La nouvelle année commence!

Welcome back to school after a well deserved break for the festive holidays.  As we are starting a new year, I would like to introduce some fun, new activities for our class.

The first thing is the Boggle Board.  Each week, I will put letters on the Boggle board and your goal is to find as many words as possible, en français.  This will be an entrance activity, something to get you focused when you first come into the classroom, ready to learn French.  I will provide you with pages to use to lists your words.  Words can be as short as deux lettres, or as long as you can find.  The boards might be based on the theme of the week, or a "son vedette", which we have seen already.  At the end of the week, I will take a look at everyone's words and post our Boggle vedette (celebrity) for the week.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/BOGGLE-French-BOGGLE-worksheet-804814

I may also, occasionally, post a casse-tête (puzzle) for you to solve when you come in the class.  My goal is to reduce our transition times, and have students quickly sitting at their desks, ready to learn.  I may revisit the seating plans, if I notice issues.

As mentioned above, I will post the theme of the week in class.  We will also have a list of vocabulary words related to the theme, and we will be practicing these words throughout the week.  By Friday, I hope you will be familiar enough with the words that you will recognize them, and be able to use them in conversation with your classmates.

If at all possibly, bring a pencil with you.  I will provide you with one, if you forget.  However, you must return borrowed pencils.  I keep saying I cannot supply100 pencils a day.  I know there are not 100 students in your class, but I do teach over 100 students each day.  I may start asking for collateral (comme une chaussure, like a shoe), in order to ensure my pencils are returned!

I am hoping to provide you with ample opportunities to speak and hear French in the classroom.  I will be giving you, as a class, the opportunity to earn rewards, such as a movie day, or music day.  Keep in mind, ça va être en français parce que c'est une classe de français.  In French :)

Many of you are interested in learning how to speak French, and want learn about the many aspects of French culture.  We need to work together to create a classroom where we can all learn this wonderful language.