{"id":23,"date":"2020-04-06T12:08:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T19:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:24:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:24:11","slug":"language-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Language Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our theme for third term is non-fiction reading and writing. The <\/span><b>Big Ideas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the B.C. curriculum for grade 1 are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our ability to communicate in a new language improves as we take risks in that language.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Readers must not only decode words, but also understand the meaning of a text.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texts follow specific structures, depending on their type.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And grade 2:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The task and its context determine the strategies of comprehension and expression that are chosen.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awareness of other cultures helps us discover our own culture and build our own identity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our focus will be on reading strategies and comprehension, capitalization and punctuation, structure of informational texts and accurate spelling through our Dict\u00e9e Program.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of each week I am asking you to send me an e-mail with the following: a vocabulary assignment, dict\u00e9e, writing assignment and sometimes a reading assignment (this will be specified on the &#8220;Week&#8221; tab). You may send these to me as you complete them or wait until the end of the week to send everything in the same document\/e-mail. You may wish to send a picture of your child&#8217;s work or a PDF\/Word Document.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each week we will have a sign up for conferencing. Conferencing styles will vary from one on one to small group meetings using the program Zoom. This is a time for us to practice conversing in French, share our feelings, ask clarifying questions about the homework and provide small group instruction. There will be a schedule signup week to week where you can select a time that is convenient for your child to video chat with myself and their peers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Additional resources:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audiobooks: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblebooklibrary.com\/Default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.tumblebooklibrary.com\/Default.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audiobooks: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ebookids.com\/fr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ebookids.com\/fr<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audiobooks: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/discovery\/enterprise-discovery-21122523011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/discovery\/enterprise-discovery-21122523011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-6<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/curio.ca\/fr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/curio.ca\/fr\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/jeunesse\/prescolaire\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/jeunesse\/prescolaire<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Language Acquisition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/literacycenter.net\/play_learn\/french-language-games.php#\">https:\/\/literacycenter.net\/play_learn\/french-language-games.php#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Language Acquisition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.litteratout.ca\/ressources-gratuites7-9ans\">https:\/\/www.litteratout.ca\/ressources-gratuites7-9ans<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video Activities: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idello.org\/en\/resource\/30535-TFO-Family-Camp-7-Years-Old?navcontext=30544\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.idello.org\/en\/resource\/30535-TFO-Family-Camp-7-Years-Old?navcontext=30544<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Videos, games:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfo.org\/fr\/jeux\/plus\/enfant-app\">https:\/\/www.tfo.org\/fr\/jeux\/plus\/enfant-app<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sight Words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/Sight-Words-1.pdf\">Sight Words 1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/sight-words-2.pdf\">sight words 2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/sight-words-3.pdf\">sight words 3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/sight-words-4.pdf\">sight words 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-1087x1536.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-676x956.jpg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/04\/french-sounds-scaled.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our theme for third term is non-fiction reading and writing. 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