Ça, c'est ma journée, Part 2

Here are some samples of lovely sentences written and illustrated by our Grade 3 and 4 students from Ms. Whitney's class.  Stay tuned for a picture of all the creations when they are compiled on our French bulletin board!

We will continue to practice our "Question/Request of the Week", "Parle-moi de tes amis", using pronouns this time in our responses.

À bientôt!

Mme Christensen

Le chandail de hockey

To coincide with the Stanley Cup matches, our Grade 4/5 class and 5/6 class are working on a hockey unit and reading Mon héros, Henri.  We will be ending our unit with a project about a person we admire.

Here is a delightful, nostalgic presentation of Le Chandail de hockey , written by Roch Carrier and produced by the National Film Board.  Remember the comprehension strategies mentioned a number of  weeks ago?  The general meaning of this piece is one that is portrayed well in the words and images alike.  Its theme is timeless.  Enjoy!

Soon, the 3/4 French class will be working on their project, a presentation of their activities. 7/8's are working towards the presentation of a recipe to the class!

Our "Question of the Week" is a request: "Parle-moi de tes amis."   Along with our daily calendar work, we will be talking about what we wear during spring.  Given the diverse weather we have had this spring, the topic will likely generate a lot of clothing vocabulary!

À bientôt,

Mme Christensen

Joyeuse Fête des Mères!

This past week we have been busy creating a modified acrostic poem for our Moms!  We placed the poems on scrolls and wrapped them with some ribbon.

We pray for special blessings for all mothers this Mother's Day!

This coming week we will have a number of birthday cards to make in French.   Our "Question of the Week" will actually be a request, "Parle-moi de ton école".

Have a blessed week.  À bientôt!

Mme Christensen

Le sucre à la crème...mmm

As part of our Gr. 7/8 Food Unit and " French Club Cuisine" we used a traditional recipe (see below) to create fudge or le sucre à la crème.  It was truly délicieux!

Stir, stir, stir!

C'est incroyable!

We are using candy thermometers to monitor the temperature of the mixture.

The kitchen is filled with the sweet aroma of fudge! Ça sent bon!

There is a science to the making of fudge!  We discovered that allowing the mixture to heat even a couple degrees above the prescribed temperature created a fudge that was a bit too hard (left).   On the right, above, the mixture did not heat quite enough, making fudge that was a bit too soft.  Maybe the next time, we will make a "Goldilocks version" of fudge that will be just right!  Here is the recipe, below:

le sucre à la crème

Ingrédients:

de la cassonade--1 tasse

du sucre --1 tasse

du lait --1/3 tasse

de la crème légère --1/3 tasse

du sirop du maïs --2 cuillières à soupe

du sel-- ¼ cuillière à thé

de la vanilla-- 1 cuillière à thé

du beurre--2 cuillières à soupe

Préparation:

1.        Verser du sucre, du lait, de la crème légère, du sirop du maïs et du sel dans une casserole.

2.       Laisser bouillir, en remuant, jusqu’à 234 F.

3.       Laisser refroidir jusqu’à 100 F.  Commencer à remuer.

4.       Ajouter de la vanilla et du beurre.

5.       Verser dans un plat beurré.

6.       Laisser refroidir avant de découper en carrés.

This week we will be reviewing our two previous questions of the week (Où habites-tu?/ Qu'est-ce que tu vois?) as well as "Parle-moi de toi."  We will also be preparing something simple and lovely for Mother's Day!

À bientôt,

Mme Christensen

Ça, c'est ma journée!

In Gr. 3 and 4 this week, we are learning how to tell time in French to the hour so we can use a timeline to describe a schedule of activities.

 We're cutting and pasting pictures of activities onto a timeline.

In our Gr. 4, 5 and 6 hockey unit, we are continuing to work with hockey-related vocabulary. We've started making predictions about who will win "La Coupe Stanley" this year.

Stay tuned for photos from Grades 7 and 8, who will be making something sweet and special to eat this week as part of French club and our Foods unit!

Our "Question of the Week" is "Qu'est-ce que tu vois?".  We will describe briefly what we see in the classroom in our answer.

À bientôt,

Mme Christensen

Joyeuses Pâques!

Joyeuses Pâques! I hope you had a blessed Easter!

This week, the Gr. 3/4 class will be continuing to learn vocabulary and structures that will help them describe their daily routines in our unit called "Ça, c'est ma journée".  The verbs that we have learned so far lend themselves well to a game of charades or "Simon Says".  Here are a couple examples of some of the structures we are learning:

Elle joue de la guitare à 4h00.

Il fait du karaté à 6h00.

The Gr. 4/5 as well as 5/6 class have started a unit called "Mon Héros".  This week we will be looking forward to learning a little bit more about a Montreal Canadien hockey star as well as some hockey vocabulary!

The Gr. 7/8 class began a learning journal to record new vocabulary and structures related to our foods unit.  By the end of this unit, each student will be involved in a presentation of a favorite recipe to the class, en français, bien sûr!

We will be reviewing last week's "Question of the Week" for additional practice.

À la prochaine,

Mme Christensen

French Camp!

L' Université de Saint-Boniface is once again offering "Tu parles!",  a week-long summer daycamp for 7-12 year old children.  This program  "is designed to help your children acquire French speaking skills that can be used inside and outside the classroom" and "offers a healthy mix of classroom time, field trips, outdoor fun and hands-on activities such as arts, crafts, music and games."

There is also an advanced-level camp for 13- to 15-year-olds during Week 7 if registration is sufficient.

For more program information and the camp registration form, click here. 

Bon appétit!

We kicked off our new unit in 7/8 with a sushi-preparation demonstration.  By the end of our unit, each student will demonstrate the preparation of a favorite dish en français!  We reviewed strategies to help us understand a sushi recipe in French.  We discussed:

• making predictions
• skimming or scanning the text quickly to get a general understanding of the material
• observing illustrations and photos
• making connections with previous knowledge
• searching for mots amis (word friends--French words that are similar to English words)
• searching for familiar words
• observing titles and sub-titles, 

to name a few!

In Grades 3/4, we celebrated two birthdays in the classroom this week.  Each student prepared lovely cards full of kind sentiments, en français!  Creating birthday cards gives students an authentic opportunity to communicate, to practice the use of adjectives and to explore new vocabulary.

Sports is "on the menu" in 4/5 and in 5/6, shortly.

Our "Question of the Week" will be "Où habites-tu?" (Where do you live?") and its response, "J'habite à Winnipeg."

À bientôt,

Mme Christensen