story I Call My Hand Gentle  and the children came up with some great ideas of how they could use their hands in peaceful, positive ways.  We will continue to think about how we can create peace in our world as we  explore the story of the Good Samaritan. In math, we will focus on sorting objects into groups based on various attributes (i.e. the objects’ colour, size, shape, design, or use).  You can reinforce this concept at home by sorting items you have (e.g. toys, socks, kitchen objects) into 2 or 3 groups and asking your child to try to guess what rule you used to sort the objects. We will have our first visit to Starr Gymnastics this Monday morning. Please ensure your child is wearing comfortable clothing. Thank you to all parents who took the time to attend their child’s parent-teacher interview last week.   Your insight and feedback is invaluable. We look forward to a short but busy week! Friday, November 18 is a P. D. day – no school for students!  

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Grade two-three Ms Moga’s Class

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We had a busy week in Grade 2/3, finishing up with our Remembrance Day Ceremony on Friday. The students’ poppies turned out great and made for a beautiful class wreath.

This week, we have Starr Gymnastics on Monday. Please remember to have your child wear comfortable clothing that he/she can move around in. Friday is a PD Day.

Writing-  We will begin descriptive writing. In a couple weeks, this will connect with our final project for our animal unit in Science.

Reading- We will be reading non-fiction texts, and examining the features (e.g. subtitles, captions, glossary)/ This will help the students determine what is important when reading these kinds of texts.


Math- We will finish up our patterning unit with shrinking patterns. Our next unit is Data Management (collect, organize, and display data).


Science- This week we will learn about animal adaptations, as well as,  helpful and hurtful animals.

Religion- Our focus question this week is: “Why does God forgive us?” We will read and discuss the stories of Lazarus and Zacchaeus to help us answer this question.

Have a great week!
Ms. Moga

Grade 3 Ms Solymar

The grade three students worked really hard this week! We began our new unit on Math exploring patterns. We also started investigating force and movement in Science. We also enjoyed our session with Goodlife Fitness on Wednesday, celebrating Remembrance Day, and watching “Slumberland” at the National Art Centre. 
Coming up next week:
Math – We will continue investigating patterns by using skip counting and finishing our drawings of patterns that we see in nature. 
Science – In Science we are going to start looking at the different forces in nature and how they affect humans. 
Family Life – Last week, we started looking how our names have special meanings. This week, we will continue with this topic and look at how we are all unique and special to God. 
Friends for Life – We are coming to the end of our time with Friends for Life. We will finish our work with them on Monday and Tuesday we are going to celebrate all of our hard work with pizza party! 
Reminders for this week: 
1. Return library books on Wednesday.
2. Popcorn Day and Pizza Day on Thursday

3. Friday is a P.D. Day!

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M Girard’s French Classes this week

Français oral : chanson «dans les nuages», conversation «Otto Lilienthal et sa fiancée», téléfrançais 10

Lecture : «les deltaplanes» (Visages 2, p.47) et questions de compréhension

3e Études Sociales :fin de la première partie du thème : «travailler en Ontario» Théâtre : lecture et geste de la pièce d’introduction «Vive les oiseaux!»

 5/6e Immersion

Français lecture : le royaume p. 43 à 45 et compréhension

Musique : suite folklorique en sol majeur (2e partie)

Sciences : les élèves présentent six expériences scientifiques de leur choix. Rédaction d’un rapport de «lab»

Mr. Nixon’s French classes
  1. Nixon’s Extended French Class

We had an eventful week in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6!

Grade 3: Students enjoyed learning vocabulary related to Le jour du Souvenir (Remembrance Day). We played individual, team and whole classroom digital games as a fun and interactive way to practice reading, writing, and pronunciation of important and frequently used vocabulary in French. In addition, students typed and wrote their own sentences using models provided in class. Bravo!  

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Next week: French Language: students will work on in class activities related to the conjugation of the verbs aller (to go) and avoir (to have).

Grade 4/5: Students had the privilege of watering newly planted trees at St. Anthony’s that will require regular watering every two weeks! Grade 4/5 also increased their understanding of French vocabulary by writing and playing games using words related to Le jour du Souvenir (Remembrance Day). In addition, students created a French class couronne (wreath) for the St. Anthony Remembrance Day ceremony. Excellent travail!

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Next week: French Language: students will work on in class activities related to the conjugation of the verbs aller (to go) and avoir (to have).

Social Studies:  Students will examine differences between Canadian society and societies of the past.

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Music: Students will practice singing the French song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”.

Grade 5/6: Students listened to a Remembrance Day story and enjoyed working in teams to play a variety of games to practice vocabulary related to Le jour du Souvenir (Remembrance Day). Students also practiced reading, writing and orally pronouncing their own sentences and paragraphs in French using models provided in class. Bien fait!

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Next week: French Language: students will work on in class activities related to the conjugation of the verbs aller (to go) and avoir (to have).

Social Studies:  Students will examine how different communities have contributed to the Canadian identity.

Music: Students will practice singing the French song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”.

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M Chartrand’s French Classes

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En français, we are currently studying the sound “eu”.  Students often have difficulty recognizing this sound in French.  We are reading the comptine “Devine un peu” and then we will focus on the sounds “é” and “è”.  We will be reviewing all the November word wall words this week:  deux, trois, quatre, dix, vingt, trente, fleur, église, souvenir, pays, Canada, dans, ici, aider, jouer.  

With Remembrance Day finished, the grades 1’s are focussing on what is happening in our neighbourhood and Ottawa, while the grade 2’s on comparing Canada with other countries in the world.

I have sent home High-Frequency Word Book and Guided reading books.  Please continue to practice reading these books with your child.  We read them at school on a daily basis.  We are focussing on modes of transportation this week.  Here are two books that your child is reading at school.

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4ième/5ième année (Immersion)

En Science, we have finished our unit on “Les Habitats”.  Here are examples of level 4 work posted in the class:  Une chaîne alimentaire and a unit test.

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Our next science unit will begin in two weeks:  Les Roches et les Minéraux.

En Sciences Sociales, we are finishing our unit on the Physical Regions of Canada.  Examples of work are on the ”Le Canada” board in the hallway outside my classroom.  We are finishing “Vor visite le Canada” story this week and we will have an online quiz (Kahoot and Quizlet) on Thursday.  

En Français, Our unit “Au Restaurant” is done.  Students did a great job presenting their skits with professional looking Menus.  Here are two examples:

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Our week 2 dictée will be Monday as Friday was Remembrance Day and we were at the Slumberland play in afternoon.  Week 3 words are:  bouclier, plaines, basses-terres, appalaches, cordillères, montagnes.  

Dictée – jeudi, le 17 novembre, 2016.

Vocabulaire de la semaine 1

avec le son “oi et ai” (62 mots)

Mots à étudier…

Bouclier         monnaie   feuillus lait parfaitement    framboises     plaines    Appalaches      basses-terres     conifères      fertiles     montagnes          éloignées

À mémoriser….

  1. Les _________________ sauvages sont trouvés dans les  _____________ et les ________- __________ du Saint-Laurent.
  1.  Les _____________ sont très _____________ d’Ottawa.
  1. Les ________________ poussent sur le _______________ Canadien.
  1. Les _______________ sont  __________________ plates avec des sols ______________.
  1. Il y a plusieurs ____________________ qui poussent dans les Appalaches.
  1.  La ____________ est nécessaire pour acheter du ____________.

Date de la dictée: jeudi le 17 novembre.

En Arts, Musique, Drame, Dance:, we will finally get to focus on the Arts.  We will draw a monochromatic 3d picture of Albert Einstein.  Students will pick a melody for their creative Dance and I will start teaching them the piano.  Each student will be responsible to play 1 song from the play “Le Petit Prince”.

Merci,

M Chartrand

Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class

A big thank-you to Ms. Patenaude, our Speech-Language Pathologist, for being our Guest Readers last week. I presented the class with a riddle containing new vocabulary (bride, groom, gown, bouquet, veil, tie, ceremony, reception) and together we tried to figure out who was coming. This is a great oral language activity because it involves developing new vocabulary, logic reasoning, exclusion, and listening to the main idea.  Please call or write me a note in the agenda if you are interested in being our Guest Reader. The more Guest Readers we have, the better! We love Guest Reader sessions.

Thank-you for coming to our scheduled Parent-Teacher Conferences at St. Anthony Catholic School last week. Research has shown over and over again that the most successful students have a high percentage of parent involvement.  

This week we will continue to work with the story “The Grasshopper and the Ant”. This story is a fairy tale about a grasshopper that spends all his time singing while the ant works hard to prepare for the cold  months ahead. Once the winter season arrives, the grasshopper finds himself hungry and cold while the ant has lots and lots of food to carry him throughout the cold winter.  The story ends with the ant inviting the grasshopper to his home and sharing his food and warm home.  This fairy tale story helps the students to learn about hard work and responsibility. We will make connections and ask questions based on content and illustrations.  

 

On Monday, November 14 and Monday, November 21,  the students in the morning class will be travelling by school bus to Starr Gymnastics.  The bus arrives at 8:40 am and returns to school by 10:20 am. Students are encouraged to dress in comfortable clothing.

A rhyming booklet will be sent on Thursday for homework. Please sit with your child and review the rhyming words in the booklet. Rhyming is important because it helps prepare children for early reading and it also helps to support oral language development.

Friday, November  18, 2016 is a PD Day and school will be closed.  Enjoy the long weekend with your family.

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Nov. 14 – Nov. 18

Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News

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The students participated in a wonderful school wide ceremony to commemorate Remembrance Day.  This related directly to the activities the students completed in the classroom. The Grade 4/5 team has an appreciation for how fortunate we are to live in such a peaceful and free country like Canada.

It was great to meet parents during interviews or speak with parents on the phone. Your continued support in your child’s education makes for greater gains in your child’s learning.

Thank you!!

Gatineau Park came to our classroom.  The program was called “Gatineau Park Animals Tell It Like It Is”.  A park naturalist led a role-playing activity where each student represented one of the animals found in Gatineau Park and speaks from that animal’s point of view.  Dynamic, structured conversations revealed the issues that affect the health of all Park animals, as well as the many ways in which they are linked together.  The aim of the activity was to convey the environmental values of conservation and protection of nature and wildlife. The students learned how human beings help to maintain a healthy, ecologically balanced habitat for all living beings.

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In Language, after a final edit, the students will publish their dream paragraphs.  The students will also be given the outline for their next booktalk.  Your child should be reading their chosen book so they can confidently talk about the book to their peers.

In Math, the students will be exploring patterns involving shapes and numbers.  Patterns are used in math to help solve problems.  Much of your child’s later number learning, such as multiplication, will be easier if he/she can recognize patterns. The goal will be for your child to recognize, extend, create, and describe shape patterns and number sequences.  

In science, the students created a healthy menu for a day.  The students are aware of the 4 food groups and the foods that help to keep their body systems healthy.  In keeping with a healthy lifestyle the junior division will be taking in a junior 67s hockey game on Wednesday.  It will be a fun event watching elite athletes compete in their chosen sport.  Go 67s!

A reminder that Friday is a PD day so there will be no school for the students.

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Have a great week!

Together Everyone Achieves More!