Les nouveaux mots

This week, we are reviewing a few “j’ai” expressions, and comparing them to a matching “tu as” expression. Tu as is the verb avoir in the 2^nd person singular (“you have”). You can practise using “tu as” to replace every “jai” in the phrases from the last 2 weeks!

Already at school we have practised making an "I" statement (e.g., "J'ai un chat à la maison.") and then having a different person repeat what they said back to them (e.g., "Tamara, tu as un chat à la maison.")

We also talked about the silent 's' on the word "as" when it follows "tu". Just like the rule where the word after "je" ends with 'e' (e.g., je marche), this is just another thing we have to memorize.

The 10 reading words for the week beginning April 29^th are:

J’ai six ans.	Tu as sept ans.
J’ai les cheveux courts.	Tu as les cheveux longs.
J’ai les yeux clairs.	Tu as les yeux foncés.
J’ai un poisson.	Tu as un oiseau.
Je n’ai pas fini.	As-tu fini?

In French this week, we're also going to attempt to finish planning the beginning, middle and end of our stories. We know that all stories have some kind of problem in the middle, which is resolved at the end. We have already spent some time thinking and planning what our problem might be, but it would be worth talking about at home just in case ideas are needed (sometimes my ideas don't seem to help!).

Otherwise, we're chugging on with the stuff I posted about last week, but with some subtraction thrown in. Look out Wednesday for 3 very important notes coming home!

Talk to you soon,

Tamara