Dear Parents,We had a very good PEACE DAY today. Thanks everybody to be part of ISA.
We also had a presentation about "Bullying" with Margaret KuzelLehn.
And we were happy to Skype with Laure for her Birthday last Wednesday.
Here are our learning events for this week.
French :
Reading / Vocabulary: We finished our first chapter book"Kolos".
We have been working on the vocabulary VOC 7 and 8.
Spelling : We did the sound R tests on Wednesday and Friday.
Grammar : We were still working on "negative sentences".
Writing : We invented sentences about the "words of the day" and negative sentences. Different students worked on the Ipad with the App : "Educreation" to write their sentences about Peace Day.
Poem : We graded our second poem "Le géant de Zeralda".
Math :
Calculation : We did our fourth "calcul rapide": the challenge was to do 40 or 50 or 60 easy calculations (additions) in 3 minutes.
We have been still working on numbers up to 100 : Understanding (know how to write and name) whole numbers up to 100, locate and place numbers on a straight line; compare them, put them in order, and organize them.
Geometry : We have been working about : Reproducing simple geometric forms using instruments (ruler) in a graph.
USmath :Problem solving : We have been working on US MATH solving problems and reviewing even/odd numbers, expanded form, and written spelling numbers. We introduced also rounding to the nearest ten.
Discovering the world :
Science : We continued working on our first unit : "water". We have been using a website : http://education.francetv.fr/activite-interactive/l-eau-dans-tous-ses-etats-o10977 This websites requires Adobe Flash Player.
Art : We finished our work about complementary color pairs : red/green, yellow/violet, blue/orange. They will be soon displayed in the hallway upstairs.
We also made our doves for Peace Day.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs. Thillier
