KINDERGARTEN and FIRST GRADE

Students have been learning the members of the FAMILY and how to say which member is in which room of the HOUSE.  They have also been practicing the letters of the ALHABET, and several PREPOSTIONS of location.

La Famille

le père - father
la mère - mother
le grand-père - grandfather
la grand-mère - grandmother
la soeur - sister
le frère - brother

Kindergarteners have enjoyed two songs to reinforce the family: "Frère Jacques" (first grade learned this as well, and the lullaby, "Fais Dodo."


Les Prepositions

sur - on,    sous - under,    dans - in,    devant - in front of,    derrière - behind


La Maison (the house)

la cuisine - kitchen,   le salon - living room,   la chambre - bedroom,   la salle de bains - bathroom
la salle à manger - dining room

FIRST GRADE

Students have been enjoying learning some action verbs that go with school objects:

découper-cut out,  coller-glue,  dessiner-draw,  écrire-write,  tailler-sharpen, peindre-paint, gommer-to erase

They are learning a fun song that uses these action verbs as well, and adds the directions:

en haut (up high/on top), en bas (down low/on the bottom), à gauche (to the left), à droite (to the right)

They are also close to memorizing a poem called "Síl te plaît" (Please)

S'il te plait, mon amie Alice                    Please, my friend Alice
Prête-moi, prête-moi                               Lend me, lend me
Des ciseaux, un taille-crayon                  Some scissors, a pencil sharpener
Une gomme, et un crayon.                      An eraser, and a pencil.
J'ai oublié ma trousse et mon cartable.    I forgot my pencil case and my school bag.
Merci, mon amie. Tu es formidable!       Thank you, my friend.  You are wonderful!

Finally, students are learning to read and write numbers to twenty, and are learning a famous traditional song: "Sur le Pont D'Avignon." (See link to video at right.)

KINDERGARTEN

Students have become familiar with the days of the week, the months of the year, and are becoming comfortable saying the date in French. Note days and months are NOT capitalized in French. They know a song for each set.

Days: Les Jours

lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche

Months:  Les Mois

janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre

We have also been practicing numbers 11-20:

11 onze, 12 douze, 13 treize, 14 quatorze, 15 quinze, 16 seize, 17 dix-sept, 18 dix-huit, 19 dix-neuf, 20 vingt

The afternoon class has been enjoying a unit on Boucle D'Or et les Trois Ours (Goldilocks and the Three Bears).  We have been learning phrases from the story as we mime it from the perspective of Goldilocks, identify scene cards, do activity worksheets, and finally the students will receive roles and act it out!

Kindergarteners have begin learning the Seasons and the Weather:

l'Hiver (lee vehr)-winter,   le Printemps (luh, prah* toh*)-spring,   L'Été (lay tay)-Summer

L'Automne (lo tun)-Fall


Il fait chaud--It's warm/hot,   Il fait froid--It's cold,    Il fait frais.--It's cool

Il fait du soleil--It's sunny,    Il pleut.--It's raining,     Il neige--It's snowing

First Graders have been learning to name the following school supplies:

un crayon (cray oh*)-pencil,  un stylo (stee loh)-pen, une trousse (troos)-pencil case, un cartable (car tah bluh)-book bag, des ciseaux (see zoh)-scissors, une règle (regl)-ruler, une colle (kull)-glue

They are becoming familiar with hearing the forms of MY:

Mon (masculine), Ma (feminine), and Mes (plural)

They are also becoming familiar with the feminine forms of some colors and with the concept of adjective agreement (the adjective form must match the noun in gender and number):

Bleu, bleue                             Blanc, blanche
Violet, violette                       Noir, noire
Vert, verte

Rouge, jaune and rose don't change because they already have an E at the end.
Orange and marron never change because they are also foods.

Kindergarten

Students have been enjoying a new song and a new chant, which have helped them solidify their understanding of the following Parts of the Body vocabulary:

la tête (head), le nez (nose), les oreilles (ears), les yeux (eyes), l'oeil (the eye),
la bouche (mouth), l'épaule (shoulder), le genou (knee), le pied (foot), la main (hand)

Song: Jean Petit Qui Danse

Jean Petit qui danse, Jean Petit qui danse
De sa tête il danse, de sa tête il danse (verse 2: de ses mains, verse 3: de son pied)
De sa tête, tête, tête
Ainsi danse Jean Petit

Chant: Les deux pieds font tap tap tap
            Les deux mains font clap clap clap
            Un pas 'ci, un pas là
            Un petit tour et puis voilà!

            La tête fait nick nick nick
            Les petits doigts font click click click
            Un pas 'ci, un pas là
            Un petit tour et puis VOILÀ (Hold a pose 3 seconds)

Finally, students are now able to count to 20 (and some higher!):

17 dix-sept, 18 dix-huit, 19 dix-neuf, 20 vingt, 21 vingt et un, 22 vingt-deux....30 trente
         

First Grade

We have finished Unit 1 and students have become familiar with the following:

Greetings
Comment ça va? (How are you?), Ça va? (Everything OK?), Oui, et toi? (Yes, and you?)
Monsieur, Madame (Mr., Mrs.),  Bien, merci (Well, thank you), Comment tu t'appelles? (What's your name?), Je m'appelle (My name is), Moi, c'est + name (I'm + name), Tu as quel age? (How old are you?), J'ai six/sept ans. (I'm six/seven)

Numbers to 12 and their spelling
1 un, 2 deux, 3 trois, 4 quatre, 5 cinq, 6 six, 7 sept, 8 huit, 9 neuf, 10 dix, 11 onze, 12 douze

Shapes
Le triangle, le rectangle, le cercle/le rond, le carré (square)

Colors
Bleu, orange, rouge (red), vert (green), jaune (yellow), violet (purple), noir (black), blanc (white)