Mes mots - 3 (My words - 3)

45.   D'abord   (First)
46.   Puis   (Then)
47.   Ensuite   (Afterwards)
48.   Finalement  (Finally)
49.   C'est sale   (It's dirty)
50.   C'est mouillé   (It's wet)
51.   À partir de maintenant   (From now on)
52.   propre   (clean)
53.   rien   (nothing)
54.   toucher   (touch)
55.   organisé   (organized)

Mes mots -2 (My words - 2)

34.   Je suis désolé   (I am sorry)
35.   Je m'excuse   (I apologise)
36.   Je suis fatigué   (I am tired)
37.   Je t'aime beaucoup   (I like/love you a lot)
38.   Je vous aime   (I like/love you)   
39.   Comment dit-on ...    (How do we say ... )
40.   Je déteste le brocoli   (I hate broccoli)
41.   Je n'aime pas les arbres   (I don't like trees)
42.   faire   (do)
43.   Je dois faire mon dévoir   (I have to do my homework)
44.   As-tu mangé?   (Did you eat?)

Retelling a story (Raconter de nouveau l'histoire)

When you retell a story, start with:

Au début, ....      (In the beginning, .... )

Puis ....                                  (Then .... )

Ensuite, ....                    (Afterward .... )

À la fin, ....                    (At the end, .... )

 

It is important that there is a logical sequence in the telling or writing of a story.

Questions to ask when reading a book

These are the questions we need to ask ourselves when we read a book:

Qui ?           Who?

Quand?         When?

Où                   Where?

Comment?      How? 

Pourquoi?      Why? 

By getting the answers to those questions, it becomes easy to understand the story.

Teach your child the habit to ask those questions whenever they read a story book.

 

Paint with primary colours (Peindre avec les couleurs primaires)

Paint the picture below with water colours using only the 3 primary colours (blue, red, yellow).

Do you still remember how to produce the secondary colours (green, orange, purple) using the primary colours?

Bleu + Jaune = Vert

Rouge + Jaune = Orange

Bleu + Rouge = Purple

Mes mots - 1 (My words - 1)

To increase the vocabulary of the students, we are introducing 10 or more new words/ sentences everyday. 

These are a summary of the words they learned. They need to understand their meanings and to use them.

  

1. un enfant                      a child
2. mes mots                      my words
3. une école                      a school 
4. Comment vas-tu?        How are you?
5. Je vais bien                  I'm fine
6. Je veux                         I want
7. Je ne veux pas             I don't want
8. Je peux                         I can
9. Je ne peux pas             I can't
10. Je suis                           I am
11. J'ai                                I have
12. Je n'ai pas de cahier.    I don't have an exercise book.   
13. Je ne suis pas un bébé.  I am not a baby.
14. Je dois manger              I have to eat.
15. dormir                            to sleep
16. Je dors.                          I sleep
17. Je regarde                     I look
18. Je cherche                     I am looking for
19. C'est                              It is
20. Ce n'est pas                  It is not
21. fâché                              upset
22. en colère                        angry
23. triste                              sad
24. Essayez                         Try
25. une tasse                        a cup
26. un bonbon                       a candy
27. la grippe                         a cold
28. Je suis allé dans             I went to
29. un centre commercial    a mall
30. un cadeau                        a present
31. Noël                                 Christmas
32. Joyeux                             Merry
33. décoration                        decoration
34. Je sais                              I know
35. Je ne sais pas                  I don't know

Objets à 3 dimensions (3 Dimensional Objects)

This is an interactive lesson for 3 dimensional objects.

 

Inscris ton nom ici = Write your name here.

Inscris le nom de ton poisson ici = Write the name of your fish here. 

Click on OK.

Est-ce correct? = Is it correct?

Click on OK.

Click on Objets à 3 dimensions and then on any crystal. There are 5.

See if you can do the exercises.

How to say, I have ... (J'ai ...)

We have done that in class. They need to practice making sentences with that verb. 

I have a book = J'ai un livre.
I have a brother = J'ai un frère.
You have a beautiful cat = Tu as un joli chat or Vous avez un joli chat.
He has a big dog = Il a un gros chien.
We have a small house = Nous avons une petite maison.

Note:

You say, tu (you) to a friend.
For someone older (parents, teacher, someone you show respect) or if there are many people, you say, vous.

 

They do not have to learn it by heart. If they practice making sentences, they will eventually learn it.  Some prefer to learn it by heart because they find it easier to remember.

How to tally

We can make a survey, tally the results and then represent them in a chart.

Let's find out the favourite activity of the students in our classroom.

We make a table with a column for each activity. Then we tally the results in the columns. Finally, we represent the results in a Bar-Chart (Diagramme à colonnes)

Parents: Can you help your child do another survey fo find out the favourite food in your family (ask dad, mom, sisters, brothers, grandpa, grandma, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.) and represent the results in a chart?

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.