Welcome to Maternelle!

 Hello everyone! 
Welcome to the exciting world of Maternelle! It will be a fabulous year of learning together! This is my first year teaching kindergarten however, I have taught grade 1 French immersion for over 10 years. I love this age for so many reasons! I am looking forward to meeting you all and working along side you as we watch your child grow both socially and academically! 

Just in case you wanted to know a little about me. I am from PEI and went through the French Immersion program in Summerside. I taught at Greenfield Elementary for a couple of years before I moved to Calgary. I taught grade two then back to grade one until this past June, when we decided to move our little family home to this beautiful island. Our daughter Winnie loves being here and going to see her grandparents and the beach! You will hear a lot of stories am sure of our adventures! 

Here is a little break down of what we will be learning. This month in class we will focus on routine, following instructions, how to play in large and small groups along with new French vocabulary focusing on school supplies this month. This week in class we are learning letters sounds and names for "m","i","a", and "t". We covered "s" last week. Every Friday we will review the letter sounds. You can help your childs' progression by reviewing with them and going over the Jolly phonics duo tang that will be sent home. We have also been working on pencil grasp and following a line of print. This is something we will continue to work on over the months to come. In class we teach and cover many subjects cross-curricular our main focus is on literacy and numeracy. 

In math, students are learning about patterns. They must know how to make a pattern using different attributes (ab, ab, ab/ aab, aab, aab/ abc,abc,abc.....) We have talked about how a pattern can be different sizes, have different colors, shapes, objects but patterns must repeat 3 times to make it a pattern. In French, patterns are called, les regularites. We will also be counting to 10 in French. Students will be working in math centers also this week, focusing on representing numbers with objects, recreating patterns, and counting.

In Science, we are learning about colors. Students will learn the name of colors in French. So far we have talked about the primary colors (rouge, jaune et bleu). This week they will do some experiments mixing these colors to find out what will happen. (Making secondary colors) 

In health, we will be learning about germs and how to properly wash our hands! In social studies, students will be learning about the meaning of identity, what makes us unique and what talents do we all have.

Students will also have the opportunity to develop their fine motor skills by participating in cutting, hole punch, pin push, tweezer centers this week. 

The students will take home their song duo tang Friday.  They will take it home every Friday and return it on Monday as we will be adding new songs each week.  This week we will focused on two songs and am sure they will love to sing these to you! Here are some links to songs we are singing in class. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXn5BFye360&t=20s -Bonjour, comment ca va?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4kNeFGBAcw- Les couleurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atNkI6QFZ50 -Bonjour, bonjour!

Students will have their first library day on Tuesday, day 5. They are to return their library book in a extra-large ziplock bag labelled with their name please. 

We are practicing in class Bonjour! Je m'appelle________. Hi! My name is _____. Comment ca va? How are you? Ca va bien. I am good. Ca va comme-ci, comme-ca. I am OK. Ca va mal. I am not good or I feel bad. It can mean many different feelings.  You can practice these at home with your child! 


I think that's all for now. 

Have a great week! Enjoy the sunshine! 
Mme Laurie-Anne