NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 1/2 The puppets are OUT! Halloween is a fun time and puppets such as: citrouille, fantôme, sorcière, Frankie, chauve souris and araignée have joined in the party. Students are also reading from their books and are able to predict questions and answers about objects around the classroom.

Grade 7 Students took up their homework about avoir and expression with avoir. This was followed by a short pop quiz on pouvoir and vouloir, along with a short story about Stomp, the stage group.

Grade 8 brainstormed about their setting for a mystery evening. Please make sure you are able to use the terminology for investigative work. On Wednesday, we will review passé composé.
THE 2 RIDDLES THIS MORNING HAD MORE THAN ONE PUZZLED. Just ask!

Grade 5/6 The day started with a brain teaser: 'Je suis responsable pour qu'une plante devienne une planète!'
Students worked with verbs that may/or not apply to human and/or animals. Their vocabulary bank is expanding! The final task is almost in sight. Also, they were very proficient at composing Haiku poems for ants.

JK/SK Students were very happy at finding that the puppet bag had returned, full of Halloween characters. They are learning the different actions for each of them, and are beginning to recognize their names during a story.

Grade 3/4 Students had a grand time creating fun animals using parts of words to form new animals, for exemple: sergerlapeauchat. Just ask, they know!
Following this fun warm-up, each students used their hand made puppets to answer 5 pre-determined and pre-rehearsed questions.  Well Done!