Joyeux premier mai

I tried to send you (or those of you whose email I had note of at home) a virtual card. Generally they don't work in school which is a shame as the pupils could have fun designing one. Even the instructions in French wold be challenging.
I used this site
http://www.moncoindejardin.ca/cartesmai2.htm

Here's another http://www.choco-club.com/cartes/premiermai.htm

Remember I add all my finds to delicious. Today I revisited DLT kids and found a super domino maker amongst lots of other goodies like French calendars.

Micro Teaching

I really enjoyed all your great ideas in your teaching today.  Well done!
I will post Lisa's and Tracy's powerpoints to Shared folder. 

Micro Teaching

Lisa, we didn't try your powerpoint. Can you email me it? kmcmeekin@mac.com

We will try and start promptly at 4pm. Keep calm! I should have said the passmark  is 40% and you don't have to pass each bit. Cumulative marks must reach 40%

Micro Teaching Success Criteria

I think I gave you this already but here's a reminder anyway!

Task: teach a few words/phrases, give lots of practise, decode words cards, pupils use new language in an activity.

Success criteria:
use a good amount of French in interactions
confident use of French, good pronunciation, accurate grammar
task explained in simple terms accompanied by gestures and demonstration,
good interaction with class
words spelt correctly on word cards / worksheet
attractive resources, colourful, big enough to be seen, unambiguous

Checklist:
o learning intentions
o explain the task in simple terms
o with gestures and demonstration
o check comprehension
o gender help
o use praise
o give feedback, correct poor pronunciation
o brisk pace, variation
o “realistic” context
o not too much repetition rather use guessing games
o attractive flashcards or other props
o worksheets, if any, attractively word processed and accurate
o when showing word cards, be sure to discuss pronunciation, make connections to words they know with similar spelling and links to English, (this done in English)
o skills: how will we remember what this means (this done in English)
o interaction with class – use of mini whiteboards or other props, cue cards,
o pupils engaged perhaps in paired speaking or acting as teacher
o at end some AiFL feedback

Sparkle Box templates

Download the Word templates on this page It is the file sb873

To get more pages you can duplicate or new page or even insert a page break. These are the options on mac Word, on PC they may well be different.

If the text box doesn't reappear, try copying it or insert a text box. Better to copy - that way you get the same font and size and formatting. I admit it was a bit of a fiddle to get it to work.

To get them smaller I ask it to print and then change the layout to 4 or 9  or 16 pages per sheet.

I'll upload the ones I have done to my teaching files!