KP 2 St. Anthony Superstars for this week!! Great work everyone!!
Monday, December 5
Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM
Starr Gymnastics
Monday, December 5th
9:00 to 10:00 – Group 1 (50 Kids)
Grade 3 Solymar (16 students)
10:30 to 11:30 – Group 2 (50 Kids)
Kindergarten (46 students)
46 Students
Tuesday, December 6
Lunch Lady in
Goodlife – Ms Troccoli – 12:50
Wednesday, December 7
Wastefree Wednesdays
Rosary Visit Schedule
JK 8:30-8:50
SK 8:50-9:10
grade 1/2 12:15-12:40
grade 2/3 12:45-1:15
grade 3 9:15-9:45
grade 4/5 10:00-10:40
grade 5 10:40-11:15
Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3 – 2:00 PM
Thursday, December 8
Advent Week 2 – 1:00 PM
Parent Council Meeting – 6:30 PM
Friday, December 9
Pizza Day
Goodlife Fitness M Chartrand’s class – 2:20 PM
St. Anthony SuperStars – 3:00 PM
Teacher Notes for this Week
Kindergarten News for December 5-9, 2016
We are very excited to plan many great events for our Kinders. They are embracing all of our initiatives and as educators we are delighted to see how all of our efforts are so very much appreciated. A special thank you to our parent community for supporting us too!!
The Kinders were so reflective and attentive during the school’s first magical Advent celebration on Thursday. We look forward to attending the second celebration next Thursday
Thank you to all the parents who have sent in their donations of toiletries for St. Luke’s Table. Whatever small donation you can make is much appreciated.
On Friday they all had fun on their walk in the neighbourhood and they loved discovering where their stuffed animals were hibernating in the school yard. Of course, the delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows was enjoyed by all after coming in from the cold. Thank you for sending in a little stuffed animal to hibernate. Thank you to Ms. Ekich for joining us on our hibernation walk!
On Monday morning both classes will be going to Starr Gymnastics. Please make sure your child wears comfortable clothing.
Ms Myers’ Grade One-Two Class
It’s been a busy start to our Advent season in Grade 1/2! We have a special “Advent Calendar” in our class. Each day we are remembering people in our community during our morning prayer. If your name appears on our Advent calendar, expect to receive a special card to let you know that we have kept you in our prayers! We also participated in our first school-wide Advent liturgy. Our readers did a great job preparing for this celebration. During our second week of Advent together we will explore the story of the Annunciation. Thank you for all the donations we have received in support of St. Luke’s Table. Your generosity is most appreciated.
In math we will begin our unit on data management. We will focus on collecting data (information) and sharing the information using graphs. A new December homework calendar and newsletter was sent home last week. A reminder that copies of these items can be found on our school website. Have a great week!
Ms Moga’s Grade Two-Three Class
Homework Update: the students received their December homework calendars. Monday’s and Wednesday’s homework involves our weekly Word Wall Words; the students will be given time each Monday to copy them into their agendas. The weekend homework asks your child to do Raz Kids and Mathletics. Passwords were sent home again on Friday in case they were misplaced. I recommend 15 minutes of each program on both Saturday and Sunday. If you do not have access to technology, continuing to read each day is just fine.
Writing- The students have been working hard on researching their animals. They are ready to take their information from their graphic organizers and write their good copies.
Reading- Our next reading strategy is Visualization. This is when the reader creates a picture in his/her mind as they read. This helps the reader have a better understanding of the story. We will read some great fiction texts to help us learn about and practice this strategy.
Math- We will wrap up our unit on Data Management (graphing), and begin Addition and Subtraction. At this time of year, our focus is on addition and subtraction with 1-digit numbers, using various strategies (e.g. mental math, doubles, and fact families).
Science- We will begin our next science unit on Movement! This week we will describe positions of objects and different ways objects move (e.g. turning, spinning, swinging, bouncing).
Religion- We are continuing our Advent journey. The students are enjoying our Advent calendar that reveals a little bit of the Christmas story each day!
Gym- We are working on throwing and catching. The students have practiced different ways to throw (overhand and underhand), as well as proper catching techniques. They have enjoyed playing games such as Dodgeball and “Sink the Ship” to reinforce these skills.
Have a great week!
Ms. Moga
Mrs. Rupnik’s Primary Language Class
A great big thank-you to Emy Nguyen (a junior student) and Ms. Lindsey Barr (author of “Plant a Garden of Kindness”) for being our Guest Readers last week. Have a look at our pictures!
This upcoming week, we will work on vocabulary related to Advent and Christmas in oral and written form. We will focus on a book titled “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bell”. This book tells the story of a lady who swallows different Christmas items. Our lessons and tasks will include sequencing and retelling the story from memory. The Retelling Journal arrives home on Friday for homework. Be sure to sit with your child and listen to him/her retell this story. Then write the story in your child’s own words. Return the Retelling Journal to school on Monday, December 12, 2016.
We will also continue our work on descriptive writing. This week we will create graphic organizers to describe ourselves. We will then transfer the specific details from the graphic organizers to paragraphs and create a new class bulletin board titled “The Best Part of Me”.
St. Anthony EDP Newsletter
December 2016
| Before & After School
Our school yard has a new gazebo area. The children have enjoyed the new structure, and it will definitely help them cool down during the summer program. Also, a new play structure will be set up in the yard soon. I think we will have a blast in our new school yard all year round. We made finger print poppies and a poppy wreath to commemorate Remembrance Day. We also spent time with a guest speaker who works for the Canadian Armed Forces. The children learned a lot about Canada’s role in peacekeeping.
Homemade Slime One of the children’s favourite activities during EDP time is slime. It is easy and simple to make at home. You need: · 1 tbsp of Metamucil with Psyllium (generic fiber supplement will also work as long as it contains psyllium)
Instructions
Christmas Break (January 3 – January 6) If there is enough interest, EDP will be open January 3 – 6, from 7 am to 6 pm. Should the program run these days, the activities plan will be posted on the EDP parent bulletin board. (NOTE: The last day of online registration for Christmas Break is December 9th) New staff member We have a new staff member for school aged children (Gr 2-Gr 6) in the afternoon. Heather Mullan will be in Room 27 as of December 5th. Reminders We spend a lot of time outside after school. Please ensure that your children are dressed appropriately for the weather. |
Sent to be the Good News – Kinders deliver goods for st. Luke’s Supper Table
M Girard’s French Classes
2/3e Français oral : répétition en sous-groupe des quatre scènes de la pièce «Dans les nuages», avant-première et présentation de la pièce/évaluation
Lecture : choix individuels avec questions de compréhension
Écriture : étude des structures écrites pour répondre à des questions (Qui ?, Quand ? Où ? Quoi ? Pourquoi ?)
3e Théâtre : répétition en sous-groupe des quatre scènes de la pièce «Dans les nuages», avant-première et présentation de la pièce/évaluation
5/6e Immersion
Etudes Sociales : la ligne de temps du moyen-âge (enquête)
Sciences :la portance et les 4 forces du vol
Santé : les substances nocives (partage des résultats de l’enquête)
- Chartrand Classes
This week in Mr. Chartrand’s classes, we started playing badminton in the gym. The tournament is the second weekend in January so we have 5 weeks to get ready. Here are a few pictures:
Badminton
1re année
Phonics
En français, I will test the students on the sound “eu”. We have begun the sounds “é” and “è”. There are phonemic songs to learn:
É, é È,è
Émilie Éléphant étudie à l’école Ève Escargot, Ève Escargot
Étudie à l’école, étudie à l’école dit è, ê, ë, dit ei, ais, est
Émilie Éléphant étudie à l’école Elle pêche dans la rivière
Toute la journée Elle pêche dans la rivière
(tune: wheels on the bus) è, ê, ë, ait, et, es
READING
The grade 1’s will read “Un éléphant, ça trompe” and “Ève la petite chèvre” while the grade 2’s will read “Bébé est entêté” and learn the more difficult “è” sounds.
We are also reading “L’hiver” book on Raz-Kids and the song “Jouez au hockey”
WORD WALL WORDS
Students that are being reinforced at home are doing a great job recognizing all the sounds and the word wall words. The word wall words this week are: nez, déjeuner, épaule, tomber, étoile. If you have a chance, I have setup links to activities on Quizlet on SEESAW.
En écriture, we our continuing to practice writing avec les verbes en “er”: aimer, aider, jouer, tomber, travailler and the verb “être”. I have setup activities on the Ipads to practice the verbs. They will also write about “how to make a snowman” and “describing how to get dressed for recess”.
En sciences sociales, the grades 1’s are continuing to focus on what services and buildings are in neighbourhood and Ottawa while the grade 2’s are comparing Canada with other countries in the world. We have finished studying Northern Canada and are now focussing on Mexican culture, clothing, arts and crafts, food, shelter, games, etc…
I have sent home High-Frequency Word Book and Guided reading books. Please continue to practice reading these books with your child. Here is a reminder of the two books that your child is reading at school and should have at home.
4ième/5ième année (Immersion)
En Science, our next science unit will begin in a week or two: Les Roches et les Minéraux. Our guided trip to the museum of nature will be Thursday, January 19th. I will begin our unit on the rock cycle this week.
En Français:
Students will be using the Green Screen app Do ink on Monday to film their play. We will hopefully have time left over for some MakerSpace time.
Our week 2 dictée will be Friday as usual. The words are: échelle, déjeuner, épaule, équipe, début, décider. La dictée this week was the best so far. Continue helping your child with their vocabulary words.
We have begun a new unit on “Au travail”. The thematic vocabulary includes: travail, profession, une carrière and different professions. We will be focussing on “er” verbs au présent, le verbe “être” and “faire”. We will also study adjectives that describe these professions such as sociable, créatif, sérieux, coopératif, etc..
On oral: We our practicing interviewing classmates: Qu’est-ce que tu aimes faire? We are will be playing role games: taking the role of a profession. They will also have to create interview questions for a famous person of their choice and then post them on Twitter.
In writing, they will finish writing about what they would like to be when they grow up with what traits and skills they need to attain their goal. I have also put work on Quizlet to practice spelling their words and to work on writing sentences. Here are some of the links:
Voici les quizlet pour cette semaine
https://quizlet.com/171594162/week-1-december-word-wall-words-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/171597280/week-2-mur-de-mots-decembre-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/171597948/week-3-mur-de-mots-decembre-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/171598795/week-4-mur-de-mot-decembre-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/171630503/le-son-eu-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/171667694/les-phrases-avec-les-mots-de-mur-semaine-1-decembre-2016-flash-cards/
Présent
Le verbe être
https://quizlet.com/82576403/le-verbe-etre-flash-cards/
Le verbe chanter (er)
https://quizlet.com/66200110/le-verbe-chanter-flash-cards/
Le verbe travailler (er)
https://quizlet.com/97028385/verbs-travailler-flash-cards/
All the links will be on: Seesaw 
Students are using Seesaw to do some of their work. All of their work will eventually be on the class website. My blog will also be on-line. Here is the link: https://blog.seesaw.me/mrdchartrand
En Arts, We completed our monochromatic 3d picture of Albert Einstein.
En Dance, students have now picked 2 songs for their creative Dance. Here are the groups: Group 1 Aiden, Sophia D et Ayoub
Group 2 Sa Say, Arianne, Rin Dik
Group 3 Mandresy, Leandro Sophia N.
Group 4 Deborah, Zemhiret, Hannah
They have chosen one fast song and slow song which I have clipped back to back.
En musique, I will start teaching them the piano. We will begin by learning the notes and then teach them “Ode to Joy”.
Merci,
M Chartrand
Ms Solymar’s grade 3 Class
Dec. 5 – Dec. 9
Mrs. Troccoli’s Grade 4/5 Team News
The first full week of December brings with it lots of anticipation, excitement and joy as we journey closer to Christmas! The students need to be reminded that as we prepare to celebrate Jesus’s Birthday we must continue to remain focussed and diligent in the effort we bring to all our schoolwork.
The students enjoyed our first visit to Starr Gymnastics where they were put through a variety of centres. They had to use different body parts and coordination which got their hearts pumping and lungs working hard, however it brought lots of smiles to the students’ faces.
In math, the students completed a variety of patterning inquiries where they were asked to organize their information on a t-chart. We continue to focus on ways to organize our thinking and demonstrate our understanding through pictures, numbers and words. Students will have the opportunity to share their understanding of patterning with a unit test later in the week. Students should always be looking for patterns in their environment to see the relationship between what we learn in class and how it is used in the world around them.
In language, the students presented their second Book Talk. It was great to see how excited the students were to present their book to their peers. The students spoke clearly and demonstrated greater confidence sharing the information they had practiced. The variety of books that were read was also encouraging. Well done!
The students were also given a reading comprehension where they were asked to demonstrate their understanding of a story they had read. Many struggle with summarizing the story. This is a skill we have been working on with the help of Mr. Moleski. The students have been introduced to new tools available on the read and write app on their chromebooks that can help with summarizing. Ask your child to show you their summary about the interesting frog we read about.
Thank you to all the families that have already sent in items for our Advent project in support of St. Luke’s table. It is all “Good News”!
Together Everyone Achieves More!
This week students were very engaged in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6!
Grade 3: Students worked hard on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the
verb faire (to do) and began to use this verb in several different sentence structures by writing
sentences using this verb. They also reviewed the verbs, aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also
être (to be) by writing out their conjugations in a spelling game on their Chromebooks. Students
also enjoyed working in teams to practice using the verb faire orally to improve their
pronunciation by recording and listening to their voices on their Chromebooks. Sensationnel!
Next week
French Language: Students will play in class games to help them practice rules related to
identifying when to use (le and la) in front of certain vocabulary endings.
Grade 4/5: Students worked hard on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the
verb faire (to do) and began to use this verb in several different sentence structures by writing
sentences using this verb. They also reviewed the verbs, aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also
être (to be) by writing out their conjugations in a spelling game on their Chromebooks. Students
also enjoyed working in teams to practice using the verb faire orally to improve their
pronunciation by recording and listening to their voices on their Chromebooks. During social
studies, students examined and wrote several differences between modern Canadian society and
the ancient civilisation they chose to study for their posters. For music, students continued to
practice singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant” C’est mieux!
Next Week
French Language: Students will play in class games to help them practice rules related to
identifying when to use (le and la) in front of certain vocabulary endings.
Social Studies: Students will prepare and present their social studies projects and posters to the
class.
Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant”
and begin to work on varying the dynamics of their voice.
Grade 5/6: Students worked hard on a variety of in class activities related to conjugation of the
verb faire (to do) and began to use this verb in several different sentence structures by writing
sentences using this verb. They also reviewed the verbs, aller (to go), avoir (to have), and also
être (to be) by writing out their conjugations in a spelling game on their Chromebooks. Students
also enjoyed working in teams to practice using the verb faire orally to improve their
pronunciation by recording and listening to their voices on their Chromebooks. For social
studies, students began researching and examining societal events that helped shape modern
Canadian society. For music, students continued to practice singing the song est vraiment bien!
Next week:
French Language: Students will play in class games to help them practice rules related to
identifying when to use (le and la) in front of certain vocabulary endings.
Social Studies: Students will examine the significance of conflict in Canada’s history, and
describe some of the consequences from first encounters between Europeans and First Nations.
Music: Students will continue practicing singing the song “L’oiseau et l’enfant” and begin to
work on varying the dynamics of their voice.
Yet another busy week lies ahead and we look forward to moving ahead with our learning and activities. The grade ⅚ class must be, without a doubt, the fittest class in the school! Last Monday morning we went with Mrs Troccoli’s ⅘ class to Starr Gymnastics and the students bounced, rolled and swung their way through an hour of challenging courses in the gym.
On Wednesday the grade 6 students participated in their final session and “graduation” at the Y Kids Academy program. The students have benefited from both the healthy eating instruction and the physical activity components of this special program. Once again, we were complemented by YMCA patrons on how respectful and enthusiastic the children are. The students should feel proud that they represented St Anthony School in this way, I sure am!! The students will continue to reap the benefits as they were awarded a one-year membership to use the facilities at the YM/YWCA and will hopefully be inspired to adopt a healthy lifestyle mentality for life.
We were moved by the beautiful music, prayers and symbolism as we celebrated the first week of Advent with the rest of the school community last Thursday. I encourage you to join us, if you can, for the next liturgy on Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 in the gym.
We look forward, in the coming week, to enjoying the December book talk presentations by the grade ⅚ students. Hopefully, your child has practiced for you and asked for feedback from you. We begin data management in math with “real-life” surveys and data collection. Our grade 6 afternoon group continues to explore space….okay, not literally, but from the classroom! We are putting the finishing touches on the Christmas drama presentation and will continue rehearsing this week.
As always, please support your child’s learning by encouraging good work habits by getting homework done promptly, by keeping appropriate bedtime routines, and by arriving to school on time.
