Mme Lockerbie Notes

Bienvenue en 2e année!

Notes

Posted: October 18, 2017

These next 2 weeks in French, we will  be discussing and describing pets that we have at home or pets that we would like to have. We will also describe our pets’ temperament. Your child is more than welcome to bring in a picture of their pet or a favorite animal that s/he likes. If you wish, you can send me an email with a pic attached ( monica.lockerbie@nbed.nb.ca(link sends e-mail)). They can share their picture with the class. Examples of oral structures that will be introduced this week :

J’ai un lapin. Il s`appelle __. Il a X ans. Je n’ai pas … Je veux avoir un ___ Mon animal préféré est … . Il s`appelle __. Il est gros. Il a X ans. Son corps est recouvert de ___ (poil, écaille, plumes). Mon ___ a de petites oreilles et les yeux __. Ses yeux sont ____, ses oreilles sont ___. Mon animal est ____ … (gentil, calme, excité, fidèle doux, heureux), We will make a class book about our animals next week to end our study on pets. I feel that the students will love this part of the curriculum! Finally, we will work on Halloween vocabulary and learn new songs. We will have a busy but fun few weeks!

 

Posted: October 3, 2017

 

This week in Math we will continue to work on patterns and our numbers, up to 60.There are several web links on my teacher page to practice the numbers in French. We will also learn how to take a survey using tally marks, and how do make a bar graph and picto-graph. For example, students will ask their friends: "Quelle est ta couleur préférée? "(What is your favourite colour?). Then, they will tally the answers and colour in the bar graph. In French literacy, we will continue to work on our first unit called "Je suis unique" (I'm unique). Students coontinue to learn vocabulary to describe themselves and their friends. They will also learn to express their preferences and dislikes. We continually review learned language structures, adding to the list weekly. Here are a few new oral structures for this week:

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes? (J’aime mon chien).

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes à l’école? (À l’école, j’aime la musique).

Qu’est-ce que tu n’aimes pas? (Je n’aime pas la pluie).

Qu’est-ce que tu adores?  (J’adore les souliers).

We will continue to learn a few new songs/ poems around this theme. Students will also continue to read thematic books with a partner on a daily basis. These books are sent home as homework each night. Have a great week everyone! Bonne semaine!

Posted: September 18, 2017

In French Language Arts, we have reviewed the questions from last week and learned more questions/oral structures such as :  Quelle est la date aujourd'hui? Aujourd'hui, c'est lundi le 18 septembre, 2017. Quelle couleur sont tes cheveux? Mes cheveux sont....  Quelle couleur sont tes yeux? Mes yeux sont...  In reading (lecture), we are working on the vowel sounds and we are reading simple books related to the school vocabulary seen in class.  These books will be sent home this week. ;) Students have been writing each day about themselves. In Math, we have been working on our numbers from 0-30. We are also comparing numbers ( 16 est plus grand que 10. 3 est plus petit que 12), We are also learning a few new songs and continue to learn classroom vocabulary.  

Mme Lockerbie

Posted: September 11, 2017

I am so proud of my amazing students for completing their first week of school in French Immersion! We had a wonderful week!  We learned the following oral structures:
 
Quelle est la date aujourd’hui? Aujourd’hui, c’est le 11 septembre, 2017. 
Comment t'appelles-tu? Je m’appelle Charlotte.
Quel âge  as-tu? J’ai 8 ans.
Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui?  Il fait soleil. 
Es-tu une fille ou un garçon? Je suis une fille.
 
We are working on our colors, school vocabulary, the 7 days of the week and the 12 months of the year. We also worked hard on our numbers and number words from 0-20.   Homework starts today! Please check the calendar in their homework folder for more information. Bravo mes amis!  Keep up the great work! :-)

Posted: August 30, 2017

I am extremely happy to be your French Immersion teacher this year! I have been waiting all summer to meet you! I have so many things I want to share with you and I want to hear all about your summer vacation. I know we will have a fantastic year! See you soon!

Mme Lockerbie :)

Posted: April 11, 2017

In Social Studies, we are learning about our province. We will learn to locate our province on the map, talk about our cities, natural resources, transportation, jobs, climate and vegetation in New Brunswick. We are also learning Spring and Easter vocabulary.  In writing, students are working on a personal narrative writing piece. We continue to review writing and reading strategies on a daily basis. In Math, we continue to review estimation, mental math strategies and adding two and three digit numbers.  We are also working on subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers.  

Happy Easter!

Mme Lockerbie :)

Posted: March 26, 2017

Our trip to the Maple Sugar Camp has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 28th (weather permitting).

Posted: February 6, 2017

In French Language Arts, we have commenced a Health unit. We are learning about the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle. We are also looking at the different food groups and what types of food go in each group. We are talking about healthy, balanced meals and students will draw a balanced meal and present it to the class.  We continue to work on "Winter" vocabulary and we will work on narrative texts. We will focus on the Ideas and Convention writing traits. We will discuss what makes a good story (beginning, middle, end, details) and review the writing process (plan, write, revise, correct, edit, publish).  In Math, we keep reviewing our numbers from 0-1000. This week students continue to review basic math facts and some mental math strategies (doubles, near doubles, making ten). We are also working on rounding off numbers to the nearest tens and estimating sums.  We will have a math test on numbers to 1000 on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Mme Lockerbie

Posted: December 19, 2016

It's almost Christmas!!!  Can you believe it? Time sure flies! In French Language Arts, students continue to review questions/oral structures from previous weeks and  they are also learning Christmas vocabulary.   Also, students have been writing a personal narrative story about Christmas.   I have great authors in my class!  In Math, we continue to work on representing numbers in different ways, skip counting, and ordering numbers to 1000. Please remember to practice addition facts each night and check out the addition games that I posted in the "Web " link.     

Happy Holidays!

Mme Lockerbie

Posted: November 25, 2016

   In French this week, we will be discussing activities that we like to do with our families. Students will also talk about their favorite hobbies/pastime. Oral structures may include: 

Je joue ..             

Je promène mon chien au parc.                 

Je magasine au centre d’achats avec… 

     We completed our class book on " Nos animaux dometiques" (Our Pets).  The students enjoyed writing about their pet and presenting their pet.  I made many copies of their book.  I also uploaded videos of your child presenting their pets.  Please check out the videos on this site. 

     These last few weeks, your child has been bringing home levelled books seen during a Guided Reading session. They read their book for 2 nights instead of reading new books each night. I encourage rereading books to increase accuracy and fluency each time the book is read. Each Monday and Wednesday, I will send home one levelled book seen during a Guided Reading session. Happy reading!     

 

Posted: November 2, 2016

  We completed our class book on " Nos animaux dometiques" (Our Pets).  The students enjoyed writing about their pet and presenting their pet.  I made many copies of their book.  Your child will be bringing home a book next week.  Please listen to your child read their book to you.  Enjoy! As you noticed, students have been bringing home a levelled book seen during a Guided Reading session. They will read their books for 2 nights instead of reading new books each night. I encourage rereading books to increase accuracy and fluency each time the book is read. Each Monday and Wednesday, I will send home one levelled book seen during a Guided Reading session. Happy reading! In math, we will complete our Patterns unit. The students will have an end of the unit test on Friday. Have a great week!

Posted: October 12, 2016

These next few weeks in French, we will  be discussing and describing pets that we have at home or pets that we would like to have. We will also describe our pets’ temperament. Your child is more than welcome to bring in a picture of their pet or a favorite animal that s/he likes. If you wish, you can send me an email with a pic attached ( monica.lockerbie@nbed.nb.ca(link sends e-mail)). They can share their picture with the class. Examples of oral structures that will be introduced this week :

J’ai un lapin. Il s`appelle __. Il a X ans. Je n’ai pas … Je veux avoir un ___ Mon animal préféré est … . Il s`appelle __. Il est gros. Il a X ans. Son corps est recouvert de ___ (poil, écaille, plumes). Mon ___ a de petites oreilles et les yeux __. Ses yeux sont ____, ses oreilles sont ___. Mon animal est ____ … (gentil, calme, excité, fidèle doux, heureux), We will make a class book about our animals next week to end our study on pets. I feel that the students will love this part of the curriculum! Finally, we will work on Halloween vocabulary and learn new songs. We will have a busy but fun few weeks!

 
 

Posted: October 6, 2016

This month, we continue our mathematics unit on increasing and decreasing patterns. Recognizing and analyzing patterns is an important part of mathematical thinking. Patterning concepts lead to work with algebra in higher grades. In this unit, your child will:  

• Identify, extend, create, and compare increasing patterns. 

• Identify, extend, create, and compare decreasing patterns. 

• Find pattern rules. • Display number patterns on hundred charts. 

• Use patterns to solve problems. 

Patterns can be found all around us. Encourage your child to look for patterns around the home and talk about them. Here are some suggestions for activities you can do at home: • Look for patterns in your family’s activities as marked on a calendar at home. What activities do you do daily? Twice a week? Every week? • Use small objects like buttons or coins to make patterns that grow or shrink. Encourage your child to describe and extend the patterns. • Count collections of nickels and dimes by 5s and by 10s. Count pennies by 2s.     *** We will continue to work on numbers from 0-100 in order to be better prepared for our 2nd unit: Numeration. We will also continue to work on Bar Graphs and Pictographs.  Mme Lockerbie

Posted: September 25, 2016

Happy Monday!  This week in Math we will continue to work on patterns and our numbers, up to 50.There are several web links on my teacher page to practice the numbers in French. We will also learn how to take a survey using tally marks, and how do make a bar graph and picto-graph. For example, students will ask their friends: "Quelle est ta couleur préférée? "(What is your favourite colour?). Then, they will tally the answers and colour in the bar graph. In French literacy, we will continue to work on our first unit called "Je suis unique" (I'm unique). Students coontinue to learn vocabulary to describe themselves and their friends. They will also learn to express their preferences and dislikes. We continually review learned language structures, adding to the list weekly. Here are a few new oral structures for this week:

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes? (J’aime mon chien).

Qu’est-ce que tu aimes à l’école? (À l’école, j’aime la musique).

Qu’est-ce que tu n’aimes pas? (Je n’aime pas la pluie).

Qu’est-ce que tu adores?  (J’adore les souliers).

We will continue to learn a few new songs/ poems around this theme. Students will also continue to read thematic books with a partner on a daily basis. These books will be sent home as homework this week. Have a great week everyone! Bonne semaine!

Posted: September 19, 2016

In French Language Arts, we have reviewed the questions from last week and are learning more questions/oral structures such as :  

Où habites-tu?  J'habite à Miramichi.

Quelle couleur sont tes cheveux?  Mes cheveux sont....  

Quelle couleur sont tes yeux?  Mes yeux sont...  

In reading (lecture), we are working on the vowel sounds and we are reading simple books related to the school vocabulary seen in class. We have also learned a few new songs and continue to learn classroom vocabulary.  Students have been writing each day.  They are writing about themselves (Moi).  In Math, we have been working on our numbers from 0-30. We are also ordering and comparing numbers (16 est plus grand que 10. 3 est plus petit que 12),

Have a great week!

Mme Lockerbie!

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