Mme Chelsey's Blog

Next Thursday December 3rd is an early dismissal day. AM will come from 8:30-12:40 no school for PM kinder. This week we had a virtual visit from Saa'kokoto. He talked about the importance of being kind towards others and why we should respect the world around us.  Does your child remember the story that Saa'kokoto told them?  We are now focusing on winter clothing as we shift into "c'est l'hiver". When you are getting ready to  leave the house, ask your child what they are putting on- what are boots, mittens, hat, coat and scarf  in French- and can they say it in a complete sentence " Je porte ...........". We have also been working on finding initial sounds in words. We have been talking about how each word has " un mot magique" and they loved thinking of words like monstre, mitaine,mardi, mains to go with the letter M. Parent teacher conferences will be open to book starting on Saturday the 28th at 10am. Please let me know if you are hav...

This week we continued our work on the different parts of the body. We practiced saying all the different body parts and  created a design plan for our own monsters using lots of different body parts. We will now construct our monsters using different materials like clay.We will then be presenting our monsters to the class using full French sentences. Once we are all done they will be bringing their monster home to show you!  Here is the song we have been working on this week: Next week, on November 25th , we will be having our Celebration of Learning! I will post some activities that we have been working on in class on the Google classroom for you to do at home with your child. For the math center, I will also be sending home a little math bag. This math bag is to be returned to school after the center is completed at home. I cannot wait for everyone to see how hard these kiddos have been working and how far they have come since September!!  November 19th - Fun Snack and...

I am asking that each student please join Googleclassroom. Here is how you get into the class: 1) Log into your child's Google account- email is on their blue folder and passwords are 12345678 2)https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h 3)Enter our class code - vxudodf 4)Please let me know if you have any questions!! This week we started learning all about body parts. We traced our bodies and practiced saying our different body parts in French, we also worked hard at adding numbers as well to form complete sentences for example " J'ai deux mains". To practice we used songs, visuals, dance/movements and picture recognition. Here is our weekly song we used to practice : Des os, il en faut We started learning how to subitize numbers 1-5. We are learning different strategies to help us quickly remember and recognize numbers in different forms using 10 frames, objects, drawings and different groupings. * Fun snack orders are due, if you are interested please send them to school. ...

This week the kids worked SO HARD on their Remembrance Day video.  We have been practicing how to do "Oh Canada " in sign language for the virtual assembly and we continued to work on discussing the importance of Remembrance Day and why we continue to honor this day each year. We also discussed Peace - "La paix" and asked the question "what does Peace mean to me?". The answers the kids came up with were amazing; snuggling my cat is la paix, reading my new lego book is la paix, baking with my mom is la paix and so many more. We also finished our vowel family!! While reading at home,  have your kids pick out all the vowels and tell you what they are in French as well as what sound they make? A message from Mme Lynley: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my first week in kindergarten! Mme Chelsey and all the kids have made me feel so welcome. I have been very impressed with how friendly and kind they are. One of my goals this week has been to learn all 46 names, ...

We had such a busy week this week! We started learning about Remembrance day and why people wear poppies for the month of November. The kids have been working hard on creating a project for the virtual Remembrance Day assembly-it will be added to the Blog on November 10th.   We have also started to learn vocabulary for Remembrance Day like un coquelicot and un soldat. We will be continuing this next week. We have also been working on counting backwards from 10 and recognizing numbers 1-5 out of order in French. We will be working on recognizing numbers on a number line, in a ten frame, in dot form and in tally form.  Starting on Monday, we are so lucky to have a student teacher joining us from  U of C. She will be here to help and support all of our kiddos until December 12th. Welcome Mme Lynley!!  I loved seeing all their costumes today, I hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween.  Please remember when packing any treats from Halloween for snacks to doub...

October 19th-23rd This week we had lots of fun learning Halloween vocabulary. We practice saying these words in full sentences using the sentence starter " Je vois.......". We used our scariest voices to say each sentence. I have attached the picture we used to help prompt ideas. Can your kiddo point out any new words they learned this week?   We also made mini Halloween Math books that the kids really want to take home. I promised they could bring them home on Halloween. For these books the students had to pick numbers from 1-10 and pick a Halloween word to go with it. We are practicing saying the numbers only in French, and using strategies to figure out the more difficult numbers. We have been working on counting the pictures on the page in French, counting on our fingers, using a number line and even using the numbers on the calendar to help us.  *School pictures have been sent home. Retakes will be on October 28th. Current orders need to be  returned to the scho...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! This week we continued to focus on Fall vocabulary. We then wrote a class book using this vocabulary and incorporated our trip to the Coulee in our drawings.  We are almost finished our vowels. We are done A,I,O and U and will finish up Y and e / é next week. We have been working hard at making the sound of each of these letters and listening for it in different French words and stories. Look through your new library books together, can your child pick out any of these letters and make the sound? October 29th:   On October 29th students can wear their Halloween costumes to school. If the costume comes with any form of weapon please keep those at home.  On the 29th we will also be having our Pumpkin Fest. You are invited to bring a pumpkin to school that is decorated however you wish. Our class will not have a theme for the pumpkin decorating, just be creative and I cannot wait to see them!!! On the 29th please dro...