Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Joyeux Noël!

Here are some Christmas songs on Youtube that your child may want to sing during the holidays.

Notre arbre de Noël by Matt Maxwell

Le gentil Père Noël by Matt Maxwell

Quand le Père Noël vient me visiter by Suzanne Pinel

Vive le vent (the French version of Jingle Bells)

I hope you and your family have a safe and happy holiday! 

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année à tous!
(Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Santa's workshop

On Wednesday, December 19th, Santa's Workshop (a ‘mini’ store) will be set up in the library for the day. On this day, students will be given a chance to come by and purchase new items for members of their family. The cost of these items range from 25¢ to $4.00. The school is looking for parent volunteers to take shifts helping students pick out gifts and wrap items. Without volunteers this will not be possible. If you are available and interested in volunteering on this day, please call the office to let them know. Please make sure to send money with your child if you would like him or her to participate in this activity. Also, I am experiencing a few technical difficulties with the interactive poster on Glogster, so please be patient while I work out glitches. Merci!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Our 2nd word study poster on Glogster!

Hello parents,

Here is the latest word study poster that we are working on in class.  We will be sending home the word cards to practice at home very soon - this time without pictures as an added challenge!  I have been working on a new online tool that I hope will be helpful for you to support your child's reading practice at home.  Below you will find an interactive online poster from Glogster.  We have not yet recorded the audio but soon you will be able to click on each word and hear it read aloud to you.  In the meantime I thought I would give you all a sneak peak at what's to come.


Also, just a reminder to return the purple Second Step duotang to school by Monday if you have not already done so.  We will start our next unit on Empathy next week.
Have a wonderful weekend!