LAST POST FOR 2015 FOR THE FRENCH CORNER

There was a large selection of Holiday activities in each classes today.
The JK/SK class were wishing and greeting in 5 languages: French, German, Italian, Punjabi and English.

All classes  played games around holiday vocabulary with great energy...hum...let me just say it is time for a well deserved break.
Merry Christmas everyone...Happy Holiday!

I look forward to seeing you in 2016!

Merci
Madame V.

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Grade 3/4 They started the day with singing Christmas songs then, the students wrote sentences with their favorite Christmas characters (from the hand puppet). So they had: bonhomme, père Noël, sapin, renne et lutin. The table who could sing one of the 5 songs won house points. Yay! Table 1.

Grade 7 The students followed a grid with words and had to make sentences. This was followed by a reading of Pauvre Anne. We have now completed up to chapter 8.
Grade 8 had a lesson on Futur Simple. It is suggested that the students review this thoroughly as these verbs require different endings. For practice, they have to make 15 sentences about their projects for the Christmas break.

Grade 5/6 We are almost done with the unit and today's work was on the partitive used with the negative: ne...pas de...
Wednesday, they will have their t-shirts and transfers ironed.

Grade 1/2 Today, we mixed Christmas with the names of shapes. Interesting! The students are still singing and using their holiday vocabulary.

JK/SK The children sang, recalled holiday vocabulary and had a colouring session. They had a great conversation going around the table about colours and everything they could name and locate on the activity sheet.

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Grade 3/4 The students sat down for a holiday favorrite Casse-Noisette. They sang Mon petit soldat. The second story was Les douze jours de Noel and they were quick to pick the tune so they also sang this one. They also had a colouring activity where they had to locate a number of items lost in a snow storm.

Grade 7 The students listened to chapter 3-4 of Pauvre Anne. There a discussion on how the main character felt landing in Belgium and not having her host family at the airport.

Grade 8 continued their comprehension segment of a play. They should be done by Monday.

Grade 1/2 They performed their last rehearsal in the gym along their partners in JK/SK. Well done and good luck tonight.

JK/SK The students had a bit of a rehearsal with Grade 1/2. Then, they coloured a Christmas paper doll to take home as an ornement. They love to sing, so Mon petit soldat en chocolat was a returning favorite.

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Grade 3/4 The students are writing their own Christmas Math problems and they are very quick at counting in French. At the same time, they are reviewing the holiday vocabulary. It was a lively and active period.

Grade 7 did a quiz on devoir, pouvoir and vouloir and reviewed terminology on expressions of quantity. They also answered questions on the 2 chapters of Pauvre Anne.

Grade 8 The students received a copy of what they should be reviewing for their mid-term exam in January. They did a sample of what and how to study. For the play they are reading 'Toujours des amis' they have comprehension questions to work on and vocabulary to review.

Grade 5/6 The students worked on the negative of sentences and key vocabulary to use for their slogan. They have started on sketches for their transfers. Both, T-SHIRTS AND TRANSFERS (DRAWING) ARE DUE ON MONDAY, DEC.14.

Grade 1/2 are rehearsing for the concert and today they completed a fun sheet on toys that could go in Santa's bag.

JK/SK are also rehearsing for the concert and coloured (they JK had to remember the colours and SK had to read the name of the colours) Everyone wrote the words: Un bas de Noel.

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Grade 3/4 The students were in great spirit today and after completing their activity sheets on numbers 16-30, counting by ten to a hundred, by five to a hundred...they listened to 3 stories with numbers that they had to quickly add and while divided in their respective houses give the correct answer. Well!!! They nailed it every time! Next week they will be exchanging their own stories with numbers and holiday vocabulary.

Grade 7 started their Novel 'Pauvre Anne'. Chapter 1 & 2.

Grade 8 The students got together and made a list of all the grammar components in units 1/2/3 for reviewing and prepare their mid-terms in January 2016.
After completing this, they read a few scenes from the novel/play 'Toujours des amis'.

Grade 1/2 more practice and this time with audience! They are so keen and are great little mentors to the JK/SK who are also part of this concert with them.
They also resumed activities on vocabulary for toys and are beginning to see the difference between singular and plural and how to express it.

JK/SK  after some practice for the concert, the students did a Christmas collage of a boot with laces and a special message for mom and dad.

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Grade 3/4 reflected on their work so far and they are quite proud of their accomplishments. They finished the current units with numbers 0-15, Friday they will start on 16-30. We are using Math games every chance we get.

Grade 7 presented their projects on microbes. Well done, everyone!!!  The students have a text to read and questions to answer. This is due on Friday, Dec 4.

Grade 8 The students presented their ad and summary of a monster movie. They really demonstrated how far they have come in terms of pronunciation and overall quality of work. They also asked each other questions (in French) and confidently gave their answers.

Grade 1/2 had their first rehearsal in the gym for the Christmas concert. They are confident and took charge of some of the details for the performance.

JK/SK The students rehearsed for the concert and they started on holiday vocabulary.

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Grade 3/4 The students took up their cross-word puzzle on Le Moyen-Âge. Congratulations on the students who actually did their homework and completed the activity (this was worth a few house points), and it was not all that difficult if you took the time to do it.
They also started the unit on numbers written in words. After writing them, we had a round of spelling bee.

Grade 7 Their irregular adjectives homework was corrected and they had the period to work on their project: les microbes. They have to do a Venn diagram and 15 sentences using the unit vocabulary and verbs vouloir, devoir, pouvoir.
This is due on Wednesday December 2.

Grade 8 Students did a quick review of passé composé with Être and the use of the pronoun ON. Following their rubric, they will be doing a poster to advertise their movie and a paragraph for the radio/T.V. announcement.

Grade 5/6 did their presentations today and what a great group of students! They had gathered facts on their respective animals and made pertinent comments in their comparisons with humans. Well done everyone!

Grade 1/2 practice, practice and some more practice! They are doing this all on their own volition! They set up their groups, discussed the little props needed and basically choreographed the whole thing. It will be a great surprise.

JK/SK Started to sing their Christmas song and of course requested more songs. The ever popular bonhomme and its instruments made an appearance.

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Grade 3/4 The students took up last week's lesson on adverbs of quantity. After completing 2 sets of illustrations and the appropriate words written down, they worked on a cross words with some translation from English to French. Wow! They are such hard little workers.

Grade 7 The students reviewed the rubric for their projects. They should have the name of  2 microbes and a few pertinent facts to use in a Venn diagram. Due date for the project is Wednesday, Dec. 2.

The rest of the period was used to re-arrange in correct sequence sentences with irregular adjectives (placed before the noun). Please finish this for homework as well.

Grade 8 reviewed their rubric for their project. They also watched a cou;ple of scenes from Notre Dame de Paris, based on the novel from Victor Hugo. At lunch time, I went back to talk about what they had seen and they will be researching the novel and report their findings on Wednesday.

Grade 1/2 The Christmas concert rehearsal is in full swing. The students all have their sheets with their own section of the poem highlighted. They also have a few lines of a song to sing with the JK/SK and everyone is partnered up between the 4 grades. 

JK/SK After the routine work of weather and calendar, they listened to a story: Martine à la cuisine. The grade 1/2 joined in to learn the Christmas song. They did sound pretty good for a first rehearsal.

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Grade 1/2 The students were very keen when they learned that they would do the French part for the Christmas concert. They helped putting a poem and according to them, it had to rhyme! More to come in the coming weeks.

JK/SK had a treat today and watched Passe-Partout on T.V./DVD. The theme was le jardin, les poissons...They finished with songs and games.

Grade 3/4 The students completed their shield/bouclier. They also learned prepositions: assez, beaucoup, trop, peu. It will be on a continuing basis for the coming week.

Grade 7 The students completed 2 activities using the verbs vouloir, pouvoir and devoir. Once they grasped the concept and really started to read for comprehension, it was quite easy.

Grade 8 read an article on the actress playing Ann in the movie King Kong. Following that they organized random sentences about the movie. They also
listened to a reading about special effects and the art of movie make-up.
homework: complete the activity sheet for Monday.

Grade 5/6 The students had the period to work on their booklet/project on animals and humans in society. Monday will be the final edit and the pictures and Wednesday is presentation.

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Grade 3/4 Today was International Mindedness Day and the students asked how to name and talk about La religion Juive.  They were especially iinterested in Channukah/Hannukah and the minorah. A few remembered me bringing one at school and lighting it with them. We will resume Le Moyen Âge on Friday.

Grade 7 took up the verb devoir without difficulty. They have read and researched their vocabulary and recorded them in their notebook. Homework for Friday is to fill in the blanks of the story with the appropriate verb, vouloir, devoir or pouvoir. 

Grade 8 completed an activity on the reading selection Les Grands Monstres. They did this really quickly so we had a good discussion about what scares us in movies and why. This is in preparation for their advertising project where they will have to take into consideration the message and the target audience of a film of their choice. More to come soon.
Homework: identify the character (montre) for each movie description.

Grade 5/6 The students put the final touches to the presentation on Islam. I was impressed by how much they had practiced and their pronunciation. We had a short discussion about tolerance and acceptance. These students are very open-minded.
They jumped started their project on social animals and how they compare with humans. Friday will be the writing of the rough copy and editing. Until Friday, they have to research information for their selected animal.

Grade JK/SK/1/2 were combined this afternoon because of the presentations. So it was a mix and match of skills and competition. They also requested to have another guided meditation (I guess the grade 1/2 put them up to this one). It was great to have all of them together as a group.

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Grade 3/4 LE MOYEN ÂGE! The students learned new vocabulary and then applied it to the word search. Homework is to complete p.14 by matching 2 syllables to form new words. Most students were almost done with this page.

Grade 7 The students read about virus and  their effects. The had a text to read and jot note the vocabulary. If not completed, this is homework.

Grade 8 We had to take up and correct last week homework and clarify a few concepts. Overall, they did well and their verb tenses are getting quite accurate.

Grade 1/2 We visited this weeks BIG subject Hindouism for Wednesday International Mindedness. We looked at words that were similar in English and French and tried a guided meditation. The students were amazing and really made the connection with being calm and strong.

JK/SK After our routine work, the students talked about and coloured their totems for the up coming presentation on Wednesday. Great work today.

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Grade 3/4 This morning the students brainstormed vocabulary related to Le Moyen Âge. Thank you Adelle for writing all the words on the whiteboard for the students to copy and translate.

Grade 7 worked on the unit Les bons et les méchants and are quite well versed with the vocabulary already. Scientists in our midst.

Grade 8 are finishing their activity sheets on verbs with prepositions such as à and de. This is homework, please finish these for next Monday.

Grade 5/6 In view of next week's International Mindedness and the theme of religions of the world, the students are taking Islam as their subject. So, they copied the islamic version of the prayer Our Father, Notre père. They also found that there were similarities in these prayers.

Grade 1/2 The students aree working on Tour B Les Jouets. They are already quite knowledgeable and they were trying to make sentences. Good Work Everyone.

JK/SK Most of the period was taken with migration and animals (and what they eat). This will tie in with totem poles and the theme of Native Spirits for International Mindedness.

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Today, we had a returning students, Jasmine Weiler, who elected to shadow her former French teacher. And what a great day it was. She was very helpful and the students really liked having her to help around the classroom.


Grade 3/4 had their last activity on clothing. They are very willing to deswcribe what they wear and are now able to conjugate the verb porter in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd person singular. Well Done!

Grade 7 Karlynn presented her project and did a great job of it. Following this, they acted as the audience for the grade 8 presentation. We started to talk about the vocabulary for virus.

Grade 8 presented their invitation card, identity card, an excellent police report and their skit as a video. WOW! Well done.

Grade 1/2 finnished their word search from Monday, vocabulary and when the grade 2 were done, they read French books. Something I would like to do on a more regular basis. This week's reader aloud was Maddy. Bravo!

JK/SK worked on the calendar some more, a round of games (they were tired), and finally they talked about their favorite fruit.

Penseurs et confiance

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Grade 3/4 We had assembly this morning so, for the 10 minutes we had, we discussed penseurs (Thinkers). This was todays assembly's topic. We talked about the famous statue/sculture LE PENSEUR de Rodin.

Grade 7 presented their projects of a promotion of a soundtrack. They had very original ideas. We still have to hear from 2 students: Alex (the actual soundtract) and Karlynn (who was absent today).

Grade 8 listened to their peers' presentations. Then they put the final touch to their own presentation of a soirée-mystère. They have worked very hard and demonstrated a lot of creativity.

Grade 5/6 have continued working on the verbs illustrating activities to match with adjectives. They also re-worked their sentences in the negative. More work to follow on this one.

Grade 1/2 started  a unit on toys and will be adding colours as adjectives. They also completed a word search with a mystery word. Well Done!

JK/SK The students started a unit on harvest: fruit and veggetables. They have some pretty definite ideas as to what goes into their fruit salad!

Il pleut, mais à l'école il fait beau!

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Grade 3/4 The students took turn to describe their casual wear. They also had to describe and spell the names for clothing and many students could do it without even looking at their sheets!

Grade 7 received their tests back. Bravo, Abby for acing both of her tests. The students worked on their rough copies for their presentations on Monday.

Grade 8 Students worked on their presentation. They are putting the final touches to their skits, police report, identity cards and invitation. They will present on Wednesday and have invited grade 7 as their guests/audience.

Grade 5/6 They are working on transfering verbs which are used for both social animals and humans. After this, they used verbs applying only to humans. They are almost ready for their booklets.

Grade 1/2 The puppets are such a big hit. Halloween is time for stories, sometimes the students come up with their own. They earned some colouring time of  a witch with a broom. Vocabulary is: Sorcières, balai, citrouille, fantôme. They also know some actions such as voler, rouler, sauter, flotter...

JK/SK They too have the Halloween puppets but today they also wanted to see the weather cards. It was good for the JK to have the visual to match to what they hear and say. They also coloured a large 'citrouille'. Bravo, Leon, for using other colours than his usual blue.

C'est l'Halloween cette semaine!

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Grade 3/4 students are learning simple verbs ending in ER. They have discovered that when we use 'TU' the verb ends with an 'S'. You would be pleasantly surprised to hear that they are reading from the textbook and activity sheets quite easily. Well done!

Grade 7 took their test on vouloir and pouvoir as well as a short read and comprehension component. They did not have much difficulty at all.
I also read a sample text for them and they had to fill the blank. Everyone did very well. They now have a model to use for la tâche finale.
This project is due on Monday, Nov. 2 and they will have time in class to work on the text. The students have a rubric and know what is expected.

Grade 8 Matched newspaper headlines to an article. They are learning to use the vocabulary for detective work, computer (cyber) crime.
They will have time in class to complete their skits, invitation, identity card, police report etc...This is due for presentation on Wednesday, Nov.4

Grade 5/6 Several students had not completed their homework and had to work on it during class. When the assignments were finished, grade 6 went to the library to get French books and write a short summary.
Grade 5 took grade appropriate reading and did the same.

Grade 1/2 It is Halloween puppet time! They have been waiting for this for weeks! So, they are learning about action words, matched songs and made skits.

JK/SK had fun with the puppets! It is amazing how they are willing to speak when using the puppets! Lots of singing going on too!

Mercredi!

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Grade 3/4 started working on writing the clothing vocabulary and after they studied the spelling with a partner (s), we had a spelling bee and played hangman. This was a very fun way to learn your words.

Grade 8 took their passé composé of irregular verbs. The results were quite good overall. The students then started to think about their next project. This will be a group mystery evening and they are starting with their invitation cards. More on the subject next week.

Grade 7 Worked on a text: how to order concert tickets by phone. Once they knew the meaning of each verb, it was very easy to complete.
Please study vouloir and pouvoir for your test on Monday. There will be a short reading and comprehension section to complete but the vocabulary will be very familar.

Grade 1/2 The students started the vocabulary for Halloween in oral activities. Then, they completed a cloze activity where they had to find missing parts of well known words. The grade 2s were a great help with their classmates and earned house points.

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Grade 3/4 The students were working very hard this morning. They were describing each other's clothing and then we moved to the adjectives. They observed that the adjectives had to be in agreements with the nouns they describe. So, they were talking about feminine, masculine and plural. This will be the focus for this week.
Homework is to describe a family member's clothing in as much detail as possible.

Grade 7&8 The lesson today was about VOULOIR, C'EST POUVOIR! A review for some and new verbs for others. These verbs are to be memorized!
Grade 7 worked on questions referring to the text read last week. This was a good opportunity to review the unit's vocabulary.
Grade 8 had some time to pair up and study for Wednesday's test. Review p. 218

Grade 5/6 reviewed er and ir regular verbs and they are getting quite good at it. They also took up avoir and être. They also listed insects/animals that are called social in preparation to the unit project. After this, they listed verbs that go with certain adjectives. Well done!

Grade 1/2 are working so hard and they succesfully did a couple of pages of vocabulary cross-words. They also can recognize that when they hear the question Qui est-ce? they have to answer with the name of a person as oppose to Qu'est-ce que c'est? where you have to answer with a thing.

JK/SK are starting to recognize the vocabulary for body parts and can place the cards accurately. They also had a duel with counting 0-30 and Wow!!! they are very competent.

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Grade 3/4 the students had fun taking turns on our fashion run-way and listened to descriptions of their clothing. Then, they read from the textbook and learned to say je porte, il/elle porte accompanied with clothes and colours.

Grade 7 took up the homework from Wednesday and they felt pretty proud of themselves when they mastered l'impératif. Excellent! After that, they read about sounds from around us and answered questions.

Grade 8 Started on Cris et Frissons. They discussed the scenario and the different computer terminology. They took a lesson on irregular past participles. Please study p218 for a test on Wednesday.

Grade 1/2 really worked hard and had a bingo with colour and numbers WELL DONE! It was far from easy for these young students to combine two different tasks. Seth, Maddy, Sofia and Orla took an extra task and unscrambled words.
I am so  amazed at what they can do.

JK/SK played with cards with pictures and words of boday parts. They were quick to refer to the song 'tête, épaules, genoux et pieds' They reviewed the 5 senses and went looking for soft, rough surfaces...

Mercredi!

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Grade 3/4 This morning's assembly was quite exciting. A representative from the Terry Fox Foundation came to present the school with the 20th year banner and the students presented a cheque.
In class, we used a spin wheel with different characters and sports. They practiced to say 'IL, ELLE'...aime or n'aime pas and added the sport. They also repeated the excercise in writing.

Grade 5/6 The students received their projects back and were given additional instructions for future assignments such as FOLLOW the rubric for maximum results.
Afterwards, they read the begining of unit 3, yes we are skipping unit 2 which will be more fun to do closer to the Holidays. For now, they are exploring the activities in a ant hill,  yes, an ant hill! New verbs and adjectives and a lot to learn about social animals and insects.

Grade 7/8 we took up the homework from last week. A few students had not done their part, so we took up a bit more time.
Grade 7 started a new unit on Le Rythme. They took up the vocabulary.
Grade 8 completed a pop quiz on unit reflexive verbs and adjectives.

Grade 1/2 had their first mini-quiz and it was a great success! Then everyone was assigned a slate and they had to draw what they heard. Well done.

JK/SK went through the routine and Brooke did the calendar by counting 1-11 without help! Bravo. They had a story read: Benjamin plante un arbre. Then, they coloured a booklet on the 5 senses.

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Grade 3/4 students worked on their activity: Tout sur MOI! This is where they describe themselves with name, age, favorite activity, likes and dislikes.

Grade 7 are organizing their stories and presenting their choices of facts from a large list. They are very creative and some stories were quite amusing.

Grade 8 presented their Web/Facebook page about themselves. They worked really hard for this project and peer edited their work like pros! These were excellent presentations and the students were very creative. Well done!

Grade 7/8 had a combined lesson/refresher on l'inversion and various ways to ask a question. They also reviewed their adverbs: beaucoup, assez, peu and trop.
Homework is to complete the section (both sides) of the 'conjonctions', mais, et, ou and parce que...

Grade 1/2 are learning parts of a sentence in English with their sentence buddies. So, it was fitting that we made the connection with French. They came up with short sentences to act out and say. The setting today was the town square and the road where they demonstrated who they were by saying Je suis...une danseuse, la police, une artiste, une actrice, un conducteur, un pirate and Tiffany was the police and arrested whoever stayed on the road too long.
They finished the session with drawing and coloring a Fall/Thanksgiving picture.

JK/SK worked really well today and everyone was participating. They are singing Alouette (which for today was a turkey). This is how we are learning the body parts. They also demonstrated great colouring skills on their Fall picture.

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Grade 3/4 The class took up the homework from last week and described what they may have to eat at different meals. Following this, they learned to say j'aime and je n'aime pas...different sports. They are reading the simple sentences and writing them as well. Great work!

Grade 7 had their presentations of a comic strip and story ending. For a first tâche finale, they did well. The class re-wrote sentences that needed to be un-scrambled. The double verb construction with aimer+verb with the negative can be tricky to put together.

Grade 8 students worked on their web page and peer edited. They also reviewed the rubric to make sure that they had all the elements required. This is due on Wednesday, October 7.

Grade 5/6 were super charged today. They completed the comprehension segment of a reading from last week and everyone was doing an excellent job!
They finished with a quick game of vrai ou faux and I must say that they were great at detecting details that were false.

Grade 1/2 Today, we talked about the process of fruit trees (mostly apple trees) growing in the orchards. Maddy proposed that they break up in small groups and each make a short skit with drawings, homemade props and used the vocabulary
such as: graines, racines, tronc, arbre, branches, fleurs, pommes, poires, pèches, cerises.

Grade JK/SK hosted their lesson with the grades 1/2. We read La petite poule rousse and talked about sharing the work to share in the bounty. They also sang Alouette and we used our friendly turkey body parts for vocabulary.
At last, they had a competition with counting 1 to 35, JK/SK against Gr.1/2 and the results were really close.

Last post for September!

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Grade 3/4 We talked nutrition once more and this will wrap up this short unit for the students. They really applied themselves writing: Je mange, Tu manges and il/elle mange. This is the begining of learning the verbs ending in -er.


Grade 7/8 both grades worked on their projects. Please remember that grade 7 work will be due Monday, October 5 and, grade 8 presentations are due on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Grade 5/6 We had 3 presentations left to hear about then I gave them one of my favorite recipe for them to translate. The students finished the unit with a game of round the world on the vocabulary.

Grade 1/2 continued with their game of finding objects scattered around the classroom. They also sang the prepositions tune and we added 2 locations: en- haut and en-bas. There was a contest amongst the students for who had the whole song without mistake. Lots of laughter!

JK/SK this afternoon, we talked about des pommes rouges, jaunes et vertes. The students had a coloring activity and when finished, went back to the carpet to do some counting. Leon was very brave and counted 0-10 by himself. Bravo!

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La journée de Terry Fox

Grade ¾ students looked at a map of Canada and practice naming the provinces names in French and they looked for the location where Terry Fox started his run and where it ended. After that, they started to read in their textbooks about who liked certain sports. They divided themselves in groups and said: j’aime…or je n’aime pas…

Grade 7 students took up Wednesday’s homework and it took longer than usual…a few students did not complete their assignment. These first uniits are on verbs and it is important that we do the review before moving on. Homework is to continue their verb studies for the main irregular verbs: aller, avoir être, pouvoir, vouloir, devoir, faire. They also have to work on their slides/pictures for their comic strip and provide an original ending.

Grade 8 students peer edited their work and reviewed the rubric. They are writing about their idea/worst day, due on Monday. They are also to come up with ideas for their Facebook/Web page for la tâche finale.

Grade ½ had much fun playing a round the world game with a full review of this month vocabulary, a little Math and general knowledge. Well done! The class was interrupted for birthday circle at 1:50p.m

JK/SK there was no French class today. Instead, they ran outside for the Terry Fox school run.

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MONDAY, SEPT. 28 We are back on schedule

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Grade 3/4 discussed the main three meals we take during the day. They also learned that other countries call their meals a bit differently and it often depends on the importance of that meal. They had seat work, copied their vocabulary and wrote what they would eat at certain meal.

Grade 7 worked on their comic strip. Oliver suggested that they use bitstrip: this was well received and  students will try it if their devices support it.

Grade 8 read their assignment about a horrible or ideal day and the class discussed the rubric. Well done!

The students received their tâche finale assignment: a Facebook/Web page offering a service. They will folow the rubric and will have class time on Wednesday to work on it. Due date is Wednesday, Oct.7

Grade 5/6 presented their recipe project. Good work and yummy recipes. We have 3 more students to present on Wednesday. 

We had a few minutes to watch Ricardo à la cuisine a video from CBC. Garret looked up famous chefs from France and gave a list all the way back to the 1600's.

Grade 1/2 started with their textbook and they combined their knowledge of numbers and class objects and answered to Qu'est-ce que c'est? and Qui est-ce?

They are slowly making the transition from what they hear to what is written. Fantastic group!

JK/SK are adding to the routine and the JK are really starting to participate. Today, they listened to a CD story of a panda bear who would shrink in the rain and regain its full size when the sun was out. 

They finished with counting all the squares on the carpet. Bravo, Samuel for being the closest to the count. Shylah did the calendar and even sounded out LUNDI!

C'est mercredi!

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Grade 3/4 the students worked very hard today. They were able to identify the school rooms and the people who work there.

Grade 7/8 had a refresher on l'impératif and the verbs pouvoir, vouloir, devoir. Grade 7 will continue with activity sheets on verbs.
Grade 8 They listened to my story of a bad dream and now have the choice of writing about their best or worst day. They also have their rubric so they know what is expected of them.

Grade 5/6 are almost at the end of the unit and have to start to think about a recipe to present to the class. Today, they completed a quiz that will be marked and their homework is to complete their sheet and it is due on Friday. p.8

Grade 1/2 were all over the classroom and search for their characters in or with places/objects around the class. Some of the students are now able to sound out the words! Well done!

JK/SK Today was all about Fall. Weather, calendar , numbers etc... They were very active as usual but the class is normalizing nicely. This is going to be a great year!

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Grade 3/4 students worked on classroom objects, but all in the plural form. They also learned to say C'est un/une and ce sont des...This is not an easy concept to apply. Then, they worked on how to ask questions by using: est-ce que je peux aller à/au... Homework is to finish the activity sheet.

Grade 7/8 received a combined lesson on pronominal verbs. Although this  is part of the Reach Ahead programme for the grade 8 students, the students realized that they already encountered this concept while reading a variety of text.
Grade 7 reviewed the interrogative words and their homework is to compose 5 questions in reference to a short paragraph. If it was not completed in class, please do it for homework.

Grade 8 worked on 10 parts of a telephonne conversation and had to re-organize the sequence. This group of students knows how to collaborate and work productively.
Homework: finish the activity sheet on faire du/de la and jouer à la/au...

Grade 5/6 are well on their way to conquer l'impératif. They know their action verbs. By the end of the week, they should start on la tâche finale: the recipe.
Homework: please complete the activity sheet p3/4.

Grade 1/2 were introduced to the characters from the textbook. After, a game of who's who, they had fun locating the cut outs all over the classroom and learning
to say where things are.

JK/SK We started talking about Fall and the leaves coming down. We started to locate objects around the classroom. We also started to talk about feelings such as je suis content etc...

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Grade 3/4 Today was picture day and everyone looked their best! That gave me an opportunity to take a photo and wish Ms Halmilton a happy birthday in French. The students sang in French, had balloons and presents. They are so thoughtful.
They have started to apply the plural to familiar vocabulary and learned that if nouns were used in the plural we added an S at the end, BUT if it already had one, it was to be left alone. Oh, but that was not all! If it ended with -eau then you add X.  They were very quick and clever with this concept.

Grade 7 worked from their textbook and tested themselves by using these high frequency verbs: aller, faire, aimer, avoir, être. They are called auxiliary verbs. It is important to master these verbs, so they are homework!

Grade 8 read their paragraph about themselves to each other, peer edited it before presenting them to me. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of their work. Then, I read them the selection from the textbook p.16,17, Une journée à mon goût. We are starting on the reflexive verbs. They have to fill in their activity sheet using some of the verbs in the side bar.

Grade 5/6 First, I want to wish Jasmine a farewell goodbye. You have been a delight to have in French class and I wish you all the best on this new adventure.

Today, we worked on the formation of the impératif! This verb tense will come handy when working on your recipe presentation.

Congrats to Jada, who already worked on this project. That is a winning attitude!

Grade 1/2 counted feet, fingers, arms eyes etc... up to seize (16). Then they completed in record time the sentences where they had to correctly write the name of colours. Good job, everyone!

JK/SK students are feeling the heat today. So, we pretended to be 'des éléphants au trou d'eau'. They took turns to the watering hole. Then they had to search around for colourful objects and sang.

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It has been fun to have the kids come up and giving me the 'secret code' in exchange for house points. The code will change frequently and the idea is that the blog is read through.

JK/SK already have the routine down path with calendar, wheather and colours. They went around the classroom to get items with a designated colour. After, the students acted out what they do during recess: cours, marche, grimpe, glisse etc... They finished the class with drawing themselves at their favorite playground structure.

Grade 1/2 have now completed their colour word booklet and can read and recognize the name of colours. They also had fun with a game of name that day during a song where they had to quickly raise their day card when they heard it. Great day all around.

Grade 5/6 students read about a chef and other kids making pizza. The object of the lesson was to recognize verbs in the imperative tense. These verbs were recorded in their notebook and will be useful when they have to present a recipe to the class. More information to come later this week.
These students are really sharp!!!

Grade 7/8 had a combined lesson on 'adjectifs possessifs'. They copied the grid in their notebooks for future reference.

Grade 7 completed an activity sheet then they were asked to reflect about the virtual world versus reality. The statement of inquiry for this unit is:Video games offer opportunities to communicate meaning as a way to reflect on reality and the virtual world as different contexts. Students will be discussing this in the next few days.

Grade 8 were asked to start a rough copy of a paragraph modelled on one from the book. They will be describing themselves, their likes and dislikes.This will also help them to review adjectives, both regular and irregular.

Grade 3/4 have been brushing on their spelling skills. The vocabulary is all about the classroom items. I must say they are impressive!

FIRST WEEK AND HOUSE GAMES

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We successfully, safely and happily completed our first week!!!!

Grade 3/4 students were fantastic at reading, writing and then putting fragments of words together. Everyone had a great time and they were able to identify objects around the classroom.

Grade 7 were treated to my reading the comic strip in the first unit: La galaxie virtuelle. They also did group work to extract the vocabulary from the story which they use at a later date.

Grade 8 did a reading as a group, researched the vocabulary from a fun survey. After they tallied their points, they read the results and could identify parts of their personality. 

GRADES 7/8 WERE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING ON-GOING ASSIGNMENT: they are to listen and keep a record of what they listened to. They have to tune in to ICI RADIO CANADA or TFO T.V. or radio for 15 minutes from now till Thursday and report on it.

Grades 5/6 became increasingly hungrier by the minute because we were talking PIZZA! Today was all about the partitives du, de la, de l' and des.

Grade 1/2 are just about to complete their colour booklet. They really worked well as a group and were able to expand the vocabulary to other items around the room.

JK/SK students are settling nicely and participation was up. Thank you Charlotte for doing the calendar.

We had fun in the GYM for House Games. All the teams were enthusiastic.

Have a great weekend!. 

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We already have our first day under our belt. It was fantastic to see everyone and meet our new students. Let's make this the best year!

On this blog, you will find the French activities, homework and other pertinent details about our day at The Maples (TMA).

The day started with the grades 3/4. The students received their books, they introduced themselves with 'bonjour, je m'appelle...' I was delighted to see returning students and familiar faces. We went to the morning assembly, so we will take up where we left off on Friday. REMINDERS! I have asked the students to bring a 1in. binder to keep everything under one 'roof'. They also know to tell you, the parents, to read my blog and of course to keep in touch via email.

Grades 7/8 The students looked through their new textbooks to get an overview of this year's programme. The curriculum for the grade 7 is rigourous and prepares the students well.
The grade 8, will be doing the Grade 9 programme! Yes, this is exciting news and the students will receive their French credit, grade 9, through St-Jude's Academy upon completion.
There is a letter/form that was sent to the parents to sign and return upon your approval. If you have any questions or need further information, please contact me in person or by email and of course Mr. Playford is also available.
There will be many opportunities for both grades to interact and work on similar grammar concepts, for examples. Today, we identified les profiles de l'apprenant and looked for the differences in spelling for feminine and masculine.

Grade 5/6 were encouraged to tell the class, in French of course, about their summer. Ben was brave and went first, Molly then everyone jumped at the opportunity to try their French. The students also worked on the learner profiles
in French. They also looked through their textbooks and perhaps because it was just before lunch and the unit is about pizza...they were feeling the hunger!

Grade 1/2 students started with a bit of review such as, je m'appelle...quel temps fait-il...and colours. They have started a booklet on spelling the names of colours.
Today, they did rouge, bleu and jaune.

JK/SK students were for the most part active participant and the SK took the lead in singing about the weather, the months etc... Samuel was the leader and did a fantastic job with calendar work. Well done!

Now, here is my way to know if the students told their parents to read this blog.
Here is a secret code name: ECHO
If the students can tell me, without being prompted, there will be house points!

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Bonjour à tous!

Welcome back to a brand new and exciting year of French at The Maples!

I look forward to seeing everyone, ready to tackle new challenges. But first, let's take a look at what's new for this year.

The students from grades 1 to 8 will be in charge of supplying their own 1 inch French binder. Any colour will do, BUT, you all know that I like bleu, blanc et rouge. We will discuss this further on the first day of school.

Many of you already know that I have accepted a new challenge and will be going to our sister-school St Jude's Academy (SJA). I will be teaching grades 6 to 12. So, I will be at The Maples on Mondays, Wednesdays and every other Friday. 

All the students, here at The Maples, will receive the same number of hours of French per month, just like before. The classes will be 60 minutes each which will give us more time during class to complete our work.

As you know, I am always available after school and by email at jvilleneuve@themaplesschool.com

See you very soon!
Madame Villeneuve

2014-2015 graduates. It was a privilege to have taught them for so many years. I wish you all much success.

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PROJECTS AND MORE PROJECTS

Grade 7/8 will be working on their COAST TO COAST TO COAST projects this Monday and Friday. They will be away the rest of this week.

Grade 5/6 students have the week to  work on their underwater sea creatures project. This will include the use of the verbs voir and prepositions.

Grade 3/4 have started to make sentences with their vocabulary related to tropical islands.
Tomorrow, the students will explore manners and étiquette of a pirate. Oh surpirse! They did not think that pirates had étiquette. We call it a code!

Grade 1/2 are in the Spelliing Bee.  This week, they will make  up stories about their favourite 'pique nique.'

PK/JK/SK  are completing their transportation components and will be drawing their vooyage.

Some great work from grades1&2. Giant meal menus ideas.

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This is a very full and busy week. Félicitations to the grades 3/4 for a great performance at the concert last night. They know how to play an audience and demonstrated poise and confidence.

Grade 5/6 have returned to the tropical fish unit and worked individually on vocabulary and answering riddles. All were successful and demonstrated good  knowledge at using the clues to get the answers.

Grade 3/4 students started a short unit on pirate ships. They brainstormed the vocabulary for a pirate ship. Also, they discovered how the pirate flag got its name from the Joli Rouge to the Jolly Roger.

Grade 7/8 took up the homework on the pronoun 'Y'. They explored the different types of sentence constructions. More on this for the rest of the week.

Grade 1/2 students have continued on their big book on meals. Today was le déjeuner, Thursday will be le dîner and Friday will be le souper.

PK/JK/SK students took rounds at counting as far as they could. Bravo Katie and Sarah for going as far as 60 (soixante). To finish off, they matched the seven days of the week to a different mode of transportation. Today was: à cheval, en camion, en train, en autobus, en bicyclette, en motocyclette, en ballon, en avion. 

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This is the last month of a very busy week.

We had assembly this morning and the grade 5/6 missed French. However, theywill make it up next week when the grades 7/8 are away for their 2 day trip.

Grade 3/4 practiced their skits for the concert. They are sounding very clear and know their lines. Bravo!

Grade 7/8 did an excercise combining their canadian geography skills to modes of transportation. They had a few good laughs with trying to cross the Great Lakes by motorcycle. Fear not, we sorted it all out!

Grade 1/2 are beginning a unit of meals and thier favorite dishes. Today,  we started with le petit déjeuner.

PK/JK/SK began the modes of transportation and had fun flying around the classroom and pretending they were trains. Stay tuned!!!

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We are almost in the homestretch! Between the PYP exhibition, the track and field competition and the PD day, the students are doing their best to learn about the remaining components for their respective grades.

Grade 5/6 students wrote their good copy of a letter to a fellow students at another school. This year, the schools they corresponded with are: East Garafraxa P.S. and St Andrew P.S.
They also applied themselves to fold a letter the correct way and addressed an envelope. In the days of email, it is a dying art. All in all,  they were keen to share  their likes with other kids.

Grade 3/4 The concert is fast approaching and the students are working on their skits. The whole class is happily offering innovative  ideas and taking ownership of the concepts presented. 

Grade 7/8 have started on an exciting unit! It is all about travelling across Canada, COAST TO COAST TO COAST. They are learning about all possible modes of transportation. Today was all about the subways around the world.

Grade 1/2 are working on habitats. So, during French, they began underground with 'un ver de terre'. The rest of the week, they will hear life stories from 'L'araignéee et la mouche'.

PK/JK/SK were introduced to parts of the house. They have a riddle...let them tell you all about it. When they saw the book of the ver de terre, they requested the story as well. Great work!

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Ah, il y a tellement de changements. Les cours de français auront lieu dans chaque classe, tout comme avant.


Grade 5/6 read their French introductions for the PYP exhibition.  Most of the students who had a chance to read today, found themselves much improved in delivery and pronunciation. The goal is  to reach a  10. The general consent is that they are at 7.5 on average. When not reading aloud, the students were doing independent seat work in their cahier. They are working with prepositions, the verb voir and ocean reef vocabulary.

Grade 3/4 found that their posters were already hanging on their new class boards. The students gave their group presentations and correctly used the 5 senses.

Grade 7/8 are working on their last legend. They will be demonstrating the correct use of passé composé using the verb ÊTRE. They will be presenting their work at the end of Thursday French period.

Grade 1/2 worked on matching 2 parts sentences placed randomly on a sheet.  Many students quickly caught on the sight words and were eager to put them together. Bravo Macy, Lauren, Madison, Daniel, Alex, Vanessa for finding the most statements and getting house points!

PK/JK/SK were real troopers and took to the changes of scenery in great stride. The students continued with the  routine calendar and weather. Then, they easily answered a series of riddles including colours, sizes, actions and special body features. They could  name: un singe, un éléphant, un zèbre, un ours,  un lion et un tigre, une girafe, un perroquet et un poisson...

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Grade 5/6 received their copy of the French version for their introduction/conclusion of the up and coming PYP exhibition. Benjamin opted to memorize his in French, a real risk-taker! Other students may follow suit, but if they want to read it, it will be alright as well. They will spend this week practicing and becoming more at ease with their pronunciation.

Grade 3/4 are building their vocabulary. This is the resulting work from their nature walk of last week. They are using their 5 senses: la vue, l'odorat, le goût, l'ouïe et le toucher. The verbs used are: je vois, je sens, je goûte, j'écoute et j'entends, je touche. The students are very eager to share their experiences.

Grade 7/8 took a pre-test this morning on passé composé with être. They understand what they have to review for tomorrow's test: make sure you can conjugate être and avoir...remember grade 3/4, memorize the DR MRS VAN DER TRAMP list of verbs requiring être for auxiliary.  The students have been working on the passé composé since early this year.

Grade 1/2 students were divided in 3 groups and were playing a game of actions to add to the following: je m'appelle.....J'ai...ans et je chante,  or je danse, or je trouve. Bravo to the team with the most cards (there  was a tie for second place).    Madison, Macy, Emma, Matthew and Madyson. House points were awarded.

PK/JK/SK were introduced to les animaux de la jungle et de la savanne. We had a song and learned adjectives such as grand, mince, gros etc...

Battle of the books team 2014-2015

Tous les étudiants de 3e et 4e année ont pris 30 minutes pour observer la nature en silence.

Les élèves de 3e et 4e année durant la marche d'observation de la nature

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Enfin, c'est le mois de mai!

This morning, we had our monthly assembly and house games and therefore the grades 5/6, 3/4 did not have French. But, we will make it up next week.

Grade 7/8 used all their knowledge to de-code the following pronouns: on, en, y. THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL! They were able to reduce sentences to their bare bones, structureally speaking, then, put all the elements back in place. They found the exercise quite challenging.

Grade 1/2 took a team challenge and acted out several actions. There was quite a bit of animation in the class and everyone participated.
A BIG THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS WHO DONATED PENCILS TO THE CLASS BASKETS.  AN EVEN BIGGER THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO SENT WHOLE PACKAGES OF PENCILS.

PK/JK/SK were treated to Fablanimo. This is a song/story CD about animals learning to  get along on the farm. The students are also learning to name the animals in French when they hear the sound they make. 

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Bonjour à tous!

It is already the last week of April and the students are hard at work with different projects and new units. The main theme is Nature and Observation.

Grade 5/6 students started the unit Les poissons tropicaux. They are excited about working with under-water life and the prospect of making their own aquarium. The learning components are prepositions and the verb 'voir' (to see).
On another note, the PYP exhibition will require a few hours a week from now till May 20.

Grade 3/4 are once again turning into investigators. They actually are able to name the learner profiles in French and telling which one is the most telling for them. Everyone took turn reading from the unit text book and WOOOOW! Their reading fluency and pronunciation is off the chart! 
There will be a vast vocabulary bank which the students will build themselves and use during their 3D presentations. They will be using their 6 senses quite a bit for this unit.

Grade 1/2 created their vocabulary for all things Spring. Then, they were divided into 3 teams to come up with a short skit to include their favourite Spring ideas.
They are encouraged to use starters such as: j'aime..., je vois..., je fais.

Grade 7/8 are re-visiting the pronoun EN. It is a difficult and tricky concept that needs a lot of practice. Next, the students will tackle their own legend using passé composé with être.

PK/JK/SK are working on farm animals and new life. They will be completing a booklet with the names and pictures of farm dwellers. The vocabulary used includes: cochon, vache, cheval, poule, canard, mouton, chêvre, coq...grange, étable, étang, écurie, poulailler, porcherie.

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Bonjour à tous! C'est le mois d'avril, il fait soleil et il y a des averses de pluie aussi. Cette semaine, nous avons la journée de la Terre. Les étudiants parleront de conservation, gestion et compostage.

Grade 5/6 are editing and finalizing their real estate advertisement. They excell at communicating the best features for their property. Presentations are Tuesday & Wednesday. There is an Earth Day activity planned for the rest of the week.

Grade 3/4 are dancing their way to French class. They are exciting about their music and the dance moves they created. They are using the vocabulary related to different steps and will be giving intructions to the rest of the class.

Grade 7/8 are at DYFA on Monday (today). The rest of the week, they will be working on legends. Tuesday, they will give us their interpretation of a legend where the pictures and the vocabulary is given to them. THIS IS DUE TUESDAY! They had class time last week to work on this at lenght. 

Next, the students will create their own legend. This is an on-going project.

Grade 1/2 are away today (DYFA, Monday). This week, they will create a list of words for the Earth Day celebration.

PK/JK/SK will be doing activities for Earth Day, complete the collage for 'le nid d'oiseau' and will be starting La Ferme de Mathieu booklet.

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There is a lot of activity going on this week.

Grade 5/6 worked on answering comprehension questions on a short text. As a rule, everyone understands the text. The real  work was to compose answers that were complete and correct: start with 'il y a' or C'est...and so on.
Tuesday and Friday will be our designated days to work on the French components of their PYP Exhibition. 

Grade 3/4 were away on their field trip to the Welliington Museum. They will have so muck to tell for the rest of the week. They will be giving information in French in their notebook.

Grade 7/8 were read to this morning. This unit is about retelling legends and how appropriate for the students to use the verbs requiring the auxilliary Etre and new vocabulary.

Grade 1/2 had a friendly competition with the quiz. Well done everyone! The rest of the week, they will have work on written activities.

PS/JK/SK  are having a good time with new activities on Springtime. Je marche, je cours, je vole, je nage, je  plonge et je grimpe. The rest of the week will be a montage and collage of a 
arbre, nid,  oeuf, oiseau et coquille.

Bonjour à tous!

Although last week and the coming week are short ones, the students are enthusiastic and working dilligently.

Grade 5/6 discussed their up and coming Exhibition. They agreed to dedicate one to two days a week to incorporate French in their presentations. Each member of the groups will have a small part to research and present in French.
The rest of the time, they worked on a booklet of houses and the different lifestyle such as country living and city dwelling.

Grade 3/4 started with the following question: did the pioneers have a calender? What did they use? etc...After this, they were matching sentences to pictures. They are incredible students!

Grade 7/8 began a unit on legends. This unit is about new vocabulary and more importantly the use of passé composé with the verb être.
Grade 1/2 students are working with être. Today, they had flashcards that needed a match. They found  their matches, then produced a short sentences. Great work!

PRE K/JK/SK identified their rain coats by their colours and completed the following sentence: Le lapin de Pâques m'a donné...
The rest of the week is work  for birds and nesting. 

BONJOUR À TOUS! VIVE LE PRINTEMPS!

Grade 5/6 worked hard to complete their menus and dialogues client/server for their final task. Well done everyone.

Grade 3/4 students have started their unit on calendars. Watch for a wealth of information why the days are named  the way they are, what kind of calendar the Western world uses, all about planets etc...Everyone is scurrying for additional information and details. We have true detectives on our hands.

Grade 7/8 have surpassed all expectations with their description of work of art and their journalistic style of questions. Wow!

Grade 1/2 spent the week illustrating their March Break activities with sentences starting with:' je vais, je fais, j'ai, je suis'. They also added elements that were Grand, Moyen, Petit. Also, on Friday, they will be working on the vocabulary about maple syrup.

PK/JK/SK are very keen about Spring... who wouldn't be! We are learning about maple syrup making, birds nests...

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Bonjour à tous!

As we are heading full bore into our March Break, here is an update on what the students were doing this week and, a peak into what is coming up after the break.

This week, the grade 7/8 are polishing their art/exhibit interviews and are encouraged to complete their art piece for when they return at the end of March. 

Grade 3/4 are completing their shoe publicity sheet. They demonstrated their creativity by adapting their footwear to that of an animal. Friday is presentation day.

Grade 1/2 students have illustrated their March Break plans and are presenting to their classmates.

Grade 5/6 are completing activity sheets with verbs such as " choisir, servir, attendre etc..." They will start on their menu design, to be completed and ready for presentation when they return from vacation.

JK/SK/PRE K completing the toy unit. Do you know how much they like their toys! This week, they also did a colouring activity of a strange cat. They had to remember the names of different body parts, tête, yeux, pattes, oreilles..., and follow the choice of colour instructions. Well done! 

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There is so much happening in the next two weeks and yet,so much to do.

Grade 5/6 are working on the concept of 'le partitif'. It requires the students to reflect on the gender of nouns and realize that some of this and some of that does not translate with one word. They also looked up a simple recipe for a vinaigrette and discussed the order of serving a French meal. You could hear their stomach growling and it was only 9:30.

Grade 3/4 now have a firm grasp on action verbs: mainly what animals do that human can imitate. They also had an introduction to conjugate verbs with er endings as well as starting the imperative for those verbs. They were very curious about other verb groups but, all in good time!

Grade 7/8 students took up a review activity with the partitif used in the negative work. It took some time, however, they are clearly getting the hang of it. Well done!

Grade 1/2 watched a few pictures and a short video of skiing at Le Massif in Québec. They continued the activity by collecting the vocabulary and rehearsing simple sentences such as 'puis-je acheter  un billet? and combien pour la journée?

JK/SK started with telling the teacher everything they should wear because it is so cold. So, they collectively decided that they would play indoors today and wanted to know the name of several toys.

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This was a short week packed with fun and knowledge.

Grade 5/6 have started using the vocabulary related to restaurants and they are learning dialogues for servers and clients. The students are learning how to order from a menu by using the verbs: commander, prendre, choisir, attendre and finir. Great job everyone.

Grade 3/4 were surprised to learn that a person's last name often originated from the trade they were involved. So, today was called: vendredi en folie! They had to find a fitting name and illustrate the character. Lots of laugh.

Grade 7/8 took up their homework on the pronoun 'en'. They did a few excercises involving pronunciation with rythm. Oh yes, I am certain they could be heard in the neighbouring classes.

Grade 1/2 are continuing their winter carnival unit. This week, they listened to a made up story containing several words related to previous lessons. Afterwards, they illustrated the story in their carnival booklet. They also completed a word search.

JK/SK love to sing! They are singing about instruments found in the orchestra. They were surprised to learn that the piano was a chord instrument. So, they were able to look inside the piano in our room and watch the keys activate the levers and little hammers on the metal strings. 

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Cette semaine est remplie d'actions. On fête le centième jour de classe, la St-Valentin et le congé de la  famille.

Grade 7/8 will have French on Monday and Tuesday. The students are really starting to get the hang of the partitif in the negative form as well as practicing the vocabulary used for art.

Grade 5/6 are now starting the re ending verbs and today they were investigating the prefixes used on so many verbs.

Grade 3/4 have begun a new unit called Pattes et Chaussures. They are discovering that humans have been trying to emulate animals' gaits and actions. Look for them telling you to 'grimpe, creuse, nage, vole, cherche, marche, cours...' They will prepare a special shoe advertisement.

Grade 1/2 worked on their winter activities and matching sentences to their pictures.  The students also listed topics of personal interest for studies later this month. Also, Tuesday, they will work from an Ontario map and discover what is in a 100km radius of the school.
This will be a little geography in French.

JK/SK children are starting to use the vocabulary for Valentine's day. It is all about love! Tomorrow, the 100th day. Do you want to see what they will look like in one hundred years?

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This week, although Mère Nature gave us only 4 days to work,  the students were on task with finishing units, taking quiz on 'ir' verbs etc...

The grade 5/6 should be proud of themselves as they aced their ir verbs test. The test took the form of a game called connect four. Well done everyone.

Grade 3/4 worked on sound excercises, which is always good for a laugh. These are tongue twisters but great practice. We had a conversation about their dream trip.

Grade 7/8 took turns with the verb review that was still on the blackboard. Very well done everybody. Then, they completed a cross word puzzle as a mean to review the new vocabulary.

Grade 1/2 wanted to know about the up and coming French play. They had inquiries about Africa and its inhabitants, humans and animals.

JK/SK  also had questions about the play and they are keen on going to the theatre. 
We also read a story called La chasse  au tigre.

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Although today is a snow day, here is what the students will be doing this week.

Grade 7/8 are starting a unit on Art. They are really excited about it and last Friday, that was all they could talk about! They will be learning about art equipment, how to critique art and talk about art in general. There will something for everyone's taste.  Stay tuned!

Grade 3/4 are finishing their description of a heroe! They are also able to tell you very large numbers. Just ask them!

Grade 5/6 What can I say! VERBS, VERBS and more verbs. IR ending verbs. It is difficult, but they will get it with some more practice. The reward for this dry subject will be the restaurant unit coming soon. on incorporating special sentences. They then illustrate them in their French notebook.

JK/SK started learning a poem for LA MARMOTTE. Today is groundhog but they did not miss this special event at the Maples. The puppet is waiting for them tomorrow.

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Today, Friday, the schedule was altered a little bit.

 Grade 5 & 6 took up their homework and discussed the corrections. It is always interesting to listen to their interactions with their peers. The more they can explain the rules of grammar to each other the more they know.

Grade 1/2 did a medley of vocabulary and worked with the question: 'Quoi de neuf?. They understand the circumstances in which it is appropriate to use.

JK & SK started to work the alphabet in French and had fun to recognize the letter of their first name.

Grade 3 & 4 are very excited with their ability to tell numbers in the millions and billions. Mrs Burke and Mr. Playford were more than impressed.

Grade 7& 8 students are putting their last work period to good use to polish their projects.