NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

JK, Sk and Grade 1, students are enjoying the warmer weather and adding expressions to their vocabulary. So, if you hear 'le gazon pousse', les fleurs sont bleues, rouges...'etc... don't be surprised. Also, we are working on 'devinettes' to identify animals by adding specific adjectives.

The grade 2 are composing short sentences using prepositions and capably express where things are. They use: sur, sous, devant, derrière, à côté de and dans.

The play is moving along well and there will be a short summary for the parents. The students are also learning the vocabulary related to the theatre.

Grade 5 are almost finished with the comprehension activities on the novel 'Le voleur'. They will do a book report and present to the class later this week.

Grade 6 are finishing their booklet with an activity on vocabulary related to where animals live. They also had a timed excercise where they had to match syllables to form words found in the unit 'Les agents d'immeuble'.

Grade 7 & 8 are working on prepositions as expressions. Material used is from the unit 'Sous Terre'. The rest of the week is dedicated to passé composé using être for the verbs 'partir & sortir'.