NEWS FROM THE FRENCH CORNER

Grade 5/6 brain stormed clothing vocabulary for the ancient civilization. They came up with: toge, tunique, ceinture, sandales, laurier (couronne), écharpe... The students decided to talk about this as a preview for their trip to the R.O.M.

Grade 3/4 are working on vocabulary related to body parts. So ,they sang the well known tune of 'tête, épaules, genoux et pieds...then had to memorize the words and their spelling in 1 minute. Bravo, Ava!

Grade 7/8  took up yesterday's homework and completed the information grid for bizarre animals. Crosswords on the unit vocabulary and verbs will be completed as homework.

Grade 1/2 are now preparing for International Mindedness Day. Since their class is doing France, Ms Clapham and I are planning activities together. It will be happening in the French room and the students will be in charge of French activities for the rest of the school.
At this point, they are humming La Marseillaise! They also brain stormed the typical French food. Hum, a lot of suggestions came up.

JK/SK had fun today while pretending they were 'des ours, des bernaches, des écureuils'. Then, they added actions to demonstrate what those animals would do when Winter arrives.
La migration, l'hibernation et la dormance.