Thursday, 10 April 2014

French Updates

April 10, 2014
French Updates
·         We are working on our new story “Chat Angora”. We did the following activities:
Ø  Practicing orally the vocabulary
Ø  Listening to the story
Ø  Saying the story following the gestures
Ø  Watching the play
Ø  Reading the story
Ø  Completing the first writing activity “Choisis le bon mot”, new version
Ø  Grammar lesson: double verbs construction and the infinitive form of the verbs, oral

·         On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, we are having the second test of this term.
The test has 3 sections:
-          Dictée #5
-          Choisis le bon mot: oral
-           Choisis le bon mot: written

Spelling vocabulary list , Dictée # 5:
1)      Quand il fait beau, on peut jouer dehors.
2)      Le détective est très intelligent.
3)       Chat Angora est très stupide mais madame Rat est très intelligente.
4)      Est-ce que tu aimes l’histoire de Chat Angora ?
5)       J’aime beaucoup manger les fruits.

·         In class we are working all the time on our vocabulary and oral reading. We focus on our pronunciation, fluency and expression.
·         We have started “Les mots en ordre”.
·         We have started also a reward system to encourage students to speak French in class. You may ask your child for the details.
·         If you wish to buy the DVD of the story, This is the website from where you may order it:

Amina Ould-brahim, OCT, PhD
French teacher and Science Coordinator