NT: devoirs from 2/4

1.  Prepare a "chercher l'intrus" activity with the new vocabulary (adjectives).  Make sets of three related words, then add an unrelated word.  For example: heureux, ravi, triste, content.  Aim for 6-8 sets of words.

2.  Jules César worksheet with être.

3.  Continue working on your JC-Cléopâtre dialogue.

4.  Practice singing "Mains en l'air."

GR: devoirs from 1/29

1.  Finish the "chercher l'intrus" worksheet.
2.  Finish the "mots cachés" word search.
3.  Color as many of the alphabet coloring pages as you want.
4.  Keep watching the alphabet videos from last week and be prepared to tell me which one is your favorite and why.
5.  Check out some of these new alphabet videos and games, which will help you practice pronouncing the letters along with some words that start with those letters.

NT: devoirs from 1/28

1.  Practice replying to questions 6, 14, & 15.

2. Page 23, ex D & E.

3.  Jules César & Cléopâtre dialogue.

NT: devoirs from 1/21

1.  Finish the "descriptions" worksheet.

2.  See how many of the questions you can answer (from the "questions" page) without looking at your notes, and then practice saying the answers for all of them out loud.

3.  Continue to practice the "Spot It" vocabulary flashcards--we'll try the game again at the playdate on Sunday!

4.  Read the photocopied page about forming questions.

Bonus: Check out these different versions of the crocodile song--what vocabulary words do you recognize from "Roule Galette" and "Jules César"?

first class with GR!

Here are the songs we learned during our first class:

Dans la forêt lointaine

NT: devoirs from 1/15

1. Finish worksheet: Jules César vrai/faux.
2. Finish worksheet: Jules César adjectifs/infinitifs.
3. Finish worksheet: Famille adjectifs/infinitifs.
4. Practice "Spot It" vocabulary words with flashcards.

NT: devoirs from 1/12

1.  Read "La vraie vie de Jules César" aloud several times.
2.  Complete the Caesar/Cleopatra worksheet.
3.  Practice the alphabet and recent vocabulary by playing "Le pendu" (Hangman).
4.  Reread page 38 and explain to your dad in your own words what "subject pronouns" and "infinitives" are and what it means to "conjugate verbs."
5.  Chant the conjugation of "être" at least five times a day!  (Use the sound file I will email your dad.)

NT: devoirs from 12/3

1.  Reread "La vraie vie de Jules César" (while listening to the audio file).

2.  Finish filling out the Jules César vocabulary charts.

3.  Read photocopied pages 38-9.

4.  Continue working on the booklet.

NT: devoirs from 11/10

1.  Geography: Label the world map with the corresponding French vocabulary terms (from the geo vocab chart), and also add in some mountains, deserts, and rivers.  Read the Wikipedia handout on French geography (in English).

2.  Vocabulary/grammar: Do exercises A, C, and E (photocopied workbook pages).

3.  "La vraie vie de Jules Cesar": Read (and reread) the text, complete the vocab chart, and put the sentences in order.

4.  Booklet: Complete as many more "all about me" pages as you wish.


5.  "Spot It": Make flashcards with the vocabulary words for this game, ideally with a picture on one side and the word in French on the other.

6.  Continue practicing the following, ideally once every day while you're on traveling:

• Roule Galette script
• Counting 1-100 in French
• Saying the French alphabet
• Telling time
• "Spot It" flashcards

NT: devoirs from 11/5

Read the photocopied vocab/grammar pages and continue to work on the geography pages.