Treasure map

Due Monday. Have fun.

Running days to come

Former student Declan
giving his all

It looks like the weather is ready to play nicely with area 34 warrior runners. This is good. 

This week we are Week 27
Our running days are:

Week 28 
Thurs. April 4

Week 29
Monday, Thurs. April 8 and 11

Week 30
Monday, Thurs. April 15 and 18

Week 31
Monday, Thurs. April 22 and 25  

Week 32
Monday, Thurs. April 29 and May 2

Week 33
Monday, Thurs. May 6 and 9

Week 34
Mon, Thurs.  May 13 and 16

Week 35
Tuesday, Friday May 21 and 24

Week 36
Tues, Fri May 28 and 31

Week 37
Tues June 4

Week 38
Monday, Wed June 10 and 12

Week 39
Mon, Wed June17and 19

Week 40
Mon, Wed June 24 and 26

Last week of March

Photo shared by Mme Claude G.

Monday Day 4: Start new work for the week
Tuesday Day 5: running
Wednesday Day 1: tea; grade 3's ready to discuss the 1st chapter of their book
Thursday day 2: running; grade 4's ready to discuss chapters 1,2,3,4 of their book
Friday: Good Friday no classes



This week for grade 3 students

Math finish module 5
'Elle gigotte' completed
La conjonction 1st column
Language Bears
Latin: draco dormiens nunquam titillandus. Never tickle sleeping dragons. Motto of Harry Potter's alma mater
New book La bibliothécaire a disparu
At home when possible: typing

This week for grade 4 students
Math: module 8
New book: Holes
La conjonction 1st column
US states first paragraph
Social science: Alberta
'Elle gigotte' completed
Latin: draco dormiens nunquam titillandus. Never tickle sleeping dragons. Motto of Harry Potter's alma mater
Language: les poissons
Phi: follow up
At home when possible: typing

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We started philosophy with grade 4 students. The first unit we discussed Friday was "What is brave" from the story Dragon and Giants from the book Frog and Toad Together. Calum explained to us the difference between a frog and a toad which was a great start.

We are using the book Big Ideas for Kids, Teaching Philosophy Through Children's Literature by Thomas E. Wartenberg.
It was a very lively discussion which unfolded pretty much like our phi discussions at Bishop's U. 

Next step will be to write a short explanation of their ideas, written clearly, supporting them in a logical fashion.

The assignment for the currrent grade 4 book Holes, will not be a book report but a philosophical exploration of one of the many themes in the book. We will learn how to do that in more details as we explore more philosophical themes 
in class.

It was so good and so fun you can't imagine! 
I got the idea of doing phi with students from Griffin McK's mom one day in an e-mail. I explored the possibility and wouldn't you know it, it is a fast growing movement. And it works so I'm pretty much in heaven.

Causing a Storm

Here is an article I found in the New-York Times about a woman whose parents were so proud to announce at get-togethers that they had raised their daughter as a boy. What she has become...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/women-20/raising-your-girl-like-a-_b_2768068.html

March Already

Week of March 4 to 8

Grade 3:
math: module 5, finish
rote:
poem -> until 'elle a treize ans'
Latin -> concordia res parvae crescent.  Work together to accomplish more

Grade 4
math: module 8 lessons 6-7-8-9

rote:
poem -> until 'elle a treize ans'
Latin -> concordia res parvae crescent.  Work together to accomplish more.
Social Science: Saskatchewan

 

Monday day 4: books exchange at the library

Tuesday day 5: running, we so very much hope

Wednesday day 1: tea

Thursday day 2: running

Friday day 3: reading buddies with area 23

Saturday day holiday: start of March Break. 

Sunday day still on holiday: daylight saving time begins, we spring forward.

Enjoy the break.

Drive safely.

Dictionaries

With both grade 4 and grade 3 students we are honing our "how to look words up in a dictionary" skills. I noticed that when some students read a text, they often go right past a word that is important because they don't know its meaning. I, then, ask them to look it up. I would encourage you to to use many synonyms and ask your child to look up the words. In class they use the book format and are getting better at finding words (and not tell me that 'master' or 'require' actually do not exist because the word to look up might be 'mastering')!
On my IPhone I have: Oxford, Oxford with pronunciation, Le Larousse and Le Robert, and we use all of them very often. 
At home I imagine that you have a French one, a French-English one and an English one. Grade 3 students sometimes need to go from English to French and then the French one for the French definition.