Bonjour! Please see below for acitvites we did for the week in French class.

Grade 1/2:

• Students were introduced to new responsibility phrases such as "Je partage", "Je range mes jouets", "Je mange bien mes repas" etc. and how they would apply it at home and at school. 

Grade 1:

• Students were introduced to new responsibility phrases such as "Je partage", "Je range mes jouets", "Je mange bien mes repas", etc. and how they would apply it at home and at school. 

SK:

• Students made farm animal finger puppets to bring home
• They also made a mini book on farm animals to review farm vocabulary words.. un cochon, une vache, un canard, un tracteur, une ferme, un fermier..etc
• Students completed an activity on choosing a farm animal and what they provide

JK:

• We have worked on expressions again. Students were provided with different emotions on chart paper and were asked how they were feeling. Each student was provided with their own name to stick on under the category that expresses how they were feeling. Students loved expressing how they felt and they were able to say "Je suis content(e)..triste..faché(e).." or "J'ai peur/faim"
• We also reviewed days of the week, numbers 1-10, colours. Students mastered at naming the mentioned concepts!

This month, the French and Gym department will be running the bake sale! We will be selling baked goods, French pins and pencils to promote the French language! The baked goods will cost between 75¢ to $1.50. The French pins will cost $2.50. They come with a variety of cute designs and French phrases. You can wear the pins on your shirts, backpacks, hats, anywhere you like! The pencils will cost $1.50 each.  If you're interested in the pins, please make sure to put a deposit to place your order as quantities are limited. That way, you may at least select one of the designs. In case we run out of certain selections, you may always change your selection.  Thanks from the French & Gym department!

                                        
         
           
       

Bonjour!

Please see below for this week's activities:

Grade 1/2:

•  Revision on body parts and the actions involved: Avec la bouche, on mange... Avec les yeux, on regarde...  On lève/baisse les mains, On plie les bras/les jambes..  Almost all students were able to successfully name the parts of the body and the actions involved.

Grade 1:

•  Revision on body parts and the actions involved: Avec la bouche, on mange... Avec les yeux, on regarde...  On lève/baisse les mains, On plie les bras/les jambes..  Almost all students were able to successfully name the parts of the body and the actions involved.

SK:

• Students continue to learn about Farm animals through songs, games and worksheets: the sounds the Farm animals make, the food they provide, counting animals and writing the numbers, and coloring animals by numbers. All students love singing the song "Dans la Ferme" which can be found in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ms7e7O7TRk

JK:

• Students continue to practice expressing emotions: "Je suis content(e)" and "Je suis triste". Almost all students were able to say the full sentences by themselves.
• They are also learning new emotions such as faché(e), faim, and surpris(e).
• Students had fun playing games and working on play-doh mats to express how they were feeling that day. Please see below for pictures.

Merci, 

Mlle. Jessica

Le Jour du Souvenir

Bonjour!

It's Remembrance Day.

This week, the PYP French classes were working on activities related to this special day. The older grades did a fill in the blank activity with Remembrance Day vocabulary words. The younger grades made a poppy out of construction paper and learned the French term for poppy which is "le coquelicot". Please see below for pictures.

Merci,
Mlle. Jessica

La neuvième semaine

Bonjour!

Please see below for details on what the PYP French classes have been working on this week.

Grade 1/2: 

• Learning how to say what clothes they are wearing on different occasions using the phrase "Je porte..."
• Distinguishing between masculine and feminine and plural and singular clothing items using the following phrases "C'est un.. C'est une... Ce sont des..."
• Working on clothing and color agreement e.g. un pantalon noir.. une robe bleue

Grade 1:

• Learning how to say what clothes they are wearing and on what occasion using "Je porte..."
• Working on paper doll activity to practice clothing vocabulary words. Students get to present their characters and say what the character is wearing.

SK:

• Reviewing clothing items and saying what they are wearing using  "Je porte.."
• Introduction to farm animals and singing songs to learn new farm animal vocabulary words e.g un mouton, un cochon, une vache.. etc.

JK: 

• Learning expression words such as "content" and "triste". Students are able to express how they feel that day by saying "Je suis content(e)" or "Je suis triste".

Have a great weekend!

Mlle. Jessica

L'Halloween

Bonjour!

This week, the PYP French classes have been reviewing clothing vocabulary words, learning new vocabulary words for Halloween, and working on Halloween activity worksheets.

Merci,
Mlle. Jessica