Quoi de neuf en janvier et février? What's new in French in January and February?
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- Category: French
- Published on Thursday, 09 February 2012 13:46
- Written by Madame
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K - Children have learned to name some parts of the body
(le corps) - their hands, feet, nose, elbows, teeth, head, and
knees! They have played Jacques a dit (Simon Says)
and sung many songs about le corps: Savez-vous planter les
choux? Alouette, Je lave la tête, and Lave lave lave avec du
savon. They are now listening to Boucle d'Or et Les Trois Ours
(Goldilocks and the Three Bears) and learning to say big,
medium, small, bear, bowl, armchair and bed.
1 - Children learned and reviewed parts of the body (le corps):
their head, eyes, ears, mouth, shoulders, knees, elbows, hands
and feet. They sang several new songs to accompany that study:
Tête, Epaules, Genoux et Pieds, Jean Petit Qui Danse, and J'ai deux
mains. They are now listening to Le Petit Chaperon Rouge
(Little Red Ridinghood) and are learning words to retell it:
le loup, le panier, Grand-mère, le bûcheron, le Petit Chaperon
Rouge, la maison, and how to play "knock-knock, who's there?".
2 - Children have been working on learning new clothing words:
socks, shoes, sneakers, dress shirt and jacket, hat, and learning
to combine telling about clothing with color. They re-learned the
call-and-response song Promenons-nous dans les bois with a wolf
who wears different clothing. They have played the game of Loto
and dress-up-the-wolf.
3 - Children have been learning how to talk about actions (I sing,
you sing), reviewing some from last year and learning new ones
(play the recorder, play soccer, eat, drink, et al). They have
been learning to say and respond to questions as well as read
and write the phrases. They have learned the songs Sur le Pont
D'Avignon and Au Clair de la Lune. They will perform the latter
song in School Sing this spring on both recorder and voice.
4 - Children have reviewed parts of the body and actions along
with a new song "Attention, on commence!". They have drawn
and narrated some oddly-shaped monsters to each other. They
have also learned to talk about their hair and eye color. They are
working on self-portraits to be hung in the 4th grade hallway
which will have both physical characteristics (hair and eye color,
height), skills (musical instruments), good Gecko traits (safe,
respectful, responsible), and a like (chocolate, reading). They
have also learned to sing the French alphabet song and dance
Le Hokey-Pokey.
5 - Children learned to talk about their five senses: J'entends,
je sens, je touche, je vois, je goûte in a variety of sensory
activities. They sang "Mes cinq sens" and "Y'a une pie" and
connected their learning to their study of the brain. They then
learned to say where they live in Brattleboro and will be continuing
their study of La Ville (the Town) throughout February.
6 - On January 6th students got to taste a real Galette des Rois in
celebration of Kings' Day - after several years of looking at paper
ones! They have spent these last six weeks studying La
Francophonie (the French-speaking world). They have learned
24 of the countries, where they're located, what the weather is
like, what the flag is like, and what time zone they're in. They have
looked at world time zone maps and reviewed time, they have
learned to talk about weather predictions by going to a French
online weather site, and they have reviewed clothing and colors.For
their culminating project they are designing a paper doll of
themselves taking a trip to one of the Francophone countries and
dressed in appropriate clothing for the weather. These will be hung
in the 6th grade hallway. 6th graders continue to have "le marché"
on the last Friday of the month where they spend the Euros they've
earned in class.