Students presented their “un sac a dos” this week and did a great job! We started working on mastering numbers in French to 69, although students did learn how to count up to 100. We sang along with some songs and practiced writing them. Students will continue to review numbers next week before having a quiz to demonstrate their understanding. The numbers and songs are below for further practice at home. —Mme Jagger
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Classes 4A and 4B have finished their study of "La Salle de Classe" (The Classroom) and are moving into a study of the vocabulary for parts of the body (e.g., la main, la tête). To introduce this topic we looked at this robot visual in class: www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect30/no_01/no_01.htm In French (as in English) plural forms of parts of the body are usually formed by adding 's' to the end of a noun. The plural 's' is normally silent in spoken French. In many instances though the plural form of a noun is significantly different from the singular form both in spelling and in pronunciation. This is likewise the case in English; for example: 'a foot' vs. 'two feet'. In French the singular of eye is 'l'oeil'. The plural form of this noun is: "les yeux." Unlike in English, French does have a plural form of the article 'the'. In French it is 'les'. It is somewhat like the difference between the English demonstrative pronouns 'this' versus 'these'. One is singular and the other is plural. In French there are four forms of the English word 'the': le, la, les, l' In class students learned the pronunciations of the parts of the body, we watched the robot video and identified the parts of the body in this manner. Students learned that many words sound similar to English: 'nez' means 'nose' and French 'pied' (foot) is a cognate of the English word 'pedal' or 'pedestrian' (one who walks). Another example is the French word 'dent' which means 'tooth'. We know a person who cleans and fixes teeth is called a 'dentist'. Students may use the visual of the robot at home as well as in class to study spelling and pronunciation. We are presently creating our own robots which we will introduce to the class. When we introduce the robots we will talk about the parts of the body. Some students have already finished the art portion of this project work and labeled their robots and will shortly be moving into practicing their presentations: Lastly, in today's class students watched a video about the French song 'Alouette'. This folk tune is familiar to many. In the song, the lyrics mention many parts of the body such as 'la tête', 'le cou' and so forth. We learned that Alouette was a song that was sung by the Voyageurs. We are also learning about the Voyageurs in social studies class this week.
This week students continued to work on their un sac a dos projects in class. Projects were sent home on Thursday to finish and practice for their presentation next week. 4C will present on Monday, March 4th and 4D will present Tuesday, March 5th.
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The Grade 4 French teachers are:
Greg Brewer (4A & 4B) [email protected] Janice Jagger (4C & 4D) [email protected] Larissa Lavallee (4E & 4F) [email protected] Websites for Practicing French:
www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2french.html www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/french.htm www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm Archives
June 2019
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