Monday, October 25, 2021

A busy Monday!

Hello families! Happy Monday! Happy Pyjama Day!

We had a busy morning together and things are shaping up for a productive week!

In Math, we started with a 'spooky' Math starter. Can you solve the final equation based on the hints given?

In Français, we got to work on two big tasks: CFOO and writing our first drafts our goals for the year.

What is CFOO?

CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices) is a public speaking "club" (similar to its English friend TUSC) that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations. There are fifteen different presentation options, separated into three categories: Opinion, Creativity and Research.

Our CFOO preparation and presentation periods alternate on Day 4, periods 2 and 3.

For the first presentation, we will be choosing one of the five Opinion options. We will prepare a short oral presentation, fulfilling the criteria specific to our topic. (All categories are outlined on the sheet in our binder. There is also a photo posted below). Our presentation is in the form of speech, but our speeches can be take on/be supported with a variety of options: a poster, a puppet play, a poem, a painting, a PowerPoint, a movie, etc. As long as our public-speaking skills are on display, the possibilities are truly endless!

Leading up to the first presentation, we will continue discussing what we should keep in mind while making an oral presentation to the class. This will include: keeping eye contact with the audience, having a confident stance while at the front of the room, projecting our voice and speaking at a good pace with expression.

We had a short block of time to begin our presentations this morning and now the rest of the preparation (finishing our speech and practicing our presentation) will happen on our own time. If we would like Mme Careen to review our speech with us before our presentation, we are welcome to make an appointment to work with her at lunch over the coming week. And, please note that any visual supports must be emailed to Mme (or brought in on a USB) in advance of presentation day.

Our first CFOO presentations are set for Tuesday, November 2. Mark your calendars! :)



We ended the morning with Science. We had 4 days worth of observations to catch up on! Mme Careen was able to visit our tomato plants on Friday and over the weekend and made observations for us. Did you know that the school cooled down to a chilly 14℃ over the weekend? Brrrrr!

Please ask me about my tomato plants and what else we noticed about the plants today.

(Also, please take a minute or two to read through all of the agenda items posted below. There are quite a few and we want to make sure that we're keeping on top of all of our tasks this week!)

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AGENDA

1. Vaccination forms (from the Winnipeg Access Centre) were sent home today. Please sign and return (even if your child will not be vaccinated at school) by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29.

2. Spirit Week - Is This Week! (See THIS POST).

** Tomorrow (Tuesday) is Patterns Day! **

3. Ness clothing on sale until Friday, October 29! (See THIS POST).

4. Math mini-évaluation on les multiples - Wednesday

5. First rough draft of 'Les buts' due at end of Français period tomorrow (Tuesday).
(If you don't anticipate being able to finish your draft in class tomorrow, please consider spending some time writing this evening. Here is the sample Mme wrote with us in class today. The black writing is what we use, and we substitute the blue text with our own goal and action plan).

6. CFOO #1 - Opinion (See explanation in post above) - Tuesday, November 2.

7. Read, read, read! https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/

8. L’horaire pour la chorale. It's not too late to join! Let Mme Careen know if you are interested.

Jour 2 4h45 – 5h15 (TEAMS)

Jour 3 période 1 (par cohorte, donc pas chaque fois pour chaque élève)

Jour 6 4h45 – 5h15 (TEAMS)

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