Bonjour chers parents,

Today in music class, students performed Jingle Bells. They sounded great.

Julia U. Kiara, Maeve and Lucy played very well as a group.

Aren, Fabrizio, Gabriel and Ali were the second group to perform. Bravo!

Joey, and Isabella played well too. 

Next, Sophia, Keiko and Victoria played this music piece. Bravo les filles.

Several students also performed Jingle Bells by themselves. They had great control and great tempo. I am so very happy to see and hear that so many students practice at home. 

It was a wonderful way to start our Christmas holidays.

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!

Mme Beraldin

Joyeux Noël & Bonne Année!

JOYEUX NOËL & BONNE ANNÉE!

Le mercredi 14 décembre 2016.

Bonjour,

We started a new unit in Language Arts: 'Procedural Writing'. Here is an overview:

Un bon texte procédural contient:
*un titre,
*un but clairement indiqué,
*une liste de matériel ou ingrédients nécessaires,
*toutes les étapes nécessaires;
*les étapes doivent être en ordre séquentielle, une par ligne, en utilisant des numéros, ou des mots comme: premièrement, ensuite, finalement
*un dessin ou un diagramme,
*des verbes simples (infinitif ou impératif).

SMY Christmas Spirit Week Dec. 19th to 23rd, 2016.

Monday, December 19th: Rudolf the RedNose Reindeer Day

Tuesday, December 20th: Green Grinch Day! Dress up as the Grinch or wear green to SMY.

Wednesday, December 21th: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree! Wear your favourite hat, sweater, coloured necklace... let's rock Christmas at SMY!

Thursday, December 22nd: Frosty the Snowman Day! Wear white.

Friday, December 23rd: Wear your favourite p.j.'s.

Bonne journée!

Mme Mathieu

Le mardi 13 décembre 2016.

Dear Parents,

After being away for two weeks, this is the BEAUTIFUL welcome back that I received. I was very touched, and I feel blessed to be teaching your child. Merci beaucoup les amis. Merci pour les jolies cartes. Elles sont tellement belles et réconfortantes. Je suis contente d'être de retour. 

For the next two weeks, it will be very busy. We need to finish projects and do presentations in order to come back in the new year starting fresh.

Le jeudi 22 décembre

(CHANSONS DE NOEL)

*Joey, Sophia, Fabrizi, (Mon beau sapin)

*Julia U., Rachael, Evan, Islee, Ali (Petit papa Noël)

*Victoria, Warren, Dylan, Theo (Vive le vent!)

*Aren, Maeve (Il est né le divin enfant)

*Brooke, Keiko, Diego, Connor, Matthew, Lucy, Patrick (Rudolf)

*Gabriel, Isabelle, Isabella, Kiara, Julia V., Jakov

(Douce nuit)

*Today, the entire afternoon was dedicated to catch-up on unfinished work. Your child needs to complete the following tasks and bring them back to school by Monday, December 19th.

*Oral presentation of his/her robot: Monday, December 19th

*'Recherche sur leur animal' (in partners). Workload was divided today.

*'La chaîne alimentaire'

Merci beaucoup

Mme Mathieu

Le samedi 3 décembre 2016.

Good evening,

Here are short videos to support what we are learning in class. 

Enjoy! 

Mme Mathieu

Les déterminants possessifs

Les déterminants

Les déterminants

Le jeudi 17 novembre 2016.

Bonsoir,

It came to my attention that yesterday's picture weren't showing. Hopefully, you can see them today. Please let me know.

A group of students worked with Mme Beraldin on analysing sentences. Merci Mme Beraldin!

  

I just wanted to give you the template again to have your child follow this format during the week. Your child is encouraged to hand me their sheet of 20 sentences for me to correct and give feedback. By doing this activity, your child will build vocabulary and improve his/her spelling.

In class, your child is encouraged to speak French on a daily basis.

Monday:  Write 20 sentences.  (Your child is encouraged to use adjectives to describe). Have your child bring in the sentences to get corrected. For example: Le gros chien noir marche dans la grande forêt.

Tuesday: Read 15 minutes out loud. I would like to reinforce the importance of having your child read out loud. By reading out loud, your child is listening to his/her voice (pronunciation) of the words and can start correcting himself/herself.

Wednesday: Watch a French television show. more exposure=comfortable in understanding the language.

Thursday: Go online and play a French activity. It is always fun!

Bonne soirée!

Mme Mathieu

Songs for Remembrance Day

Bonjour,

Below is the song your child will be singing during our Remembrance Day Ceremony. Please have your child practice singing at home every day.

Notre Père

UN CANADIEN ERRANT

(Have your child read over the words)

Un Canadien errant          

Banni de ses foyers [bis]   

Parcourait en pleurant         

Des pays étrangers. [bis]

Un jour, triste et pensif,     

Assis au bord des flots, [bis]

Au courant fugitif                     

Il adressa ces mots: [bis]

«Si tu vois mon pays,          

Mon pays malheureux, [bis]

Va, dire à mes amis              

Que je me souviens d'eux. [bis]

Merci

Mme Mathieu

Warm & Cool colors!

Bonjour,

For Visual Arts, we have been learning about cold & warm colors. What a beautiful bulletin board! Bravo les amis!

Bon week-end!

Mme Mathieu

Goal for the month of November!

Good morning,

It is hard to believe that we are starting our third month of school. Your child is learning so much. I am pleased to see how passionate your child is on learning new things. 

GOAL FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER:-

-Your child is responsible to read 20 books during the month of November. If your child decides to borrow a class book, he/she needs to return right away as I have several students. In each bubble, your child needs to write the title of his/her book and you need to initial that your child read the book out loud to you. Merci.

NOM:_________________________

Dans chaque cercle, tu dois écrire le titre de ton livre et demander à tes parents de signer chaque cercle. N’oublie pas de lire à haute voix.

Bonne journée!

Mme Mathieu

The play

Bonsoir,

Homework 

Your child needs to read often their lines for his/her play.

Your child needs to be able to:

• pronounce (articulate) each words;
• speak loudly;
• face the audience at all times;
• remain in character throughout the play even when not speaking.

Bonne soirée!

Mme

Voilà Learning

Dear Parents,

Please take the time to read the following information. 

Merci

Mme Mathieu

Voilà Learning       Free Online Homework Help in French Our school board has secured funding to provide FREE Online Homework Help in French for our students. Available with Voilà Learning, Monday through Thursday from 5pm-8pm.  Support in a fun, avatar-based virtual classroom is one-on-one with a live tutor. To facilitate the communication process, here are some promotional tools that you may share with parents: A video explaining how the program works: https://vimeo.com/136396791 The Online Homework Help registration page: http://voilalearning.com/en/if-your-school-board-has-registered/ The video and registration link can be posted on your school websites so that it is accessible to all students and parents.  The code to register is:  BonjourVoila Later in October, we will send a box of letters and guides to your schools that explain how the program works (Copy of these documents).   ​​

Remaining of the French homework. (Les adjectifs)

Bonjour,

Here is the sentences for the week.

Mme Mathieu

Le mardi 25 octobre 2016.

1.Le squelette est blanc.

2.Le monstre a des grands yeux verts.

3.Son costume est beau et original.

4.______________________________________________

Le mercredi 25 octobre 2016.

1.Les yeux de la sorcière sont rouges.

2.La fille est contente que c’est le jour de l’Halloween aujourd’hui.

3.Le fantôme blanc vole dans le ciel noir.

4.__________________________________________________

Le jeudi 27 octobre 2016.

1.La fille regarde la belle citrouille orange.

2.La soirée est belle et chaude pour passer l’Halloween.

3.La chauve-souris noire vole dans la maison hantée.

4._______________________________________

Activities for this week!

Bonjour,

Dear Parents,

This week your child will have 3 sentences per night to analyse and to write 1 sentence of his/her choice using adjectives. Your child needs to write the following sentences his/her ‘Écriture notebook’. Please ensure that your child brings in his/her notebook back to school every day.

Le lundi 24 octobre 2016.

Exemple:

Le lundi 24 octobre 2016.

1.La citrouille est grosse et orange.

2.La lune est grosse et blanche ce soir.

3.La petite fille porte un masque rouge et bleu.

4.____________________________________________________

Bonne journée!

Mme Mathieu

Adjectives

Bonjour, 

In French, we have been busy learning what an adjective is?

Here are some sites that your child could go on and benefit to expand his/her comprehension.

What is an adjective?

A revision of what is an adjective.

This a site that addresses several subjects , such as 'Conjugaison - Verbes', 'Grammaire - Orthographe', 'Reading' & 'Vocabulary'. Have fun!

Sites éducatifs

Have a great weekend!

Mme Mathieu

Friendly reminder

Bonsoir,

Just a friendly reminder that your child was given a date for his/her oral presentation: 'Je suis Terry Fox'. The oral presentation are starting on Monday. 

Bonne soirée!

Mme Mathieu

Le mercredi 19 octobre 2016.

Bonsoir,

We have been so busy learning and exploring lately. 

We have started to analyse sentences. Have your child write some sentences and analyse the words. Have your child bring in their sentences for me to look at them. We are also continuing to work on Descriptive writing.

Here is an example.

In Science, we are continuing to learn about Habitats. 

In Social Studies we are learning about our beautiful country: 'Canada'. (provinces & territories)

Homework: 
Your child needs to visit the three sites below and practise. Have your child read the words out loud.

on	ou	oi
un avion un ourson un bouton un poisson un papillon un pantalon du jambon du savon une montre un mouton le melon le ballon bonjour le monde	la souris la poupée nous rouge oublier le bouton le hibou la poule la mouche la roue le moulin la foule la route	un oiseau une voile un roi une voiture une poire un poisson une étoile moi une croix une oie une boîte la joie boire

http://apprendrealire.net/son-ou / http://apprendrealire.net/on-om / http://apprendrealire.net/son-oi

Friendly reminders:
-Your child will be evaluated next week on their readings.
-Have your child continue to read every night in French out loud for 15 minutes.
-Picture Day (Tuesday, October 25th).

-Halloween Dance (Friday, October 28th). 

Bonne soirée!

Mme Mathieu

Visual Arts

Good evening,

During Visual Arts, your child has been busy learning about: 'Modèles de graphismes'. 

Here are some students at work.

Have a great evening!

Mme Mathieu