Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016
HAPPY SOLSTICE DAY! From this day forward, there will be a bit more light everyday.
Today is my last day at TMA for the year 2016! I wish all my students and their family...
JOYEUX NOËL ET UNE BONNE ANNÉE!
The upper grades will be doing an international/global exploration of the different celebrations of light.
The lower grades will be exploring Winter Solstice activities.
Merry Christmas everyone! See you in the New Year!
Tuesday 20 December 2016
Monday, Dec. 19, 2016
Today was a rather mixed up day as we were trying to catch up from last Thursday snow day.
Grade 1,2,3,4,JK/SK did one last practice for the concert. Congratulations everyone and thank you for your dedication.
Classes were active creating dot to dot with the alphabet holidays shapes and vocabulary. Much fun all around.
Grade 7/8 presented their summatives. We still have 2 outstanding presentations for grade 8.
Wednesday is our last day and we will have French related games to send off this term.
Today was a rather mixed up day as we were trying to catch up from last Thursday snow day.
Grade 1,2,3,4,JK/SK did one last practice for the concert. Congratulations everyone and thank you for your dedication.
Classes were active creating dot to dot with the alphabet holidays shapes and vocabulary. Much fun all around.
Grade 7/8 presented their summatives. We still have 2 outstanding presentations for grade 8.
Wednesday is our last day and we will have French related games to send off this term.
Tuesday 13 December 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 1/2 and grade 4 joined in for a combined class today. The students always see this as a treat, and they were able to practice one more time before the 11am general run through in the gym. They also had time to work on up dating their Advent calendar.
Grade 7 Students received their instructions to complete their tâche finale on Les microbes.
To re-cap: research and choose 2 microbes and describe them using the verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir (3x), a few adjectives from the unit. You will use a Venn diagram and use the middle section to identify what they have in common.
ROUGH COPY IS DUE ON THURSDAY, PRESENTATIONS ARE ON MONDAY.
Grade 8 Les monstres dans ma culture. Choose a monster from your cultural background and write a short script to describe your film in a radio advertisement. Remember to use verbs in passé composé using être/avoir as auxiliary. Make sure to tell us about the title release date, characters, producer, special effects...use the unit vocabulary. Don't forget the poster!
ROUGH COPY DUE ON THURSDAY AND PRESENTATIONS ARE ON MONDAY. (Karlynn, please show me the rough copy and poster in the morning when you arrive, and present in class Thursday, BEFORE your vacation.
Grade 5/6 Students started on their slogan and their logo design. They will continue on Thursday.
Grade 3/4 Lots of fun today, including a general practice for the concert. They played games with the vocabulary and math in French this afternoon.
JK/SK Today was the last chance for a practice and it is wonderful to see the siblings singing together. There was time for a around the world game and stories.
Grade 1/2 and grade 4 joined in for a combined class today. The students always see this as a treat, and they were able to practice one more time before the 11am general run through in the gym. They also had time to work on up dating their Advent calendar.
Grade 7 Students received their instructions to complete their tâche finale on Les microbes.
To re-cap: research and choose 2 microbes and describe them using the verbs vouloir, pouvoir, devoir (3x), a few adjectives from the unit. You will use a Venn diagram and use the middle section to identify what they have in common.
ROUGH COPY IS DUE ON THURSDAY, PRESENTATIONS ARE ON MONDAY.
Grade 8 Les monstres dans ma culture. Choose a monster from your cultural background and write a short script to describe your film in a radio advertisement. Remember to use verbs in passé composé using être/avoir as auxiliary. Make sure to tell us about the title release date, characters, producer, special effects...use the unit vocabulary. Don't forget the poster!
ROUGH COPY DUE ON THURSDAY AND PRESENTATIONS ARE ON MONDAY. (Karlynn, please show me the rough copy and poster in the morning when you arrive, and present in class Thursday, BEFORE your vacation.
Grade 5/6 Students started on their slogan and their logo design. They will continue on Thursday.
Grade 3/4 Lots of fun today, including a general practice for the concert. They played games with the vocabulary and math in French this afternoon.
JK/SK Today was the last chance for a practice and it is wonderful to see the siblings singing together. There was time for a around the world game and stories.
Friday 9 December 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 1/2 Students surprised me with their incredible rendition of their concert song! They really know it, and kept singing during the writing of a letter to Santa. Now, that is talent!
Grade 7/8 Corrections were made on Wednesday's test, and it was followed by a connect four verb game.
Grade 5/6 Students worked hard to memorize their 2 verbs: jouer and faire. We followed by a verb game to consolidate the concepts.
Grade 3/4 They also had an excellent day of singing, and composing their own story. Great work!
JK/SK We went through the routine and worked on the pattern: étoile, arbre de Noël et bas de Noël. They also drew Christmas vocabulary on their dry erase board.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 1/2 Great work all around! We had our first practice in the gym with the other classes, and the grade 1/2 were outstanding. We still need large socks as props and were are done! The Advent calendar is progressing well too.
Grade 7 Students took their quiz (test) on pouvoir, vouloir and pouvoir. The students who had done their practice sentences (homework from Monday) were quite successful. The rest of the period was a discussion about what Language Acquisition means and what can be learned from other cultures when we know another language.
Grade 8 It was test #1 with passé composé. There will be an opportunity to do a re-take. Study your passé composé verbs, remember to also add your auxiliary verbs (avoir or être) conjugated and pay attention to the participe passé forms of irregular ones.
Grade 5/6 Today was read and comprehension text, and students are starting to be very good with the vocabulary and answering questions. Bravo! We also worked with the 2 star verbs jouer and faire conjugated, as well as the use of du, de la, des, au, à la...
Grade 3/4 ¨Practice in the gym' and everyone is doing well! They are up-dating the Advent calendar as well. After the practice, I gave the students a listening activity and they had to draw what they heard during the story telling. Very good!
JK/SK Because the LUTIN de Noël is everywhere, students coloured their own. They are also practicing their song and are going to be Stars!!! We finished with a holiday story with Christmas vocabulary. They know so much already!
Grade 1/2 Great work all around! We had our first practice in the gym with the other classes, and the grade 1/2 were outstanding. We still need large socks as props and were are done! The Advent calendar is progressing well too.
Grade 7 Students took their quiz (test) on pouvoir, vouloir and pouvoir. The students who had done their practice sentences (homework from Monday) were quite successful. The rest of the period was a discussion about what Language Acquisition means and what can be learned from other cultures when we know another language.
Grade 8 It was test #1 with passé composé. There will be an opportunity to do a re-take. Study your passé composé verbs, remember to also add your auxiliary verbs (avoir or être) conjugated and pay attention to the participe passé forms of irregular ones.
Grade 5/6 Today was read and comprehension text, and students are starting to be very good with the vocabulary and answering questions. Bravo! We also worked with the 2 star verbs jouer and faire conjugated, as well as the use of du, de la, des, au, à la...
Grade 3/4 ¨Practice in the gym' and everyone is doing well! They are up-dating the Advent calendar as well. After the practice, I gave the students a listening activity and they had to draw what they heard during the story telling. Very good!
JK/SK Because the LUTIN de Noël is everywhere, students coloured their own. They are also practicing their song and are going to be Stars!!! We finished with a holiday story with Christmas vocabulary. They know so much already!
Monday 5 December 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 1/2 The class up-dated their Advent calendars and rehearsed their concer song.
PLEASE SEND A LARGE SOCK (ONE OF DAD'S)...NOT A CHRISTMAS STOCKING, AS A PROP FOR THE CONCERT. THANK YOU!
Grade 7 Students worked on 3 verbs: vouloir, pouvoir and devoir. There will be a quiz on Wednesday, and to help with studying, please compose 5 sentences with each of the verbs. So 5 vouloir, 5 pouvoir, 5 devoir. You should be able to make a complete sentence, and remember that the verb following these must be at l'infinitif.
Grade 8 If your work was not completed... (from last week, remember to do it for Wednesday). You will have a test on DR MRS VAN DER TRAMP verbs, in passé composé. Note that you should be able to recognize these verbs and that the test will have a few irregular verbs as well (not requiring être as auxiliary).
Grade 5/6 Students learned to differentiate when to use Faire and Jouer and use the partitif: du, de la, de l', des and de. After doing the activity sheet, the class practice going from the affirmative to the negative.
Please work on choosing your location and think of a slogan you may want to use. We will be discussing this on Wednesday.
Grade 3/4 The class practiced (a lot) for the concert and worked on their Advent calendar. Each calendar is different since students picked a holiday theme each.
Please continue working on the song and know that you are really close to the PODIUM!
JK/SK We have been practicing the song and read a story about a letter to Santa and a secret visit to his workshop.
Grade 1/2 The class up-dated their Advent calendars and rehearsed their concer song.
PLEASE SEND A LARGE SOCK (ONE OF DAD'S)...NOT A CHRISTMAS STOCKING, AS A PROP FOR THE CONCERT. THANK YOU!
Grade 7 Students worked on 3 verbs: vouloir, pouvoir and devoir. There will be a quiz on Wednesday, and to help with studying, please compose 5 sentences with each of the verbs. So 5 vouloir, 5 pouvoir, 5 devoir. You should be able to make a complete sentence, and remember that the verb following these must be at l'infinitif.
Grade 8 If your work was not completed... (from last week, remember to do it for Wednesday). You will have a test on DR MRS VAN DER TRAMP verbs, in passé composé. Note that you should be able to recognize these verbs and that the test will have a few irregular verbs as well (not requiring être as auxiliary).
Grade 5/6 Students learned to differentiate when to use Faire and Jouer and use the partitif: du, de la, de l', des and de. After doing the activity sheet, the class practice going from the affirmative to the negative.
Please work on choosing your location and think of a slogan you may want to use. We will be discussing this on Wednesday.
Grade 3/4 The class practiced (a lot) for the concert and worked on their Advent calendar. Each calendar is different since students picked a holiday theme each.
Please continue working on the song and know that you are really close to the PODIUM!
JK/SK We have been practicing the song and read a story about a letter to Santa and a secret visit to his workshop.
Thursday 1 December 2016
NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER
Grade 1/2- Since the class was so excited about their Lutin (elf on the shelf), it was decided that they would do an Advent calendar while practicing their concert song. Good work everyone!
Grade 7- After an in-class challenge with definition, students continued on with a cloze activity to use the unit vocabulary and the verb 'devoir'.
Grade 8- The class was interested in participating in the vocabulary challenge. They also started mapping out ideas for the summative. Things to think about for a radio ad: find what is interesting about your film, vocabulary for a 'terrifying movie' etc.
Grade 5/6 We are continuing with the partitif and sports. Today, students explored the different expressions for their slogans. We will start the art work for the T-shirt transfers soon.
Grade 3/4 In addition to practicing the song, students brainstormed holiday vocabulary and used the words to draw their own Advent calendar.
JK/SK Today was singing for the concert and if you have a sibling in gr. 1,2,3,4, please practice with them at home. We also read a story about an evergreen who dreamed of becoming a Christmas Tree in a beautiful home.
Grade 1/2- Since the class was so excited about their Lutin (elf on the shelf), it was decided that they would do an Advent calendar while practicing their concert song. Good work everyone!
Grade 7- After an in-class challenge with definition, students continued on with a cloze activity to use the unit vocabulary and the verb 'devoir'.
Grade 8- The class was interested in participating in the vocabulary challenge. They also started mapping out ideas for the summative. Things to think about for a radio ad: find what is interesting about your film, vocabulary for a 'terrifying movie' etc.
Grade 5/6 We are continuing with the partitif and sports. Today, students explored the different expressions for their slogans. We will start the art work for the T-shirt transfers soon.
Grade 3/4 In addition to practicing the song, students brainstormed holiday vocabulary and used the words to draw their own Advent calendar.
JK/SK Today was singing for the concert and if you have a sibling in gr. 1,2,3,4, please practice with them at home. We also read a story about an evergreen who dreamed of becoming a Christmas Tree in a beautiful home.
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