December

Here are our gingerbread cookie designs:

After we decorated, we wrote instructions on how to decorate a gingerbread cookie in French. We did a lot of writing this month. We wrote more French paragraphs about an animal of our choice, with the information we learned from the Elise Gravel books we've read. In English we wrote letters to Santa to convince him to hire us for an elf job. We also wrote about our family and friends. 

We watched Mme Diva's French concert and we did some Kahoot quizzes about French vocabulary, math and continents and oceans. 

We read books about the continents and looked for interesting facts we could share on a poster. 

We learned how to use number frames and number lines on the iPads to help us solve problems and to do addition and subtraction. We solved problems that had many different solutions. We used blocks and tiles to help us and we used tables to show our solutions. 

We created a plan and then built structures to help solve problems for Santa. Here are some of our creations:

We did many art projects including making holiday cards for senior citizens. 

Have a safe and happy holiday!

 

November

We are reading Wonder. It is really good so far!

We are doing an author study of Elise Gravel. She writes and illustrates all of her books. She lives in Quebec. 

We are working on beading our memory pouches. It is hard work but we are getting better and better each time!

We read a story about peace. Then we wrote about what peace means to us and we put all of our answers on the bulletin board. 

We wrote a recipe for peace with Mme Hernandez. 

We talked about our responsibilities at home and at school and made a poster. 

We worked together to solve puzzles. 

We read many books about refugees. 

We studied artist Norval Morrisseau and used pastels and paint to create our own owls. 

We still have free time on Fridays if we are done all of our work. We like to build, draw, create and play!

We learned how to magnetize a paperclip. 

We learned different ways to create static electricity. 

We created mazes and used magnets to help move our objects through the maze. 

We tested different materials to see which ones would be attracted to static electricity. 

We played math games using the Power of Ten cards. 

We use the library when we have centers. 

We use manipulatives to help us figure out math problems. 

We use the iPads to do Reflex Math, RAZ-Kids, Je lis, je lis and Epic. We are learning some new math games on the iPads as well. 

We used Bananagrams to help us make words and find the big word when Mme gave us mixed up letters.  

We read a book called Art All Around us and we wrote what new things we learned. 

We played charades!

We did more journal writing. 

We are starting to learn about maps, continents and oceans. 

We love to go to the library to pick out new books. 

  We hope you have a wonderful day and we hope you enjoyed our November blog entry. See you again in December!!