French Immersion Homework TWO weeks up to Dec. 18th

Bonjour mes chers/chères étudiants/étudiantes!

For homework these next two weeks leading up to the Christmas Holidays:

1. Prepare for this Friday's White Elephant Sale. Start by reading the previous posted blog.
2. This is a busy time for families. Many of you already help quite a bit at home. That is wonderful! Your task is to find out how else you can help at home. Can you help with household chores (dishes, cleaning your room etc.)? Maybe you can help a sibling with homework? How can you help your Mom or Dad prepare for Christmas? Talk to them, see if there are any jobs you can help with in and around the house. Make a list of helpful chores you can do to contribute to your family for the next two weeks. Spend time completing chores each day. :-)
3. Do something nice for someone every day during this Advent season! Keep a door open for someone walking through. Greet someone by looking at them in the eyes and saying: ''Hello!''. Thank someone for something they did for you.

Optional French homework (mandatory homework will resume in January):
4. Keep reading in French and recording it on your Défi-Lecture worksheet that is kept in your agenda.
5. Choose one of the tasks from the list we generated to help improve your French. Track it on your Hapara document.

                                Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année 2016!   M.K.

White Elephant Sale: help needed! Please read...

Friday, December 4th, 2015

Dear Parents:

This year the Grade 6 students and teachers are holding our school’s third annual White Elephant Sale on Friday, December 11th, to raise funds for our advent hampers as well as our end of the year field trip.  We are asking the St. Cecilia School community to donate gently used, clean items prior to December 10th.  The Grade 6 students and teachers will be sorting donations into different categories to make shopping more convenient.  Categories include:  books, toys, stuffed animals, CDs, movies, puzzles, games, Christmas knickknacks, jewelry (no used earrings please), crafts and household items.  We will not be accepting clothing or footwear.  Last year was a success due to the excitement of the students as they found bargains to bring home and the generosity of the families who took the time to find items at home suitable for our sale.

We will be happy to accept donations of gently used, clean items anytime now up until December 10th in our Grade 6 classrooms or at the office.  On Friday, December 11th, each class will have the opportunity to come to the gym and shop.  Items will be marked in increments of 25 cents and most likely will be priced in the range of 25 cents to $5.  This may be an opportunity for young students to do some Christmas shopping.  In the meantime, please look through ‘no longer needed items’ in your home and consider donating to our White Elephant Sale.  We would also greatly appreciate donations of wrapping paper, tissue paper and gift bags.  This is in keeping with our gospel value of stewardship of the environment. Remember that ‘one person’s junk is another person’s treasure’.

With thanks in advance,

The Grade 6 Teachers

Thank you all so much for your support and generosity!!

The Grade 6 Team!!!!

Christmas Card making craft for the gr.6 White Elephant Sale next week! Bravo!

Bravo les amis! Du bon travail aujourd'hui!

French Homework Week of Nov.30th - Dec.7th

Continue with Défi-Lecture and with a French task/project of your choice. Choose it from the list given last week (see last week's post). Continue to record your work on the document provided to you in your French Hapara folder.

Félicitations à Anika! She completed the Défi-Lecture! She read French literature for TWENTY/20 hours!! Fantastique!

Craft Day tomorrow afternoon (Thurs. Dec. 3rd). A reminder to bring in craft materials/supplies and old (or new) Christmas cards. We are creating our own Christmas cards and will be selling them during the White Elephant Sale next Friday (Dec. 11th). Last year they sold out in two hours! I will be providing some craft supplies but the more we have the more cards we can do!

Parents/students: if you have hand soap to provide to our classroom (from a plastic dispenser, sold at the dollar store or other), we could use some in our classroom. Merci! M.K.