NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

This is a very full and busy week. Félicitations to the grades 3/4 for a great performance at the concert last night. They know how to play an audience and demonstrated poise and confidence.

Grade 5/6 have returned to the tropical fish unit and worked individually on vocabulary and answering riddles. All were successful and demonstrated good  knowledge at using the clues to get the answers.

Grade 3/4 students started a short unit on pirate ships. They brainstormed the vocabulary for a pirate ship. Also, they discovered how the pirate flag got its name from the Joli Rouge to the Jolly Roger.

Grade 7/8 took up the homework on the pronoun 'Y'. They explored the different types of sentence constructions. More on this for the rest of the week.

Grade 1/2 students have continued on their big book on meals. Today was le déjeuner, Thursday will be le dîner and Friday will be le souper.

PK/JK/SK students took rounds at counting as far as they could. Bravo Katie and Sarah for going as far as 60 (soixante). To finish off, they matched the seven days of the week to a different mode of transportation. Today was: à cheval, en camion, en train, en autobus, en bicyclette, en motocyclette, en ballon, en avion.