Day 35

Sorry I did not film Day 30! Things have been so busy at school: lots of missed classes due to field trips, P/T interviews, sports events, Remembrance Day and Winter celebration rehearsals, a long weekend, etc. etc.

Here is our new Entry routine which we sing:

Day 35 Entry Routine

Here is the first 10 minutes of class (the film's first slide is incorrect: it is not the Entry Routine):

Day 35 first 10 minutes

You may notice that I have changed "Les journaux" to "Les agendas" for homework diaries.

Day 25

Day 25

Day 25 Entry routine

Day 25 first 10 minutes

Day 20

Day 20 Entry Routine

Day 20 First 10 minutes of class

We are still working on counting group points!

Day 15

This is Day 15 (I made a mistake editing the video and called it Day 11).

I had to get cross with a boy today who would not stop touching a heavy wooden plaque that was hanging on the wall behind him. If it had fallen, it would have caused him serious damage!

Day 15 Entry routine

Day 15 First 10 minutes in class

(We are working on counting group points!)

Adding video after every 5th class

I am now cutting back my videos to once every 5 classes. Since I do not see this class every day, my next post will be Tues. Oct. 6! (I see them 6 days out of 8, for 40 minutes/class).

Day 10

Today was "House Day", a very exciting day full of activities and competitions for the entire school. The students are dressed in the colours of their house, so I thought it would be a good idea to review colours and to introduce the word "maison". (I realized after that "Quelle couleur est la maison Cartier" is not correct. I should have been asking "De quelle couleur.....). Oh well!

Sometimes starting class like this in the hallway can be a real challenge, especially if the hallway is busy, like today!

Day 10 Entry Routine

Day 10 First 10 minutes in class

At the end of this video I review the question words, but the camera was not on me, so I did it again here, with no students:

Questions

Day 9

Day 9 Entry routine

Day 9 First 10 minutes in class

This class has taken to singing "Comment ça va?" as soon as French class starts. They do this completely on their own! They love this song: it's from Alexandre and it's ancient. Cannot buy it anywhere anymore. I had an old cassette and converted it to CD and then into my computer.

I called the SMARTboard "Le tableau intelligent" today and my French immersion student told me it wasn't really intelligent.... I love this type dialogue with him because it allows the other boys to witness us having a regular conversation in French.

I was thrilled today when a student said "Trois mois..... saison!". He was trying to say "Il y a trois mois dans une saison". Baby steps towards fluency... it's so exciting!