Gr 5 PYP Exhibition

On Thursday, March 30 and Friday, March 31, Grade 5 students amazed us with their performances about many environmental and social issues.  
Thanks to all of them!
We are very proud of their achievements and their deep reflections!

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Monday, 20 March, International Day of Francophony

On Monday 20 March, we celebrate the International Day of Francophony.
All the students participated in different activities to better understand how, to what extent and why French language is spoken in the 5 continents.

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Click here to know more about this festival.

Students led conference activities

Dear parents, I am so pleased to welcome you for the students led conference on Wednesday 5 April. 

1. What is a student-led conferences?
It’s an opportunity for children to share preselected learning experiences from various subject areas with their parents.

2. The purpose of the student-led conference is to:
- Promote home and school partnership
- Increase students’ responsibility for their learning and promote reflection
- Demonstrate the PYP learner profile and attitudes
- Inform parents about what and how their child is learning
- Show progress made
- Encourage two-way interaction 

3. Four Activities
Four areas have been prepared in the room. Each area will help your students to show his/her progress in:

1. Speaking
a) "Le tableau rouge": Describe the people that you want (speak about their physical appearance, their feeling, their clothes, their preferences...)

2. Writing

a) "Vocabulaire": Write 5 adjectives to describe people.
b) "La phrase négative": Create negative sentences by using the pictures.
c) La description d'1 personne: Choose a picture that inspire you and write on the white board a few sentences to describe him/her.

3. Reading

    a) "Les syllabes": Listen to these syllables and identify the incorrect ones. Click here. 

       Correction. Click here
b) "Les chiffres" Create the jigsaw puzzle and read the numbers.
    c) "La description des 3 personnes": Match the people description with their picture.
    d) "La description d'1 personne": Read the text and answer the questions.

4. Understanding: 
Each task includes a recording or a video.  

      a) "Les adjectifs énergiques": Listen to the recording and slap the board. Click here.

      b) "Marc Porte": Dress up Marc according to the indication given.Click here.

      c) "L'inconnu": Listen to this song and tick the write answers

    Click here.

Participate with your child in these activities and have fun together!

Do you want to hear more about your kids’ achievements during this last unit?
Please watch their awesome learning tasks on my blog:

Grade 2: 1. Reading skill: Father or friend description 2. Presenting skill: I present my monster
Grade 3: 1. Reading skill: My monster description 2. Presenting skill: Drama performance
Grade 4: 1 Reading skill: “Décris-toi”! “Qui est cette fille?” 2. Presenting skill: I present my favorite star
Grade 5: 1. Reading skill: “Qu’est-ce que tu portes?” 2. Presenting skill: Drama performance

Select their grade icon and unit 3. 

We welcome our Guest speaker today!

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On Friday, February 24th, Bruno came in classroom and students had a chance to practice French with a native.
Please, write a comment about this activity with Bruno in French language, please?
Make sure you use the patterns you learned in the classroom.
The activity is.....      L'activité est....
Bruno is....               Bruno est...

Don't forget to write your name, please. I am looking forward to reading your feedback!

My own French level evaluation

My dear students,

These last months, you have been learning French. Maybe, this was the first time ever you learn a new language and you feel that it was challenging. Or, some of you have been learning French for a while and do not have the same feeling. I would like you to express yourself and to answer these following questions to write about your learning journey.

Make sure you write your name, your grade first. 

Question 1: When you think about your own learning experience, to what animal can you be compared to? Why?

Question 2: What are your greatest strength?

Question 3: What are your greatest weakness?

Question 4: What was the most interesting work you did? Why? 

Question 5: What was the most challenging work you did? Why? 

Question 6: What action will you take to have more pleasure in learning and using the French language?

Are you interested in French fashion?

Hi Guys,
In case you want to discover more about French fashion and at the same time review about this unit, please watch this short video: Oh là là, I look French!
Watch the 2^nd part of the video: 4.32-6.11: “ La Rubrique de Miss Nini”.

Answer these questions:

      a. Why Paris became the fashion capital of the mode?

      b. Where can we find fashion shops in Paris?

 Watch the 3^rd part of the video: 6.11-10.00: “Le kit de survie shopping”.

Translate in French the following sentences. Sometimes, there are different answers, choose one that sounds easy for you.

c. May I help you?.

d. Do you have…?.

e. I’m looking for

f. Do you like it? 

g. Yes, a lot 

h. Not really

Before answering, think about writing the students'names. Thank you! Have fun while discovering about fashion!

An original advertissement

Dear Grade 5 students,
Please, watch this original advertisement and write a comment to describe it by pairs.
Click here. 
Criteria: your text should have at least 50 words, it should be written in present text and you have to make a good use of the verbs TO BE, TO HAVE and ER Verbs.

Making the vocabulary alive

Here is a game played by Gr 3 students to review the unit vocabulary. Thanks to all of them for playing together, it was fun!