... oi
The best way I can describe the 'oi' sound in English is 'wa'. Last week we found lots of examples of this sound in books - actually, I didn't even need to ask the kids to look for it - they started finding examples all on their own! Your child may not be able to read every word on this list right away, but some of the shorter ones should be familiar (oiseau, noir, moi, toi) and it's possible to sound out the longer ones by breaking up the word.
To practise the 'oi' sound, we read a poem that's full of 'oi' words!
We circled all the words that had 'oi' in them (see below), and used that to help us read the poem. Then, we figured out what it meant by using the words we knew, and another day, we each got to draw our interpretation of the magic box!
The new words of the week (being sent home today) are: est-ce, que, lundi, des, avec
In math this week, we will move on to Data Management. This unit will be on graphing and reading graphs. I love this unit because it allows us to survey each other and display our own findings in a graph. We will start with a weather graph using data that we have collected over the last 4 weeks of tracking the weather every day. Here is one last picture from our first Number Sense unit. Each student had a card with a number and picture between 1 and 23. They had to put themselves in order from lowest to highest, and they had to try to do so without talking out loud! Quite the challenge!
Finally, in the Language Links section, I've posted a few Youtube videos of French songs for kids that I thought you might like to watch and sing at home. I'd like to draw your attention to "Poulette Grise". I just added it, and it's not my favourite video, but it's the only one I could find that has a similar melody to the song that the kids will learn. It's a very cute song that helps us learn vocabulary about places and colours. We will be learning it this week. Enjoy!