Spinning Class

7th Agers continue to learn about French color words in new and different ways. This week, they created color spinning wheels. Each wheel is divided into eleven sections, each with a different French color word. Students colored each section, attached the wheel to the game board, and practiced spinning. How to play: just spin the wheel and when it stops, say the French color word that the arrow is pointing to ... and voilà, a fun way to practice at school and at home.

 

French Club Fun

French Club met for the first time today. Club members, boys and girls from the 8th and 9th ages who are taking French, learned about the meaning of the fleur-de-lis. Literally meaning "lily flower", the fleur-de-lis was a symbol of French royalty and has become a modern-day symbol of all things French (including the New Orleans Saints!)
Students had fun eating fleur-de-lis shaped cookies, painting and designing French Club tee-shirts, and decorating cookies to take home and share with family members.
Each Tuesday, French Club will have fun in a variety of ways: making French-related crafts, listening to French music, watching French movies, and cooking and eating French food, as well as spending time with old and new friends.

 



 

                                           



Brrnng, Brrnnng

Numbers are important in every language. Just think of all the occasions for which we use numbers: telling time, counting money, doing math equations, buying and selling things, counting objects and people, locating addresses, using computers, keeping scores, reciting phone numbers, ...

8th Agers are reviewing counting outloud from 1 to 20, in French. They are also learning how to read and write French number words as well as recite their telephone numbers in French.

 

Mon numéro de téléphone est ...
 

Places, Everyone

9th Agers practiced and performed the first of this year's many French skits. Quite impressive how well they can read, correctly pronounce, and confidently present these skits to the class . . . and it's only September! Bravo!

 

 



Colorful Assignment

7th Agers practiced writing color words in French. They also wrote their French names for the first time ... all the while listening to some upbeat French music.

rouge  bleu  vert  violet  orange brun  rose  jaune

 

 

 

French is Everywhere!

9th Agers have been looking at home for all things French and have been quite successful. Here are a few of the many items they have brought to show to their classmates:

 



A song sheet from a musical about the French Revolution

 

A totebag with French writing and pictures

A t-shirt with a beret-wearing dog saying "Bonjour"

Pages in a sports book about France's soccer team

A bar of French soap that smells and looks like chocolate

A French flag to cheer on the French soccer team.

C’est La Rentrée!

It's that time of year again ...  "La Rentrée", as the French call it, is the return back to school and, for adults who have been on vacation for all of August, the return back to work. Filled with excitement and anticipation, Calvert students have returned to another year of French fun. Be sure to check out this blog to see and hear what the students are learning each week.