AND MORE PUMPKINS!!

We continued our pumpkin observations in French today by carving the tops of the large and small pumpkins.  Many observations were made such as "They smell!".  Maverick showed me two seeds and said "une grosse graine et une petite graine".  Markus observed that "the seeds look like they could be planted to make a huge pupmkin!"

The children enjoyed touching, smelling and making observations of the insides of the pumpkin.

Through these activities, the children really understood the meaning of the words citrouille (pumpkin), graines (seeds), petit et grand (small and big).

I found a few more French Autumn videos, ENJOY!!

La valse de l'automne

Bricolage d'automne




















Il pleut


And finally, what to do when we can't go outside??  After tidying up after play time, we did a 5 minute disco posted below (have fun trying it at home).

Then we did some table top activities.  Everyone was very focused and worked very quietly.

Tracing numbers with buttons : Le numéro trois

Puzzles 

Mazes

Dot to dot

And a little earlier, we had done a craft -  Les feuilles de l'automne: rouge, jaune, orange

Pumpkins Everywhere!

Yesterday Mme Natalie brought in two pumpkins for our class to explore - a large one, and a small one. The students learned the french words for big ("gros") and small ("petit").  Today, Ms Quinn brought in a third pumpkin to show the class. We decided that this pumpkin was medium sized because it was bigger than the small pumpkin, but smaller than the large one.

We started to investigate the pumpkins. We used magnifying glasses to examine the pumpkins up close, we drew pictures of the pumpkins and wrote about them, and we used cubes to help us measure how tall the pumpkins were. 

The students have lots of wonderings already about the pumpkins and what's inside. Stay tuned to see what we do next!

Also, thank you to all of the families who have sent in family pictures for our class display. We have created a family tree in our book nook for the students to enjoy. If you have not sent in a picture, but would like to, we will gladly add them to our tree as they come in!

Have a wonderful long weekend!

The past two days have been Spirit Days at Georges Vanier. Yesterday was "Crazy Hair Day" and today was "Pyjama Day". It was wonderful to see so many students taking part. A reminder that tomorrow is a PD Day - please enjoy the extra long weekend with your families as you celebrate Thanksgiving!

We are also sending home your child's blanket. We will send blankets home once a month to be washed. Please return to the school next week.

Today your child is coming home with a Scholastic Book order. This is a wonderful way for you to purchase books and other activities for your child while helping support our class. It is not mandatory for you to participate, so if you would rather not receive the flyers, please just put a note in your child's Note Tote. This month's orders are due back October 24. Please make payment by cheques only, made payable to Scholastic Canada. 

A reminder that you can subscribe to our class blog so that you always see the posts that Mme Natalie, Mrs. S and I share about our day. When you subscribe to the blog, you will receive an email update with our latest blog post. You can also follow Ms. Quinn on Twitter (@MsCQuinn). 

MONTRE ET RACONTE

Maya, my 5 year old daughter, proudly demonstrates what is expected for the upcoming "Montre et Raconte" presentations.

HAVE FUN WITH YOURS!!!

Look at our pumpkin!

It was a very busy day in the Hummingbird class today! We had our library day this morning, and then our first whole school Mass in the gym with Father Virgil. On top of all of that, it was a rainy day! 

Ms. Quinn brought this pumpkin in today for us to explore. Many of the students had some observations and questions about the pumpkin: 

"It feels like it's heavy." (Zoey)

"It smells like orange juice." (Joshua)

"You can cut it and there will be yucky stuff inside." (Nicholas)

"We can bake and eat the seeds." (Markus)

"What does it taste like?" (Brady)

We also used some of our fall leaves to make some Leaf Creatures at the art table today. I love how the students used the found materials to make faces and bodies for their creatures!

Another fun-filled (but busy) day!

OCTOBRE!!

Bonjour les Parents,

October is here and Halloween is in the air!!  The students are having fun with the costumes in the dramatic play area.

We are having a few spirit days this week to promote our magazine fundraiser:  Wednesday, October 8th is crazy hair day and Thursday, October 9th is PJ day.  A reminder also that Friday is a PD day.

Following is a Halloween song and a Fall song that you can watch with your child.

A cute Halloween song

C'est l'automne

Wonder Wednesday!

Wow - we had such a busy day yesterday that I completely forgot to post about it!

We had our very first school-wide fire drill this morning, and the Hummingbirds did a great job! Way to go :)

This morning, we read a book called "Thanks for Thanksgiving" and we talked about what it means to be thankful, and all of the things we have to give thanks for. Some of our friends even started to write about it.

This afternoon, we went on a little adventure outside - Ms. Quinn took some of us on a "trip" to collect leaves from the beautiful maple trees we have at the front of the school. We found some lovely leaves to bring back to the class and put in our sensory bin to explore.

Ms. Quinn