French Studies

Tell me,and I forget,teach me,and I may remember,involve me and I LEARN!!!!

Salut les parents!

These past 2 weeks the students have been working on particular sounds such as OI,ON,OM,AI,ET,EI,OU. They practice reading words in class,play games,revise the fall vocabulary and practice writing complex sentences using already taught material and the verb EST(is)SONT(are).Regarding the reading,I am finding that there are still some difficulties with the prononciation of the vowels in French. The vowels sound very different than they do in English and it is very important that they be pronounced properly as a mispronunciation can completely change the meaning of a word, or simply make it extremely difficult to understand. As a result, I am assigning Je lis a bit later,for the time being,I want them to focus on the texts with the specific sounds in order to improve  their reading.

This week’s Challenge:learn the presentation “Tout sur moi”

 

2A, 2B, French Studies, General Studies, Hebrew, How To Support At Home

Goal Setting Conferences

Attention Grade 2 Parents!

We are launching a new goal-setting initiative this year.  Please read the information below and let us know if you have any questions!

 

 

2A, 2B, General Studies

Global Maker Day 2023

Our students spent all morning planning, designing, collecting materials and creating one or more of the challenge designs presented to them. They chose whether to work on their own or in pairs and the collaboration, perseverance and ingenuity that took place in our Grade 2 classroom was beyond impressive. Here are just a few photos to help you visualize what a group of happy engaged children look like. What a special morning! A big thank-you to Josh Ray for organizing all of it. 

   

 

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OJCS Global Maker Day

We are excited for Global Maker Day! Our classroom needs amazing materials and recycled goods… as much as your child can carry! Please send in popsicle sticks, cereal/cracker boxes, toilet paper tubes, paint stir sticks, popsicle sticks, and plastic tubs/lids (think yogurt containers, sour cream tubs – clean please!) to help with our creativity.

 
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Learning French is so much fun!

Salut les parents!

These 2 weeks we continued with our complex sounds. We have covered already ON,OM  and the students always read in class the words and sentences,make their own phrases with the vocabulary plus other useful expressions and verbs like  EST and do syllable recognition and spell the words.We continue with School vocabulary,meanwhile we revise the days,months and seasons of the year.In class I work with each one of them separately with the aim of assessing their reading and writing skills and identify the areas that need further improvement.The students benefit a great deal from Reading Buddies because not only do they read to each other but they also write some sentences and new words.At the end they always play Blooket revising every time the vocabulary taught during that period.The highlight of these 2 weeks was during Orange Dress Day when the kids learnt how to say in french”Every child matters””Chaque enfant compte”, Terry Fox Day when the kids explained why Terry is their hero and  of course our Communication buddies with older grades when my amazing grade 2 have the chance to practice short dialogues that we have prepared in advance.Talk,talk and more talk in French.Enjoy the pictures and the videos.

IMG_6275 Terry fox video

IMG_6288 (1)Chaque enfant compte

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In The Know

It’s hard to believe how fast the month of September is flying by. We have been very busy this month, getting to know each other better, learning new routines, and brainstorming rules that will help make our classroom a safe and happy place to learn.

                                       

Learning Skills:

It is important that our Grade 2 students have a strong understanding of what work habits are and how these habits will help them grow as a learner. We are completing a booklet on Learning Skills, brainstorming ideas and then writing them down in our booklets.

         

 

Language Arts:

Writing-This past month the focus of our journal entries have been the Chagim. The children were asked what they were most excited about Rosh Hashanah and how they were going to make Yom Kippur meanful. We brainstormed ideas and then they were asked to complete an entry independently. If they did not know how to spell a word they underlined it and continued on. Once their journal was completed, I reviewed them with each child and I underlined the words that were in their dictionaries and then they were required to edit their work. Capitals and periods are the writing conventions we are focusing on whenever we complete a sentence. 

                 

Reading-Evaluations have started to see where your child is on their own personal learning journey. Resource sessions are well under way with Ms. Honey and we work as a team to ensure academic growth. You will be contacted this week by email if your child benefits from daily practice. For those students who meet or exceed the Grade 2 expectations for this point in the school year, they should be reading often just for the love of reading. Please note during our Language Arts blocks each child’s work has been personalized to ensure we have happy, engaged students.

Library/Social Studies-During our library periods Ms. Brigitte has begun our first novel study, books written by Patricia Polacco. Her books are a wonderful addition to our first Social Studies unit on Changing Family and Community Traditions. We are presently investigating some of the past and present traditions and celebrations within their own family to which they belong. For this week please have a conversation about a holiday tradition or artifact (e.g., Shabbat candle sticks or special holiday table cloth) that was passed down from generation to generation. They will be asked to share and draw a picture of this tradition or artifact next week. 

We also used Venn Diagrams to compare various New Year celebrations within our multicultural community. The students then worked in groups on an assigned New Year’s celebration and presented their project to the class.

   

Science:

This month our focus is on Movement and Simple Machines. The students completed an experiment where they discovered and saw evidence that Newton’s 1st law tells us that an object won’t change its motion unless acted upon by a force and Newton’s 2nd law tells us that heavier objects need a larger force to move them. Sorry no photos we were too busy having fun. We are also completing a rhyming book on how animals move.

Math:

Evaluations have started to see where your child is on their own personal learning journey. Resource sessions are well under way with Mrs. Cleveland and we work as a team to ensure academic growth. You will be contacted by email if your child benefits from the practice of a particular concept. Math homework will be only assigned to those that need the practice, this will start after the Chagim.