NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 1/2 Today, students began learning their concert song. They also practice saying where they are going in town: je vais à la banque, je vais au restaurant...
They were quick to notice that sometimes we say: au or à la. The question was: IS IT BECAUSE IT IS FEMININE OR MASCULINE? Mais OUI!!! Wow, they figured this one out on their own. They are fantastic THINKERS. To end the period, they retrieved vocabulary to complete sentences. REMINDER; bring a drawing or picture of arrid lands (desert), animals...plantes...sand dunes...to prepare for the International Mindedness Day.

Grade 8 Students worked on the final edit for their summative. Thank you Abby for joining in this process via google.docs. Sometimes, you just have to love technology! Thursday is presentation day!

Grade 7 Students started a unit on 'microbes'. I supposed it is a good time of the year with the flu season upon us. However, although the vocabulary is a bit advanced (a lot of latin and scientific jargon), students realized that they will be re-visiting this type of terminology in graduate school. Students are encouraged to learn and keep track of the vocabulary as they go. Please, do not fall behind in this unit. There is a lot of review and new concepts.

Grade 5/6 Since we were missing 4 students, the class spent more time learning about the province of Québec, its geography, and how to detect words we already know in new ones. It was interesting to listen on what the students know about Québec.

Grade 3/4 Students re-visited the frequently used verbs: avoir and être, conjugated. They need to practice (as they did in class) and review their notebook. They also worked on the concert song, taking turns to hum and/or practice the words.

JK/SK Thank you Mrs Whitworth for helping with the melody for the concert song. We also started to think about our favorite fruit. We might have to make a fruit salad!