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

K-2 French Update Q4 W3

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

This week we will continue working with animals and combine that knowledge with the previous unit on preferences. Your students will be learning how to say which animals they like on Tuesday, and will have a day to rest and relax on Friday!

1st Grade:

This week, we will wrap up prepositions and bedroom objects with a brief review coming up next week.

2nd Grade:

We will wrap up the book activities for prepositions and bedroom objects this week, followed by a review on Monday, April 17 and a quiz over this unit's vocabulary on Thursday, April 20. Below I have listed the relevant vocabulary:

Le lit: the bed
Le bureau: the desk
La chaise:the chair
Le coffre: the (toy) box
Les jouets: the toys
Le mur: the wall
sur: on top of
sous: underneath
dans: in/inside

As usual, feel free to reach out to me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org with any questions. There is also a subscription box at the top of the page that I would invite you to use so you can receive updates directly to your e-mail. You just need to enter your e-mail address and then click the confirmation link. I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and I look forward to seeing your students tomorrow!

Toute la meilleure!

Mme. Ruchames

2nd Grade Homework Guide 4/6

Bonjour!

Tonight's homework should be fairly straightforward, but just in case, the student needs to write the correct name of each object on the line. There is a word bank underneath the image. In addition, their quizzes will be coming home in the black folders tomorrow, and I would like to see all of them signed by a parent or guardian and returned by Monday.

As always, feel free to reach out with any additional questions via e-mail at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org.