Adjectives - How to pronounce them

Masculin (male)	Feminine (female)
grand	grande	big
petit	petite	small
fort	forte	strong
faible	faible	weak
gros	grosse	fat
maigre	maigre	slim
jeune	jeune	young
vieux	vieille	old
bon	bonne	good
mauvais	mauvaise	bad
gentil	gentille	nice (human)
méchant	méchante	mean
beau	belle	handsome (beautiful)
joli	jolie	pretty
vilain	vilaine	ugly
laid	laide	ugly
amusant	amusante	fun
intéressant	intéressante	interesting
ennuyant	ennuyante	boring
content	contente	happy
heureux	heureuse	happy
fâché	fâchée	upset
malheureux	malheureuse	unhappy
triste	triste	sad
excité	excitée	excited
excitant	excitante	exciting
chaud	chaude	hot
froid	froide	cold
rapide	rapide	fast
lent	lente	slow
épais	épaisse	thick
mince	mince	thin
riche	riche	rich
pauvre	pauvre	poor
fatigant	fatigante	tiresome
mignon	mignonne	cute

Systèmes de vie (Life systems)

Est-ce que les animaux et les plantes sont importantS? Pourquoi? 
Are animals and plants important? Why? 

Animals, plants, human beings and the environment are all connected to one another. One affects the other. 

If there are no animals, we may not have food (e.g., meat, milk, cheese, eggs,... )
If there are no plants, we may not have food and air (e.g., vegetables, fruits, grains, honey, ...)
Plants produces oxygen, which living things need to breathe.
Animals need other animals, insects and plants to survive.

Il faut prendre soin de animaux, de plantes et l'environnement.
So we need to take care of animals,  plants and environment. 

How can we do that?

By treating and feeding animals well.
By growing our own vegetables.
By not wasting food and water.
By recycling and composting so that we can minimize waste.

Can you make some more suggestions?

Les adjectifs (The adjectives)

Adjectives are very important. In French, the adjectives often change slightly for female subject. Most of the time, an "e" is simply added to it.

	Masculin (male)	Feminine (female)
big	grand	grande
small	petit	petite
strong	fort	forte
weak	faible	faible
fat	gros	grosse
slim	maigre	maigre
young	jeune	jeune
old	vieux	vieille
good	bon	bonne
bad	mauvais	mauvaise
nice (human)	gentil	gentille
mean	méchant	méchante
handsome (beautiful)	beau	belle
pretty	joli	jolie
ugly	vilain	vilaine
ugly	laid	laide
fun	amusant	amusante
interesting	intéressant	intéressante
boring	ennuyant	ennuyante
happy	content	contente
happy	heureux	heureuse
upset	fâché	fâchée
unhappy	malheureux	malheureuse
sad	triste	triste
excited	excité	excitée
exciting	excitant	excitante
hot	chaud	chaude
cold	froid	froide
fast	rapide	rapide
slow	lent	lente
thick	épais	épaisse
thin	mince	mince
rich	riche	riche
poor	pauvre	pauvre
tiresome	fatigant	fatigante
cute	mignon	mignonne

Can you use them to ask questions or to give answers?

Try saying:

Are you nice? 

Es-tu gentil? (if a male)

Es-tu gentille? (if a female)

Oui, je suis gentil (if a male) or gentille (if a female).

Are you sad?

Es-tu triste?

Oui, je suis triste.   (Yes, I am sad)

Non, je ne suis pas triste.   (No, I am not sad)

If you are a parent, ask your child to formulate more questions and giving answers using adjectives.

Je suis, tu es ... (I am, you are ... )

Je suis                             I am

Tu es                             You are

Il est                               He is

Elle est                              She is

Je suis Ante.                        I am Ante.

Tu es Simar.                    You are Simar.

Il est Jerome.                   He is Jerome.

Elle est Kashyla.              She is Kashyla.

 

 

Practice saying those words. You can use your name or other names.

Practice saying, J'aime (I like, love)

J'aime .....                          I like or love ....

J'aime l'école                     I like school

J'aime ma maman             I love my mom

J'aime mon papa               I love my dad

J'aime danser                     I like to dance

J'aime chanter                   I like to sing

J'aime dormir                     I like to sleep

J'aime jouer au soccer       I like to play soccer

J'aime Kampa                         I like or love Kampa

J'aime mon chien               I like or love my dog

 

Can you make more sentences?

Timeline (Ligne de temps)

What is a timeline?

A timeline is just a way to display events based on time. 

Here's a simple one - The timeline of important events in the life of a child.

Can you help your child do a timeline for himself or herself? 

Instead of writing the events, your child can draw or put photos on it.

Jouer - To Play

 

Un jeu                                                                       A game

jouer                                                                            to play

 J`aime jouer au soccer.                             I like to play soccer

J`aime jouer au hockey.                           I like to play hockey

 J`aime jouer avec David.                     I like to play with David

J`aime jouer avec mon frère.     I like to play with my brother

C`est mon tour.                          It`s my turn.

C`est ton tour.                          It`s your turn.

J`ai gagné!                                            I won!

J`ai perdu.                                               I lost.

 

 

Play a game and practice saying those words.

Write them down several times to remember them.

Les animaux (Partie 2) - Animals (Part 2)

 

We learned about domestic and farm animals the other time.

Today we are going to learn about wild animals.

Les animaux sauvages  (Wild animals)

L'aigle                            (the eagle)

Le crocodile                 (the crocodile)

Un éléphant                  (an elephant)

La girafe                        (the giraffe)

Le guépard                   (cheetah)

L'hippopotame            (the hippopotamus)

Le kangourou              (the kangaroo)

Le koala                        (the koala bear)

Le leopard                    (the leopard)

Le lion                           (the lion)

Le loup                         (the wolf)

L'ours                          (the bear)

Le panthère                (the panther)

Le puma                    (the puma)

Le rhinocéros           (the rhinoceros)

Un singe                    (a monkey)

Le tigre                      (the tiger)

Le serpent                (the snake)

Le gorille                  (the gorilla)

Un cerf                      (a stag)

La moufette             (the skunk)

Une grenouille         (a frog)

Une tortue                (a tortoise) 

 

Student-led Parents-Teacher Interview

I am very pleased to be able to meet all of you. Thank you for taking the time to come to the interview. It shows how much you support your child in his or her learning.

You now have an idea what he or she has learned in school and what he or she may have to work on to improve. I know it is not easy to help your child when you do not know French. Nevertheless, by showing interest in his or her daily work and by using the classroom website to monitor his or her understanding, the child will learn faster. Encourage him or her to try the interactive activities on the links and to practice writing properly. I cannot stress enough the saying - Practice makes Perfect!.
Thank you again for your support.

M. Wong

1 - 100

After 20, it becomes very easy to count. You will notice, it follows the same pattern.

20     vingt                  (twenty)

21     vingt et un        (twenty and one)

22     vingt-deux        (twenty two)

23     vingt-trois        (twenty three)

Can you guess what comes next?

24     vingt-quatre    (twenty four) 

25     vingt-cinq        (twenty five)

Notice vingt et un, there is no hyphen between the numbers vingt and un. 

But after that, there is always a hyphen up to 30.

30      trente              (thirty)

31      trente et un    (thirty one)

32      trente-deux    (thirty two)

33      trente-trois    (thirty three)

I'm sure, you can do 34 to 39.

40      quarante                (forty)

50      cinquante               (fifty)

60      soixante                 (sixty)

70      soixante-dix           (seventy)

80      quatre-vingts         (eighty)

90      quatre-vingt-dix    (ninety)

100    cent                        (hundred)

Can you say 41, 42, 43 ... 

Be careful:

From 70 to 99, you start using 11, 12, 13 ... instead of 1, 2, 3 ...

71 is soixante et onze    (60 and 11) 

72 is soixante-douze      (60 - 12)

73 is soixante-treize      (60 - 13)

If you can remember that, you can count up to 100.

Congratulation!

Félicitation!

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Les règles de la classe (Class rules)

Je respecte le professeur et les élèves

I respect the teacher and the students

Levez la main avant de parler

Raise your hand before speaking

J'écoute attentivement

I listen attentively

Je travaille tranquillement 

I work quietly

Je travaille en coorpération

I work together with others

Ne touche pas!

Do not touch!

 

Règles dans la communauté (Rules in the community)

Dans chaque société il y a des règles

In every society there are rules. 

Savez-vous pourquoi?

Do you know why? 

Les règles aident la communauté d'être en sécurité et à bien fonctionner. 

The rules help the community to be safe and to function well.

Sans les règles, il y aura beaucoup de problèmes.

Without rules, there will be a lot of problems. 

Chacun peut faire ce qu'il veut et blesser les autres.

Every one can do what they want and hurt others in doing so.

Nous avons des règles à la maison, comme les enfants doivent se coucher après une certaine heure.

We have rules at home, like children have to go to bed after a certain time.

À l'école nous avons des règles, comme les élèves ne doivent pas courir dans le corridor. 

In school we have rules, like students must not run in the hallway.

On appelle les règles de la province, lois. Par exemple, on ne doit pas voler.

The rules of the provinces are known as laws. For example, we must not steal.

Est-ce que tu penses que les règles sont bons pour nous?

Do you think the rules are good for us?

Les nouveaux mots (The new words)

En français	In english
ici là-bas trop tard fâché sale manger patience rire pas de commentaires	here there too late upset dirty eat patience laugh no comment

Faire des liens (Making connections)

 

When reading a book, make connections to 

• your personal experiences 

• something you heard about 

• something you read

Those connections can help you understand the story better.

 

Ça me rappelle ...           It reninds me of ...

 

Anniversaire (Birthday)

C'est mon anniversaire!

It's my birthday!

C'est l'anniversaire de ma maman.

It's my mom's birthday.

C'est l'anniversaire de Kampa.

It's Kampa birthday.

 

Joyeux anniversaire!

 Happy birthday!