Nov. 15th, 2019

Hello everyone!

This week has been really busy here at St. Jude's Academy with the science fair and all the excitment!
We worked hard in class and were still able to achieve our learning goals for the week.

In Grade 2:
-We continued to learn about migration and the push and pull factors.
-We learned about word order and sentence structure through a group activity.
-We completed our weekly reading.

In Grade 3:

-We started to learn about mindfulness and good manners in french "les bonnes manières".

-We learned about different ways to greet depending on the time of the day and the situation.

-We completed our weekly reading.

In Grade 4:

-We continued to work on singular/plural.

-We learned to conjugate more irregular verbs and how to use them.

-We learned how to use adjectives correcly using the proper noun/adjective agreement. 

Note for grade 4:

Students in grade 4 will have a small revision test on Tuesday, Nov.19th. It is easy and all they need to do is review the marked concepts in their journals (marked with a "T"):

-Correct conjugation of verbs ending with "-er".

-Proper noun/adjective agreement (Je suis canadien/elle est canadienne).

-Capital cities of the canadian provinces and territories.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mme. Rawan

Friday, Nov. 1st, 2019

Hello everyone!

What a fun week it has been with casual day, bakes sales and Halloween all back to back!
We did take advantage of Halloween to learn some new vocabulary, review old one and use some new verbs and sentences.

In Grade 2:
-We learned some vocabulary related to halloween (characters, dress up items).
-We learned to present our characters and use adjectives to describe it.
-We did our weekly reading.


In Grade 3:
-We learned to conjugate and use reflective verbs ("verbes pronominaux" such as "se déguiser").
-We used the new verbs to present our characters and describe them.
-We did our weekly reading.

In Grade 4:

-We presented our projects about the provinces.

-We did some fun activities related to halloween along with some vocabulary review and reviewed how to use the negative form.

-We did our spelling test.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mme. Rawan

International day!

Oct. 10th, 2019

Hello everyone!

It's Thanksgiving weekend, time just flew by! This week was shorter and yet just as productive as I hoped.

In Grade 2:
-We continued our sentence writing using the new vocabulary and actions that we learned previously.
-We completed our summative for this unit (choosing a job for when we grow up and tell why we chose it using the action). And practiced presenting it to a friend in class.
-We learned about Thanksgiving in French and write a few sentences to express what we are thankful for.

In Grade3:

-We learned about the clothes related to "les autochtones" and the body parts on which they were worn.

-We used the verb "porter" to make our own sentences using the vocabulary that we learned. We made sure to use different "sujets" to start the sentences to make sure we understand how to conjugate the verb and use it correctly.

-We made mind maps to think of all the things that we are thankful for and the things that we eat for Thanksgiving and from that we used different verbs and "sujets" (je, tu, il...) to write sentences related to Thanksgiving.

In Grade 4:

-We continued to learn about Canada and its symbols.

-We reviewed important grammar points from grade 2 and 3: how to change words and sentences from singular to plural and how to use the ending of a verb to choose the correct personal pronoun as a subject.

-We had a small test in class to make sure that everyone remembers those grammar points and is able to use them correctly moving forward.

-We had a small discussion about thanksgiving (l'action de grâce) and shared what each of us is thankful for.

I wish you all a great and restful long weekend and a happy Thanksgiving! 

Mme. Rawan

Oct. 4th, 2019

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all had a great week and are ready for the weekend! It is getting colder out there and busier in here. And we can't believe that thanksgiving is right around the corner!

Grade 2:
-We continued to work on the community and occupations.
-We learned to use our words in the correct order in proper sentences.
-We read a text, understood it and answered comprehension questions about it.

Grade 3:

-We continued to learned about the different aspects of life regarding "les autochtones".

-We learned to conjugate and use new verbs and use 2 verbs in a sentence using "pour".

-We read a text in pairs and took turns reading it, understanding it and answering comprehension questions.

Note: one question is homework due monday.

Grade 4:

-We started to brainstorm and learn about Canada in French.

-We identified adjectives and how they agree with the noun.

-We had our spelling test and read different texts (at different reading levels) in pairs.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Mme. Rawan

Orange shirt day

Sept. 27th, 2019

Hello everyone!

Happy Friday! It's the end of our Fall Fundraiser week and it's been crazy around here, a lot of fun and excitement! Some students got the chance to decorate Mr. Oliver's face with make-up, style a teacher's hair, sit in a teacher's chair and pie a teacher in THE FACE! And everyone enjoyed a dance party or an electronics hour.

In French however, we still got to get most of our work done!

In Grade2:
-We learned about more occupation (les métiers).
-We learned to use the new words in full sentences along with their actions (verbs).
-We learned to use similar sentence structures with different nouns (places, objects...).
-Weekly reading.

In Grade 3:

-We started to inquire about Canada's first nations in French (les autochtones).

-We learned some of the actions they used to live (chasser, parler, manger, porter, récolter).

-We learned to conjugate these verbs and use them in sentences related to the unit.

-Weekly reading.

In Grade 4:

-We learned new words for the spelling test.

-We identified the articles (définis et indéfinis et possessifs) : un/une, le/la, mon/ma. And learned how to use them.

-We completed and corrected together our first spelling test and our weekly reading.

This time grade 4 students were asked to work on the reading cards in pairs, every pair of students read together a different text, explained it to each other and answered a comprehension question together.

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Mme. Rawan