Les aventures des jeunes

Home Reading The snow definitely slowed down the momentum over the past week. Thanks to everyone who read the home reading books and returned the bags so that your children could bring home new books to share with you. Our exchange day is Wednesday, but if your child has read the books several times they can exchange any day at reading time.  We talked at school about always keeping the books in the cloth bag and keeping them in the same place so they can be easily located and brought back to school. The backpack is not the best storage location as sometimes water bottles spill etc. The books can only be ordered as a set and the sets are very pricey (in the hundreds of dollars) so I thank you for helping me to preserve the books for as long as possible.  If home reading is not something that fits with your busy schedule and you prefer not to have extra books at home to keep track of, please just let me know. At this point I would rather your child enjoy school and have ...

Home Reading The children chose 2 books from their reading basket to bring home to read. The books are due back every Wednesday so that they can be sure that they are reading a variety of books. To help keep our books in good condition, please keep the books in their book bag in a safe place at home.  If your child is ready to change the books more often, just send the books back and they can switch the books during the reading block.  Storytelling and Fairy Tales We are continuing to work on telling stories with character, place, problem and solution. We are beginning to talk about fairy tales and what they have in common. Fairy tales usually have a mean/ wicked character, magic/ talking animals and they have a moral to the story. Next week we will read a version of Beauty and the Beast.   Math We have been working with 2D shapes. The students are really capable of describing shapes to each other. We played a game where on partner picked a...