K-2 French Update Week 8

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

We will do a brief unit on adjectives, and we will wrap up with a day about Paris and its culture and monuments. I just want to take a moment to say how amazing it has been to watch your students grow. I developed most of the curricular material for Kindergarten myself, and it is wonderful to see the results I have seen as they continue to surprise me with every session.

1st Grade:

We will wrap up the current unit on family and review that vocabulary on the final day.

2nd Grade:

We will continue to work with the family vocabulary, and should finish the lesson by Monday, our last class session. The most recent quiz will come back to you this week, and there will be no more quizzes for the rest of the quarter. You will not need to sign and return this quiz.

I hope this finds you all thriving during the end of the year, and looking forward to a fun summer vacation. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the outpouring of love I received last week during Teacher Appreciation Week. While working hard to finish the year strong, it was a timely reminder of why I teach, and more importantly, why I have decided to continue teaching at Great Hearts.

I wish you all the best, and let's finish the year strong!

Mme. Ruchames

K-2 French Update Week 7

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

This week we will continue working with the clothing vocabulary from last week. During the last two weeks of school, we will begin learning adjectives.

1st Grade:

This week we will begin learning some new family vocabulary. I will post again soon with that vocabulary.

2nd Grade:

We will have a quiz on Wednesday, May 10th, on the lesson about brothers and sisters. Please see my previous blog posts for the vocabulary that your student should know for this quiz. On Thursday, we will start a new lesson about other family members and other prepositions. This vocabulary will be posted shortly.

2nd Grade French Quiz

Bonjour!

Since 2nd grade has a field trip on Monday, May 8th, which was the original quiz date, I will be moving the quiz to Wednesday, May 10th. If you have any further questions about the quiz, please let me know via e-mail at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org.

Toute la meilleure!
Mme. Ruchames

K-2 French Update Q4 W6

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

This week, we will start learning about clothing vocabulary and some basic phrases surrounding clothing. I have listed the vocabulary below:

Une jupe: a skirt
Un pantalon: pants
Une chemise: a dress shirt
Un chemisier: a blouse
Un short: shorts
Les chaussure: shoes
Un chapeau: a hat

1st/2nd Grade:

We will continue working with the lesson on brothers and sisters. In addition, they are learning the phrase "Il/Elle n'a pas de soeurs." ("He/she does not have any sisters.") This is an important construction for negative sentences in French. Please look at the examples below:

J'ai des ciseaux.
I have scissors.

Je n'ai pas de ciseaux.
I do not have scissors.

When the sentence is negated, the indefinite article (un/une/des) preceding the direct object is replaced with de. Below, I have included examples with un and une.

J'ai une trousse.
I have a pencil case.

Je n'ai pas de trousse.
I do not have a pencil case.

J'ai un stylo.
I have a pen.

Je n'ai pas de stylo.
I do not have a pen.

Please note that this construction only applies to the indefinite article. When the original phrase uses le/la/les, the negative phrase will also use le/la/les because these are definite articles that indicate a specific thing.

**2nd Grade Only**
There will be a quiz a week from Monday, on May 8th. The quiz will cover the vocabulary listed in my last post.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org. I hope this finds you at the end of a restful weekend, and I look forward to seeing the students again tomorrow!

Toute la meilleure,
Mme. Ruchames

Vocabulary for 1st and 2nd Grade

Hello,

We are learning to talk about how many brothers or sisters you have. Below, I have listed the vocabulary and some key phrases that appear in the lesson:

Un frère: A brother
Une soeur: A sister
Je n'ai pas de frères: I do not have any brothers.
Je n'ai pas de soeurs: I do not have any sisters.
Je m'appelle: My name is . . .
Elle s'appelle: Her name is . . .
Il s'appelle: His name is. . .
J'ai: I have
Elle a: She has
Il a: He has

If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out to me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org.

K-2 French Update Q4 W5

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

We will be wrapping up animals this week and moving on to clothing the following week.

1st Grade:

This week, we will start learning about members of the family. Vocabulary will be listed in next week's post.

2nd Grade:

We will also be starting the lesson on family members. Quizzes will be returned sometime this week, so please make sure you sign and return the quiz. I send them home to ensure that parents have seen not only the grade, but also the areas in which their child might need to improve.

I hope this finds you all having a restful weekend!

Toute la meilleure!

Mme. Ruchames

K-2 French Update Q4 W4

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

This week we will start learning domestic animals and wrap up the story we have been working with to learn animals.

1st Grade:

We will be reviewing and wrapping up the lesson on household objects and prepositions this week. Please see my previous posts for the relevant vocabulary if you would like to review it with your child.

2nd Grade:

On Monday, we will review the material on household objects and prepositions, with a quiz this Thursday, April 20th. We will complete a review in class on Monday that should help your student study for the quiz.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org. I hope you had a lovely weekend, and I look forward to seeing the students tomorrow!

Toute la meilleure,

Mme. Ruchames