Some additional resources

Bonjour!  Here a list compiled by our French Department at OCSB with additional links and resources to learn French at home.

Idéllo - TFO Family Camp folder

• Thematic folders that offer resources for your 6 to 9 year-old child:
   https://www.idello.org/en/resource/30544-TFO-Family-Camp

Radio-Canada Kids Zone:

• https://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/prescolaire

Bingo games:

• Numbers 0 to 20:  https://samamuse.ca/jeux/bingo3x3nombres0a20.html
• Colored shapes:  https://samamuse.ca/jeux/bingo5x5formescolorees.html

Online Games

• Listening Game: Classroom Objects: 
   https://samamuse.ca/jeux/chosesclasseniv05.html
• Concentration games

Numbers 0 to 20:  https://samamuse.ca/jeux/memoirenombres.html

Letters:  https://samamuse.ca/jeux/memoirelettres.html

• Reading Games:  https://grover.concordia.ca/abra/fr/

Week March 30-April 3

Bonjour mes amis!  Hello everyone. This is our second week of learning from home.  I hope everyone is well and keeping busy at home. I have put together another week of learning activities.  It will follow our last week’s model, as this is what we would usually do at school.

Please remember that if you ever have any questions, please reach out to me on seesaw or email me at michelle.boudreau@ocsb.ca.

Have a great week and stay well!

Reading Monday:

If you cannot find a french book, you can use an English book from home and translate the words to French using Google Translate.  Remember, there are lots of online French books to use as well at these links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK-fhlgzn2U&list=PLHxI1Bg9FYLDDrfEzJJLmzZQuAgVdDHwz

https://sites.google.com/ocsbstudent.ca/labiblio-virtuelle-fsl-ocsb/les-textes-de-fiction?authuser=0 

Have your child talk about the main characters, the setting, their favourite part, their favourite colours…  They can even draw a picture of what they liked best about the story.

Ask your child to read the following google slide show. It is a French easy reader that reviews our thematic vocabulary words:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TBjVKrOmwXk6M2-v1WWivmQ7qlXIjcnTKgF0PXek1R8/edit?usp=sharing

Thinking Tuesday:

We usually work in our duotangs on Tuesdays at school.  

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A0d296ecc-5218-464d-91eb-4b0dfedde5b1

This is a printable document of the French alphabet.  Your child can do as many as they wish over the next few weeks.  There is no rush.  

Writing Wednesday:

If you have started a French journal at home, today is the day to continue working in it.  If not, this is a good day to start one.  

Here are some sentence starters:

J’aime… (I like)

Je vois… (I see)

Voici…  (Here is)

This is a good time to use some of our new spring French vocabulary words.  “J’aime sauter dans la flaque.”

Tech Thursday:

Consider exploring some new and fun French apps.  Please go to the “French Apps” post on this blog for the links.  

Fun Friday:

We usually go to Learning Centers every Friday.  So, let your child pick their own learning today.  Being involved in their play and talking to them about what they are doing and learning provides lots of opportunities to speak French.  Point out simple vocabulary words like colours, numbers, animals, food… You can ask them to be the teacher and tell you what they know in French!  I’m sure you will be amazed!

Have a great week!  Happy Learning!

Mme B

Just a quick "bonjour"...

Hi and Bonjour.  I hope everyone is well and managing to stay positive at home with your children and family.  Day 12 of self-isolation over here!  It's been a roller coaster of emotions.  We started home-schooling Monday and it's been a learning curve, but the boys seem to be settling into their new reality.  I just wanted to send out a big hug to everyone and to let you know that you are not alone if you are feeling overwhelmed by all of this. 
Here's a song for everyone to help you remember that through all of this uncertainty... Jesus loves you. 

Google Slides

Happy Tuesday!  I hope everyone is well and you are able to access the links on this blog.  I am creating some google slides to act as easy readers for your children to use at home.  Here are some to get you started:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TBjVKrOmwXk6M2-v1WWivmQ7qlXIjcnTKgF0PXek1R8/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16glYwlJic3FbVSfuN2_bCv5oNqye2NWIr-aZM-7p9JA/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18gaVIsRvRHmnkYr60FvVoPjRX2ty2VK16cXz2gSo4ug/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Znb8DXo3ugtg7E6oQzsVUKCblIW3Zdn_isoTW_2hpcQ/edit?usp=sharing

Useful links

Hi again,
Just experimenting sharing some of my google docs.  Let's see if this works!


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-9vPKPOM_bHWFL7XlM8N5fZmeWLRQ2l8P5Ko00o6KV4/edit?usp=sharing

Here are some adobe files on the seasons and le printemps to print at home.  

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ad4698e4d-6502-4b9b-8d19-8587d0347ebf

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Ac39f7587-0ba5-4220-9156-44d68576678b

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A07b6490c-dec6-46a5-b967-274afd12aba2

French Apps

Here are three French apps that I use at school with the children:

1.  Gus on the Go
2.  Fun in French
3.  Duolingo
4.  Boukili (ipad only)

They can all be found in the App Store on your smart device.

Here are some more websites to check out too:

https://www.idello.org/en
https://www.force4.tv/fr/series


They all have free options to get you going.  I will keep my eyes open for more good ones and let you know.
Take care!

Week March 23-27

Bonjour mes amis!  I hope that you are all well!  I am definitely missing all of you.  Here is this week's French school work to do at home.  You can do as much as you want and don't need to follow this particular order. I will update this blog regularly with new ideas, themes and resources.  I hope that we can all see one another soon.  God Bless!
Mme  B

P.S:  Don't forget to check our the YouTube page on this blog for new songs to sing at home too!

Here is a link to my YouTube channel so you can see all the songs that we practice at school too:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC22q-o_ZZmKdT9TGGMZKzQ?view_as=subscriber

1.  Reading.  Here is an amazing link with French read aloud stories.  There are lots to choose from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK-fhlgzn2U&list=PLHxI1Bg9FYLDDrfEzJJLmzZQuAgVdDHwz

https://sites.google.com/ocsbstudent.ca/labiblio-virtuelle-fsl-ocsb/les-textes-de-fiction?authuser=0

2. Have your child write in a French Journal at home.  They can practice writing the date.  They can talk about the weather "Il fait soleil.", what they like, "J'aime les chats.", or what they see "Je vois Maman.".  Have them draw a picture to go with their sentence.  

3.  Here is a French website to practice basic themes and vocabulary.  I love this site.  We use it daily at school:

https://sites.google.com/ocsbstudent.ca/labiblio-virtuelle-fsl-ocsb/les-textes-de-fiction?authuser=0 

4.  Listen to your favourite music and draw.  We do this often.  It allows the students time to decompress after a busy day and talk about their feelings.  I will talk to them about what they have drawn and ask them to point our colours, shapes and feelings in French.  This is a great time for them to practice their French oral skills. 


5.  Here are our new French vocabulary words to practice.  Your child can practice copying them and draw the picture to match.  These words can be practiced everyday.  It's a good way to start your French lesson.

La pluie:	Le parapluie:
Les fleurs:	La flaque:
L’oiseau:	L'oeuf:

March update

Happy March everyone!  Next week is March Break and St. Patrick's day.  My birthday falls on St. Patrick's day so we have been discussing it quite a bit this week.  Today we watched a short video in French explaining the traditions and history behind this special holiday. 
Here are some vocabulary words to support our learning:

Le pot d’or	Le trèfle
Le farfadet	L’arc en ciel
Vert	St. Patrick