Dear Parents,


The purpose of my Blog is to let parents know what we have been working on. As you know we had a PJ party on Thursday. In French, the students had to tell the class what color the stuffy was, and whether it was big or small. Suprisingly, we actually covered a lot of French words on PJ day.

Next Week the students are to bring a show and tell item to school which they will describe to the class in French. The students are asked not to play with the toys in the class and bring them only for the show and tell.

In class, we talked about tattling, personl space and blurting out. We continue to read the book" My Mouth is a Volcano" to encourage students to raise their hand. Another great book is " Personal Space Camp". This book encourages students to keep their hands to themselves.

We have also talked about Quiet turtles, whispering whales and chatty chickens. Chatty chickens are almost never allowed in the school only whispering whales and quiet turtles. Sometimes the students are given little stuffy turtles if they are listening well. However, one went missing, maybe someone accidentally brought it home. If you see a litte turtle in your home, pleae return it. Thanks :} :}

In French, we are working on sounding out letters. We have started with the vowels a e i o u. In our program, all our sounds come with pictures to help students remember the sounds. Most students are catching on well. Most still have trouble with the u.

We continue working on vocabulary for school and colors. Please visit the following site if you would like to get more information on what we will be learning this coming week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2JwURExB9A&t=305sWe are learning sight words in French. If you would like to review sight words please visit the following sight on Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wrfdDf4GAM&t=34s  The title is grade 1 sight words in French with pronunciation.

In Science, the students participated in a color experiment. They mixed yellow water with food coloring and red water with food coloring. Of course, they discovered it made orange.

In English, we are working on sight words such as do, play, I am, me etc... We play smartboard games to learn these words. We will soon begin learning English letter sounds.

In Math, we are still working on patterns, learning numbers, and subsitizing. (looking at dots or ten frames and saying the number) The students could continue practicing this

If you have any questions please email me or call me.

Mme Celine

Hello Parents,


I can't believe two weeks have already gone by. For now, we have 23 students in our class. We have 3 new student joining us this year. We welcome these new students to our school. We are so fortunate to have them with us.

We are presently working on routines and more routines.... In addition to this, we are working on vocabulary pertaining to colors and school, the alphabet and their beginning sounds in French, printing skills etc..

If their are any parents willing to make playdoh for the class please let me know. I can provide zip-lock bags. It would be great if each student could have a bag of their own.  

Please ensure your child is getting a good sleep as the days can be long for the children. Sometimes behaviour issues can result from just not getting enough sleep.

If you would like to make an appointment please let the office know or email me at celine.danis @cssd.ab.ca and we can meet after school. I would prefer meeting in the afternoon than in the morning. Thank you in advance for contacting me before coming to the grade 1 classroom to meet.

If you have something to drop off to the student, please do not come to the grade 1 classroom during school hours, but kindly drop the item off at the office or have the office phone me if you need to see the student during school hours.

I look forward to meeting with you at the parent-teacher interviews. I look forward to knowing more about your child and their needs.




Celine Danis

Bienvenue en première année!

Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year. I am looking forward to working in cooperation with you, the parents. Your dedication, collaboration, encouragement and continued support are greatly appreciated.

As the school year begins, there are some important details that we would like to share with you to help us work together in guiding your child through his/her first year of school.

Agendas: Agendas will be sent home every evening and returned every morning. We ask that you please sign your child’s agenda each night. Feel free to use the agenda as a way of communication as they will be checked every morning. If you have a message to pass along, the agenda works best, or you can email me at address listed below.

Volunteering: we will need 4 volunteers to help walk the students to church and to sit near them. Please let me know if you can.

Blog: Please refer to the St.Gerard website to view my blog. I will communicate approximately every 10 days beginning in a few weeks.  I will notify you when a post is submitted.

Homework: Although there is no homework per se, literacy is highly valued and it is strongly encouraged that you child reads a minimum of 10 minutes every night. A reading program will be put into place whereby your child will be able to bring home books from school, however for now it is simply encouraged to continue working on sounds and beginning reading skills developed in class.

          For complete curriculum descriptions, please visit the Alberta Education website that provides a number of helpful and comprehensive documents for parents. http://education.alberta.ca/parents/resources/handbook.aspx

I look forward to meeting you!

Celine Danis

Celine.danis@cssd.ab.ca