Here we are in our fabulous pink! Ask your student about the assembly we went to today. It was all about inclusion. What can we do if we see someone being excluded? What does empathy mean? We'll talk more about the performance tomorrow. If you're interested in talking about empathy at home, there's a great song called The Empathy Song that I love. It's fun to sing, and it has a nice message. If it were in French I would certainly teach it to the class!
Please don't forget to send in your dance-a-thon envelopes tomorrow! So far I've only collected envelopes from half the class so there must be a lot more out there! On Friday, we are dancing from 9:05-9:40, so you will want to be right on time for school. Tell your dancers if they wear white, they will glow in the dark!
Words of the Week
All of these words contain the letter o but in “gomme”, “pomme”, “colle” and “je dors”, it’s a slightly
softer sound. Although “zoo” is spelled the same as in English, the word in
French is pronounced with a true ‘o’
sound, so imagine the second o just
isn’t there!
If you’re wondering about accents on letters other than ‘e’,
join the club. Your children have already asked me about what they do, and the simple answer is nothing!
“Gros” and “grosse” are the masculine and feminine version of
the same word (meaning large or big). In French, everything has a gender
- spoons are girls, books are boys! Even my French friend can’t explain to me a
fool-proof way of knowing what’s what, there are exceptions to every rule!
Anyway, once you know if you’re talking about something feminine or masculine,
you can adjust your adjective. E.g., L’éléphant est gros. La baleine est grosse. The kids have already seen that gender can affect words, for instance, un policier v. une policière, and cher v. chère.
gâteau, trop, le zoo, gros, grosse, tôt,
gomme,
je dors, pomme, colle
Bonus words: ciseaux, océan