Petite classe

Bonjour!

We have 5 more classes as follow: April 24

                                                   May 3, 10. 17. and 24. The 24th will be a small potluck, with a short show, handing of diplomas (!!) and hopefully a speech by someone important. :)

We learnt a lot this year and we came to a point where the students can greet someone properly in French, know some basic vocabulary and are beginning to craft sentences. We also have learnt a few fun songs, which help integrate the "music" and rhythm of the language. When everything is forgotten, the songs will remain.

Today, we did the usual rituals: calendar, greeting, questions, counting, alphabet, song on the days of the week, review of body parts and singing Jean-Petit.

We reviewed the verb ETRE and learnt the verb AVOIR.

We applied this new learning to the Emotions: learnt new vocabulary and had to match faces to emotions in French, draw expressions after a prompt, complete sentences and for the more advanced, complete crossword puzzles about emotions.

We had a little time to draw or work on our cursive writing, and then I read Ami-Ami, a fun book about the friendship between a big bad wolf and a gentil petit lapin.

A bientot!

Bonjour,

After the rituals: calendar, greetings, questions, counting until 100 and the alphabet, we sang the song about the days of the week.

After that, we reviewed the parts of the body and sang Jean-Petit qui danse.

Today we learnt or reviewed colors through a poem, finding a mystery word and crossed word puzzle.

We made sentences with the colors and the verb "etre" (to be) and learnt to modify the endings of the words, according to the gender and plural of the noun. This is very complex and takes a while to master. But it is wonderful to come to this level.

We practiced our cursive writing.

Then we had time to look at French kids magazines, namely Witch and do some fashion drawing and to play games.

Voila!

Bonjour !

Today, we started asking questions about someone's name, age, and where they live. We sat in our warm up circle and asked each other:

Comment t'appelles-tu ? (What's your name ?)

Quel age as-tu ? (how old are you ?)

Ou habites-tu ? (Where do you live ?)

We'll go over them regularly, just as we do with the body parts.

Here are some sentences that the kids have built around the body parts ... (each kid will be able to point to the sentence that she has built):

La bouche est belle

Le nombril est petit

Les dents sont belles

We have discovered that the French have different ways to say "the":

le / la and les when there are more than one

We have learned a new song (again, about body parts!): It is called "Jean Petit qui danse" To hear it, click HERE. It goes:

Jean Petit qui danse (x2)
De son (pick a body part: ex: doigt) il danse (x2)
De son doigt, doigt, doigt, (x3)
Ainsi danse Jean Petit

Jean Petit qui danse (x2)
De sa main il danse (x2)
De sa main, main, main,
De son doigt, doigt, doigt,(x2)
Ainsi danse Jean Petit.

Jean Petit qui danse (x2)
De son bras il danse (x2)
De son bras, bras, bras,
De sa main, main, main,
De son doigt, doigt, doigt (x2)
Ainsi danse Jean Petit.

... and we did games, and counted up to one hundred! Cent!

See you next Tuesday!

A mardi prochain !

Bienvenue / Welcome!

Voici notre nouveau blog! This is our new blog! Hope you like it!

This blog will tell about all the fun and interesting things that we do in class!

On Tuesday, March 13th, we welcomed Nathalie, a new teacher who assists Caroline in her class.

Everyday, we have our little rituals:

First, we sit in a circle and warm up by saying hello and using the words that we have learned (like introducing ourselves)

Then, one of us goes to the cloth calendar and sticks the right items to write the date and tell about the weather. Yesterday was:

Mardi, 13 Mars. Hiver (Winter). Pluie (Rain)

We said the days of the week:

Lundi (Monday), Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche (Sunday)

We learned the names of the different body parts!

We sang a song called Alouette. To hear it, click HERE It goes:

Alouette, Gentille Alouette, Alouette je te plumerai.

Je te plumerai ..... (ex: la tete), je te plumerai la tete

Et la tete, et la tete, Alouette, Alouette

Ah Ah Ah Ah

Alouette, Gentille Alouette, Alouette je te plumerai.

See you next Tuesday!

A mardi prochain !