I was very excited today because I finally got around to preparing the scripts for our plays. Last week I asked the class what some of their favourite stories are. From their suggestions, I chose four and I have turned them into 4 plays that we will work on. Every student has a role in one of the plays and some lines to memorize. In the past, I've found that putting on plays is a fantastic way to get students using a lot of full sentences in French. I'm excited to try it with this group. As I often do when something is important, I've gone on and on about taking care of our scripts and making sure they are always with us at school. If the actors want to practice their lines at home, or if you'd like to help them rehearse, that's great, but please remind your actor/actress to put his/her script right back in the pochette so that the script is always at school. We are not relying on at-home practice will be rehearsing often with our groups, so we need to have our lines here. There is no expectation of how much you might practice at home and no deadline for memorizing. With lots of repetition, I know all students will end up knowing not only their own part, but probably their whole play! When we're pretty good with the words, we can work on acting and accessories. It'll be a great project for us to work on over the next few months. Please ask your actor or actress what play they are in and what role they have. You might want to request that they bring their script home over March break if you have some long road trips planned!
Today we also worked as a class to put prices on all our garage sale items. Thank you very much for your contributions! Ask your student what the different prices are and what they might like to purchase on Thursday. I've had some questions from the kids about bringing money from home. Absolutely not! We don't need any real money! All students will receive 20 cents of school money and will need to show me how they plan to spend it, and the change they will receive, before they can buy anything. They'll have to decide whether they would like to buy several less expensive items, or just one special thing. If you like, you can play some money games at home too. Give your child a bit of change and tell them they need to pay for their dessert! See if they can count out 15 cents for a bowl of strawberries! Could be super fun!
In writing, we got a lot of work done today on our individual procedural writing task. Everyone is writing instructions for how to decorate a gingerbread man. We are trying to remember what our partner rubric suggested we should work on. For some of us this means taking the time to draw helpful illustrations. For others, it means looking up words in our dictionaries or on the word wall. For many of us, it means remembering the majuscule et petit point in every sentence! Ask your writer how they're doing on this project.
Now that we’re experts in tons of French sounds, we’re reviewing
all our sounds within slightly more complex words. Each week, challenge your
expert to figure out which sound is found in all the words on the list. Suggest
that they circle all the ‘a’s in green, ‘e’s in blue, ‘i’s in purple (for
instance).
pas, mars, avec, mal, calme, la balle, le
canard, avril, le rat
Bonus words: ajoute, théâtre