hot lunch form

Dear Parents,


Please disregard the first form, the first hot lunch form has some mistakes on it. I will resend the hot lunch form inshallah today. Please for those of you who have sent the hot lunch form, just send the difference. Many of the students chose option 2 and has given $19. Option 2 is $22. If you can send the difference with your child for Friday February 28, 2014, it would be greatly appreciated. I will resend the form for the price adjustments. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thank you,


Tr. Merve

Math - Sorting and Patterning

Dear parents,

Your child is starting a unit in mathematics on sorting and patterning.

The Learning Goals for this unit are to:

1. Sort objects according to attributes, such as colour, size, and shape.
2. Describe extend, and draw patterns
3. Talk about pattern rule.
4. Use two attributes to make a pattern.

You can help your child achieve these goals by doing the Home Connection activities suggested at the bottom of selected pages.

Thank you,

Tr. Merve

French update

Bonjour  chers  parents!

I hope that my email finds you in a good health and Iman,

Thank you for taking the time to watch your child’s portfolio presentation of the first French unit this year. We hope that you enjoyed the opportunity to share in your child’s accomplishments in French class so far. Today, your child began a new story unit in the French program.  Our second unit is based on an experience of a girl who lives in Québec. She decides to visit her friend who lives in Paris. She ends up taking numerous methods of transportation in order to finally reach her destination. The story is entitled Comment y aller?(How do I get there?). Your child will continue to increase her/his vocabulary in French by using the Gesture Approach and will also review previously learned words with the associated gestures. Please encourage your child to continue to share with you what s/he is learning in French class. At the end of this unit, your child will make another presentation . Homework relating to this unit begins in the first week of the unit, and the initial homework is review of gestured vocabulary introduced in the first unit.

Please ask your child to:

1.      read the story, Comment y aller?

2.      read the activity sheets containing questions and other activities based on the story;

3.      act out the story as a play, with puppets;

4.      Sing the song, Comment y aller?;

5.      show you the gestures s/he has learned .

6.      read the two creative stories that will be  written cooperatively by the class;

7.      read the story retelling and story extension that will be  written by your child.

You find below the list of vocabulary :

 PDL gestured word list

Comment y aller?

Activity 1

• d’accord

• (le) contraire

• (la/une) fenêtre

• (la/une) lumière

• (l’/un) ordinateur

Activity 2

• perdu

• bleu(e)

• vert

• verte

• violet

• violette

• noir(e)

• blanc

• blanche

• orange

• porte

• (les/des) vêtements

• (le/un) pantalon

• (le/un) T-shirt

• (la/une) robe

• (la/une) jupe

Activity 3

• dehors

• (la/une) récréation

• (le/un) piano

• devant

• derrière

• à côté de

• (le/la) meilleur(e)

PDL gestured word list

Comment y aller?

Activities 4 & 5

• excité(e)

• montre

• nouveau (nouvel)

• nouvelle

• habite

• Québec

• (le) Canada

• Paris

• (la) France

• décide de

• près de

• loin de

• y

• (le/un) pied

• vrai

• conduit

• (l’/une) auto

• (la/une) policière

• (la/une) rue

• Ça marche.

• Ça ne marche pas.

• vraiment

• dommage

• quand même

• (le/un) train

• (le/un) conducteur

• (le/un) bateau

• (le/un) capitaine

• en haut

• en bas

• vole

• (le/un) ciel

• dedans

• (le/un) extraterrestre

• (la/une) soucoupe

• volante

• (la/une) terre

• arrive

• parti(e)

• (l’/un) avion

• te

• quelque

• quelque chose

• quelqu’un

Activity 6

• quelquefois

• (le) temps

• pleut

• (le/un) soleil

• brille

• (le/un) nuage

• neige

• (la/une) tante

• (l’/un) oncle

• (le/un) cousin

• (la/une) cousine

• ensemble

Activity 7

• important

• importante

• (l’/une) expression

Activity 8

• dort

• se réveille

• utilise

Activity 9

• par exemple

• s’en aller

• croit

• pauvre

Activity 12

• bouge

• ne bouge pas

• sourit

• lève

• baisse

• (l’/un) enseignant

• (l’/une) enseignante

• quatrième

• cinquième

• sixième

Activity 13

• (l’/une) image

• (le/un) château

• (la/une) tour

Activity 14

• lance

• attrape

387

Activity 15

• (l’/une) activité

• difficile

• facile

• dernier

• dernière

• correct(e)

• cette

Activity 16

• ce

• ces

• (le/un) chandail

• passé(e)

Activity 17

• continue

Activity 18

• (le/un) spectateur

• (le/un) dos

Activity 19

• (l’/un) espace

• avant

Activity 20

• beau

• belle

• fâché(e)

• rit

• drôle

• surpris

• surprise

• intelligent

• intelligente

Activity 23

• malade

• peut-être

• (l’/un) escalier

• (la/une) pizza

• (le/un) sandwich

• (la/une) salade

• (le/un) déjeuner

Activity 26

• je vais

• (les/des) vacances

• espère

Activity 29

• (la/une) présentation

• essaie

Activity 31

• lave

• se lave

• sale

• propre

• (les) cheveux

• (le/un) visage

• tout seul

• toute seule

Activity 33

• me

Activity 34

• (l’/un) oiseau

Activity 40

• (le/un) rôle

• (le/un) costume

• (la/une) voix

Activities 46 & 47

• demande

Activity 50

• ont

• vont

• font

• sont

• a besoin de

• n’a pas besoin de

Activities 58 & 59

• les ciseaux

Activity 62

• (le/un) jeu

• s’amuse

• amusant

• amusante

Activity 65

• attend(1)

• attend(2)

• (le/un) casier

Activities 66 & 67

• (la/une) ville

• (la/une) province

• cent

• (la/une) rivière

• (le) Château Frontenac

• (le) fleuve St. Laurent

• (le/un) musée

• (le/un) restaurant

• (l’) Océan Atlantique

• (le/un) million

• (la) tour Eiffel

• (les) Champs Elysées

• (la) Seine

Activity 72

• souligne

Activity 73

• (la/une) sorte

• chaque

• (l’/une) orthographe

• (la/une) grammaire

• (la/une) culture

Activities 80 & 81

• raconte

Activity 83

• (le/un) tour

Activity 90

• (la/une) partie

Activity 98

• longtemps

Activity 102

• (la/une) place

Activities 110 &

111

• spécial(e)

• une idée

• long

• longue

• court

• courte

• retourne

• tout de suite

• téléphone

Friday February 21, 2014

Dear Parents,

This Friday February 21, 2014 will be a half day. The LED conference will take place from 4:00 - 6:50. Please if you are attending the LED conference, send the interview slip by Thursday February 20, 2014.

math update

Dear Parents,

A quick update
We are currently reviewing 'Number Relationships". In the beginning of the year, we practiced counting and the place value mat. Unit 2 will allow the students to have a better understanding of place value mat. Your child in this unit will go over the following:

- read and print numbers words to 20
- build numbers with concrete materials
- estimate the number of objects and check by counting
- count forward to 100- and backward from 20 using count by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 25s.

You can  help your child achieve these goals by doing the home connection activities suggested at the bottom of selected pages.

Tr. Merve