Pumpkin update

This morning we noticed a leaf is starting to grow. It looks very delicate. It's strange that yesterday it was very small, about the size of a bead. Today it looks like a leaf is growing. 

April 28th

This afternoon we noticed that the leaf is now out of the dirt. We think tomorrow it may grow even 

Then we noticed our little pumpkin has a tiny sprout starting to grow. It's very small and you can hardly see it. Maybe tomorrow it will grow some more.

Our pumpkins

In October we brought in pumpkins. We used them for activities in Math, French and English. We also baked muffins with some of them. We tried saving some of them all year to try an experiment. Check out the photos below to see what we're doing.

April 20th

April 27th

Week of February 8-12

Feb 9th: pancake breakfast: wear a sash

Feb 10th: Festival activities: wear a touque 

Feb 11th: "Fur trade" (toy trade) wear the full Voyageur outfit! 

Feb 12th: 100th day and Valentine's Day party

February events and activities

Tuesday February 2nd is early dismissal

A reminder there is no school this Friday February 5th.

Festival du Voyageur is almost here and we will have a number of wonderful events and activities going on around the school (feb. 8-12). Many of the staff and students will be organizing and running these activities, but we still need some help. 

Monday February 8th

Tibert the Voyageur assembly from 11-11:55am

Tuesday February 9th

Pancake breakfast

Due to the cost of pancakes from previous years, it was suggested that the pancakes not be ordered but instead made by parent volunteers. In order to ensure that each student receives a plate, we will be needing extra volunteers to come in between 7:30am and 8:00am to begin preparing and cooking the mix. We may need a few extra "griddles" as well to allow for cooking multiple pancakes so if you have one and would like to lend it to use, that would be fantastic! Just be sure to put your name on it so that it finds its way home after!

If this is something that you would like to take part in, we welcome the much needed help. Please email me if you are able to come join in the fun of prepping delicious pancakes for 342 grateful students.

Wednesday February 10th

Course de canot

Thursday February 11th

M à 2 – La commerce de fourrure (salle d’art)

Students will have the chance to participate in a « fur trade ».

Please see the note that went home in your child's agenda last week.

*no stuffies please*

Friday February 12th

Will be our 100 day celebration, a short assembly hosted by the grade 2 classes and 1/2 combined class and our Valentines day party. A list will come home Friday with all the students names. Please be sure to have a valentine for each classmate. Party committee notes will come home Friday as well once we have met and planned. 

No school Monday February 15th

Home writing

Please make an effort to write something every day. I will be responding to each child's writing and/or adding a tsk for them to complete. Please leave the back of each page free, as we may glue tasks in on that side. Also, please continue writing on the same page as the previous day if space permits. Recording the date will help divide the work.
Thank you so much for your support in developing enthusiastic writers!

Literacy Night

Come join us for literacy night this Thursday at 6pm!

Project Fair

Project Fair will take place Thursday March 10th, the deadline for entry forms is Friday February 19th. If you are interested in more information, please let me know and the information sheet will come home in your child's agenda tomorrow.

Note in agenda

Please see the note in your child's agenda regarding our literacy night.

The theme is Camp Read S'More, come join us for a night of literacy fun!

A reminder that your child is invited to bring in a favourite book to share this week if they haven't yet done so.

Students may bring a favourite story book on Friday to share. We will be reading our favourite books with a friend and then discussing why we chose it. Making reading meaningful is essential for success. Making text to text and text to self connections are important to make meaning.

We are also working on questioning, answers and higher level thinking through the subject areas. Today we played "mme's jeopardy". This was a challenge! We are very comfortable giving one answer. The kids were very excited to get their questions correct. If you get a chance to watch a bit of Jeopardy with them in the next few days I'm sure they'd love it.

Important dates in December

December

1 - Early Dismissal 3:27

14 - holiday hat or headband day

15 - Early Dismissal 3:27 - Winter Concert Evening 6:30pm

costume: scarf and earmuffs or hats or toques

16 - Pyjama Day : wear your favourite pjs

17 - Grinch or Who day : dress like a Who or in your grinchiest gear

18 - Last day before holidays : Festive sweater day

National Jersey Day

It's National Jersey day tomorrow November 20th...wear your favourite jersey to school.

Home reading logs

The Boston Pizza home reading logs will be sent home tomorrow. For each completed log your child earns a certificate for a kids meal at BP. Last year we earned $300 as well towards our school library. This year we're hoping to earn $500.

A new sheet will be sent home every time the completed log is turned in.

Happy Reading!

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Good afternoon,
Today we will be baking together. Last night I baked one of the pumpkins that we had worked with during throughout the day. We will use the meat from the pumpkin in our muffins. The recipe is very simple and I have included it below. This recipe works with almost any fruit, just omit/change the spices accordingly.

• 2 cups pumpkin puree or mashed pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

spices:

• 2 pinches ground cloves
• 2 pinches ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• or more to taste.

Mix first 4 ingredients well, add dry ingredients. Fill muffin tins lined with wrappers 2/3 full or with ~1/4 c batter. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.

reminders

There's an important note for parents in the front pocket of agendas today.
There's no school tomorrow.
Field trip money in due November 2nd.
English home reading books should be coming back and forth to school daily, unless your child didn't have a chance to read them.

Have a great long weekend!

Party Committee

The Halloween Party Committee has met (student numbers 3, 7, 8 and 11.)
They have planned some exciting activities, decorations and snacks for our celebration. Our party will take place after last recess at 2:45 on October 30th. Snack reminders went home today for those students who are responsible for bringing snacks. More information regarding costumes and the parade will be posted closer to the date.

The Party Committee chose to survey the class for their input on some of the snacks. They made a graph to represent the information they collected and then looked at the data. They were able to make their decision based on their survey results.

French Halloween Vocabulary

These are the vocabulary words we're working on this month. Feel free to practice them at home with your child.

We're working on fine motor skills

You can help your child further develop his or her fine motor skills with tracing and cutting activities at home. We're bringing home what we made today while working on these skills.

Videos

Please check out our video page, I've posted a song version of the "five little pumpkins" poem we've been working on. There's also the favourite "c'est l'halloween" song and a movement break song "la danse d'Igor".

I will post songs to this page as we learn them.

Also watch for our Halloween vocabulary that will be posted this week to the main page.

September and October poems

We have been learning and practicing these poems.
  

email

I sent an email this afternoon and have hopefully updated all email address changes. Please let me know if you did NOT receive an email today by emailing me with your child's name as the subject.