Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année 2019!

This is an adorable French video with English subtitles explaining Christmas through the eyes of some delightful children!

Joyeux Noël!

May the Presence of our Saviour Jesus Christ in your life be the greatest present you receive this Christmas! Have a wonderful Christmas vacation and see you January 7!

God's blessings,

Mme Christensen

Il est né, le divin enfant

This has been an exciting week as our school has been preparing for our Christmas concert that took place on Thursday! We have been learning Christmas vocabulary related to the nativity scene or la crèche. Here is a link to a very well-known Christmas carol that is sung by countless French children and we have been practicing it from time to time during Advent. Its title means, He is born, the Divine Child, referring to our Saviour, Jesus:

Il est né le divin enfant

You can practice some Christmas vocabulary using the online game, Sam Amuse, found here:

Christmas vocabulary lessons

Christmas vocabulary games

Let us take time this Christmas to remember that Jesus is coming again; let us prepare to be ready to meet Him!

Mme Christensen

Grade 5/6 avatar projects

Here is the long-awaited posting of the Grade 5/6 avatar projects. Bravo, mes élèves!

Bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Christensen

Student-led Conferences

This past week we had an opportunity to celebrate our accomplishments this past term! Grade 3/4 students presented their chatterpix projects to their parents, which are located on this blog:

Grade 3/4 Chatterpix Projects

Grade 5/6 and 7/8 students presented their avatar projects to their parents. Here are some samples of 7/8 projects:

Bravo, mes élèves! Great job, everyone!

À lundi,

Mme Christensen

More Mona Lisa

This week the Gr. 3/4 students who did not have an opportunity to play the role of Mona Lisa in French class did so!  Here is a sample of the types of conversations students would have in this role, using the structures learned in class this term: 

And some still photos of students who have done similar work: 

This past week in Gr. 5/6 and 7/8, we have been reviewing material that will be presented at student-led conferences. In all classes, we have begun learning or reviewing vocabulary for our new units in the second term.

Bravo, mes élèves et bonne fin de semaine!

Mme Christensen

Mona Lisa

Since the past couple weeks have seen us focusing on our projects and written work, it was time to get back to some oral work and fun in a different capacity; specifically, as a very famous subject of art! Some of us got into character as we answered the following questions:

• Comment t'appelles-tu? (What is your name?)
• Comment ça va? (How are you?) Pourquoi? (Why?)
• Quel âge as-tu? (How old are you?)
• Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? (What is your birthday?)
• En quelle année es-tu?
• Est-ce que tu aimes l'automne? (Do you like fall?)

We hope to finish interviewing the rest of the class next week!

Bonne fin de semaine!

Mme Christensen

C'est le Jour du Souvenir

We stop to honour those who fought and sacrificed all on our behalf so that we could live the blessed lives we have today.

Veterans Affairs Canada has a website in French and in English that is an excellent source of information that helps us honour the sacrifices our veterans have made:

Remembrance Day Learning Resources  

Bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Christensen

Chatterpix, from Grades 3 and 4!

Well done, Grade 3 and 4 students! Here are the Chatterpix videos we put together today. We hope to have two more videos added to this next week when our students who were absent today come back.
Please note that the longer videos have been done by our Gr. 4 students.

Bravo, mes élèves!

The Grade 5/6 and 7/8 students are all working hard on their avatar projects. Their work is scaffolded according to their grade level; we look forward to seeing the finished results soon!

Bonne fin de semaine,

Mme Christensen

Chatterpix, en français

This week our gr. 3/4 class will be writing short scripts and creating their own chatterpix en français! We will be using structures that we have learned this term for this project. Here is a sample that demonstrates our learning for Gr. 3:

Here is a sample that demonstrates our learning for Gr. 4:

We look forward to having fun speaking, reading and writing in French to create our chatterpix!

Bonne semaine, 

Mme Christensen

Les avatars

Our Grade 5/6 and 7/8 classes are making avatars online using this online link, en français!

Créez un avatar

Here's a peek at some of the 7/8 creations...

Now, the students' task will be to describe their avatars.  Students will be using the verb "être", which means "to be"  as well as other verbs and adjectives we have been learning (please see the previous post).  Here is an example of one finished piece of work:

Voici mon avatar!

Elle s'appelle Stephanie.

Elle a 15 ans.

Elle a les cheveux longs, et les yeux bruns.

Mon avatar est en 8iem année.

Stephanie a deux chiens et deux chats.

Sa couleur favorite,  c'est bleu.

Please enjoy this little song that will help us remember the verb être:

The verb être

Bonne fin de semaine!

Mme Christensen