Bonjour, les amis!
Aujourd'hui a commencé avec literacy centres for the students to explore including: an "A, a, a, comme araignée" craft for those who had not had the chance to finish this the last day, baking sheets with magnetic letters for practicing first and last names (and a corresponding little bilingual practice book), playdoh and floam with letter stampers and free choice activities. A few students chose to dive into their "sons et lettres" book, where they practiced printing both 'A' majuscule et 'a' minuscule. Fantastique!
Mme Murray arrived to a well-organized class full of excellent listeners! Everyone tidied up so well, and all of the students were waiting au tapis and were rewarded for their efforts with a giant handful of pompoms. Together, we then practiced for a fire drill that was to take place later in the morning. We had a few minutes outside as we double-checked the line-up procedures, and so we took advantage of this time in the beautiful weather to play "Simon dit" and to sing both "tete, épaules, genoux et pieds" and (one of my personal favourites) petit poisson! :) I am happy to report that the class followed all procedures remarkably well during the actual fire drill. Even though the flashing lights and noise were a little on the scary side, we managed to understand that we were only practicing for an emergency situation. Félicitations!
During the recess component of the first nutritional break, it came to my attention that some of the students were not being inclusive of others. :( When the students came inside, we had a little discussion about this at the carpet and I read aloud the story "You're Mean, Lily Jean," as I am trying to address issues as they arise and to provide the children with good character education opportunities.
We then moved on to revisit la lettre "Aa." I hid the sparkly 'A' and had the class walk around the room in attempts to locate it. Paige was very successful in this regard! We reviewed some of the vocabulary that we learned on lundi that begins with la lettre 'Aa.' Some of these words included "une araignée, un autobus, un avion, une abeille, et un arbre." The students seemed to remember some of these words, which perhaps indicates that you have been reading their "Aa" readers at home! Merveilleux! Afterwards, I formally introduced the "sons et lettres" book that you have probably discovered in your child's backpack. I prepared mixed group tables with JKs and SKs and instructed them on how to complete their first assignment in these books (écrire la lettre Aa). I circulated the room and assisted the students who required help, encouraging the SKs to help the JKs to finish their work. Later, I collected and commented on each child's work. You can help at home by assisting your child to complete the second "Aa" page for this week. If you submit them on Friday, I will have them ready for you to review over the long weekend!
The second NAB rolled around, and the students seemed to get along much better outside this time. They entered the classroom and had a little over 10 minutes of quiet time, as I needed to help a couple of students who had had washroom-related accidents. The class as a whole was very cooperative during this time. The situations were handled and I returned to the whole group to very briefly discuss the concept of sorting. I then allowed the children to explore various math manipulatives that can be used effectively for sorting activities that we will be doing throughout the current unit of study. After they had investigated the centres, I allowed the class to engage in free play activities for the remainder of the day, before passing out les sacs en plastique and getting everyone organized for home. :)
I hope that your child had a good day at school today! If there is anything that you would like to discuss, please feel free to contact me!
Mlle Craig
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