Lesson #10: May 2nd, 2016: Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire pendant la récréation? (suite)

Dear parents,

After some revision, all the kids were very excited to go to recess and play the game they like!

Aditya aime jouer à la balançoire

Isabella et Maria aime jouer à la marelle

Luana aime sauter à la corde

Manu aime jouer au toboggan

Thiago aime jouer au ballon

Zaza et Gabi aime jouer à la balaçoire.

We also played a fun game "la course au trésor! Look at the videos and pictures:

Video of the game!

Lesson #9: April 26th, 2016: Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire pendant la récréation?

Bonjour,

Before starting the new lesson, the students worked by pair and interviewed their partner about what they like and don't like in school? See below the document they had in hand for the interview.

After the interview, each team came to present the results of their interview!
Look at the videos on the links below: 

Zaza
Gabriella
Isabel
Luiza
Maria and Isabella


Continue the fun at home and interview your kids. You are person A, and B is your child (these are the answer he's suposed to reply)! You can help him! 

After this revision, we started our new lesson (What do you like to do during recess?). In this lesson,  your kids :

• learned about the main activities and games played during recess 
• learned about what Alice and Léo like to do during recess 
• learned how to say what they like and don't like to do in recess

At the end of the lesson (next week), your children will be able to tell you what are their favorite activities during recess...and this all in French!

Today we also celebrated our two champions: Zaza Apovian and Maria Heckmann. They've collected 10 bon-points since the beginning of the semester for their good behavior and their hard work... After 10 bon-points they received a little present! Congratulations to both of them! Keep going!

 See you next week!

Best regards,

Nesma

Lesson #8: April 19th, 2016: Tu aimes aller à l'école? (suite)

Dear parents,

You can be very proud...you children are now able to tell what they like to do and what they don't like to that in school!

We did some exercises and played some fun games:

1. Exercise and presentation:

• They had to fill in the paper below on their activity book by writing "J'aime" or "Je n'aime pas" next to each activity. 

• Then, they've presented what they like to do and what they don't like to do to the rest of the class.

       2. Games: 

• 2 teams: 1 team "J'aime" and 1 team "je n'aime pas"
• Then, one kid had to pick one paper representing one activity. For example: "aller à l'école" (to go to school)
• The team "j'aime" will say: "J'aime aller à l'école." (I like to go to school) and the team "je n'aime pas" will say: "Je n'aime PAS aller à l'école." (I don't like to go to school)
• By the end of the game they were all able to say clearly what they like and don't!

Next week, we will start a new lesson on what they like to do in recess? I'm sure we gonna have a lot of fun!

No homework for this time!

Best,

Nesma

Lesson #7: April 12th, 2016: Tu aimes aller à l'école?

Bonjour,

Today after the greetings and the call:

• we played a game to review the verbs related to school supplies like: gommer (=to erase), tailler (= to sharpen), dessiner (=to draw), coller (=to glue), découper (= to cut) etc... Each kids have received a card of an action and they had to mime it to the rest of the class. They loved this game...and all wanted to do it again! :) 

• we reviewed also the question "Nous sommes quel jour aujourd'hui?" (=which day are we today?) and they gave the date of the day. Mardi 9 avril. 

Then, we started a new lesson called "Tu aimes aller à l'école?" (Do you like to go to school?):

• they learned about different activities related to school.

• they are starting to use "j'aime" et "je n'aime pas" (I like, and I don't like).
• they are starting to learn to express which activity in school they like and they don't like! 

Next week, we will review all this new sentences and words and they will be able to ask their partner about what they like and what they don't 't like. 

Homework:

• write the numbers from ten to twenty 
• write 3 times the day of the week 

Kind regards,

Nesma

Lesson #6: April 5th, 2016: Révision - Nous sommes quel jour aujourd'hui?

Bonjour,


Today after the greetings and the call, we reviewed:

• The numbers from 0 to 20 by playing different games.
• We listened again to the song "Mes petites mains" 
• We played a game that reviewed both the school supplies and the direction (en haut=up, en bas= down, à droite=right, à gauche=left). They were some cards on the river and I gave them some instruction like: "go on the card on the left of the glue!" "Go on the card on the right of the color pencils" etc... In order to cross the river without getting eaten by the crocodiles. 

What's new?

• They learned how to ask the question "Which day are we today?" = "Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd'hui?" and to answer the question: "Aujourd'hui, nous sommes mardi 5 avril" (Today we are Tuesday, April 5th.) 

 

• They learned the day of the week: Lundi, Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, Samedi, Dimanche 

• We played a sudoku game to review and reinforce the use of up, down, left and right. 

Homework:

• Book of activity (white cover): Ex. n°3 and 4, page 21. 
• Ex. 3: Try to separate the days of the week and then write them.
• Ex. 4: Connect the number to the correct word and then write it. 
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Next week, we will start a new lesson "Tu aimes aller à l'école?": they learn to express what they like and what they don't like in school.

Kind regards,

Nesma 

Lesson #5: March 29th, 2016: Nous sommes quel jour aujourd'hui?

Dear parents,

I would like to start by telling you that your kids are making incredible progress and I'm very proud of each of them! This is such a great group!

Today after the greetings and the call, we reviewed:

•  our poem "S'il-te-plaît!": some of the kids recite the poem in front of their colleagues and they did super great! (see some videos attached)
• and  how to give instructions to our classmate. They were able to do so with their colleagues brilliantly!  I give them a paper with all instructions we've learned so that they can practice at home with you or any member of the family:

Today we've learned:
- number until 20 (and reviewed number from 0 to 12).
- a new song called "Mes petites mains" (my little hands)

- the days of the week (briefly): lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche.
- new verbs: gommer (to erase), dessiner (to draw), tailler (to sharpen), peindre (to paint), découper (to cut), coller (to glue), écrire (to write). 
- new lexicon: mains (hands), en haut (up), en bas (down), à gauche (left), à droite (right), days of the week.

As you can notice, they've learned many new words and expressions but no worries...we gonna review everything next week by doing more games and exercices to help them memorize!

Homework for next week:

• practice the sheet with instructions 
• listen to the song "Mes petites mains.", the CD can be found in the lessons' book with orange cover. 

Thank you and see you next time!

Kind regards,

Nesma

Lesson #4: March 22nd, 2016: Revision - Qui fait quoi?

Bonjour,

Today, we mainly reviewed all what we learned last week as it was quite dense:

• Common verb to give instructions (donner, prêter, demander, prendre, poser…)
• We reviewed our poem and most of the students recite it in front of the class. I must say that I was quite amazed by how fast they remembered it and how good they played it :) ! See below! 
• Asking the question "Qui fait quoi?" (Who is doing what?) and answering the question: "C'est ..." (It is ...)
• We did some exercises to assimilate the previous achievements and we corrected the homework:

• I gave them different words and they had to put them in order to create a sentence:
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•  I gave them the poem with blanks and they have to put the right pictures at the right place. It helped them memorize the poem more easily! 

Please find below the homework for the next session: 

• Activity Book (white cover): ex. n°4, page 18 (for those who didn't do it yet) 
• Review the poem and recite it to a family member
• Do the exercise on the sheet I gave them (please see below how it looks like)

Please if you have any doubt, please don't hesitate to send me an email or call me! 

Kind regards, 

Nesma 

96588-2599

nesma.berrada@gmail.com

Lesson #3: March 15th, 2016: Qui fait quoi?

Bonjour!

Today and as always, we've started with our routine:

1. Greetings the children: "Bonjour comment ça va?" and they reply "Ca va très bien merci!" or "Ca va bien merci!" or "Ca va comme-ci comme-ça!" or "Ca va mal!" 
2. One volunteer do the call 
3. Revision of the previous classes. Today we reviewed the numbers, asking the age and telling its age and finally we reviewed the school supplies (color pencils, ruler, pen, glue etc...)
   
4. And today we started to learn a new poem "S'il-te-plaît" 

During this class, the kids are starting to get familiar with:

• some common verbs to give instructions: 
• demander = to ask
• prêter = to lend something to...
• donner = to give
•  prendre = to take 

Each kid has one school supplies in his hand and I gave them some simple instructions like: 
Prête-moi la gomme s'il-te-plaît! 
Donne la règle à Maria s'il-te-plaît! 
Prend les crayons de couleur de Manu s'il-te-plaît! 
Demande à Zaza les ciseaux s'il-te-plaît!  
They really did pretty good! I'm very proud of them! 

• asking the question "Qui fait quoi?" (Who is doing what?) and answering the question: "C'est ..." (It is ...) 
• new vocabulary: amie (friends), tu es formidable! (You are wonderful), common verbs and school supplies

I gave them some homework to do:

1. On the activity book (with white cover): Ex. 2 and 3, Page 18 (ex. 1 and 4 are optional) 
2. A sheet with all school supplies to review and remember for the next class

For the next session, we gonna review deeply all of what we've learned today...as it was quite a bit to assimilate, and we will learn numbers until 20!

If you have any question, please don't hesitate to let me know!

Kind regards,

Nesma