smart boards!

I attended a workshop yesterday on how to create smart board activities that I can use while teaching French. I hope to start using the smart board in the library for my morning classes. I will write about how it goes. I think the grade 7s will be even more engaged.

Des sites Web

Both these websites have interactive activities where you can practice your French & the websites will tell you whether your answer is correct or not:

http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html


Using an online translator can sometimes be useful but there are a few things you should keep in mind:

- Don't put in an entire sentence or paragraph! The order of words does not translate the same from English to French. If you have a writing assignment, please use the phrases & the outline you are given in class instead.

- When entering a word, put "a" or "the" before it depending on the context (this will show you if the word is masculine or feminine & most of the time, you need the preposition in front of the word).

- Words often have more than one meaning so one way to check is to click on the French word that has just been translated & Google will give you different possibilities. The best way to know for sure if it is correct is to verify with a dictionary.

- You can listen to the translated word by clicking the speaker icon on the right hand side of the screen.

http://translate.google.com/#en|fr|

Les nombres

Since last week, all my classes have been learning the numbers in French. Each grade needs to know up to a different number each year. The requirement as written in the curriculum is as follows:

Grade 4 - the numbers 1 to 31
Grade 5 - the numbers 1 to 69
Grade 6 - the numbers 1 to 100
Grade 7 - the numbers 0 to 1000

A great way to support your child at home is to use flashcards. I am including a link to a website with printable number cards. Students will only be tested on the numbers required for their grade level.

here are links for the following numbers:

0-100
http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/thumbs1-5/s2b5.html

0 - 1000
http://www.sparklebox2.co.uk/thumbs91-95/s2b92.html

Instructions:
For both links provided, click the red rectangle on the top right hand corner that says "DOWNLOAD NOW!"

When printing the pages for students in Grades 4 & 5, choose only the pages relevant to the grade of your child. Another option is to just make your own flash cards by writing the numbers on slips of paper.

***Students will be tested on their numbers in French this Friday.