Apprendre en faisant: Hands-on learning in French!

Our Grade 8 students had the unique privilege of attending the "Apprendre en faisant" workshops along with approximately 170 other Grade 8 students from Winnipeg and around our province this past week. Students learned new skills and made new friends as they participated en français. Do enjoy these photos:

Les gaufres: Belgian waffle-making

Belgian waffle-taking

Belgian waffle-devouring : )  Mange, mange, mange!

Zumba! We needed a bit of exercise after all those waffles : )

La magie: simple, yet astounding, magic tricks!

 Les tambours

 La drame pour nos acteurs

De la pizza et de la salade pour le dîner! MMM!

Mange, mange, mange!

La pièce de résistance: le chocolat

 

Instruction in the art of chocolate-making

Quel plaisir! All of our students were able to participate in this chocolate-making workshop.

Students also enjoyed a bit of yoga and crafting. A huge MERCI BEAUCOUP to the parents who helped to transport students to and from this event! A huge MERCI BEAUCOUP also to the dedicated artists and teachers who worked tirelessly to organize and run the "Apprendre en faisant" workshops so that our students could have a day immersed in French.

Next week we will be using Christmas vocabulary en français in our classroom activities. Bonne fin de semaine!

Mme Christensen

PS. Où est le drapeau français??

I apologize that I do not have a photo to give you a hint; my attempts to send a photo via an IPad were unsuccessful.  Here is a written hint:

Le drapeau est près du placard blanc.

hmmm.

À lundi, mes amis!   : )

L'avent

Our projects on heros from the Grade 5/6 class are displayed on our French bulletin board this month. The name of our greatest hero of all, our Savior Jesus, is featured front and centre. Today the third candle (pink) of our advent will be lit.

This week in Gr. 7/8 we continued to work on vocabulary related to our upcoming workshops and I hope to have some photos of this for the next blog. In Gr. 4/5 and 5/6 we learned vocabulary related to the family and physical characteristics such as hair colour, eye colour, etc.  Here's a fun song by Alain Le lait:

Ma famille

We also discussed vocabulary related to our big snow storm last Tuesday! What a difference a few days can make!  We can be grateful for the lovely November we had...remember?

Finally, où est le drapeau français?

Voici l'indice!

We'll see who finds the French flag in class tomorrow!  À lundi,

Mme Christensen

The Search is On!

In Gr. 7/8 we've been learning some vocabulary for a hands-on French workshop in the near future. We were introduced to over a dozen vocabulary items such as:

C'est un verre.

C'est des moules.

C'est un pinceau.

C'est une serviette.

Next, after being introduced to the vocabulary, the items above (plus other items) were hid around the class for us to find!

"Où est la serviette?  Est-ce que tu as trouvé le pinceau?"

The classroom was abuzz!

Qui as trouvé la serviette?

We will continue practicing vocabulary this week in 7/8 plus start our next unit, "Dragon's Den"!

The Gr. 4/5 and 5/6 classes have started their new unit, "Ma famille et moi" which will lead us into discussions about some of our favorite family activities.  We saw a slideshow about the hiking adventures my family has recently enjoyed in Canmore.

We also brainstormed some activities that the families of Grades 4-6 students enjoy doing together.

 We look forward to seeing some pictures and hearing some stories about what our classmates like to do with their families!

Now for the big question: Où est le drapeau français???

À lundi, tout le monde!

Mme Christensen

Celebrating our learning!

Here are a few sample of projects from Grades 4, 5 and 6 students.  Students proudly presented and read their projects to their parents this week at our student-led conferences.

Here are a few of the avatar projects from our Grade 7 and 8 students:

 

 

Bravo, mes élèves! Great efforts, everyone!  Now for "la grande question"! Où est le drapeau français?

Voici l'indice! (Here's the hint)

À demain, tout le monde!

Mme Christensen

Chattering at Student-Led Conferences

Gr. 4  

Directions for Student-Led Conferences

                 1. Video--answer questions in video. Pause if necessary!

                 2. Read your composition to your parents; explain what it means.

                 3. Have your parents fill out the middle portion of the conference sheet.

                 4. Hand your project back to your home room teacher.

Gr. 5/6 

Directions for Student-Led Conferences

                 1. Video--answer questions in video. Pause if necessary!

                 2. Read your composition to your parents; explain what it means.

                 3. Have your parents fill out the middle portion of the conference sheet.

                 4. Hand your project back to your home room teacher.

Gr. 7/8  

Directions for Student-Led Conferences

                 1. Video--answer questions in video. Pause if necessary!

                 2. Read your composition to your parents; explain what it means.

                 3. Have your parents fill out the middle portion of the conference sheet.

                 4. Hand your project back to your home room teacher.

This past week all students have been putting their finishing touches on their projects and have been practicing reading their work aloud with partners. We've also been practicing some "dialogue" with the characters (above)! I am looking forward to seeing families at our student-led conferences.

Bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Christensen

P.S. Où est le drapeau français?

  Voici l'indice:

                                                         Qu'est-ce que c'est???

  

Le Canada se souvient...Canada remembers

Veteran's Affairs has made available wonderful resources for classrooms for Remembrance day in both official languages.  Some of these are posted on our French bulletin board this month:

Vimy Ridge is located about 175 kilometers north of Paris in France.  For more information about the role of Canadian soldiers at Vimy Ridge, follow this link:

Vimy Ridge

Students from Grades 4-8 who finished their French projects this week took some time to peruse these papers above.

Earlier in October, one of our Gr. 7/8 groups visiting Le Croissant stopped at nearby Coronation Park to see the memorial to our Canadian soldiers, which is inscribed in English and French.

Let us all be grateful for the countless sacrifices made by our soldiers so that we can enjoy the many blessings we have today.

Mme Christensen

P.S. Voici l'indice...Où est le drapeau français?