Dear Parents,
After "Day 17", the science lessons are going to become weekly activities to do until the end of the school year. This is to help have less of a daily workload from French, Math, and English, but still have some fun science activities to do at while at home.
Talk about what you notice and wonder
Add in ways your family thinks about these observations
Encourage children to draw what they see, or feel free to write in their thinking if they cannot
Merci.
Day 1
Review Farm Animals by watching this video. Click on the picture to be taken to youtube.
Learn & listen to the song "Il était une fermière" ( There once was a farmer).
Day 2
Review farm animals vocabulary
Learn & listen to the song "Savez-vous planter les choux?" (Do you know how to plant cabbages?)
Day 3
listen to the story "La petite poule rousse" (The Little Red Hen).
Learn and listen to the song "Dans ma basse-cour" (In my barnyard)
Day 4
Listen to the story "Les trois boucs" (The Three Billy Goats Gruff)
Learn and listen to the song "Dans la ferme de Mathurin" (French version of Old McDonald had a farm)
Day 5
Make your own farm
cut out your farm
cut and glue the animals that you want on your farm
Day 6
Le Canard ( Duck) and Le Cheval (Horse)
Learn about ducks, their family, and what ducks can provide to us as farm animals.
Learn about horses, their family, and what ducks can provide to us as farm animals.
Day 7
Le Cochon (Pig) and La Poule (Chicken)
Learn about pigs, their family, and what ducks can provide to us as farm animals.
Learn about chickens, their family, and what ducks can provide to us as farm animals.
Petit Poulet
Read the book "Petit Poulet" with Mme. Mailloux
Day 8
La Vache (Cow) and Le Mouton (Sheep)
Learn about cows, their family, and what they can provide us as farm animals.
Learn about sheep, their family, and what sheep can provide to us as farm animals.
Le Poussin et le Caneton
Read another farm book with Mme. Mailloux
Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
watch video on the needs of plants
Day 12
watch video on life cycle of plants.
Day 13
Day 14
Plant a bean seed with Mme. Nadyatta!
Day 15
What do plants need to survive?
Follow along on this presentation with Mme. Israël to find out.
Day 16
What are the parts of a plant?
Follow along on this presentation with Mme. Israël to find out.
Day 17
Introduction/Review to names of insects in French.
Play a quick puzzle game with Foufou and see if you can guess the insect of the puzzle that he is putting together.
Week of April 20th-24th
Earth Day/Jour de la Terre
Work with your family to sort items in the trash and/or recycling containers into categories based upon their properties. Are they made from metal, plastic, wood?
Draw pictures and/or write the names of what you found next to the material listed. All you need to do is use a blank piece of paper and label sections for each matieral/what it's made out of:
wood/paper/cardboard packaging (papier/emballages et briques en carton)
plastic (plastique)
metal/metal packaging(emballages en métal)
Week of April 27th- May 1st
Read the book "Une Graine Pouse" with Mme. Israël.
Week of May 11th-15th
Les Insectes
Review some insects and their body parts with Mr. Jones. Presentation done by Mme. Israël.
How to Draw some Insects
Follow the step by step instructions to draw some insects.
Week of May 18th-22nd
Butterfly Life Cycle
review with Mme. Rocher on the life cycle of a butterfly!