Week 1-1ère semaine

Dear Parents,

This is my first attempt at having a blog, so please be patient! I will use English as the default language, as not all the families know French. I have noticed that it doesn't keep the formatting I want, so I apologize if the text is crowded.

This week we started EFBA classes in Santa Cruz. Your group is 3rd-5th Grade English-speaking children. Some of the children know a bit of French already, so they will need to be patient while the others catch up! :)

Monday's class, Sept. 20th.

Introductions, learning some expressions of greeting: salut, bonjour, ça va?  Ça va and asking each others names: Comment tu t'appelles? Je m'appelle...

Alphabet

Homework: they can try to do page 2 in their activity book as homework, filling in appropriate expressions. The choice of words is at the bottom of the page.

Wednesday Sept. 22nd:

There were 4 students present. It was the first day of the PF class, so we got a late start as the families and the little ones got registered and signed up. During this time my students worked on finger puppets: coloring them, naming them from the book, (les noms des personnages du livre) and cutting them out. Then they had the puppets talk and practice phrases, and colors (les couleurs) :  

Je m'appelle...Comment tu t'appelles? 

Comment vas-tu? 

Où est Lou-Lou/Alex/Zoé? Je suis là! 

Où est Croquetout le vert/le rouge?

Une couleur claire/foncée (Sophie)

I handed out a sheet that gives "phonetic" spelling for the names of the letters of the alphabet. We practiced the numbers up to 20. Les chiffres jusqu'à 20.

The little ones went outside, so mine watched their game for awhile, which requires knowing the names of clothes, colors, and animals in French. Sophie wanted to stay outside, as she understands more, while we went back inside for the last 10 minutes, to learn the alphabet song.  La chanson de l'alphabet de des chiffres. The refrains:

Voilà l'alphabet français

Dites-moi ce que vous en pensez

Je peux épeler et compter

Dites-moi ce que vous en pensez

Homework/Devoir: p.3 (ex. 1-5) if not too difficult (si ce n'est pas trop difficile) & page 4.


And a reminder:  Please make sure they have a snack in case they are hungry at break time.

I gave them a choice of a binder (classeur) or notebook (cahier) to put any handouts in. In the binder they will put hole-punched hand-outs, and should have some binder paper for notes. It will also be handy if the binder has pockets inside the cover or elsewhere for any extra papers, such as paper puppets, drawings they may do during break, etc. If they prefer a notebook, then they can take any notes in it, and glue hand-outs into it.

Sophie already has a notebook she wants to use.
Daphne prefers a notebook.
Thomas prefers a binder.
Alessio, Fauve, and Zachary don't have a preference.

Have a good weekend! Bon week-end! 
Kalisa