Les Bucherons Performances

Reminder:
Students will be performing in the gym as a whole school this afternoon, showing off the new skills  they've been practicing with Les Bucherons.  Performance will be at 2:15 pm this afternoon.

Les Bucherons themselves will also be performing tomorrow morning as well from 9-10 am.

See you there!

Scholastic Book Orders Due Thursday, Oct. 27

I forgot to post a reminder on the blog yesterday, so I will be accepting Scholastic Book orders tomorrow as well for the Oct. / Nov. Book order.  I will be sending home one more set of order forms before Christmas, for those of you thinking about purchasing Scholastic Books as gifts for the children in your lives.  Please attach a note to your order if you are planning on giving the books as gifts so that I can contact you directly for pickup and don't give them to your child.

News Flash

Kermit the Frog here, reporting to you live from the Enchanted Forest classroom in EJSM.  There is a series of short, silly video clips that we have been enjoying with our unit studies that offer another perspective on traditional fairy tales.

Here are two class favorites to get you started:







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MORE NEWS:


Don't forget that we will be celebrating the Hindu Festival of Lights called Diwali tomorrow (Friday), as an extension of the grade three Social Studies program of studies.


The students have been using the computers and MS Word software to write and edit stories about their Superheros in French Language Arts.


We look forward to participating in next week's whole school Artist in Residency program with Les Bucherons. The school will be buzzing with activity as Les Bucherons share songs, stories and traditions with all of the classes at our school over the week. Have a peek at Les Bucherons website.

Once Upon a Time

Can you believe that we are already halfway through October?  The children started their week by walking through the castle doors and into the enchanted forest. There were branches dangling from the ceiling, frogs croaking, and birds singing in the background.  A couple of small  trees had appeared, along with  a hooting owl and a hiding gnome.  There was also a beanstalk, and Jack had almost reached the top.

We spent our time together this week in ELA, with partners and as a class, learning about the identifying elements of a  fairy tale, and how to tell a fairy tale from a nursery rhyme.  We also asked these questions:  

• Why do cultures have similar fairy tales?
• How can I examine fairy tales from different cultures?
• How does the setting of a fairy tale affect the message, characters, or events?

and we began to find answers after comparing Perrault's version of Cinderella to a fairy tale set in Zimbabwe called Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters.  As the unit progresses, we will continue to reflect on these questions and search for answers in a variety of literature.  We will also be exploring "fractured" fairy tales as a means to better understand point of view and character development in writing.

Book orders arrived this week, and were sent home Friday afternoon.  I am still watching the mail for the CLICK order to arrive from Scholastic.  For those of you who ordered items from the CLICK brochure, I will send them out as soon as I receive them.  I will be sending home October's order forms next week.

The students made little lamps in celebration of Diwali with Mrs. Wessner in Art today.  They also watched this lovely video about a little girl who is celebrating her first Diwali in Canada.

Parents: Check This Out!

 CPF Alberta provincial conference on Saturday, October 22nd! REGISTER SOON!

For complete information and to register, go to  www.cpfalta.ab.ca/conference2011.htm

Gobble Gobble

Splish Splash!

Our class will be going to the Kinsmen Aquatic Centre for some swimming on this Thursday at 10:00am. Don't forget to pack a swim suit and towel that day!  Yippee!  Splash!

Les chansons

The class has been practicing some French songs with Mme. Graves.  Here are the lyrics to help with practice at home. Both songs were written by Jacquot Duschesneau. (A little tip from Mrs. Somers-Brown:  The French word "bis", means "repeat".)

Les superhéros

(Refrain)

Superhéros---------------nous voici!

Superhéros---------------les voilà!

Superhéros---------------toujours serviables!

------------Nous voici---------les voilà!

Tous les jours, (bis)

On les rencontre, (bis)

Dans les rues, (bis)

Dans tous les centres. (bis)

Il est sympa. (bis)

Elle est généreuse. (bis)

Il est intelligent. (bis)

Elle est courageuse. (bis)

Refrain

Regard-le, (bis)

C'est un superhéros. (bis)

Il est très sportif, (bis)

Il est super-fort. (bis)

Regarde-la, (bis)

Elle est exceptionnelle. (bis)

Elle vole en haut (bis)

Dans le vaste ciel. (bis)

Refrain (bis)

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Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Refrain
"Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Ah! Dis-moi! "Qu'est-ce que c'est?
"Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Ah! Dis-moi! "Qu'est-ce que c'est?
"Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Ah! Dis-moi! "Qu'est-ce que c'est?
"Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Ah! Dis-moi! "Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Regarde autour de toi,
Et dis-moi tout ce que tu vois.
Qu'est-ce que c'est?"

C'est un livre. (bis)
C'est un cahier. (bis)
C'est une fenêtre. (bis)
C'est le plancher. (bis)
C'est un tableau. (bis)
C'est le professeur. (bis)
Nous voilà à nos pupitres, (bis)
Oh! là là! C'est le directeur qui dit:
Oh! là là!

Refrain

C'est une chaise. (bis)
C'est un crayon. (bis)
C'est un magnétophone. (bis)
C'est le plafond.(bis)
C'est une règle. (bis)
C'estun ordinateur. (bis)
Nous voilà à nos pupitres, (bis)
Oh! là là! C'est le directeur qui dit:
Oh! là là!

Refrain

C'est un corridor. (bis)
C'est un escalier. (bis)
C'est une très grande porte. (bis)
C'est un écolier. (bis)
C'est un classe. (bis)
C'est un visiteur. (bis)
Nous voilà à nos pupitres, (bis)
Oh! là là! C'est le directeur qui dit:
Oh! là là!

Refrain

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Happy singing!  We are looking forward to another wonderful week with our wonderful students!