Colours and more

Colours 


We have just finished a unit on colour. You may have seen the booklet that came home with colour names in French and Hul'q'umi'num'. The goal of this unit was to reinforce French colour vocabulary and to help the students access speaking French in an easy way. We started by reading  "Pat le chat- J'adore mes souliers blancs" followed by "Rebellion chez les crayons". 

After we read the book about the crayons rebelling, we did a vertical drawing activity. In the hallway, I had taped up coloured construction paper. The students got a chance to go to each paper and draw something that is the same colour as the paper. After they finished drawing, we took the papers back into class and the students practiced speaking French by saying either "Je vois..." (I see...) or "J'ai dessiné..." (I drew...) 





We explored primary and secondary colours using play dough. I made play dough in blue, red and yellow and the children predicted what colours they could make. Later the same day, they had a chance to work with their table group, follow their plan and to try to create their colours. We followed up this activity by painting primary and secondary colours on a worksheet. The sheet includes the "recipe" for each secondary colour. 

We then used the sample below of the umbrellas as a model to create an umbrella as a colour wheel. If you happen to be in the school, their art is hanging in our pod and in our class. The colour mixing sheet is glued on the back of their art! It will come home later in the fall. 

 

Math 

Counting Collections

We have started counting collections. Everyday after lunch, the children choose a bin of objects to count. The objects number from 8- 45. They are to count the objects by 1, 2, 5 or 10. They then record how many objects there are in the bin and how they counted them. They then recount the same bin a different way.

Counting collections is a very effective way to solidify their understanding of numbers and sequence as well as sorting and grouping objects. This is a very practical way to practice skip counting which lays the foundation for multiplication in grade 3.

What you can do at home:

1. Have your child count in French at any opportunity, going upstairs, putting toys away or counting signs as you drive in the car. 

2. Practice counting objects in groups of 2, 5 or 10.

3. To help your child tell you more about their day, ask specific questions such as:
What was the book about that you read at silent reading? 
What letter sound are you practicing? 
What math game or activity did you do?
What animal are you learning about? 
Did you sing any songs today?

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