Manitoba Education's website has numerous links for parents of children who attend Basic French classes. Here is a link to one of their articles called "The Added Value of Learning Another Language".
If you scroll down the page, you'll also find a video called "I Love French Class" which explains the balanced literacy approach used in Basic French classrooms across our province. Enjoy both of these!
Our word of the week is "pourquoi" and we will be linking it to last week's word of the week, asking and answering questions about why we like certain things:
-Pourquoi est-ce que tu aimes le 31 octobre?
-J'aime le 31 octobre parce que j'aime les bonbons!"
We look forward to all the festivities that this week will bring!
Another goal we have in French class is to use the French language, not just learn about it. We put to use what we learn!
Every Monday we have had a new "word of the week". So far they have been:
1. C'est une aventure. (Sept. 4-6) My wish is that the learning of French will be an experience of adventure as opportunities come your way.
2. C'est la communication. (Sept. 9-13) This is our goal in French class!
3. C'est des mots-amis. (Sept. 16-20) Approximately 40% of words in French and English are very similar in spelling and in meaning, making it easier to learn French. We call these words "mots-amis".
4. C'est un faux-ami. (Sept. 23-27) Attention! Some words that look similar in French and English are quite different in meaning.
5. Quel âge as-tu? (Sept. 30-Oct. 4) We learned to ask and answer questions about age. Learning a rap tune to help us remember the phrases.
6. Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (Oct. 7-18) This is another piece of information we like to ask our friends.
7. Est-ce que tu aimes...? (Oct. 21-24) The verb "aimer" will be used often as we ask our friends about their favorite sports and pastimes.
À bientôt!
Mme Christensen
Bienvenue! Welcome to the French blog, which is finally up and running! I am very blessed and privileged to be your child's French teacher here at Beautiful Savior Lutheran School.
My goal in class is to have fun communicating in French. In the past few weeks we have learned to:
- greet one another and say that we are present in class
- describe our feelings
- introduce ourselves
- talk about our age and birthday
- discuss today's date and weather using the calendar
- make birthday cards for those having birthdays in September and October
- use adjectives to describe ourselves and our friends
- use vocabulary related to Thanksgiving
- describing our preferences in sports and pastimes (Gr. 5/6 and 7/8)
Check out our bulletin board (by the gym)! We are counting our many blessings this Thanksgiving.
Mme Christensen
