Sentence Structures!

These are some of the sentence structures that we will be using daily in kindergarten all year long.  I am introducing these new sentences a few at a time.  We have been working on "Bonjour!", "Au revoir!"and "Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes s'il-vous-plait?".  I have added other sentences that we will be practicing over the next few weeks.

Please feel free to have your child practice along with me. I will be adding slideshows of all the new French vocabulary taught in class as well as videos of the children singing songs and reciting poems.

Let me know if ever you have any questions or concerns.

Merci!
Mme Godin

Important Dates!

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Monday, October 1st:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, October 2nd:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, October 3rd:  Music for the afternoon class.

Thursday, October 4th:  Library for the morning class.  Please return all library books!

Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Friday, October 5th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

Following instructions given in French...marche (walk), cours (run), saute (jump).

Arrête!- Stop!

The boys and girls drew a person.

They also practiced making vertical lines (les lignes).

I have very few photos to share with you this week.  I wanted to let all of my kindergarten families know that I will be away from school all of next week on "Compassionate Leave", following the loss of my dear mother.

Mme Pegler will be the substitute teacher and I will be back with more "This Week in Kindergarten!"  after the long weekend.

Mme Godin

La course Terry Fox!

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Once again, École Assiniboine will be supporting the Terry Fox Foundation by walking/running on Thursday, September 27th (rain date will be on the 28th).  This event will take place at 2:00 p.m. at the back of the school.  The morning kindergarten students will be running/walking in the morning during their Phys. Ed. class.

Please help us to make a difference by sending a donation of a loonie or a toonie with your child by the run date.

Take some time to talk about our Canadian hero, Terry Fox and why we have a special run in memory of him every year.

MERCI!
Mme Godin

Important Dates!

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Monday, September 24th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, September 25th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Wednesday, September 26th:  Library for the morning class.

Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Thursday, September 27th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Friday, September 28th:  Music for the morning class.

Library for the afternoon class.  Please return all library books!

This Week in Kindergarten!

We had another fun week in kindergarten!  The children are adjusting well to the new school routines. We play a lot of large group games to practice new French vocabulary.  This game is called "OH!OH!".  The object of the game is to pull all of the coloured popsicle sticks out of the container before we pull out the "Oh! Oh!" stick.  If we pull the "Oh! Oh!" stick, we have to put all of the other sticks back in the container and start again.

We practiced printing our names and colouring circles (les cercles).  The boys and girls raise their hands to let me know they are done their work.

Practicing to print letters with Mme Godin.

Hard at work tracing vertical lines.

The children are also practicing to hold their pencils correctly.

The afternoon class' art work (decorating their first letters of our names).

The morning class' artwork.

Working in our colour booklets.  We made red apples (la pomme rouge).

And of course lots and lots of play time.

Playing with the puppets.

Waiting for customers to buy our food.

Building habitats for the dinosaurs.

All of the students' names on display in the classroom.

And another full week of kindergarten is done!

The afternoon class sings: "Bonjour mes amis!"

The morning class sings: "Bonjour mes amis!"

Snack Time!

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Please remember to send a spoon or a fork if your child needs one to eat his/her snack.  CHECK ALL LABELS AS WE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CLASS WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES TO PEANUTS, TREE NUTS AND PROCESSED MEATS!  

I remind the children daily, that we do not share snacks as other children have allergies as well as intolerances to wheat, dairy and eggs.

Merci!
Mme Godin

Important Dates!

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Monday, September 17th:  Music for the afternoon class.

Tuesday, September18th:  Library for the morning class.

Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Mme Godin is attending an autism learning program workshop today.   Mme Pegler will be the substitute teacher.
Early dismissal at 2:45 p.m.


Wednesday, September 19th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Thursday, September 20th:  Music for the morning class.

Library for the afternoon class.

Friday, September 21st:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

This Week in Kindergarten!

We ALL survived our very first week of kindergarten!  What a fun and busy week we had!  We played a game to practice saying "le cercle" (circle).  The boys and girls passed the circle when the music was playing.  When the music stopped, the person with the circle held it up in the air and we all repeated "le cercle".

Group 1 decorating the first letter of their names.

Group 2.

Group 3.

And group 4.

The afternoon class also decorated the first letter of their names. This is group 3.

Group 4.

Group 1.

And group 2.

Sorting circles (les cercles) and squares.

Another variation of the circle game was to dance around the room.  When the music stops, the children stop and look at me. When I hold the circle in the air, they repeat "le cercle".

The morning class, hard at work drawing their faces and printing/copying their names.

The afternoon class did the same activity.

Finding objects in the class that are "rouge" (red).

If the object that we found was not red we did not put it in the red circle.

Painting over the letters in our names with red (rouge) paint and a Q tip.

This was a fun way to practice strengthening the muscles in our fingers.

Practicing to say our names:  "Je m'appelle..." (My name is...).

And lots of play time with our new friends.

Helping each other to put the train tracks together.

The art table.

Play-doh.

Sandbox and dollhouse.

Playing in the house area.

Getting the table ready for dinner.

Making beautiful pictures with sparkly crayons.

The boys and girls shared with me some of their favourite things about kindergarten this week...
- playing with my friends
- creating with play-doh
- playing outside at recess
- playing with my cousins and my brother and my sister at recess
- playing with all of the toys
- singing with Mme Godin
- going to the gym with Mme Laura
- going to the library 
- learning new things
- eating my snack
- I love school!

Important Dates!

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Monday, September 10th:  Library for the morning class.

Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Tuesday, September 11th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.

Wednesday, September 12th:  Music for the morning class.

   Library for the afternoon class.

Thursday, September 13th:  Phys. Ed. for the morning class.

Friday, September 14th:  Phys. Ed. for the afternoon class.