Category: 1B

Chers Parents,

Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s been happening in the Grade 1 French class.

The children have been learning the prepositions with a fun gesture song.  Ask them to show you at home. If they can’t remember it, you can listen to it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdNL3IsAftA

This play dough activity has helped them to integrate the directional words in a hands-on way.  Here the student was given the following direction: “Le dé est dans la pate à modeler.”

In preparation for la Semaine de la Francophonie, we have been exploring what it means to take care of our planet and they have learned the following sentences:

• Je protège la terre
• Je prends une douche
• Je plante un arbre
• Je fais du vélo

              

The children are LOVING these “taking care of the planet” French songs:  Les enfants du monde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aXA1jRXWnk  ; Touche pas ma planete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m64uJtLH0J0

C’est la saison de la cabane à sucre, it’s maple syrup season. We have talked about the process for making maple syrup, learned associated vocabulary and enjoyed some apples dipped in maple syrup!

Finally, the children have been working hard to learn the combined sounds (oi, ch, eau, au, and ou). Up next is “eu”.  We hope you have been enjoying playing the roll and read dice games at home!

           

         

We look forward to seeing you this week for Franco-fête!

Madame Maryse and Madame Efi

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chers Parents, 

Hope you have been enjoying working with your children on the French reading sheets that we have been sending home. We appreciate your help in creating some space at home for your child to review the vowel letter sounds that we are working on at school.  We want to ensure that your child has a strong grasp of the vowel sounds as this is one of building blocks for successful reading and writing in French.  If you have any questions regarding supporting your child with French at home, please do not hesitate to contact us! 

Here’s an update on what’s been happening in our French Program:

Vowel Work: We have moved from getting familiar with the sound A, to working with the sound O.  The children are learning words with each of the target sounds and are doing many different listening, writing and reading games and exercises to integrate these sounds.

                       

Vocabulary Development: In order for the children to be able to follow the class instructions and express themselves in French, we have been reviewing the vocabulary for school materials and common classroom words and phrases.  They have also been doing some exercises to review the names of the colors.  To raise the level of challenge we combine the vocabulary categories, and say to a child: Donne-moi un crayon rouge, apporte-moi quatre marqueurs, range les ciseaux, etc.

Jewish Holidays: Where possible, we like to make a place for the Jewish Holidays and rituals in our French classes.  This is an opportunity for the children to live their Jewish experience in a French context.  For Rosh Hashanah, the children made cards and collages and learned the names of the Rosh Hashanah treats in French!

Song: With the Fall season here, we have been singing and acting out the following fun song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZmObD5sbac and today the children drew a picture showing Michaud going up the apple tree and wrote their first sentence in French: Michaud est monté dans un grand pommier. 

 

                         

 

 

Hello OJCS parents and welcome to Grade 1!

Can you believe another school year is upon us?If you don’t already know me, my name is Madame Efi Mouchou. This is my 2nd year at OJCS. I look forward to forming relationships and teaching your kiddos. It has been a pleasure working with your children, and I have seen so much growth and learning already in the short amount of time we have had together. Last week we spent time getting to know each other and establishing the classroom rules. We played games revising the letters of the alphabet, and practicing the calendar, we did some writing activities and we read lots of books.This week’s focus was on the french greetings, and saying our name in French. I look forward to meeting you all at back-to-school night on the 19th when you will have the chance to see your kids’recordings.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me through email or a phone call.

e.mouchou@theojcs.ca