Bonjour! Happy Friday, May 29! Can you believe that next week is June already! This has been the craziest teaching year in all of my teaching profession and I have been at this for awhile!

Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY/FRENCH LITERACY
How To Form Letters In French With Super Mini

Outcomes:
-participates in shared listening, reading and viewing.
-listens and views attentively.
-views how to form letters in french.
-learns words in french and links them to a particular sound and letter in french

Directions:
Listen to the following video with Super Mini

https://youtu.be/FwGaIYqL1zE

CREATIVE EXPRESSION/FRENCH LITERACY
Violette A Bicyclette

Outcomes:
-review of a french song that the students are familiar with
-exposure to french spoken by someone other than the classroom teacher
- explores and experiments with patterns, movement, rhythm, sound and music
- responds to the beat of the music through such movements as walking, running, hopping, skipping and repetitive, rhythmic actions.

Directions:
-Listen to the following link.

https://youtu.be/gpWYq2-eUPQ

Here are today's students of the day:

Elliana's creation

Melia's work of art

Bonjour! Happy Thursday, May 28.
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY

Outcomes:
-memory practice
-item recall

Directions:
-place 7 random articles on a surface
-participants have 30 seconds to look at the items on the table
-cover the articles
-participants have to list all 7 of the items without looking at them.
-you can add more items to make it more difficult or reduce the number of items to make it more difficult.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION?PHYSICAL SKILLS AND WELL-BEING
Rainbow Umbrella With Miss Amy

Outcomes:
-develops fine motor skills involving finger speed, arm steadiness, arm and hand precision, finger and hand dexterity, and the manipulation of small materials
-developes perceptual-motor skills through activities involving eye-hand coordination

Materials:
-pencil
-paper
-colouring tools

Directions:
Follow the directions on the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONvT_u7Lxow&list=PLgGUnBHTA6tI55WY7Z9uRO4SzfvaYwl7v&index=11

Here are today's students of the day:

Charlie

Daniella

Bonjour! Happy Wednesday, May 27.
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY/PHYSICAL SKILLS AND WELL-BEING

Outcomes:

- copies scribed words and print texts
- experiences and develops nonlocomotor skills through a variety of activities.
Directions:
-listen to Miss Renee's video and chose from one or more of the activities about how to practice printing without using paper. She has many amazing ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lievOp2ZE0w&list=PLgGUnBHTA6tI55WY7Z9uRO4SzfvaYwl7v&index=8

LITERACY/CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Flying Notes
This lesson is brought to us by Thomas and his Mom Erin who were doing this together one day!

Outcomes:
-experiences and develops nonlocomotor skills through a variety of activities.
- experiences and develops ways to receive.
-forms recognizable letters by holding a pen
- experiments with a variety of materials to create two and three dimensional forms

Directions:
- make one or both of the paper airplanes shown below
- write a brief note on your paper airplane and send it across the room to someone.
-they write back and then you repeat. If each person writes in a different colour it will be easier to see your message from them.

Here are today's students of the day:

Thomas "flying" a note to his mom Erin!

Michael creating!

Bonjour!  Happy Tuesday, May 26!
I just wanted to thank and recognize all of the people that are helping my students with their work. We have grandparents, siblings, parents and many others  helping out. As they say,"It takes a village to raise a child."
Also... Bonne fete Aiden!
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY

Outcomes:
-participates in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other media texts from a variety of genres.
-listens and views attentively.
-experiences a variety of oral, print and other media texts.

Directions:
-listen to the following link provided by Mme Amanda, our librarian.

https://youtu.be/7_dzyRryMQA

LITERACY/ ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS
Drawing a frog

Outcomes:
- shows awareness of similarities and differences in living things, objects and materials
- identifies familiar shapes and symbols
-develops fine motor skills involving finger speed, arm steadiness, arm and hand precision, finger and hand dexterity, and the manipulayion of small materials.
- develops perceptual-motor skills through activities involving eye-hand coordination.

Material:
-paper
-colouring tools

Directions:
-listen to Miss Renee's OT link.
-Make up a story of your frog and tell it to your family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH7JmxSXZ8M&list=PLgGUnBHTA6tI55WY7Z9uRO4SzfvaYwl7v&index=3

Today's students of the day are:

Pirate Thomas!

Rachel's meerkat

Bonjour! Happy Monday, May 25! I hope that everyone had a great weekend. Today is Grace's birthday! Bonne fete Gracie!
Here are today's lessons:
LITERACY/CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Outcomes:
-explores and expresses ideas, perceptions, feelings and thoughts in a variety of forms; e.g., art, music, drama and movement
-uses illustrations, photographs, video programs, objects and auditory cues, to access information

Materials:
-coloured pencils, crayons or markers

Directions:
-watch the following video from the Calgary Zoo about Meerkats
https://youtu.be/N_X6dM1nFZk
Here is a little painting that I did of a mom meerkat and her baby that I did a few years ago at the zoo.

-draw a meerkat and give him or her a name.

-make up a story about your meerkat and tell it to your family!
Here is a little painting that I did of a mom meerkat and her baby that I did a few years ago at the zoo.

CREATIVE EXPRESSION/LITERACY
Craft: Rainbow Bridge

Outcomes:
-listens and views attentively
-follows one- or two-step directions

Materials: 
-paper
-tissue
-scissors
-glue/tape
-markers or coloured pencils
Directions:
Follow the directions in the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ol_DYhsY0

Here are our students of the day:

Happy Birthday Gracie!!! Grace made an amazing red caterpillar!

Charlie practising his lower case letters.

Melia creating!

Bonjour! Happy Friday, May 22! Hopefully the sun will shine through this weekend.
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY
Outcomes:
- participates in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories, photographs, illustrations and video programs
-listens and views attentively
-identifies favourite stories and books.
Directions:
-listen to this link with Mme Amanda.
https://youtu.be/6AGkAV6pZ6A

CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Outcomes:
-experiments with a variety of art materials to create two and three dimensional forms
- begins to connect own forms of expression to forms of expression in the world around
Materials:
-toilet paper roll
-scissors
-glue or tape
-paper
-markers, crayons or coloured pencils
Directions:
-Follow the directions on the link by our occupational therapy team at Calgary Catholic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHRjNExto9M

Here are today's students of the day:

Super Daniella and Super Nicole!

Gustavo giving his pool a wash.

Bonjour! Happy Thursday, May 21!
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY/ PHYSICAL SKILLS AND WELL-BEING
Sidewalk chalk Alphabet
Outcomes:
-recites the letters of the alphabet in order
-experiences and develops locomotor skills through a variety of activities; e.g., walking, running, hopping, jumping, leaping, rolling, skipping, galloping, climbing, sliding.

Materials: 
-sidewalk chalk

Directions: 
-Watch the following link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwPg_9iRvY&list=PLgGUnBHTA6tI55WY7Z9uRO4SzfvaYwl7v&index=9

MUSIC/LITERACY
Outcomes:
-attends to oral, print and other media texts on topics of interest
-experiments with sounds, words, word patterns, rhymes and rhythms.
-explores and experiments with patterns, movement, rhythm, sound and music.
-participates in action songs, singing games and poems.

Directions:
-listen to Mme Berko and sing along
https://youtu.be/HU1LZlahC1A

Here are our students of the day:

Michael and his amazing snail craft!

Gracie is a whiz at putting her letters in order!

Bonjour! Happy Wednesday, May 20th!
Here are our lessons for today:

LITERACY/CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Outcomes:

• uses imagination creatively in dramatic play
• experiments with a variety of art materials to create two and three dimensional forms
• experiments with line, colour, shape, texture and pattern in diverse media to explore and express ideas
• connects oral language with print and pictures

Materials:

• crayon or felt marker
• ruler or straight edge
• paper
• scissors
• glue or tape

Directions:

• Follow the directions on the link to make a paper chain caterpillar.

.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LpCuiAWdjg

• Make up a story or a play about your caterpillar.

LITERACY/CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Outcomes:

• uses imagination creatively in dramatic play
• experiments with a variety of art materials to create two and three dimensional forms
• experiments with line, colour, shape, texture and pattern in diverse media to explore and express ideas
• connects oral language with print and pictures

Materials:

• red crayon or felt marker
• black crayon or felt marker
• paper
• scissors
• glue or tape
• pen or pencil

Directions:

Follow the directions to make a crab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHCZVeJDvM

Here are today's students of the day:

Elliana's hopscotch game

Melia's hopscotch game

Thomas working on his super hero craft.

Bonjour! Happy Tuesday, May 19th! I hope that everyone had a wonderful long weekend!
Here are today's lessons:

RELIGION
Outcomes:

• through activities, to explore and affirm my capabilities as a trace of God

Directions:

• Make a Faith corner in your bedroom where you can spend a quiet time in prayer.
• think about things that you might include such as a picture of Jesus that you have drawn, a rosay, a Bible etc.

RELIGION
Outcomes:

• through prayer to give praise ,thanks and guidance from God
• Begin memorizing the Our Father prayer

Memorize the Our Father a few lines at a time.

Directions:

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth
As it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those
Who trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
Amen
Our students of the day today are:

Charlie working on his letters.

Daniella working on her sorting.

Bonjour! Happy Thursday, May14th! I hope that you all have a wonderful long weekend!
Happy birthday to Emma in the afternoon class. Her birthday is tomorrow!🎈
Here are today's lessons:

MUSIC/ LITERACY
Outcomes:

• explores and experiments with patterns, movement, rhythm, sound and music
• begins to recognize and respond to elements in music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form and expression including tempo,dynamics and tone colour.
• explores and expresses ideas, perceptions, feelings and thoughts in a variety of forms: e.g. art, music, drama and movement

Directions:

• Listen to the link from Mme Berko
• https://youtu.be/MkrcWeRZbCU

LITERACY/SCIENCE (TO BE DONE WITH AN ADULT ONLY)

Outcomes:

• explores and experiments with new words and terms associated with topics of interest
• represents and talks about ideas and information; dictates to a scribe

Materials:

• a lemon
• saucer
• water
• teaspoon
• cotton swab
• white paper
• lamp

Directions:

• squeeze the lemon juice into the saucer.
• add a few drops of water and mix well with the spoon
• dip the swab into the lemon juice
• use the swab to write a message on ordinary white paper
• when it dries, the writing will be invisible
• when you want to read the message, heat the paper by holding it near a light bulb and the words will appear on the page

Why?
The juice of lemons and other fruits contain compounds of carbon. These compounds are nearly colourless when you dissolve them in water. But, when you heat them, the carbon compounds break down and produce carbon, which is black. This activity is an old one from when Mme Jane taught junior high science.

The Armstrong Sisters!

Today's students of the day are:

The Callin Brothers!

2/3 of the Lavery Brothers!

Bonjour! Happy Wednesday!
Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY
Outcomes:

• recites the letters of the alphabet in order
• begins to make connections among sounds, letters, words, pictures and meaninghears and identifies sounds in words

Materials:

• paper
• writing instrument
• scissors

Directions:

• write the letters a-z on a piece of paper notice that the letters are lower case)
• cut up paper so that there is one letter on each piece of paper
• put the letters in order from a-z

LITERACY
Outcomes:

• explores and expresses ideas, perceptions, feelings and thoughts in a variety of forms: e.g. art, music, drama and movement
• recites the letters of the alphabet en francais
• connects oral language with print and pictures
• begins to make connections among sounds, letters, words, pictures and meaning

Directions:

• listen to the following link 
• https://youtu.be/NTSl9DDvf4E

Today's students of the day are:

Rowan and his Batman

Melia and her Batman

Thomas and his Superman

Rachel made some fancy mushrooms.

Bonjour!
Happy Tuesday!
Here are today's lessons:

CREATIVE EXPRESSION
This lesson was provided to us by our amazing kindergarten occupational therapist, Ashley-Dawn Murphy!
Outcomes:
- experiments with a variety of art materials to create two and three dimensional forms.
- experiments with line, colour, shape, texture and pattern in diverse media to explore and express ideas.
Materials:
-scissors
-paper or construction paper
-something to colour with.
-string or yarn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnbrtD_Hks

LITERACY
This lesson was provided to us by Mme Amanda, our very own librarian !
Outcomes:
- develops a sense of story through reading, listening and viewing experiences.
-appreciates the sounds and rhythms of language in shared language experiences, such as nursery rhymes and personal songs.

https://youtu.be/QFUVXbiih58

Our students of the day today are:

Sophie working hard!

Nicole working on shapes!

Bonjour!
Happy Monday!
Here are today's lessons:

CREATIVE EXPRESSION
This lesson was provided to us by our amazing kindergarten occupational therapist, Ashley-Dawn Murphy!
Outcomes:
- experiments with a variety of art materials to create two and three dimensional forms.
- experiments with line, colour, shape, texture and pattern in diverse media to explore and express ideas.
Materials:
-empty toilet paper roll
-paper or construction paper
-something to colour with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t8O42vCWcM

CREATIVE EXPRESSION / LITERACY
This lesson was provided to us by our own St. Luke music teacher Mme Berko.
Outcomes:
-begins to recognize and respond to elements in music, such as rhythm, melody, harmony, form and expression including tempo, dynamics and tone colour.
-participates in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres,such as picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories, photographs, illustrations and video programs.

https://youtu.be/ox0oAy3u4nM

Michael celebrating his Russian heritage and Victory Day.

Today's students of the day are:

Otto working hard at his homework.

Bonjour! Happy Friday! Whoa! How did Friday get here so quickly!
Happy Mother's day weekend to all of you moms! We had one new sibling born in our class this year and there are two more to arrive shortly! Very exciting!
Since the photo of me with Louie was such a hit here is a little video of my hometown of Baie-Comeau, Quebec. In the video the townspeople decided to cheer each other up with a social distancing parade of sorts. I grew up in the quartier St. Georges part of town. Stay safe my families!

https://youtu.be/E2y9bbvZizE

Here are today's lessons:

ART, LITERACY
Outcomes:
-uses drawings to illustrate ideas and information, and talks about them.

Make a card for mom and draw all of the things inside that you are thankful that your mom does for you every day! On the outside you can use construction paper or you could colour white paper and then cut it out. A good way to practice cutting round shapes!
Here is an example:

LITERACY 
Outcomes:
-experiments with language forms.
-speaks in a clear voice to share ideas and information.
-shares stories using drama.
Materials:
Stuffed animals
Directions:
Using your stuffed animals make up a play to entertain your mom on Mother's Day. Maybe Dad could even record it on his phone!Today's students of the day are:

Charlie working hard on his lower case letters.

Daniella working on sorting.

Bonjour! Happy Thursday!
Normally when a student has their birthday we sing Bonne Fete to them in class. The following students have had their birthdays during the pandemic so have missed out, not only on school celebrations, but on birthdays with their friends! A very happy belated birthday to:
Maria, Kian, Nicole, Gustavo, Daniella, Lena and Christopher. Please let me know if I missed anyone!

Here are today's lessons:

LITERACY, ART
Outcomes:
-draws,records or tells about ideas and experiences
-talks about and explains the meaning of their own pictures and print
-asks questions to make sense of information
-explores and expresses ideas, perceptions, feelings and thoughts in a variety of forms
Directions:
Interview your mother. Ask her some questions such as:
What is your favourite colour?
What is your favourite food?
What makes you happiest?
Who was your best friend when you were my age?
What did you want to be when you grew up when you were my age?
Think about these answers and draw a picture of your mom. Try to make sure that you put as many of her answers as you can in your picture.

RELIGION
Here is a lovely little song about Mother Mary that you can sing together:
https://youtu.be/RERoQ1biLdE

Today's students of the day are:

Kian's science experiment!

Michael is an amazing printer!

Bonjour!
Happy Wednesday!
Here are the lessons for today!
NUMERACY
Outcomes:
-use direct comparison to compare two objects based on a single attribute, such as length (height), mass (weight  and volume (capacity),colour
-experiences and develops locomotor skills through a variety of activities.
-develops fine motor skills involving finger speed, arm steadiness, arm and hand precision, finger and hand dexterity, and the manipulation of small materials.
Materials: Marbles of different colours
Directions:
-Gather all of your marbles together. Designate one color to each player. For instance, player one gets the red marbles, player two gets blue, and so on.
-Draw a circle where all of the marbles will be placed. All of the marbles in play need to be evenly spaced. Try to allow at least an inch of space between each sphere, creating a ‘marble grid’ in your play area.
-Make sure that the colors of the marbles are placed as randomly as possible.
-The objective of each player is to collect all of the marbles that are their color.
-To collect a marble, players need to use their play marble and hit all of the same colored marbles in the play area.
-A player can enter the play area from any angle, but can only hit marbles that are the same color.
-If the player hits a similar colored marble which consequently rolls and hits another marble of the same color, then he collects both those marbles.
-If the player hits a marble of a different color, he must:
-Return a previously collected marble if he already has one
-Skip a turn if he has yet to collect other marbles
-The first player to collect all marbles of the same color is the winner.

RELIGION
Outcomes:
-through creating expressions of love, to appreciate mothers as a trace of God.
Directions:
Students are to learn the Hail Mary.
-Start by saying the entire prayer to the child and then say it line by line together. 
Try to say the prayer every day for the month of May.

Hail Mary, full of grace.The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Jesus, Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen

Here are our students of the day!

Thomas made a chair with his dad!



Gracie working hard on her lower case letters!

Bonjour!
Happy Tuesday everyone. I hope that you are all safe and healthy!
Here are today's lessons:
Numeracy
Outcomes
-use direct comparison to compare two objects based on a single attribute, such as length (height), mass (weight  and volume (capacity)
-experiences and develops locomotor skills through a variety of activities.
-develops fine motor skills involving finger speed, arm steadiness, arm and hand precision, finger and hand dexterity, and the manipulation of small materials.
Materials:
Marbles, ruler or measuring tape. Buttons could also be used to play Game #1 but you would throw instead of roll.
Directions:

Game #1
This game is one called, "Closer to the Wall". My little 90 year old mom would play it with her brothers.
-start by taping a line for your starting point on the floor. You could also use something else to show where the starting line is.
-Players take turns rolling their marbles towards the wall. They then measure (in centimetres) how close they are to the wall. They could also write down their distance for additional number writing practice.
-The player who rolls the marble  closest to the wall gets to take the other player's marble.
-The player with all of the marbles at the end of the game wins the round.

Game #2
-Draw a chalk circle at least 2 feet in diameter. If there are more players, draw a bigger circle.
-Arrange several marbles in a circle formation inside the chalk circle.
-Each player needs to have one playing marble to use throughout the game.
-To start, the first player should roll their marble into the playing circle.
-The objective is to knock the other marbles out of the chalk circle.
-Each marble is worth one point.
-If a marble is knocked out of the circle, then the player gets to keep that marble and scores a point.
-Players take turns, rolling their play marble around the circle.
-Play marbles are not allowed to leave the playing circle.

Charlie learning his telephone number!

-Players can move their marbles by flicking it with their thumb.
-The player with the most marbles at the end of the game is crowned the winner.
Today's students of the day are:

Melia learning how to add air to a tire!

Bonjour!
I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend! Here are the lessons of the day:

Music (with Mme Berko)
Outcomes:
-becomes aware of how artists and musicians use such elements as rhythm, melody, line, colour and pattern to express ideas.
https://youtu.be/ScP2tB1PLxM

Library(with Mme Amanda)
Outcomes:
-develops a sense of story through reading, listening and viewing experiences.
https://youtu.be/vmuMYqzVvcE

Our students of the day are:

Nicole

Daria

Bonjour!
Friday already! In case my students are starting to forget what I look like here is a photo of me with my quarantine buddy, Louie.

Here are today's wacky Friday lessons!
Numeracy
Physical Skills and Well-Being
Outcomes:
-relate a numeral,1 to 10, to its respective quantity
-compare quantities 1 to 10, using one-to-one correspondence
-develops fine motor and perceptual motor skills through participation in a variety of activities
Materials:
-nonbreakable cups
-small balls or buttons etc.
Directions:
BEST PLAYED OUTSIDE
Fill plastic cups halfway up with water and place in five rows.
 Label each cup with a score, making sure that the cups closest to the children are worth one point and that the cups farthest away are worth the highest amount of points.
Set out a basket of ping pong balls etc. and have the children take turns tossing their balls into the cups.
 Each player gets 30 seconds to toss as many ping pong balls as they can. The player with the highest score at the end wins.

Physical Skills and Well-Being
Numeracy (Yes, really!)
Outcomes:
-develops fine motor and perceptual motor skills through participation in a variety of activities
-to develop a concept of time and timing
Materials:
1 T-Shirt per person
Directions:
-Soak one T-Shirt per player in water, crumple them up and then put them in a plastic bag.
-Place the bag in the freezer and let it freeze overnight.
-Set a timer.
--See who can unfold and put their T-Shirt on first.
- The person who gets their T-Shirt on first wins!
Our students of the day are:

Grace is thankful for cats!

Easter by Gustavo