Hi folks,
There have been so many absences lately! I hope we get past the sick season quickly, so people don't miss too much instructional time.
Students, to make sure you're not falling too far behind, ask your homework partner what you've missed. One assignment in Socials/Science/French is that each student is making a timeline containing at least 5 events from history (though most people have at least 10-15) + your date of birth, including images of the events. The good copy of this is due on Monday. Otherwise, keep plugging away at the biome project - your page must be done, and all edits will be restricted on Tuesday, Oct 11. Also, come and ask me for the next phonèmes workbook.
Reposez-vous bien!
Mme O
vendredi 30 septembre 2011
lundi 26 septembre 2011
Inspiring video
I just came across this inspiring video, and felt I needed to share it. It ties in with our current study of the "passé collectif," and discussions of wants versus needs.. enjoy!
Mme O
Mme O
jeudi 22 septembre 2011
Classroom update
Salut tout le monde,
I am happy to have met so many of Division 13's parents already, and look forward to getting to know you further throughout the year. We'll have lots of opportunities for parent helpers on field trips, and I'll update this blog regularly to keep you in the loop of what's happening in our classroom.
In class, we've just about finished our "Carte personnelle" presentations, and I've been impressed; there have been lots of fascinating visual representations of students' lives. We're also working on projects on our classroom wiki, making webpages about the different biomes of the world. I have restricted access to the site - even for viewing it - to members of the wiki only, but if you're interested in seeing it, feel free to ask your child to give you a tour of their page! Continuing on our "Le Monde et moi" theme, we'll be looking into prehistory and archeology next.
I am happy to have met so many of Division 13's parents already, and look forward to getting to know you further throughout the year. We'll have lots of opportunities for parent helpers on field trips, and I'll update this blog regularly to keep you in the loop of what's happening in our classroom.
In class, we've just about finished our "Carte personnelle" presentations, and I've been impressed; there have been lots of fascinating visual representations of students' lives. We're also working on projects on our classroom wiki, making webpages about the different biomes of the world. I have restricted access to the site - even for viewing it - to members of the wiki only, but if you're interested in seeing it, feel free to ask your child to give you a tour of their page! Continuing on our "Le Monde et moi" theme, we'll be looking into prehistory and archeology next.
Students - remember to finish up your "Si je pourrais" and passé composé sheets, and to continue working on your biome wiki page. For your amusement, here is a little video I recently rediscovered, which goes perfectly with what you were talking about for the "présent" section of your carte personnelle.
A bientôt!
Mme O
mardi 6 septembre 2011
Bienvenue!
Bienvenue à une nouvelle année, Div 13, puis à notre blog, aussi. :) I hope you weren't too overwhelmed with all the French today... I know it's a big shift to move back into school mode and a different language, all at the same time!
Tomorrow we're going to be doing some team building activities, getting agendas, choosing lockers, and continuing to ease back into school life. I know it's a bit late, but just in case you check the blog before I see you tomorrow, here's a reminder of what you need to bring with you: a magazine that you can cut up, glue, scissors, felts, and a book that you like, in either French or English. A pencil would also be very helpful!
On a completely different note, I just had my dress rehearsal for my concert at the Centre of the Universe on Friday evening, and I would definitely recommend you find an opportunity to tour the facility! It won't work for a field trip for our class this year, but the behind the scenes bits are just incredible, and seeing it in small groups would be really interesting. My concert is in the dome of the observatory, and while we were singing tonight, a visiting scientist that we'd been warned not to disturb came in and started opening and closing the roof, taking measurements, moving the massive telescope around, and even switched off the lights on us at one point, so we were in pitch darkness, other than our stand lights. Our concert will be like that, so it was good practice! Because I can't sing acapella harmony for you all by myself, here is a rather cheesy promo for the concert to give you an idea of the kind of music I sing.
For all those former students who haven't stopped getting email updates, don't forget about our get together on Friday after school! I hope your first day was fantastic - it was great to catch up with those students who stopped by today!
Félicitations tout le monde - you survived the first day of school. Now the fun begins! :)
À demain!
Mme O
Tomorrow we're going to be doing some team building activities, getting agendas, choosing lockers, and continuing to ease back into school life. I know it's a bit late, but just in case you check the blog before I see you tomorrow, here's a reminder of what you need to bring with you: a magazine that you can cut up, glue, scissors, felts, and a book that you like, in either French or English. A pencil would also be very helpful!
On a completely different note, I just had my dress rehearsal for my concert at the Centre of the Universe on Friday evening, and I would definitely recommend you find an opportunity to tour the facility! It won't work for a field trip for our class this year, but the behind the scenes bits are just incredible, and seeing it in small groups would be really interesting. My concert is in the dome of the observatory, and while we were singing tonight, a visiting scientist that we'd been warned not to disturb came in and started opening and closing the roof, taking measurements, moving the massive telescope around, and even switched off the lights on us at one point, so we were in pitch darkness, other than our stand lights. Our concert will be like that, so it was good practice! Because I can't sing acapella harmony for you all by myself, here is a rather cheesy promo for the concert to give you an idea of the kind of music I sing.
For all those former students who haven't stopped getting email updates, don't forget about our get together on Friday after school! I hope your first day was fantastic - it was great to catch up with those students who stopped by today!
Félicitations tout le monde - you survived the first day of school. Now the fun begins! :)
À demain!
Mme O
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