Newsletter for November Le 30 octobre, 2012 Chers parents, C’est l’halloween, hé! Tomorrow students are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes. We will have a little parade in the school with Mme McCrea’s class. We will have games, crafts, songs and stories to celebrate. If you would like to send along a snack please ensure that there are no nuts included. There will be a lot of sweet treats that day so healthy snacks are quite welcome too. We are completing our first MIMI poster and will soon begin our new poster. Keep reviewing and having fun with the words at home. Invite your child to teach you some new French words. November 1st is also a Spirit Day as well as the beginning of Movember so students are invited to wear their best moustaches. As well as our new poster, in November, we will also learn about Remembrance Day Le jour de souvenir ~L’armistice. We will work on booklets that teach O’ Canada in French. If you have any old Canadian magazines or calendars that can be used to cut out pictures please send them along in your child’s dossier. The booklets will include your child’s drawings as well as collages. We will also be going to the Western Development Museum for “A Christmas Long Ago” program. Details about the date will be in the newsletter in your child's dossier. Let me know if you would like to volunteer. Check the calendar for your child’s special day. On your child's special day he or she may talk about a favourite holiday/celebration or family tradition. Pictures or objects that represent the event or tradition on his or her special day are welcome. A visit to the Pumpkin Patch We had a great time at the Pumpkin Patch. The kids loved running through the hay bale maze. La citrouille To the tune of Alouette La citrouille ma jolie citrouille La citrouille Je te mangerai Je te mangerai les yeux 2x et les yeux 2x O.... La Citrouille ma jolie citrouille la citrouille Je te mangerai Je te mangerai le nez 2x et le nez 2x et les yeux 2x O.... La citrouille ma jolie citrouille la citrouille Je te mangerai la bouche 2x et la bouche 2x et le nez 2x et les yeux 2x O..... Scarecrow l'épouvantail C'est l'automne-C'est l'hiver? Ah il fait froid! Il y a de la neige. Il est nuageux. Everyday we learn a little about the weather but this month has been a bit perplexing. We were just learning the words to C'est l'automne to the tune of Frère Jacques when the weather turned wintery. So here are the words for our fall song C'est l'automne x2 Les feuilles tombent x2 Les rouges, oranges et jaunes x2 Dans le vent x2 Here are the words to the winter song C'est l'hiver x2 La neige tombe x2 Les grands et petits flocons x2 Dans le vent x2 And here is the song for today C'est l'automne x2 Les feuilles tombent et la neige tombe Rouges, oranges et jaunes Les grands et petits flocons Dans le vent, dans le vent! Une visite d'un pompier Un pompier nous a fait une visite. A fire fighter, Mr. D. came to visit us today to talk about safety and fire prevention and what to do in an emergency. Our fire fighter and our students were very animated and our students showed just how knowledgeable they are regarding safety. Bravo! La danse des couleurs Madame des couleurs "La danse des couleurs" is a song by Le Clown Alexandre. We are enjoying learning our colours in many ways we have been wearing specific colours on colour days and bringing special objects for our colour collages. Thank you for such great participation~I know that parents have to be involved to make these days a success. The photos are of our colour collages This last photo was taken at Oskayak. We were unable to attend as a class this year because it took place in the afternoon. If you ever have an opportunity to attend a pow-wow take it. I went with my class last year and my own children this year. Truly, C'est une vraie danse des couleurs. "Je l'ai fait avec mes deux mains" "Je l'ai fait avec mes deux mains" is a lyric and title of a song from a Jack Grunsky cd; the song is all about making things with my two hands les bricolages crafts. I love seeing this group create and produce things of beauty! Here are some of their lastest fall crafts and creations. C'est l'automne. } Les feuilles tombent } les rouges, oranges et jaunes } dans le vent. } Welcome! Bienvenue! We are well into October and enjoying a great start to the year. I will use this blog to post some of our past activities and what we have been learning. Please visit the links that are great resources for learning French in Kindergarten. Thanks for stopping by! Merci d'être venu! Journal d'aventure our field trip journals affiche de MIMI PWIM poster includes our vocabulary-de mots/images Here are our MIMI wordsle, la, les La classe le panier les ciseaux la colle la table la boîte bleue la boîte, bleue les crayons les blocs de Lego les blocs, de, Lego le sac à dos sac, à, dos la chaise Le spectacle Pekka Les étoiles pour l'ami special Les couleurs et les oiellets Une visite de notre policier Constable S. À la bibliothèque