Making Music with TiBert

We also had the chance to make music with TiBert. He taught us about sounds and vibrations, and then we jammed!

Faisons de la musique! from Jon Sorokowski on Vimeo.

Maisons at École Robert Browning

The first maisons meeting at ÉRB happened this week! M. Vermeylen has more information on his own blog. Matt & Noelle from 5-21 were joined by students from other classes. Together, we decided that our maison would be called "Maison Aigles" (Eagles). Here we are!

Everyone else from 5-21 is representing us well in rooms around the school. M. Vermeylen has posted the full list of all the cool maison names!

TiBert le Voyageur

The St. James-Assiniboia School Division's Integrated Arts program brought TiBert le Voyageur to our school this month! M. Sorokowski had the pleasure of seeing TiBert at an event before - and he always impresses. This former voyageur shared with 5-21 stories, music, and games. We learned lots about the life of a voyageur, which ties in beautifully with the topics in Grade 5 Social Studies.

Here are many pictures of TiBert's first and second visits to our class. He showed us lots of different objects from the days of the voyageurs. We then played a trading game. We had a BLAST!

Going for a ride! Voyageurs used ceintures fléchées to help them carry heavy items. They could also use them to help move injured voyageurs quickly!

Dictée for November 1

Can you believe that this Friday is already November 1? Wow! Two months of Grade 5 are already complete. Here is the next dictée. I chose these dictées, as they focus on high frequency French words and link nicely with grammatical concepts we are learning in class. Here is the dictée for November 1.

I have highlighted the verb aller conjugated in the present tense. Students should already know this from previous years.

Audio recording coming soon!

La pomme de Simone
Il y a une pomme sur le bureau de Simone.
Belle pomme, pense Simone, à la récréation tu vas devenir un coeur de pomme.
Je vais manger tes vitamines.
Je vais manger même ta pelure.
Et je vais lancer tes pépins dans le champ.

Dictée for October 24

Here is the dictée for October 24. Most vocabulary in this short text are words they are familiar with, and the grammatical structures are familiar too. Most students did very well in Monday's pretest. They corrected their work and should focus on studying the words with which they had trouble. Bonne dictée!

I have included a recorded copy so you can hear the sounds.


Mon ami
Je vous présente mon ami.
Il reste rue Laval.
Il a les cheveux noirs.
Sur son chandail, il a un gros cinq.
Il aime le hockey.
Le midi, il dine à l'école.
Je dîne avec lui.
Souvent, il mange du pain, du beurre et une pomme.
Mon ami s'appelle Alexandre.

Reflecting on Cyberbullying

School Education Officer Constable Cain from the Winnipeg Police Service visited ÉRB this week to talk about cyberbullying. She will return later this year to talk to us about personal safety. Thank you, Constable Cain! Here are some reflections on what the students thought of the presentation:

Cyberbullying is when people are bullying on Facebook, video games, and other devices. - Shea
We learned that you need to stand up to bullies. - Shea

She taught us a lot of lessons about using the Internet. She said you never know who you're texting or contacting. - Carson

It's terribly, but some people commit suicide. It's really, really sad. - Katelyn

I felt sad that people commit suicide because of bullying and cyberbullying. I will never do that to anyone. - Boada

Now that I know about these things, I feel safer. - Noelle

I like when Constable Cain showed us all the different kinds of bullying, because that way I knew what not to do. - Katarina

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a great long weekend. See you all Tuesday (Early Dismissal).