Le Noël

Here are the songs we have been practising in class, the lyrics are on the actual videos.

Petit Papa Noël  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CvW7F2ewS0
Quand le Père Noël vient me visiter  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynt7aO8CuGw
Vive le vent   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh2o-IHVYhM  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dX0nIE6JL8
Au royaume du bonhomme hiver  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=man97X5JQuA
Le petit renne au nez rouge  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJDPeQSqICM

Les 12 jours de Noël

On Thursday, we decorated our classroom for Christmas as part of our "12 jours de Noël", I will be posting pictures of the decorations the students made!

lundi, le 10 décembre - Nous allons rechercher le Noël en France
mardi, le 11 décembre - Porter des vêtements verts ET nous allons chanter des chansons de Noël / regarder le spectacle de Noël
mercredi, le 12 décembre - Nous allons au cinéma pour regarder le film "Arthur Christmas"
jeudi, le 13 décembre - Porter le plus laid chandail d'hiver que vous avez ET nous allons créer des cartes de Noël
vendredi, le 14 décembre - Porter un chapeau de Noël ET nous allons créer un bonhomme de nourriture

Links for several themes

Les vêtementshttp://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect31/index.htm
http://www.zut.org.uk/misc/primary/20235.html Memory, matching, hangman games,etc.
http://www.quia.com/mc/624558.html Match clothing with vocabulary
http://www.ortholud.com/orthographe/vetements/un.php type in correct vocabulary word
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Clothes.htm Fun game to test your knowledge!

La maisonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwzJDOj3rdg La maison
Vocabulary inside the house
http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/n7/indexpieces.html
http://www.estudiodefrances.com/peli/lamaison.htm
http://www.estudiodefrances.com/exercices/appartement.html Listen & label
http://www.europschool.net/static/dico/fr/maison/maison_fr.html Click and hear the names of the rooms
http://www.tkukoulu.fi/~pajaree/talo/Lamaisonvocabulaire2.htm Description of outside of the house
http://www.languageguide.org/im/home/outside/fr/
http://www.ortholud.com/orthographe/voc/maison/index.php Label parts of house
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect35/no_07/no_07.htm
http://www.allgemeinbildung.ch/fach=fra/Meubles_01a.htm
 
Les aliments/ La nourriturehttp://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Food.htm
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect34/no_01/no_01.htm Several games and puzzles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/food_and_drink/ Food, Drink, Healthy food, etc
Les fruitshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ltEZcgl3sxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA6CfSkpf5w&feature=channel
http://jeux.lulu.pagesperso-orange.fr/html/memoire/mFruits/de1Fru1.htm
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Fruit.htm
Les légumes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdTAFyEebfs&feature=channel
http://jeux.lulu.pagesperso-orange.fr/html/memoire/mLegumes/de1Leg1.htm
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Fruit.htm

Les parties du corps http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Body/Index.htm Several games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bChrAwLzoSo&feature=related Les parties du corps Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3iA7kDMz8 Body parts (shows image and says word/repeats)
 
http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/ La maison, les aliments, les vêtements, le corps, etc
AMUSEZ-VOUS BIEN!

Les liens

Patterning Unit in Mathematics - Links for you to explore at home!

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/write-variable-expressions-to-represent-word-problems Expressions

http://www.doobrie.org/function1.html  Table of values

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/complete-a-function-table-and-write-an-equation Completing table of values

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_191_g_3_t_1.html Input/Ouput Values in a machine

http://www.mathplayground.com/FunctionMachine.html Input/Ouput Values

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/solve-word-problems-involving-two-variable-equations Equations with Problem Solving

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/stop-creature/ Input/Output Value game

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/functionmachines.html Allows you to put in your own values and choose whether you want it doubled, halved, one added, one subtracted, etc. It can also be computer generated and you put in the value. Guess what is happening each time.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=33 Pan balance scales using shapes with unknown weights

http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/activity.jsp?sid=nlvm&cid=4_2&lid=201 Algebra balance scales


le Français

We have been singing O Canada in class. Here is the link with lyrics to help you pratise at home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Sw6ScUmnk&feature=fvwrel

Progress Reports & OPTIS

Progress reports go home on Tuesday, November 27th. On Thursday, November 29th, parent-teacher conferences will be held. Students will be dismissed at 12:00 noon and parent-teacher conferences are held from 1:30-4:00pm and 6:00-8:00pm.
Again this year, appointments can be made through OPTIS, the online scheduler.
www.parentinterviews.com/larkhallacademy


A memo was sent home Wednesday regarding step by step instructions on booking an appointment. If you have any questions, please contact me. You may also contact the school.

Brother Brennan

We had a fabulous trip to the Brother Brennan Educational Centre on November 13th and 14th, the students absolutely loved it! We did so many things, we hiked, we learned about orienteering, we made paper, we talked about climate change, we had a fire by the water at night and saw so many stars and constellations!

Here are some highlights of our trip.

We had so much fun! Leave a comment below telling us what your favorite part was.

See if you can remember the answers to the following questions.

 

What are the four layers of the atmosphere that we learned and discussed? Which one is the hottest?

 

What are the two most common greenhouse gases?

 

How does Brother Brennan get electricity? How do we get electricity at our homes or at our school?

 

What did you learn about climate change?

 

What is the difference between fir and spruce trees? How did you learn to tell them apart? (Think of the first letter of each tree)

 

l'Halloween

Halloween was a very busy day at school! Here are some photos of the activities that happened in the afternoon, starting with the parade in the gymnasium!

Please continue to bring your costumes for our play this week. Notre pièce de théâtre, C'est l'Halloween, sera vendredi le 2 novembre!
Our Math test for this unit is also on vendredi. I will be having a Math tutoring session jeudi après l'école.
We will be celebrating Halloween on mercredi, bring your costumes!

Mme Reid

Janeway Jamarama: PORTER VOS PYJAMAS VENDREDI. Please bring along a donation for the Janeway.

Please bring your costumes tomorrow for our play.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Body/Index.htm Extra practice for les parties du corps. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Clothes/Index.htm  Les vêtements
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Weather/Index.htm  Quel temps fait-il?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/ET1/NewET1U1/Index.htm  Several topics we have been working on in French.

Math - Review and Extra Practice

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch03/ch03_1.htm Identifying factors
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch03/ch03_2.htm Identifying Multiples
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch03/ch03_3.htm Prime and Composite

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch03/ch03_4.htm Identifying Factors by Dividing

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/quizzes/ch03/ch03_6.htm Solving Problems Using an Organized List

 Le français
http://www.purposegames.com/game/4660d4a7c2 French body parts game
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bChrAwLzoSo&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active Body parts song

http://www.quia.com/hm/22757.html Body parts hangman


http://www.quia.com/jg/364790.html Classroom objects game   (Review)

http://www.quia.com/jg/66065.html le calendrier (les jours et les mois)
 
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/flbla/html/scenarios/scenario1/index.html?scenario=1&group=6&activity=11&totalactivities=20 Listen to letters and a word for each letter.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/flbla/html/scenarios/scenario1/index.html?scenario=1&group=4&activity=2&totalactivities=20 French expressions

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/flbla/html/scenarios/scenario1/index.html?scenario=1&group=6&activity=12&totalactivities=20 Alphabet rap

　
La chanson pour la pièce de théâtre
 http://www.safeshare.tv/w/lucApVBifR C’est l’Halloween. Song to practice at home.

Week of October 15-19

I will be having a tutoring session for Math after school on Tuesday. Please sign your child’s agenda saying you permit him/her to attend.

 

Please return all vaccination forms and picture cards if you have not already done so. The first round of needles will take place on November 8^th. School photos will take place on October 16th!

 

French

We have been working on a variety of themes in French, such as school, “Me” (describing oneself, family members, body parts, etc.) and Halloween.

 

Baggie Books are going well however I would like to remind you that it is very important that your child come to school prepared with their book on their assigned reading day. Media Logs (see note in reading folder for details) have not been completed by several students. Every school night your child is responsible for watching 20 minutes of French TV or YouTube. After doing this it should be recorded in the log and a parent or guardian must sign this log. If one night is missed, the child should make up for it the following night. There are links on the website that your child can use for this purpose.

We will be performing a school play “C’est l’Halloween” at the end of this month. Please ensure your child is practicing their parts at home.
 

Math

We are currently working on Factoring and Multiples as well as Prime and Composite Numbers in Math. It is important that your child reviews their Math notes and work at home. There are several strategies for factoring and finding multiples that we have been working on. The links below for Math are excellent for extra practice, for fun or for reinforcement.

 

Science

We will continue to look at classification systems as we explore vertebrates (mammals, birds, amphibians, fish, reptiles) and invertebrates (arthropods or “other invertebrates“).

French Websites

Here are some links that you may want to use to watch French tv/ listen to songs/ etc.

http://www.tv5.org/
http://www.mon-ludo.fr/
http://www.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/
http://www.tv5.ca/emissions.html
http://comptines.tv/
http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/
http://mininouveau.tfo.org/Videos/Categorie/100319152
http://www3.tfo.org/emissions/000151585
http://www.childtopia.com/

Links for Math

Here are some websites for factors as well as prime and composite numbers. We will be starting multiples early next week and below you will find some links related to this topic as well.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=2 Setting up arrays
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=12 Factor Game (Choose a number and find its factors)
http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/identify-factors Questions where you find factors
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=64 Factorize (Online grid paper - build rectangular arrays)
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/mathfact/mathFact.htm Excellent game where you can practice multiplication up to 10! Super game to play at home!!

http://www.teacherled.com/resources/vennfactors/vennfactorload.html Venn factors (A challenge - pick which numbers you want)http://www.hellam.net/maths2000/100square.html Interactive Multiples 100s chart
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/carrollv4.swf multiple games (of 2-10)

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/prime-or-composite Prime or Composite
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Lessons/2/Notes/m5_multiples_actsheet.pdf Worksheet with prime and composite numbers as well as multiples

Happy Learning!

Important Dates

Here are several reminders for the week of October 1st - 5th as well as the October 8th - October 12th.
October 2nd - 5th: Please bring a non-perishable item to school for the food bank if you are able to do so.
October 3rd: We will be starting our Home Reading/Baggie Book program. A detailed memo will be sent home tomorrow explainging this process in detail.
October 5th: Last day to return "Walk to School" Permission slip which was on the back of the memo sent home October 2nd.
Day of annual food drive. Our Thanksgiving assembly will take place in the school gymnasium at 9:15 am. All are welcome to attend!
October 8th: L'action de grâce. No school.
October 9th: Scholastic Book Orders due.
Day 3 readers will start today. Please remember to bring your book to school. I will give new books to those who read on their specific day.
October 10th: No school for students due to our PD day with ESD. Thursday, October 11th will be Day 5 on our schedule.
October 11th: Students who were scheduled to read on Day 4 will read on this day (due to the closure), along with the Day 5 readers.
This is also Healthy Commotion Day/Walk to School day. The lapathon event will also take place on this day.

Les mathématiques

This week we will be starting a new unit in Math, Number Relationships. We will be working on this unit over the next four weeks. The first section will be on factors and multiples and as a result it is important for your child to continue practicing multiplication. We will also be focusing on prime and composite numbers.
 
Over the next few days I will be adding links for the new topics we will be covering in Math.

Here are the two links for the online dictionaries that I was referring to during curriculum night.
www.wordreference.com  and  http://www.pdictionary.com/french/

Friday morning we had our kick-off assembly at school for our Lapathon.
Students were sent home with their sponsor sheets as well, if you have any questions please contact me (or you may contact the school as well). October 11th which is Healthy Commotion/ Walk to School Day will be the day when students participate in the Lapathon event. Keep an eye out for permission slips that will be sent home this week for Walk to School day.

Mercredi, le 11 octobre, there will be no school for students as it is our close-out day.

Science

We are currently exploring "diversity of life" in our Science program.

This week we will be looking at invertebrates and vertebrates, in particular arthropods, animals, plants, fungi, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, etc.

Here are some sites you can explore at home!
http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/index.html
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/homework_help/biodiversity/index.cfm
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/plants-animals.htm
http://www.quia.com/shared/science/

 

Math

Here are several fabulous sites for mathematics. We have been working on place value with numbers in the billions, estimating and multiplying large numbers among other things. We have math each and every day; review and practice at home are important.

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/place-values-in-whole-numbers Place value questions
http://www.mcwdn.org/Decimals/PlaceValue.html Place value review and quiz
http://www.quia.com/mc/279741.html Place value game
http://www.aaamath.com/B/g21e_px1.htm#section2
http://www.mathcats.com/explore/reallybignumbers.html Written and Standard form/ Estimation
http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-6/word-names-for-numbers Standard and written numbers

http://www.aaamath.com/mul39c1-multall09.html Multiplying numbers 0 through 9 (i.e. 8 x 9 =?)
http://www.aaamath.com/mul310-multiply.html Multiplying two digit numbers by one digit numbers (23 x 4 =?)
http://www.aaamath.com/mul310-multiply3x1-norename.html Multiplying three digit numbers by one digit numbers (146 x 8 =?)
 http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade6/student/default.html This link is directly linked to each lesson in our textbook and can be used for extra practice. 

Enjoy!

le 20 septembre

Comment ça va?
Over the past two weeks we have been learning various french expressions and phrases that we will continue to use each day. We have been exploring new vocabulary in french as well. The weather, classroom vocabulary, numbers as well as colors are some examples. We have also been practicing several songs. Here are several links that you can explore at home:
Les numéros
http://lexiquefle.free.fr/numero.swf Les numéros 0 à 50 (Click each number to hear it and practice counting to 50)
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_fr.php#

L'alphabet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWNWobUPAtM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active Alphabet song                     
http://www.languageguide.org/french/alphabet/ Click on each individual letter to hear it

Les couleurs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scjeQaWgQ_M&feature=related Pronunciation for all the colors
http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_fr.php#

Les jours de la semaine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1oDK3GRGRu8&feature=endscreen
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Semaine/Index.htm games

Le vocabulaire (l'école)
http://madamebellefeuille.blogspot.fr/p/vocabulary-tools.html

http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/school/ Click on each object and hear the french word (i.e. pencil- un crayon)
 
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect06/index.htm Comment ça va?
Excellent website for French:    http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bienvenue

Welcome to the 2012-2013 school year and our Intesive Core French classroom blog. On this blog you will find many links that your child can use at home for French as well as Math and Science. There will be videos, songs, games and interactive websites among many others that are directly linked to the grade six curriculum outcomes. As we start new units I will post sites that are applicable to each topic.

I will also be posting important information, such as homework, important dates as well as upcoming events/reminders. I will also be posting updates on what is happening in our school and our classroom, which will help initiate discussions at home. I look forward to having a great year in grade six and working with you and your child. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me: melissareid@esdnl.ca.