Calme, alerte et prêt à apprendre - Art!

We created some lovely art to demonstrate what we learned about self-regulation. Check it out here.

Je me présente...

We finished our Je me présente presentations yesterday. Students created slides to help them answer a few simple questions about themselves. Great presentations! Students and parents can view video of the presentations in their students French folder in Google drive. Not sure how to find it? Go to the school website then choose the Student portal tab. Finally, select the Google drive icon. Within, students have folders for every subject.

Les habitats

We are starting our first science unit this week, habitats. Here is our padlet with curriculum expectations and links of all kinds. If you are looking for homework/good home review, I strongly recommend the youtube playlist link you will find on the padlet. In particular in has a view simple books that are read aloud to the student.

Meet the teacher

If you happened to miss Meet the Teacher Night here are the cliff notes.

l'auto-régulation et l'auto-contrôle

This month the class is focusing on a learning skill but it's so much more than a learning skill! We are learning all about self-regulation. Self-regulation is our ability to regulate our emotions and behaviours in times of stress or anxiety. Our capacity to regulate our emotions allow us to be calm, alert and happy! According to educational research, self-regulation along with self-control are huge predictors in whether or not a child will thrive in school, adolescence and even later adulthood. Luckily, self-regulation is a skill that is highly teachable at any age. Being conscious of ourselves, our emotions, our triggers and our calming strategies help us to be more self-aware and self-regulate. T

To find out more more about self-regulation and how you can support self-regulation learning at home check out Calm, alert and happy! and/or Conscious discipline for parents.

première semaine

This week our learning goals are typical back to school goals. We are working on getting to know each other as well as the routines and procedures of the class. We have started preparing very short oral presentations to show the class a bit about who we are and what makes us tick. 

Yup...already...but it should be fun this week. 

Students are encouraged to bring two or three pictures or artifacts to help them tell me, and the class, a little bit about who they are. I would like at least one of the pictures to stay at school to decorate our lovely classroom (it will go back home with the student eventually or I can photocopy it if you don't want to risk damaging or loosing it)

Bring in as soon as possible but any time within the two weeks is fine.

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