November Updates!
Bonjour tout le monde, et félicitations
pour le Concert d’Hiver ! It was a joy to watch our students perform
under the amazing tutelage of Mme Weddle, and I am so very proud of their work.
I’m back with another update on our progress in K-1 French:
Kindergarten is finishing up its
lessons on the shapes and colors and will soon begin working with the numbers de
zéro à dix (from 0 to 10). This means we will soon begin to add our age to our
introductions: “Tu as quel âge ?” and the response “J’ai… ans.” Look below for
links to two helpful videos—the first lists the numbers, and the second asks
one’s age. I encourage you to practice these at home, and to count in French as
often as you can!
1st Grade will be covering
one more lesson in the first Unit to round out our semester: before we go on winter
break, we will solidify our numbers one through fifteen, and we’ll take our
turn with the colors and shapes! Again, check the link below for a handy list
of the French colors and shapes (and how they are pronounced). We will only
deal in four of the shapes this year—square, circle (called a rond in our curriculum), rectangle, and
triangle; and for now, only eight of the colors—red, blue, yellow, green, orange,
purple, black, and white. I encourage you to use these around the house
whenever you can, to listen to the Les Loustics CD, and to keep up with your
child’s practice in French!
Lastly, French club enrollment is still open! If your 1st Grader
would like to join in on fun games, French snacks, and a chance to get more
practice in a foreign language, I invite you to visit our club portal and sign
up. Our club carries on into the second semester and will be performing live at
Fine Arts & French Night in
April 2019. We hope to see you there!