Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Unité 4: lesson 2

Here is the vocabulary we are viewing for lesson 2:

Hat, glasses, earrings, mustache and beard.

If you are worried about the pronunciation use Google Translate and click on the little microphone. It is quite easy!

Unité 4 - Lesson 1

Video link for the word of the face:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVP5hqPHMNE

NB: This video contains more vocabulary than I require the children to know.

Friday, August 19, 2016

First test

Test for the coming week for all grades:

Students need to know these vocabulary words. It is the students duty to have their vocabulary up to date, we wrote it in class in their French notebook.

Here are the English words they need to know in French: Eyes/eye, ears, hands, nose, mouth, visage, hair.

Have a pleasant weekend.

Plan for the year

Dear Parents,

Thank you for coming to the curriculum night yesterday. Here are a couple of points I wanted to share with you about the French class.

Method: Les Loustics 1. Marianne Capouet, Hugues Denisot. Hachette.
The children have Les loustics: cahier d’activité .

Lesson pace:

• Each year, 3 units (We will do Unit 4 to 6)
• Each Unit has 5 lessons
• ~ 2 weeks per lesson.

In the French notebook (the cahier d’activité stays in class, the notebook is taken home on homework days and the day before the test)

• Date
• Lesson title
• Vocabulay
• Homework(s)
• Test (signed by the parents)

Monday, August 15, 2016

Bienvenue en classe de Français!

Bienvenue en classe de Français!

Welcome to the French immersion class! My name is Mrs Aurélie Buffin and I am delighted to be your child’s French teacher this year.

If it is the first time your child will be in an immersion class, you might have questions and apprehensions. Most of you do not speak French yourselves and consider this to be a cause for concern. The French Immersion method is designed for English speaking children. The program is built around the idea that the students have no or little previous experience with French. Your children will learn French through a “gentle approach” where we gradually introduce them to the language through play, song, rhyme and stories and you may even find yourself learning along with your child.

We will be using the same method as last year: Les Loustics 1 by Marianne Capouet & Hugues Denisot, Hachette. This method is rich in images and sounds. The activities are based on games and dialogues that will give children the pleasure of learning. The Cahier d'activités should always stay in class. The French notebook will be taken home on homework days and the day prior to an evaluation.


If you have any questions or concerns you can always contact me by e-mail. I will return your message as soon as possible, which may be the end of the school day.

I am looking forward to working together with you and your child this year! Merci de votre confiance!

Aurélie Buffin