School words - an update

This week, we made a list of actions (verbs) that happen at school, in order to further build the students' vocabulary.  We read the words, acted out the words, made up sentences using the words orally and in our journals.  Here is a picture of our class list:

I have created an online flipping book on FlipSnack, which can be viewed here.  It has all the classroom words as well as some of the verbs seen in the picture above. 

Over time, I will add other pages to this online book, so that there is always an easy way to look back at all that we have studied in class.  If you would like to download a .pdf version of this document for your own use, you can do so by clicking on the embedded picture below. 



I have also added the article words (le la les des un une l'), and some high-frequency words that we have learned so far such as deux, je, j', je suis, c'est, and et.  If you would like to use these to practice reading with your child, please do!

Next week, I plan on playing this song for the class, so feel free to give them a sneak peek this weekend.  It is a fun rap song called Mon sac à dos:

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone!

Home Reading

The students are doing a great job remembering to have their agenda signed by you, and getting their home reading done - I am impressed!  When bringing home books in particular (although this could apply to any home reading materials), there are a few rules we have discussed as a class:
1) no eating or drinking near the books
2) books are treated respectfully and with care
3) books are not to be handled by little brothers, sisters, or pets (they are for grade 1 students only)
4) the books stay in the sac vert when they are not being read
5) they need to be returned to school the next day

It has taken a lot of money (merci, parent council!), time, and hard work to build up the grade 1 class libraries, so your support in assisting your child to be responsible with the home reading materials is greatly appreciated.  The cost to replace lost or damaged books is 5 dollars.

Thanks so much for your support at home with the home reading program.  For those looking for an iPad equivalent to google translate, last year a parent told me about an app called iTranslate, which she found to be a very useful tool for at-home reading.  I will add these two links to the side bar for easy reference.

Today we discussed what plural words are (they usually are followed by article words des or les, or a number word that is more than one like deux), and we learned that plural words have an s or x at the end of the word but that those two letters at the end of a plural word are silent letters. 
Tip:  Why not have your child to practice this by finding all the plural words and practice reading them, making sure that the s and x are silent at the end?

Tomorrow, I will post an online version of the words, as well as some frequent French words, and some verbs related to school, for those who wish to have further practice at home.  Next week, we will begin writing sentences related to our word study poster.