Septembre

27 septembre - 1 octobre

September 30th: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation + Orange Shirt Day

OCDSB Opening and Closing videos (click here to watch along with us and all of the public schools in Ottawa):

Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJxVS0jrmU

Closing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDV91bH0H4Q

Phylis' Orange Shirt

Why an orange shirt?

Be yourself!

What does "Every Child Matters" mean?

Orange tshirt day colouring page- Chaque enfant compte.pdf

Chaque enfant compte

Our colouring activity

Literacy Focus

We have begun looking at the letter Aa. The action for the letter 'A' is pretending to balance on a ball like an acrobat.

We have been detectives and searched for the letter 'Aa' in the classroom and in different books.

We looked at the differences between a lowercase and uppercase letter 'Aa'. We noticed that the uppercase (majuscule) is tall like a giraffe and the lowercase (miniscule) is small like a mouse. We will continue with printing practice as we explore how to write the letter 'Aa', as well as use different materials to create the letter Aa such as playdough!

majuscule (uppercase)

miniscule (lowercase)

Ways to represent the number 1

How else can we show the number 1?

Yellow Zone of Regulation

What can we do if we're feeling agitated, silly, squirmy, bored?

Our 'Big Ideas' this week:

*Bonjour (hello)

*Merci (thank you)

*Aidez moi (help me)

*les couleurs (colours)

*Journée du chandail orange - chaque enfant compte (Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters)

*Number 1: different ways to represent the number 1

*Yellow Zone of Regulation: what do we do if we're feeling too energetic or worried?

Learning Through Play this week:

Small world imaginative play (at the zoo)
Dramatic play: office
Fine motor skills and Building: duplo and imaginative play
Art: fall colours
Math: colour sorting - How can we sort and group these objects?
Math: number recognition roads
letter 'A' pour alligator

20-24 septembre

We have started our exploration into the letter S. We will be following Jolly Phonics throughout the year.

The action for the letter S: weave your hands in a S shape, like a snake, and say sssssss!

Feel free to practice this poem at home with your child.

Soleil (make circle above head with arms)

Savon (rub your hands together like your washing your hands)

Souris (bring both hands up to your face and pretend to nibble some cheese)

Serpent (move both hands together like you are a slithering snake)

Scorpion (grab your elbow and with the other hand use your pointer finger to poke the arm holding your elbow)

Getting to know our friends!

We have started celebrating

"Star of Day" -- "Étoile du jour".

To practice our names we have begun playing the name game!

Say it!

Cheer it!

Spell it!

Clap out the syllables!

Rhyme it!

Repair it after mixing up the letters!

What is the first letter of your name?

We have become scientists and observed our caterpillars carefully. Most of them have eaten a lot of food and have gotten much bigger than when they first arrived to our classroom, just the caterpillar from the story "La chenille qui fait des trous."

What are the "Zones of Regulation"

Through books, games, and a variety of activities we explored the Zones of Regulation and strategies to understand and communicate these emotions.

The Zones of Regulation is a tool used to teach students self-regulation and self-control. Creating this type of system to categorize different feelings and emotions improves their ability to recognize and communicate how they're feeling in a safe way.

There is no bad zone, but it is important to learn and use the strategies that would help students get to their Green Zone.

The Blue Zone

The Blue Zone is used to describe low states of alertness, such as when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored. This is when one's body and/or brain is moving slowly or sluggishly.

The Green Zone

The Green Zone is used to describe a regulated state of alertness. A person may be described as calm, happy, focused, or content when in the Green Zone. This is the zone students generally need to be in for schoolwork and for being social. Being in the Green Zone shows control.

The Yellow Zone

The Yellow Zone is also used to describe a heightened state of alertness; however, a person has some control when in the Yellow Zone. A person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, nervousness, confusion, and many more slightly elevated emotions and states when in the Yellow Zone (such as wiggly, squirmy, or sensory seeking). The Yellow Zone is starting to lose some control.

The Red Zone

The Red Zone is used to describe extremely heightened states of alertness or very intense feelings. A person may be experiencing anger, rage, explosive behavior, panic, terror, or elation when in the Red Zone. Being in the Red Zone can best be explained by not being in control of one's body.

In the classroom, students are provided strategies to help them regulate their bodies and get back to the green zone. Our quiet corner is a great place to visit when in the red zone to take deep breaths like the examples in the animal posters and to look at some books and our classroom family tree if we are in the blue zone.

Terry Fox

Through videos and a fantastic class discussion, we understand the importance of perseverance and courage. As a group we did a our very own Terry Fox walk and acted out our journey across Canada in the Kinder yard!

Terry Fox

Click here to listen to the song La persévérance by Greg Lerock - We love to sing and walk and run along to the sing, and since we just did the Terry Fox walk on Friday it is still fresh in our minds! We sang this song on Monday and Tuesday this week.

How can we show kindness and be a good friend?

13-17 Septembre

Over the next couple of weeks, our primary focus will continue to be establishing routines and

building our class community

as we embark on our learning journey together!

Lave les mains! - Wash your hands!

One routine that has been very important in the classroom is washing out hands and wearing clean masks! Proper hand washing is a necessity!

1st: Wet your hands. Mouille tes mains.

2nd: Get some soap. Prends du savon.

3rd: Wash your hands. Lavez les mains.

Here is a song we have been practicing to help us remember how to properly wash our hands.

Here is our handwashing song in English that helps us get our hands very clean! (tune: Frere Jacques)

Scrub the palms

Between the fingers

Wash the back, Wash the back

Twirl the tips around

Scrub them upside down

Thumb attack, thumb attack!

Feel free to practice the French version at home! My favourite part is the last part: Pouce attaque!

Frottez les paumes.

Entre les doigts.

Laver le dos, Laver le dos

Faites tourner les points.

Frottez à l'envers.

Pouce attaque, Pouce attaque

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How to we listen with our whole body?!

Listening isn't just with our ears. We are currently practicing Whole Body Listening.

Legs are crossed like a pretzel
Hands are quiet in our laps like a mouse
Ears are listening like an elephant
Eyes are looking like an owl
Voices are off

Brains are thinking about what is being said!

Learning Our Names

The Dragonflies are working on learning to recognize their own names and the names of their friends! We have been talking about the first letters of our names and practicing how to write our names using sticks to trace them in the sand, making ours names using different letters inside and outside, writing with chalk on the pavement outside and using white boards and personal printing practice boards in the classroom.