April News

We had an assembly and it was fun. All the classes did Earth themed poems for Earth Day. We got to sing Notre planète c'est la Terre!

In science, we are growing plants and lots of them are growing. Some of the bean plants are getting huge! Some of our plants are wrinkled up. Each day we water them and write in our journals. We count how many leaves and measure our plants.

In social studies, we are learning about Mexico. We know that they speak Spanish. It's really hot in Mexico, there's no snow. They only have 2 seasons. Their rainy season is in September.

For math we are doing centres. One of the centres is answering questions using QR codes on the iPads. We started learning division, which is the opposite of multiplication. We are also studying geometric shapes and solids.

We have been reading Charlotte's Web in English. The author uses roman numerals to number the chapters. So far, Wilbur the pig has met a new friend, Charlotte the spider.

In health, we are learning about organs like the brain, kidneys, etc.

At the symphony we heard beautiful music and one of us feel asleep!

We heard songs and the pigs kept complaining at the grade 4 and 5 musical, The Trial of The Big Bad Wolf.

In gym we did soccer baseball, we played hockey and soccer.

Here is a picture of our geometric shape designs.

Here is a picture of our French poem. We each took a turn writing it out on the big chart paper.

Here is a picture of some of our plants growing in the window.

A note from Mme DeSousa:

- New home reading calendars are going home today for May and June. You just have to initial the day your child read and note the approximate time they read. Students should be reading in French daily. 

- Plants will be sent home eventually. Since it is not really outdoor planting weather yet, you might want to start collecting plastic containers to transfer the plants into until they can be planted outside, if you wish! Sour cream, cottage cheese or yogurt containers all work great for this. The egg carton can be planted right into the soil. Happy planting!