C'est presque le weekend! =)

Bonjour! Est-ce que vous vous etes senties l'amour hier? Hope you all felt the love yesterday =)

To have a recording of where we are starting from, in order to measure your growth this semester, you will be recording your responses and sending them to me via email - next time, it will be on D2L.

For homework this weekend, avant midi le 19 février - la journée de la famille - please send answers to 3 of any of the six questions below from the fiction or non-fiction category.

Show me your best work and at the end of the semester, you will reflect on how you answer questions differently from the way you did at the beginning of the semester.

FICTION

Les personnages

1. Qui est le personnage principal? Qui sont les personnages principaux?
2. Comment ressemble-t-il? Comment ressemblent-ils?
3. Le narrateur et le personnage principal sont-ils la même personne?

L’intrigue

1. Décris le début de l’histoire.

Le cadre / L’action

1. Où et quand se passe cette histoire?
2. Décris le cadre ou l’action de cette histoire.

NON-ROMANESQUE / NON-FICTION

Organisation / Le sujet

1. Quel type de livre est-il?
2. Le sujet du livre est-il indiqué?
3. Ce livre raconte-il une histoire?  Ce livre donne-t-il les faits sur sujet?

Le style/Le ton

1. Quels mots de vocabulaire sont importants dans ce livre?
2. Quels mots importants sont liés au sujet?
3. L’auteur utilise-t-il des citations des experts?

We will be adding more and more questions to the list throughout the semester.

You will be rehearsing and you will be evaluated on your knowledge of your text based on how you answer questions that you have seen throughout the year.

Testez vos connaissance des éléments d'un récit

Bonjour!!! 

  It was nice seeing you again, everyone!  Thank you for completing those flashcards! Merci beaucoup! 

Have you completed the Google Survey? Please do! It is two blogposts below =)

Below is an activity (yesterday's post)  that I had planned for us as well. Feel free to try it if you would like 

Joyeux jour de St. Valentin!   

Cliquez ici pour jouer le Kahoot!    Amusez-vous bien! 

Le lexique - le vocabulaire - comment puis-je décrire et expliquer une histoire?

Bonjour FSF 3U et FSF 4U! 

   Lisez soigneusement le paragraphe.    

Let's describe what each colour represents after reading the paragraph. 

<< Il était une fois deux jeunes enfants qui vivaient avec leurs parents dans une forêt très étrange. Chaque jour, ils jouaient ensemble dans la cour arrière de leur maison. Le plus vieux, Sam, se montrait très curieux à propos de la forêt des alentours, mais sa mère lui répétait chaque matin qu’il lui était formellement interdit de s’y rendre. Le père, de son côté, refusait tous les soirs, à son retour du travail, de répondre aux nombreuses questions de son fils. Rien de plus n’était nécessaire pour augmenter la curiosité insatiable du jeune garçon téméraire. Sa petite soeur se montrait beaucoup plus raisonnable, elle refusait de l’encourager dans ses plans pour déjouer la surveillance de leur mère afin de s’enfoncer dans les bois comme le rêvait son aîné.>>

Vert =
Bleu = 
Violet = 
Orange = 
Noir = 

What if you were to add another colour (jaune, par example)? 
Are there any words in black that you could give jaune to as a way to identify them as important words in a story?

Pour l'amour de lire!

Bonjour!


 I hope you all had a great first week - et toi aussi, Mme Johnston!!!


Voici votre questionnaire:


https://goo.gl/forms/WPNk6Qdvwk8K10pI3


Merci mille fois et passez un bon weekend!!

BLOG FOR MME'S COURSE - Bonjour parents of JUNIOR MATH LEARNERS - fictional post only!

We are beginning to adventure into Grade 4 math this year, and I am ecstatic to be your student's tour guide! 
Fasten your 'Growth mindset' seatbelt!

     Parents and guardians, you can access my letter to teachers on my D2L course page that your student accesses on a regular basis. You will see there my personal email and feel free to contact me by clicking here. 
Remember that you can always see links to cool activities for HOMEFUN on this blog. To start, why don't we try this survey to see how your student feels about math. Click here for the printable 9 question survey to see how you feel about math. Bring it in to Mme when you have completed yours!

MATH CAN BE A GOOD THING WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THIS VIDEO SUGGESTS;

Want to know more? Check out one of Mme's favourite links for those just starting their journey on the mindset revolution: Mindset kit for math!

Ready for some math adventures? Try these fun games to get a taste of what we will be doing;

* Home run derby math - make some estimates and hit the ball as far as you can!

* Toads and Vines - What can you help them with knowing what you know about probability?

le 18 mai

FSF 1P 

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Bonjour! 

Il fait beau aujourd'hui!!! I hope you are all having a nice day so far. 
Today, you have one task to prepare for our lesson on Tuesday, and then you have a choice!

1. The teacher will give you a sheet with three different critiques on it. You will find and identify two things: THE FORMS OF AVOIR (you may need to refer to notes to remember those, or look around the room for prompts) and action words that end with 'é'. Highlight them in any way to show me that you can identify the forms of 'avoir' (in one colour) and the action words that end with 'é' (another colour). 

2. Once all students have that completed, you have a choice of film. Voting will take place with head's down, and by raising your hand to show which you prefer. 

3. If you have yet to complete the work from yesterday *and JB - please ask a friend to inform you of what's been happening in class - you may ask to go to the library to get caught up (there are extra sheets for you in the folder for the supply), you must complete that before the end of the period and hand it in. 


Merci! Je vous souhaite un bon weekend!!!!! 

A mardi!!! 



FEF 1D 
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Bonjour! 

J'ai une réunion à la dernière minute, je suis désolée que je ne serai pas avec vous. 

 ****Nous ferons la 'reflexion des présentations de Petit Nicolas' mardi. Je mettrai la grille d'évaluation sur D2L pendant le weekend puisque vous puissiez voir comment vous serez évalués. 

1. Today your teacher will give you the answers to the activity that we completed in class yesterday. 
Please take 30 minutes or so (if you need more, that's okay, just discuss with your teacher please) to correct and be sure you understand why you had to make any corrections if you needed to. Cross-reference with un ami, and assess how well you did if it helps!  If you finish, please review and add to what you wrote down about each presentation. Prepare to explain en français and answer a few questions about your réactions to some of the stories that took place! A good strategy: ask yourself - can I explain this en francais for a minute and give details en français?  What can I do to practice? Rehearse in my head, practice with a friend, write down a few more thoughts...? 

2. Then, I have some videos to watch about Les expressions françaises et les expressions belges. Remember we are going to present some expressions soon!  Amusez-vous bien! 

Les expressions françaises contre les expressions belges  - Identifierez-vous les différences?!?! 
Vous pouvez le regarder 2x!!!! 


Et puis, un jeu

Here is a game you can play as a class : Enjoy! Te t'enjailles???!!   ☺

http://fr.hellokids.com/c_39515/jeux-en-ligne-gratuits/jeux-des-drapeaux-et-des-capitales/reconnaitre-les-drapeaux-du-monde

et 

http://www.jeux-geographiques.com/jeux-en-ligne-Quizz-Les-drapeaux-du-Monde-_pageid90.html

3. Please take home a copy of the at-home activity and bring it back completed Tuesday (the teacher has it). We have already talked all about it and I know you are now ready! Be sure to access D2L for some additional help if you need it! Bonne chance! 
Passez un très bon weekend!!! 

mercredi le 17 mai

FSF 1P 
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Bonjour!   

Today you will be heading à la bibliothèque with your professeur.  At the end of the period you will hand in two things, stapled, with your names on them.  

1. Your rough work outlining what you will be describing about your band or sport team. Earlier we saw an example of a timeline (that is still on D2L). Please follow that exemplar and have at least 10 major/significant events that helped create, change, improve or impede on the success of the group you are describing. You can even talk about specific members of the group and it can be in English for now. Elaborate and add as much important information as you can today. 

Here are three examples;

1. The Pittsburg Penguins formed in 1967.

2. The mascot's name is Iceburgh (true spelling) and he became the mascot in _____________.

3. Sidney Crosby was born in 1987. He started playing hockey when he was ___________ years old. He is famous because ______________.

When you have handed in this work, you may watch the fun videos about la musique et les parodies selected for you on D2L that we will discuss tomorrow. Miss Minard may have to unlock some of these sites in order for you to watch them.

Please remember that watching videos and being in the computer lab is a privilege. If you are abusing the privilege you will be asked to work on additional activities the supply teacher has at a table in the library. 

The seminar rooms are also booked. If some of you would prefer to work in a quieter setting and can access information (and complete today's task well) you may work in the library seminar rooms. 

I will see you tomorrow and hope you have a very nice day! Enjoy the beautiful weather! Il fait très beau aujourd'hui! 


-Mme
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