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