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

Lesson #2: March 8th, 2016: Numbers and quel âge as-tu?

Bonjour chers parents,

Today was another fun and fruitful day! After reviewing and refreshing what they've learned last week, we starts learning numbers from 0 to 12 and we were able to complete our dialogue by adding the question "Tu as quel âge?" (How old are you?).

We've played different games to memorize the numbers:

• crocodile river: numbers were on the river, in order to cross the river without being eaten by the crocodiles, they had to step on the right combination of numbers, 
• two teams (the french leader and the zappers) were asked to write the correct number on the board. The most rapid team won...Congratulations to the Zapper team (Zaza, Manuella, Aditya, Maria, Isabella)

After learning the numbers they were able to answer the question: "tu as quel âge?" "J'ai 8 ans.". Now each kid is able to present himself correctly! Here is the dialogue they played (see videos below):

Bonjour !

Bonjour ! Comment ça va?

Ça va bien ! Merci, et toi ?

Ça va très bien !  Merci. 

Comment tu t’appelles ?

Je m’appelle …………………. et toi?

Je m’appelle ………………….

Tu as quel âge ?

J’ai ………… ans. 

Please ask your child to present himself to you by saying hello, telling his name and his age. I also asked them to write the numbers in letters from 1 to 12. 

Looking forward to the next session!

Best,

Nesma