Les paysages!

We have been working hard on our "Silhouettes africaines" and our "Paysages avec les couleurs chaudes ou froides".

Students are encouraged to think about their art and make connections with their emotions and the world through their masterpieces.  They communicate these thoughts in their "Journal d'art" after completing an assignment.

Here are a few real-life examples from our students.

We used tissue paper and papier maché glue (1/2 glue and 1/2 water) to create these "oeuvres d'art".

We used water colour paint for the landscape and black construction paper for the silhouettes.

All students are artists, in one way or another!  It is important to nurture their creativity.  I am so excited to have the opportunity to teach our students to explore their thoughts, feelings and ideas through art this year!

Here is a famous quote from Pablo Picasso: "All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once [they grow] up."  The Arts are so important to each child's development.  It teaches them to explore, to make connections and most importantly, that it is ok to express your emotions!

Les détails importants!

We have been working hard to extract important details from text.  We have used a few different types of text but the most interesting are the scientific articles for kids from "Les débrouillards".

I actually used to work for "Les Débrouillards" in Sherbrooke, Québec as an "animatrice"!  It was a blast.  For two months, we planned Scientific experiments for a summer of fun at camp (another two months of fun/hard work!).  Here are two photos that show off our experimental/creative skills!

Back on track, here is the graphic organizer we have been using to identify important details in various texts.  First, we highlight the text.  Then, we write down the important ideas we have highlighted.

We have also used a similar tool for our research projects on Canada's Provinces and Territories.  Here is the link to a video the students loved that depicts our beautiful country in aerial shots: Canada, An Aerial View

Les nouvelles!

Chaque jour, on essaie de parler des "nouvelles".

Ça veut dire que… on essaie de raconter des histoires de nos vies et de parler de ce qui se passe dans le monde.  Voici quelques erreurs que j’entends souvent pendant ces petites discussions à l’orale.

C’est affiché au mur pour que les élèves puissent choisir la bonne phrase… mais ce n’est pas toujours facile!

Bienvenue à notre blog!

Bienvenue à notre blog!  Je vais essayer d'ajouter ce qu'on fait en classe de temps en temps.  

We have been working hard on paragraph writing.  Here is an anchor chart we use to help guide us while we write.

We have been using this graphic organizer to help us organize our paragraphs.  Students are learning to select important details to write down in their graphic organizer and save the meatier sentences for the rough copy of their paragraph.