Edition #12, le 11 décembre 2020
Le coin français
We have finished the alphabet now and looked at our first "complex sound". The "ch". Students generated a list of words that contain this sound. Please ask them to share 5 words with you. The "ch" can be found at the begin of words, but also in the middle. It sounds like someone asking you to "be quiet" because a baby is sleeping. Did you know the "h" is silent/muet in french? Yes, we don't pronounce it, but it acts as a partner with the letter "c" to make the "ch" sound.
Les mathématiques
This week we looked at subtraction and learned that it is the opposite of addition. You need to have a big number to start and then you take away from that big number to find the "difference" or what is left. Here is a sample of the problem we looked at this week. Ask your child to tell you how they drew the problem, wrote the math sentence and then answered the question with a written sentence. 
L'art/science
Students enjoy a guided drawing of the eye this week and looked at several optical illusions. The eyes allow us to not just see, but experience the world around us. We also did a window panel drawing of what animals and people are doing in winter. Next week we will look at plants and weather as part of our seasonal changes unit. 
Potpourri It has been an exciting and silly week with our new friend, Sylvain le lutin. He has been visiting our class daily and leaving us little notes. We find him in the strangest of places. He loved our jokes so much the other day that he decided to play a joke on us. 
Next Week - Remember it is festive clothing week Monday - Wednesday and Friday is" le journée Pyjama!
Check out our window display "embellis les fenêtres" and all the windows around the school as the staff and students spread holiday joy to all of Tuscany.
