This week in grade 1: Our focus has been on learning the colours! I found this song on youtube, but changed the lyrics and added more colours (we keep the general tune though). My kids love it! Here's the version we sing: Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert! Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert! Des couleurs pour créer un petit monde coloré, Bleu, jaune, rouge et vert, rouge et vert! Orange, violet, rose et brun, rose et brun! Orange, violet, rose et brun, rose et brun! Des couleurs pour créer un petit monde coloré, Orange, violet, rose et brun, rose et brun! Gris, turquoise, noir et blanc, noir et blanc! Gris, turquoise, noir et blanc, noir et blanc! Des couleurs pour créer un petit monde coloré, Gris, turquoise, noir et blanc, noir et blanc! My grade 1s started playing colour "bug in a rug". One student hides the bug under one of the cards, and the others try to guess where it is (saying the word in French). And a different version of the same game: Here is the "bang!" game that they started playing this week. They pull a card from the container, and if they can say it in French then they can keep the card. If they pull a "bang!" card then they get a second turn. When my grade 2s play "bang", we sometimes play that they put all their cards back in. Then we started to work our way through our colour books! Here are two examples below: With my grade 2s, we continued to review the colours and basic vocabulary from grade 1. They played colour dominoes, and had to match the colour square to the name of the colour: I also asked them different questions in French, and they drew and discussed their answers with me. I let them draw on their desks (they were STUNNED) and then we washed them after with a bit of soap and water. We practiced a longer version of the "septembre" poem that they learned in grade 1: And we reviewed different sentence starters: My grade 2s have also been playing colour "bang", but they have to use the word in a sentence. I am trying to break them of the habit of starting their sentences with "je vois", so we will slowly be adding in different options for sentence starters on our bulletin board. It was a busy week! Hope you're all settling in and enjoying getting to know your classes :)
