2nd Grade French homework due Thursday 1/26

Bonjour tout le monde!

I hope this finds all of you enjoying the nice, cool weather. Our homework this week is similar to activities we have been doing in class, and continues to build on concepts from the current lesson.  For the first part, your student simply needs to write the number out in word form using the word bank at the bottom of the worksheet.

On the other side, your student will reproduce the conjugation of avoir, which they should have copied in their notebooks. If, for some reason, they did not do so, here is the conjugation below:

Avoir- to have

J'ai: I have

Tu as: "You have"

Il/Elle/On a: "He/she/one has"

Nous avons: "We have"

Vous avez: "You (plural or formal) have"

Ils/Elles ont: "They have"

The final portion of the homework simply asks the student to select the correct form of avoir to fill in the blanks. As usual, please feel free to reach out via e-mail at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org, or call the front office and they can direct you to my phone line.

Bonne soirée à tous!

Mme. Ruchames

K-2 French Update Q3 W4

Bonjour tout le monde!

Kindergarten:

Unfortunately, last Friday's class was cancelled due to rescheduled MAP testing, so this week we will be starting the unit on family members. We will continue reviewing older concepts as well, such as days of the week and months of the year.

1st/2nd Grade:

This week we will wrap up the lesson on classroom actions and start learning to express preferences. Vocabulary for this new lesson will be posted later this week.

As usual, do not hesitate to reach out with any questions via e-mail at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org. I hope this finds you enjoying a pleasant weekend.

A bientôt!

Mme. Ruchames

Homework due 1/23 **2ND GRADE ONLY**

Bonjour!

I just wanted to briefly explain the homework that your child will be bringing home tonight. There are two parts. For the first part, the student must add the numbers and write out the correct number on the line. Please note that there is a word bank at the bottom of that page. Below are the words for numbers 13-20 written out:

treize: 13
quatorze: 14
quinze: 15
seize: 16
dix-sept: 17
dix-huit: 18
dix-neuf: 19
vingt: 20

For the second part of the homework, found on the back side of the page, the student must put the days of the week in order. Please encourage your student to try on their own before giving them the answers, but I have included below the days of the week in order.

Lundi: Monday
Mardi: Tuesday
Mercredi: Wednesday
Jeudi: Thursday
Vendredi: Friday
Samedi: Saturday
Dimanche: Sunday

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org, or your student is welcome to come by my office on the second floor of the classroom building Friday or Monday morning after 7:40

K-2 French Update Q3 W3

Bonjour tout le monde!

I hope this finds everyone enjoying a lovely three-day weekend, and feeling ready to go back to school. This week we will be wrapping up some older material and approaching new units.

Kindergarten:

Last week we started learning the alphabet in French, and we will continue working with it throughout the upcoming week. Below is a link to the ABC song we have been singing in class. If you listen to this with your child at home, please encourage them to pay special attention to the sounds, as many of the letters are pronounced differently in the French alphabet than in English.

We will be starting a family unit as well this week, starting with the basics, such as mother, father, sister, and brother. Below is the vocabulary if you would like to review it with your student at home.

Un frère: A brother.
Une soeur: A sister.
Un père: A father.
Une mère: A mother.
Un grand-père: A grandfather.
Une grande-mère: A grandmother.

1st/2nd grade:

Because of the three-day weekend and MAP testing, 1st and 2nd grade will only have one class session this week. We will be reviewing the material from last week's lesson, which we will wrap up next week.

K-2 French Update Q3 W2

Bonjour tout le monde!

First of all, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for all the thoughtful gifts I received from students. Thanks to you, there was no shortage of sweets or coffee over the holidays! I hope you all had a restful break and enjoyed the extra time with your little ones.

Kindergarten:

During the first session back, we reviewed material from before the break and started putting together our books on weather. This upcoming week, we will be working on the French alphabet as well as reviewing recurring material such as numbers, months, days, and colors.

Also, here is an index of free online games you can play with your child in order to encourage their French learning at home:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/


1st/2nd Grade:

During our first day back, we reviewed the poem "S'il te plaît" and started learning our new classroom verbs. We will continue working with these verbs for the next week and a half.

découper: to cut
dessiner: to draw
écrire: to write
gommer: to erase
tailler: to sharpen (as in sharpening a pencil)
peindre: to paint
coller: to glue
donner: to give

As we progress through this lesson we will also be learning numbers through 20 and the days of the week. If you would like to practice the new vocabulary with your child, the song "Mes Petites Mains" on the Loustics CD utilizes the vocabulary. If you do not have the CD, I have included a Youtube link to the song below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm0J92Xuy5g

I look forward to getting back in the swing of things with the students this week, and I wish you all a smooth transition back into the schooltime routine.

A bientôt!
Madame Ruchames

K-2 French Update Quarter 2 Week 9

Bonjour tout le monde!

I hope this finds everybody enjoying the end-of-semester festivities and preparing to enjoy the holidays with family and friends.  This week we will be reviewing material to solidify it before the break.

Kindergarten:

This past week, we began a unit on weather to follow the unit on days of the week and months of the year.  We have been working through a brief book that they will eventually be putting together to take home.

Below, you will find the vocabulary we have been learning:

Il pleut.: It is raining.
Il fait froid.: It is cold outside.
Il neige.: It is snowing.
Il fait chaud.: It is hot outside.
Il fait beau.: It is nice outside.
Il y a du vent.: It is windy outside.
Il y a du soleil.: It is sunny outside.


1st/2nd Grade:

We will be wrapping up the lesson on some new verbs and classroom objects.  Below, I have have listed the poem we are learning in class, "S'il te plait," as well as some of our new vocabulary.

"S'il te plaît"

S'il te plaît, mon amie Alice
Prête-moi! Prête-moi!
Des ciseaux, un taille-crayon,
Une gomme et un crayon.
J'ai oublié ma trousse et mon cartable.
Merci, mon amie. Tu es formidable!

Un taille-crayon: A pencil sharpener
Un crayon: A pencil
Des crayons de couleur: Colored pencils
Ranger: to arrange, organize
Prendre: to take
Poser: to put down
Prêter: to lend

If you have any questions or would like to schedule a conference after the break, feel free to e-mail me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org. Until then, joyeux fêtes et bonne année!

K-2 French Update Week 8

Bonjour tout le monde!

The semester is wrapping up quickly, and it's wonderful to look back at the knowledge we have accumulated thus far during the year. As we close out the semester, we will be starting some new material while reviewing older concepts.

Kindergarten:

On Tuesday, we will wrap up the months and seasons unit and move on to weather.  I have been particularly impressed with the students' grasp on the names of the seasons, and I look forward to starting new material.

1st/2nd Grade:

This past week, we concluded the lesson on classroom objects and gendered objects, so we will be moving on to a unit that expands upon this classroom vocabulary with some new verbs, and a couple new objects as well.  While learning this material, we will also learn the poem "S'il te plaît," which I hope you will start hearing at home as the week goes on.

2nd Grade only:

I am still missing many signed tests.  If you have lost the original test or thrown it away by accident, please let me know.  However, returning the signed test to me does count as a grade, so please try and get them back to me as soon as possible.

Please don't hesitate to contact me at gruchames@archwaylincoln.org with any questions regarding the material.