Friday, May 31, 2019

Students had all class to work on their rough draft and/or start their project. We will be working on this in class through next Wednesday and projects are due next Thursday at the beginning of class.

Thursday, May 30, 2019

I showed the students several examples of family/friend projects so they would have an idea of what they might want to do for their project. They had the rest of time to work on their rough draft. We will be working on this in class through next Wednesday and projects are due next Thursday at the beginning of class.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

We finished our notes on family today. Then students completed a family tree activity that I gave them. Tomorrow I will be giving them their family/friend project description and showing them many examples.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

We took notes on family members. Then we completed a family tree using our new words and watched a video on family. The video included a clip on a typical French wedding and we discussed how that is similar and different from the US.

Friday, May 24, 2019

Students can class time to finish and turn in their wheel. On Monday, we will begin our last unit on family and friends.

Thursday, May 23, 2019

We added our seasons to our notes and then students had time to add them to their wheel. Wheels are due by the end of class tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

We used ipads to practice our days of the week and months of the year on quizlet.live today.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Students practiced giving the date in French by playing a version of connect 4 called "Connecte 5". Then they had time to add the months of the year to their "wheel".

Monday, May 20, 2019

We continued to work with our months of the year today. We watched two short video clips that use our days and months. Then students completed a months worksheet. We also took notes on numbers 21-31 so students could give the date for any month. Students also practiced asking and giving their birthday. Students had the last ten minutes to begin to add the months to their "wheel".

Friday, May 17, 2019

We used our days of the week flashcards to work with a partner again to start class. Then we took notes on the months of the year (vocab 4b2) - we didn't get to the numbers 21-31 or the seasons yet. Then we did a worksheet using our days of the week and the months of the year.

Thursday, May 16, 2019

We worked with our days of the week today. Students created flashcards that we did two activities with. Then they did a speaking partner activity and finished by working on their wheel if they needed to add more to it from yesterday.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

We took notes on the days of the week today (vocab 4b1). Then we listened to a song to the tune of Addams Family that uses our days of the week. Here is the link to that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGlrogJkVk 
Then students read through two small dialogues using our new words and they completed an activity with a partner.
Then I gave them a "Wheel" picture that will be a mini-project for this unit. The wheel will summarize our days of the week, months of the year and seasons in French. We will work on this sporadically over the next week as we learn the other words.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Students had all class period to work on their color picture mini-project. These are due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Students worked with a partner to complete a color activity I had on the board. Then they selected a picture to color - the colors were listed in French. They had the rest of class to work on it and will have tomorrow as well. These mini-projects are due at the beginning of class Wednesday.

Friday, May 10, 2019

We worked with colors again today. We used some flags of French speaking countries to practice saying the colors. Then we used our color cards. Lastly we played "un" (uno) using our colors and numbers. Ask your student how to say the special cards in French. We had a lot of fun with this today!

Thursday, May 9, 2019

We took notes on basic colors today. Students used color cards to become familiar with our new vocab.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

We worked with our salutations vocab one last day today. I displayed some various situations and students responded to how they would be in those situations with a partner. Then we did a little conversation using all of our vocab. We wrapped up class with some quizlet live. Tomorrow we will be learning colors.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

We used our Salutations vocab today and played quizlet live after students practiced asking their classmates how they were.

Monday, May 6, 2019

We finished our notes on our Salutations unit today by learning how to ask and answer "How are you?" We watched a short video clip on this vocab. Then students worked with a partner to answer how they were based on some pictures I put on the board. Then they completed a written practice that I gave them and we went over it before they left.

Friday, May 3, 2019

We continued with our Salutations notes today. We took notes on the back page and then completed a half sheet using our new vocab. Several students volunteered to answer the questions then they had a mini conversation with their classmates.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

We began taking notes on our Salutations - Greetings unit. Today we covered different ways to greet and leave people, as well as, titles. We will continue tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Classes were shorter today due to transition day. Students took their numbers assessment then we played the stand up/sit down game for the rest of class today.