La veille de Noel - READING

Here is this week's reading in "le cahier" : La veille de Noel (Christmas Eve).  Please listen and follow along to practise pronunciation.

After reading, try answering the following questions orally:

1. Qu'est-ce qu'il y a dans le sac du Pere Noel? 
2. Pourquoi est-ce que le Pere Noel est fatigué?
3. Qui a faits les jouets?  
4. Ou est assis le Pere Noel? 
5. Qui ne veux pas etre en retard? 

(ANSWERS: 1. Il y a des tambours, des poupées, des camions, des trains, des toupies et des oursons dans le sac du Pere Noel. 2. Le Pere Noel est fatigué parce qu'il a travaillé toute l'année. 3. Les lutins ont faits les jouets. 4. Le Pere Noel s'est assis dans son fauteuil. 5. Le p'tit Renne au Nez Rouge ne veut pas etre en retard.) 

Please Practise Reading "avec Madame"

Please watch the video below to hear the correct pronunciation to use when reading this week's sheet in "le cahier".  Many of the words used below were on last week's page.  Merci!  Mme Goold

Pratiquer les mots- Les communautés minières

Please watch the video below to practise the sentences and pronunciation related to the words sent home in "le cahier" this week.
Merci!

Mme Goold

Special Visitor Tomorrow!

As part of our Social Studies unit on "Living and Working in Ontario", I am excited to announce a guest speaker for tomorrow!  My nephew Matt Keogh will be coming in to speak to all the Gr. 3's about his job as a Forest Fire Ranger in Northern Ontario. I hope the students will have plenty of interesting questions to ask him.
Check my Tweets tomorrow to see pictures of Matt with our Gr. 3's!
Mme Goold

Please Practise "Les questions"

Bonjour!  In this week's "cahier", students are asked to practise asking and answering the four questions listed. These are questions that the students created on their own and that we have been practising most mornings during our "Prof du jour" time. We will try to have students film each other asking and answering the questions and then post them on SeeSaw when they feel prepared to do so.
Merci!
Mme Goold

French Library on Monday!

Please note that due to tomorrow's PD day, French library day will be on Monday. Please ensure that your child brings his/her book to school as well as "le cahier". 
Merci! Bonne fin de semaine!  Mme Goold

Booklet: Un arbre dans une communauté forestiere

Here is a video of me reading the booklet that students are illustrating and reading at school:

Un arbre dans une communauté forestiere:

1- Des personnes coupent les arbres avec des grosses machines.
2- Les arbres sont transportés dans une usine ou une scierie.
3- Avec les arbres, on fabrique des objets en papier, en carton et en bois.
4- Des personnes plantent des petits arbres pour remplacer les gros arbres coupés.
5- Voici deux graines.
6- Les graines poussent. Voici deux petites plantes.
7- Les plantes grandissent. Voici deux arbres: un feuillu et un conifere.

Madame reading: "Les communautes forestieres"

Please click on the video below to hear me read this week's reading in "le cahier".  Please have your child follow along with the words as I read. This will help with reading fluency/pronunciation:

Merci!
Madame Goold

This Week's News

Bonjour!  This week, we have begun to focus on Ontario's FORESTRY industry. Today, your child came home with 2 sheets in "le cahier" related to forestry.  Please practise reading these sheets as it will benefit work done at school.  Do not forget to initial the page after your child has practised. 

This week, we will be discovering various products made from wood using research on the iPads, as well as go on a hunt in the class to locate wood products.  Students will also have an opportunity to do research on one forestry community located in Ontario.  It's going to be an interesting topic!  

Here is a video that we watched in class today (video is in English):  

Madame Goold 

French Library!

Bonjour!  Starting this Friday, our Gr. 3's will be heading to the Learning Commons to take out a FRENCH book.  The books will be kept at home for 2 weeks as we will be going to the LC every SECOND Friday.  Merci!  Mme Goold

Practise pronunciation please

Please click on the link below to follow along as I read this week's reading in "le cahier".  Your child will be evaluated on his/her pronunciation as well as comprehension of this text.  Merci!
Mme Goold

Mon petit livre pour la paix

Song to Practise

Here is a song that we have been practising for the Remembrance Day ceremony next Friday. Please take some time to practise this song about "la paix" (peace). Merci! Mme Goold

SS TEST: le 8 novembre

Please see the REVIEW SHEET sent home today to prepare for the Social Studies test next Wednesday, November 8th. There are 2 sheets that were sent home in "le cahier" in the past few weeks that include the information needed to review for the test. We also spent time in class today reviewing what is required for the test. Here is the map of Canada's "relief:

Le cahier- les questions et les prépositions

Please review this week's sheet in "le cahier" to practise prepositions and questions in French. Please also continue to review the last 2 sheets related to "Le relief de l'Ontario" et "Les resources naturelles" since there will be a test on this soon.  More details to follow!

Here is a video on "les prepositions" in French:

And finally, here is a video related to "les questions":

C'est l'Halloween

1- Click here to play some fun French Halloween games ONLINE:

L'halloween - QUIA

2- Here are a few fun French videos that we've been watching at school:

Ontario's Natural Resources

Below is the link to the video that we watched at school about what "natural resources" are and how we can protect them.
Next week, your child will be coming home with a sheet in the "cahier" which focuses on Ontario's natural resources.

Natural Resources VIDEO

Test- l'Ontario

There will be a short test on October 18th on what we have learned about Ontario so far this year. Please see the REVIEW SHEET sent home. If you have any questions or concerns, please send me a note in your child's agenda.
Merci!
Mme Goold 😃

Living and Working in Ontario

We have begun our first unit in Social Studies.  The goals of this unit will be to explore features of life in Ontario, including the Great Lakes, our natural resources, as well as the various jobs related to our resources.

Last week we used Google Earth to help locate Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto on a map. This week we are learning the name and location of the Great Lakes as well as what these lakes provide us with. Next week, we will begin to focus on Ontario's geographic regions.
Please make sure your child practices the location of the Great Lakes in his/her cahier. Please initial and return on TUESDAY.
Merci!! Mme Goold

Quiz Friday

Today your child came home with a new sheet in "le cahier" to practise. There will be a reading quiz on these phrases on Friday. Please practise reading them and knowing how to say them in each language.
Merci!

Mme Goold
P.S. Please continue to sign the pages each day they've been practised.

New French Phrases to Practise

Today your child came home with his/her cahier with a new sheet of useful French phrases to practise at home. Please continue to initial the page every day that your child practises and ensure that the "cahier" is returned to school next Monday.

Merci!!
Mme Goold

Le cahier de lecture and Meet the Teacher

I hope your child has had the chance to practise the first sheet in "le cahier de lecture". Please initial the page every day that your child practises so that I can keep track of the number of days practised. Your child will earn stickers for practising at home.

I hope to get a chance to meet you on Wednesday, September 13th for Meet the Teacher night. I will be in Portable 1 from 6-7pm.

Merci!
Mme Goold

Update

Bonjour!
I hope you have had the opportunity to speak to your child about French class. We have been having a great time learning and getting used to new routines.  Just so you are aware, your child does not have French one day each week:
     Mr Caron's class does not have French on THURSDAYS
     Mrs Berryhill's class does not have French on TUESDAYS.

Please take some time to click on the French links provided on the right hand side of this blog to enjoy some fun activities and/or listen to some songs on my YouTube link.

Merci!
Mme Goold

Bienvenue à la 3e année!!

Welcome to a new school year! I hope you enjoyed your summer and are prepared for a new school year in French. I am very excited to be teaching your child this year.  I hope to instill a love of learning French in all my students.
Please sign up to receive updates from this blog by inserting your email address. Also, take some time to browse through the many fun games and activities on the links provided as well as the songs on my YouTube link. Merci et bonne rentrée!

Merci!

Dear Parents,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support throughout the past 10 months. It was a wonderful year in Grade 3! I sincerely hope that I was able to provide your child with a caring environment in which to learn French. My goal was to instill a love of learning this wonderful language. All my students showed improvement in one way or another and for this, I am very proud. I wish them continued success. Enjoy your summer! Aurevoir!
Mme Emily Goold

3D Models To Go Home Please

Bonjour les parents! Please make plans to either pick up your child's 3D Pioneer model before or after school one day this week. Once again, thank you for all your hard work supporting your child in this endeavour. Merci! Madame Goold

More Pictures from "Le jour des pionniers"!

Here are the 3 class photos and the large group photo of all the Grade 3's from last week. Also, I'd like the 3D models to be sent home by the end of the week. Please let your child know if he/she is to bring the model home on the bus OR, if you're going to come and pick it up at school.  MERCI

                                           Mr Caron's class: 

Mrs Berryhill's class: 

Mrs Addison's class: 

All the Grade 3's: 

Le jour des pionniers 2017!!

What a wonderful day it was! The students all discovered the challenges faced by pioneers in the 1800's during our activities on Pioneer Day.  We made our own butter, sewed twill bags, wrote/painted with quills, and played old-fashioned games using marbles and bean bags.

I loved seeing all the enthusiasm and excitement shown by my student "pioneers": the outfits, the healthy lunches (in either brown paper bags or baskets) AND, some students even walked to school!

During one of the blocks, all grade 3 students gathered in the Learning Commons to show off their 3D models as the rest of the students in the school came to see all the hard work and fun. We even got to taste our homemade butter on fresh bread.  Mmmm good!

                                   
                                                       
Thank you to all the parent volunteers and spectators who came throughout the day. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves!  Merci....Madame Goold

(I will be adding more pictures to this blog in the near future!).

Pioneer Day Info!

This Thursday is our Pioneer Day! Thank you to all parent volunteers. Please come to the Learning Commons prior to the beginning of the block for instructions. I'm also looking forward to all the spectators that are planning on coming.
Do not forget to send your child to school dressed in "Pioneer-type" clothing, IF possible. Also, try to pack a lunch with non-processed foods in the paper bag that will be sent home on Wednesday. It should be a very exciting, fun-filled day!
Merci! Mme Goold

Parent Volunteers and QUIZ next week!

Bonjour! Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered so far for our Pioneer Day on June 8th. I am seeking more volunteers so please consider helping out during your child's French block. This day will be more successful with your assistance. Thank you in advance!

Also, please ensure your child practices this week's reading on "Les vetements".  Next week, we will have a reading comprehension multiple choice quiz based on that reading.

I LOVE seeing all the 3D models that have been brought in so far. Please bring your child's model to the Learning Commons and place it above the book shelves where the others are. Ensure that at least 5 items have been labeled on the project.

Merci beaucoup!
Mme Goold

Making butter at last year's Pioneer Day! 

Pioneer Slide-Show Projects

The Gr. 3's have been working hard on their Google Slide-shows at school, with their partners. We will hopefully have the projects completed this week and begin presenting them next week. If you would like to take a peek at your child's project, have him/her show you in their French Folder.

 Madame Goold

Please sign "le cahier"

Dear Parents...I would like you to sign the page in "le cahier" to confirm that you are aware that the 3D Pioneer Model Project is due June 1st. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please write them on the page. If you require a shoebox or materials, please list them and I will do my best to send them home with your child as soon as I can.
Merci! 
Mme Goold

Here is another example of a 3D model from last year. Note the labels for the items. Students used a toothpick, sticky note and plasticine (to hold the toothpick in place). (Plastic animals can be used on the farm if your child would like to add them!)

French Projecs!

The students will be coming home with a newsletter today outlining the 2 Social Studies projects that are planned. The 3D model pioneer project will be due on June 1st and is to be completed at home (with or without a partner). The Google Slide-Show project will be completed at school with a partner. The criteria checklist for both projects has also been sent home.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
Merci!

Mme Goold

Here are a few samples from last years's 3D model projects

Video to Watch!

Please watch this short, very useful video from YouTube:  Fidgets
Mme Goold

Quiz on Thursday - Les pionniers

We will be having a very short quiz on Thursday to review the relationship between "les autochtones et les pionniers".  Please see the sheet in last week's "cahier de lecture".  Students will be required to list the types of cooperative activities that occurred, as well as the sources of conflict that arose between the aboriginals and the pioneers. A word bank will be provided. I will also ask your child to describe one cooperative relationship and one conflicting relationship between the two (this can be done in English). 

Merci!

Mme Goold

P.S. I am in the process of planning 2 projects related to Pioneer Life (ie. Google Slide-show and 3D model). As well, we will be having a "Jour des pionniers" sometime in June. More information to follow.  Check out one of my students all dressed up for last year's Pioneer Day!  

Les Autochtones et les Pionniers

We have been learning about the cooperation and conflict that occurred when the Pioneers chose to settle on land inhabited by the aboriginals in the 1800's in Upper Canada.  Please review the sheet sent home in "le cahier" and perhaps have your child explain them in more detail. You may also wish to explore the website: Pioneer Life to find out more information.

Next week, we will look at challenges that the Pioneers faced in daily life and ways they coped.

Aurevoir!
Mme Goold

Le Cahier- Les pionniers

Please practice the vocabulary on "les pionniers" sent home in Le Cahier. Knowing what the words mean will increase comprehension when reading and learning about Pioneers. Merci beaucoup! Mme Goold

Les pionniers!

We've begun our next Social Studies unit on Life in the 1800's.  Today, students were eager to brainstorm questions they had about what life was like.
For homework this week, I ask that your child visit: www.pioneerlife.ca and search for answers to some of the questions listed in "le cahier".  This is just an informal research activity. Answers do not need to be written down. Please do this before the long weekend.
Merci!  Mme Goold

Here is a picture from last year's "Jour des pionniers". 

"Le printemps" TEST - Thursday

Bonjour! Please see your child's "cahier" for a REVIEW SHEET for this week's test on Le printemps. We have been very busy collaborating how to write descriptive sentences using the learned vocabulary.  Please continue to practise the sheets in Le cahier to better prepare for the test.
Merci beaucoup!  Mme Goold

Book Orders & Reading

French Book order forms went home and are due on March 30th.  I would encourage you to follow the steps on the form to place your order ONLINE. Please enter my name (Emily Goold) as your child's teacher. IF you are sending a cheque, please ensure that your cheque is for the exact amount payable to "Scholastic Canada" (Make sure to check the price of the books for ONTARIO).

Also, a reading went home today in "le cahier" called Jour de pluie. Please ensure your child reads this at least 3 times this week and completes the colouring as per the description provided. There will be a test on "le printemps" vocabulary as well as the reading next week.

Merci!

Emily Goold

Le printemps!

Bonjour! I hope you had a relaxing break! We got right back into the swing of things today.  We began learning "Le printemps" vocabulary. We played charades with the words (you should try this at home: "Est-ce que c'est ...?"- Oui, c'est..../Non, ce n'est pas..."). Also, we created sentences orally. Please try to use the following words to help your child create sentences at home:

Sentence starters: Je vois, Je porte, J'aime, Il y a, Voici, J'ai, Regarde,
Prepositions: sur, sous, dans, devant, derriere, pres, loin, avec

Merci!
Mme Goold

March Break

I really hope you all have a wonderful week off. The children deserve a break from all the hard work they have been doing. After the break, we will begin to focus on "le printemps" and start our next Social Studies unit on " Les pionniers". Here is a picture from last year's Pioneer Day. Merci et aurevoir!  Mme Goold

Les questions- Oral Evaluations

Please practise the 5 questions that were sent home in "Le Cahier". We have been working on asking and answering these questions for at least a month so your child should be familiar with them. Merci! Mme Goold

Gr 3 Test & Presentations

We will be having a test on the verbs "to have" and "to be" in French on Thursday. Please review the sheet sent home in Le Cahier for more information.
We're also working hard on writing and practicing for presentations on "Ma famille". These will begin on Thursday, after the test.
Merci!
Mme Goold

Gr 6 - Art & French Test

There will be a French test on Friday as a review of the verb tense "le future proche". Your child should have their French duo tang at home to review work done in class.  The "anchor chart" we created in class WILL be on display for students to use as a reference during the test.

Also, students will be creating an "Identity Collage" in Art and have been asked to send in at least 20 photos, magazine pictures and/or logos of things that relate to their personality (things they like, sports they play, family photos, pictures of things they use, etc...).  We have started to look through magazines at school already.  Pictures should be kept safe in the Ziploc bags provided.

Merci!
Mme Goold

French Homework- Due Tuesday

A sheet is going to be coming home to be completed by Tuesday. Students are asked to find out the ages of family members.  They are to ask:"Quelle age as-tu?"  Answers should be written in a sentence in French (see models on sheet). This will provide practise for the verb "avoir" (to have). Merci! Mme Goold

La famille

We have begun a unit on "La famille". Today we began to use the sentence starters "J'ai" (I have) and "Je n'ai pas" (I don't have) related to our brothers and sisters. We're also learning possessive adjectives in French (my= mon, ma, mes, your= ton, ta, tes, his/hers= son, sa, ses). Please refer to "Le Cahier" for oral practice at home. Your child will eventually be giving an oral presentation on his/her family, following a model. 

Also, please ensure to continue to INITIAL the page read in Le Cahier EVERY day that your child practices. Merci! Joyeux St-Valentin!!  

 Mme Goold 

Les zones dans les communautés urbaines

We are continuing our "urban communities" theme this week. Please review the sheet in Le Cahier on the 3 zones in these communities. I would also encourage your child to explore Google Earth to find each of these zones in different cities. Next week, your child will be asked to think about what is found in his/her residential area (using a checklist in Le Cahier). We will also locate various cities on a map of Ontario. Mme Goold

Les communautés urbaines Gr. 3

We have started our next theme in our Social Studies unit on `Living and Working in Ontario`.  We are now focusing on Urban Communities in Ontario. Last week we looked at what cities have in common. This week, we will focus on the 3 zones within a city:

     1- residential,
     2- commercial,
     3- industrial.  

Toronto is Ontario (and Canada`s largest city!  

Gr 3 Cahier homework & French Writing

Bonjour! Please ensure your child asks you and the rest of your family members the French question in Le cahier de lecture. He/She must fill out the information by Monday on the blue sheet provided. Merci! Also, we are working on writing a paragraph about our favourite season (brainstorming web, shared writing, following models & anchor charts). 

Gr 3 - News

Welcome to the New Year! So glad to see my students after a relaxing holiday. Time to get back to work! This week, we are working on a little play about seasons titled "Une competition", which was sent home in Le Cahier de lecture. Please ensure your child practises his/her role. Students have been placed in a group and will present the plays on Monday.
Also, a rubric is being sent home this week from Oral presentations done in December on the Social Studies slide-shows that were created on Rural Communities in Ontario. Merci!