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. 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 are starting a mathematics unit on addition and subtraction. Your child will develop strategies for adding and subtracting whole numbers by using addition charts, mental math, estimation, Base Ten Blocks, place-value mats, and pencil and paper. In this unit, your child will: • Recall basic addition and subtraction facts • Identify and apply relationships between addition and subtraction • Add and subtract 2-digit numbers • Use mental math to add and subtract • Estimate sums and differences • Add and subtract 3-digit numbers We will continue to have a weekly quiz to practice math facts and mental math strategies. The ability to use a variety of strategies to add and subtract leads to the development of a strong sense of number.Here are some suggestions for activities you can do with your child: • Play Store with your child. Price some of the items in your home in cents (for example, the cup of noodles costs 149 cents and the baguette costs 35 cents). You are the Shopper and your child is the Cashier. Have your child add the cost of the items you buy. • Roll a number cube 4 times. Use the numbers rolled to make two 2-digit numbers. Have your child subtract the lesser number from the greater number. Repeat the activity. This time, roll the number cube 6 times and make two 3-digit numbers.

Bonjour Parents, I would like to wish you all the very best for the New Year! I enjoyed seeing my students today and hearing about their holiday! In Language Arts, we will be working 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). We will also have Show & Tell (Montre et raconte) this week. All students can present a special object, picture etc. to their classmates on Thursday or Friday! This will be done en français, of course!In math, we will continue to work on  Representing Numbers to 1000.