Monday, 12 January 2009

euros

If anyone can bring some euro coins along tomorrow we can use them to liven up an activity!!

Sunday, 11 January 2009

la fête des Rois

La fête des rois, the feast of the Kings is celebrated in French homes throughout January. There is an excellent post about it here


le roi - the king
la reine - the queen
la galette - the cake
la fève - the bean
la couronne - the crown

Chanson


J'aime la galette
Savez-vous comment?
Quand elle est bien faite
Avec du beurre dedans
Tra la la la la la lère etc

I love the kings' cake
Do you know why?
When it is wll made
with butter inside
tra la etc



Wednesday, 10 December 2008

mardi 9 décembre

Nous avons décoré et mangé des bûches de Noël (Cadbury's mini rolls + writing icing)
Nous avons aussi mangé des tartelettes de Noël(mince pies) grâce à David. Merci!

We revisited song la belle histoire and linked it to the whiteboard nativity scene
Meant to highlight keywords of text on whiteboard but think I forgot to do that :(

Gave out text and we sang and filled in the gaps!

Then we spent the rest of the time on nasal vowels. (handout) and looked at some French primary school phonics sheets an/en and on

Finally and very briefly heard a song to practise name and "on" nasal sound J'ai un nom, un prénom I've a name, a first name
deux yeux 2 eyes
un nez a nose
un menton a chine-
Dis-moi vite ton prénom tell me quickly your first name
Pour continuer la chanson. to keep the song going
Tu t'appelles ............................ (child says his name)
Bonjour ....................... (class sings his name)

Je vous souhaite un joyeux Noël et passez de bonnes vacances!
On se revoit mardi 13 janvier.

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

mardi 2 décembre

On a fait des cadeaux de Noël et on les a offerts aux collègues.
(updated doc les cadeaux de Noel now in my Teaching Files >Christmas)

Pupil A: J’ai un cadeau pour B. Viens ici, B

Pupil A : Tiens voilà! (here you are) Joyeux Noël!

B : Merci. Je peux l’ouvrir?
A :Oui, bien sûr.
Class : Qu’est-ce que c’est? Fais voir (let's see)

B : Oh c’est un(e) …
Quelle surprise!
Ce que je voulais! (just what I wanted)
Merci
Joyeux Noël

Puis on a fabriqué des papillons.
On a écouté des chants de Noël et on a fabriqué une guirlande pour décorer la classe.

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

mardi vingt-cinq novembre

Noël va arriver
More Christmas voc and practising of vocab presentation techniques using mini cards in "my teaching files" under Modules>Christmas as Xmas bingo. PW is valley.
We finished with a Christmas song from Henri Dès entitled Belle Histoire about the Christmas story. Each "pupil" was allocated a key word and had to leap to their feet when it came up accompanied by suitable acting eg the stable, the star. The ox and the ass got plenty of exercise due to the repetition!

Next week, if you have a simple craft idea you are using with your class, can you bring the bits and bobs and we'll try and do it in French.

Here are some craft ideas. How much of your newly acquired Christmas voc can you find here?

For Ann looking for bauble template there is one on this page and this French one