Update

Last Friday, we had a "Sci-Fi" Science workshop from the University of Saskatchewan in our classroom in which students learned about birds.  For more information on their summer day camp opportunities, visit their webpage here.   I will be posting some pictures on the photobucket page that I took of the students during this workshop. 

Here are a few updates on things we have learned in phonetics:
- that /ou/ makes the oo sound like in the English word fool
- the /in/, /im/, /aim/, /eim/, /ain/, /ein/ all make the same sound (like in the English word ain't)
- that /en/ and /in/ (and their variations) are cut in two to make two syllables if there is a vowel afterwards.  For example, cousin has the /in/ sound but cousine does not (cou-si-ne) (cousin is a boy cousin, and cousine is a girl cousin)
- today we learned that /au/ and /eau/ make the English long vowel"o" sound like in bateau
- we have learned that the s in "les" speaks only when the next word begins with a vowel (ie. les ours, would be pronounced lez oors

Here are a few pictures of the baby chicks we had the privilege of seeing and holding in mid-may:

Spring photo orders are due tomorrow. 

I'm looking forward to having parents see our class' dance tomorrow at Spectacular, Spectaculaire.  Please don't forget your tickets.  They will be needed in order to ensure we don't exceed capacity at the theatre.

Have a great week!