This week we:

Surveyed our friends to see what colors they liked.
Learned the letter names and sounds for t,u,v,w,x
Worked on our numbers from 1-6
Learned that scientists ask questions and have wonders.
Learned that scientists use experiments to test their ideas
Asked ourselves questions about colors and experimented with them to learn more. 
Had fun learning about primary and secondary colors
Used different activities to explore our wonders about color
Practiced hearing rhymes in French
Listened to stories
Practiced writing our our alphabet in order.
Played and learned in the mud kitchen.
Talked about animals and what they look like and different parts of the body (mane, fins, tail etc) 

Our wonders and discoveries:

What other colors could we make?
Why do colors all mixed together make brown?
When you mix the same color with itself it stays the same.
When you mix colors with other colors the color changes.

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-This week we:

-Learned about the letters Q,R,S,T
-Played with colors and read a story about mixing colors
-Painted a color mixing project
-Worked on Rhyming 
-Played in our mud kitchen
-Read "A Squiggly Story" and wrote a story of our own. 
-Made new discoveries in the Mud Kitchen.
- Practiced writing  friends names.

Some I can statements we are working on:

I can say my colors in French.
I can use a variety of materials to create art projects.
I know my letter names and sounds in French (A-T)
I can read the letters A-T.
I can write my letters A-T
I can draw a detailed picture that tells a story.
I can use letters and symbols to represent my story.
I can tell my story to others. 
I can count to 10.
I can read my numbers to 6.
I can write my numbers to 6.

Our wonders this week:

How can we make different colors with only 2 or 3 colors?

How do letters go together to make words?

​How do authors get ideas?
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This week we:
Learned how to graph by tracking how many of us were wearing the color of the day.
We went to visit our tree and draw it. All our leaves are gone!
​We learned how to draw like a scientist.
We explored AB, ABB and ABC patterns.
We practiced writing the numbers 1 and 2.
We played with colors.
We explored outside.
Our letters this week were M,N,O,P.
We are working on learning to write the alphabet in order from A-P.
We learned about our guard dog and wise owl.
We are continuing to practice using the french we know in class.

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This week:

We have been practicing our letters to L.
We have been creating patterns.
We have been learning about Remembrance day.
We had a poppy run.
We played in the snow.
We made poppy art.
We read lots of stories.
We created stories using loose parts.
We had our Remembrance day assembly.
We are learning to be good listeners and communicators.
We are learning how to ask questions in French and answer them.

Some of our wonders this week:
How tall can we build a cup stack?
How can we make a stack that won't fall?
What happens if we bring snow inside?
Why does snow melt?

This week we read lots of books. We are practicing hearing and making rhymes. We are also continuing our exploration of seasonal changes. We visited our tree to see how it was changing and we also visited the garden.

We are continuing to practice writing our names using uppercase letters at the front and lowercase letters at the end. We are also printing out letters from A-G and we are learning their name and sound and some words that start with each letter.

We have been talking about emotions and self regulation. We have been learning some strategies for calming our body and telling our friends what we need from them.

We had lots of fun on Friday doing Halloween centers, we also did some Halloween yoga and played outside.

We have been playing games on our smartboard to practice numbers, patterning and letter identification. You can play at home too by visiting:

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This week we went to visit our big maple tree in the garden.We will be visiting this tree through-out the year to observe seasonal changes. Our wonder is - How will our tree change over the school year? We each picked a leaf and we are going to see whose leaf stays on the tree the longest.

We have been talking about emotions this week. We are working on answering the questions "What kinds of emotions can I have?"  "How can I tell?"   We are also learning some strategies to calm our body. 

​We are continuing to write our class books and work on or letter crafts. We learned that C has 2 sounds  - C (S) - Citrouille(pumpkin) and C (K) Cadeau (gift). Our other words where D (dinosaure)  and E Escargot (snail).  E is a very shy letter. It likes to wear disguises.  At the beginning of words it never says its name.  Sometimes it will say (A) like in escargot.

We are also working on learning our prepositions in French (sur, sous, dans, devant, derriere)

In Math we are playing with patterns. We are trying to answer the questions - What is a pattern? How can you tell it is a pattern? How can we continue a pattern? We are trying to recognize patterns and continue them.

This week we started our alphabet book.
A - avion(plane)
B - bateau (boat)
C- citrouille (pumpkin)

We are are making simple patterns.
We are practicing hearing and making rhymes.
We went to the garden and planted fall rye and put our strawberries to bed for the winter.
We broke apart pumpkins to see what was inside, We read about the pumpkin life cycle and we want to try and grow some. 
We had our first earthquake drill. 
We are learning to ask what people like and answer the question too. Qu'est ce que tu aimes? J'aime.....
We are making a book for each of our friends and learning to write their names.
We are continuing to practice writing our name the kindergarten way - Capital at the front, lowercase after.

Things we are wondering about:
How long does it take pumpkins to grow?
Can we plant pumpkins in the fall?

Our focus for that last few weeks en Maternelle has been on getting to know each other, building routines and getting comfortable in our environment.

Some things we have been up to:

We learned that all letters and drawings are made up of a combination of lines and curves. 
We are practicing writing our name the Kindergarten way (capital at the front followed by lowercase letters)
We are working on learning the sounds and names of the letters A,P,B and C in French.
We have been exploring sorting and creating sorting rules for groups of objects.
We are learning to count in French.
We are learning lots of new French words and songs. (Animals, body parts, actions, colours, classroom vocabulary, greetings and lots more)
We played in our new mud kitchen outside. It is a great place to experiment with force and motion, make observations about the world around us and use our minds to engineer solutions. 
We  talked about Orange shirt day.
We had our Terry Fox run in the gym.
We went to music, and library.