LES CHANSONS

Bonjour les parents!!

At the request of some parents during interviews, I will post many of my more generic French songs here,  As the year continues, I will post songs that are relevant to a specific theme or time of year.  Enjoy watching and singing with your child!!

Assis / Debout

Les mois de l'année

Les chiffres et les nombres

L'alphabet

Les jours de la semaine

Les couleurs

Les parties du corps

Bonjour!

La boogie woogie des chiffres

Please keep in mind that we have not yet learned all of these songs and will continue to work with them throughout the year.  ENJOY!!!

What we have been up to...

Thanks to all of the parents who came to our Parent-Teacher interviews on Thursday night. It was a pleasure meeting all of you, and I look forward to an exciting year ahead in the Hummingbird class!

We have been busy talking about Remembrance Day and the significance of this special day. Students have been busy writing postcards to soldiers and veterans. We talked about some of the things we would like to say to the soldiers, and the students wrote those messages on the postcards.

We have been singing the song, "I've Got Peace In My Fingers" together as a class - ask your child to show you the actions that go along with the song: Peace in my Fingers song

Finally, many parents have asked what they could do to help support their child's learning at home. Alphabet knowledge is a hallmark of early literacy - practice identifying letters with your child. As children begin to identify specific letters of the alphabet, they can begin working on identifying letter sounds. Learning letter sounds is one of the first steps in learning to read. Here is a cute song we like to practice to help us remember the different letter sounds: Phonics Song

Everyday we practice reading and writing our popcorn words. Here are the ones we have been working on since the beginning of the year: I    can    am    see    look    at    a    the  As we learn new popcorn words, I will update the blog.

Have a great weekend!
Ms. Quinn

SLIME!!

What better way than to compare solids and liquids than to play with SLIME!!  At carpet time, the children were asked if they think slime is a solid, a liquid or both.  This was done in French and with a few props, the children easily understood the concept of "Est-ce que de la slime est une solide, un liquide ou les 2"?    They then got to play with the slime and record their decision.

Here are some of the verbal observations made while palying with the slime:  

"I can make a ball"  - Makayla

"It's bouncy" - Mackaelyn

"It's slippery" - Rosemary

"It stretches!" - Maverick

"It's hard to cut" - Makayla

After some discussion, the majority agreed that the slime was in fact both solid and liquid.  Here are some observations made during the discussion:

"C'est liquide because it's wiggly." -Faith

"C'est liquide because it's slippery." - Makayla

"Les 2 because it's really gooey." - Rosemary

"It's both because it's gooey" - Andrea

Those a direct quotes from the kids. I was so pleased that they made an effort to use one of our French popcorn words "c'est" and the word being studied to express themselves!!

Halloween Fun!

We have been busy in the Hummingbird class. Halloween is an exciting time for our kinders, and we love to bring Halloween activities and crafts into our learning. We have been working on making patterns, so we have been using Halloween crafts to help us make them. Some of our patterns are amazing!

We have also been making a number line for our class. Our kinders have been busy creating the posters that we will display in our class for the year. 

Writing the number, the word, and using stickers to show how many.  

Eva made this amazing number poster all by herself! 

Every day we practice reading and writing popcorn words. Popcorn words are words that often "pop up" in the things we read and write, and are also called high frequency words. Here are some of the words we have been working on since the beginning of the year: 

I    can    am    see    look    at    a    the

A reminder that students are not to wear costumes to school tomorrow - we would hate if anything happened to them right before they head out for trick or treating. If your child wishes, they are more than welcome to wear orange and black tomorrow. 

Have a wonderful Halloween! 

L'HALLOWEEN

Bonjour les parents, 

Here are some vocabulary words that we have been working on in October.  Your child should know some of these words in French, some children might even know all of them!

This is a song that we have been practicing.  See if your child can sing it to you!

HAVE FUN!!!  

Friday Reminders

Just a few reminders as we head into the weekend:

• Monday is Photo Retake Day for any families who are interested. We will also be having a school photo taken.

• We are asking all students to wear red and white on Monday. 

• On Friday October 31 we ask that students wear orange and black - no costumes please! 

Have a great weekend!

The Hummingbird Team

A FEW QUICK NOTES

Tomorrow is CRAZY HAT DAY FOR 2$.  Your child can wear a crazy hat and donate 2$ for United Way.

We are currently holding a canned food drive for the "We Scare Hunger" campaign by the Social Justice Committee.  Please feel free to send canned items or non-perishable items to school.

I will be away Wednesday, October 22nd.

Thank you and I look forward to seeing my Hummingbirds on Friday, I will miss them!!

Mme Natalie