Cycle 1 June

I know I have failed in keeping this blog up to date and I am very sorry. I might have the same goal next year and try again. Meanwhile, I am adding a few links I have shown to your kids in the English classroom. Some might only be pictures because I have read the book but not shown a video.

1. There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow by Lucille Colandro

2. Valentine Songs

Skidamarink Song

5 Little Hearts

3. St. Patrick's Day

I'm a little leprechaun

4. March: Eating Healthy

Apples and Bananas

5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Story read aloud

The Caterpillar Shoes (fun animated story)

From a caterpillar to a butterfly

6. Brown Bear Borwn Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle

Brown Bear Song

7. Do You Like Broccoli Ice Cream Song

Broccoli Ice Cream Song

8. Greetings and Feelings

Hello How Are you Song

I might come back and add more later on ;)

Cycle 1 November 24th

I will post everything I want to cover with the grades 1 and 2 before Christmas but don't be surprise if your child did not cover some parts yet. Depending on the groups I cover faster some parts.

Prepositions (6 positional words)

IN   ON   UNDER   IN FRONT OF   NEXT TO   BEHIND

Santa, where are you?

Prepositions (6 positional words)

IN FRONT OF   UNDER   ON TOP OF   BEHIND   NEXT TO   INSIDE

The Wheels on the Bus (Pete the Cat)

The Wheels on the Bus

Their favourite song these days (One of my favourite too!)

Little Snowflake

And of course we are also practising colours and school supplies, always :)

I will also soon give them a yellow sheet with important functional language to use in the classroom.
I am evaluating they communication in English during the second semestre. If students participate, sing the songs, repeat the words in class, use the yellow sheet in class, practise the vocabulary at home to use it in class, they should get a very good grade on this competency.

Homework

Students are still asked to do their other homework:

1. Watch TV

2. Listen to the music

3. Play video games

Always in English of course!

Cycle 1 (grades 1 & 2) 1st week of November

picture: http://www.moneymagpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/november.png 

First of all, sorry for not posting in the last few weeks, October was very busy!

To sum up what we did, I would say to we reviewed the alphabet + colours and practiced the ''5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate''. We had to put the story back in order. We also had to match the text with the pictures.

To review the alphabet, I'm reposting the song we sing in class.

ABCs

For November, we just started a new theme on Classroom Vocabulary.
Here is a short video we watched and sang in class (thanks to a colleague for sharing it wih me).

School Song

I also found a great website for studying vocabulary. I just made the list of words we have seen in class.

Try it out here: Study Classroom Vocabulary

I also showed them a song I would like them to learn before Christmas Holidays about a little snowflake falling from the sky. Little Snowflake

Coming:

- Prepositions
- The Wheels on the Bus - Pete the Cat

Homework:

I ask students to :

1. Watch English TV (or videos found on the Net)
2. Listen to English Music
3. Play English Video Games.

They can choose 1, 2 or 3.

Have a great November!

Cycle 1 (grades 1 & 2) 1st week of October

This week, students do their tests on colours.

On google images, you can find colouring sheets if you type in Color by numbers

Google Color by Numbers

Coming up next week:

5 Little Pumpkins (song/video)

I will also read them the book:

Vocabulary to be seen
-Numbers (ordinals)
-Pumpkins, Witches, Sitting, Gate, Late, Air, Scary, Run, Fun, Wind, Light, Rolling

Here are extra videos on Halloween if you want to watch some with your child
Knock Knock, Trick Or Treat, Who are you?
Five Creepy Spiders
Can You Make A Happy Face
Go Away!
Halloween Numbers Song

and many more!

Cycle 1 (grades 1 & 2) 3rd week of September

ABC song (sing)
The Rainbow Colors Song (sing and dance)

Traces of evaluation of Competency 1: To act on understanding of texts
- Flashcards on the board and I ask students: ''Go touch Purple and Yellow''

Test on colours coming up (not next week, but the week after).

We will also begin a Halloween Theme very soon.

If you want your kid to practice, here are some links from a fun website I like:

Colors Memory Game

Extra
Here are links to short videos on colors:

What color is this?
What's your favorite color? Dialogue
Colors are adjectives

Cycle 1 (grades 1 & 2), 2nd week of September

1. Review ABC
2. Let's learn colours

Movements with rainbow song (I know pink isn't a rainbow colour but I really like this song :) )

The Rainbow Colors Song

3. Read-Aloud (by me):

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni

A Color of His Own

4. Handouts on Colours (to be continued next class)

Coming: Colours again

Cycle 1 (grades 1 & 2), 1st week of September

Pete the Cat (book)
Book ''Trailer''
Pete the Cat - Rocking in My School Shoes (read by Eric Litwin)

ABC (song)

(I'm adding a link of a more standard version ABC muffin song, but feel free to explore youtube.com and find rock, rap and other versions depending on your child's preferences e.g. Alphabet Song)









http://lovethoseletters.wikispaces.com/Black+and+White+ABC+Chart

New Schoolyear (2014-2015)

Chers élèves et chers parents de l'école Eymard et de l'école Desjardins,

Je voulais vous dire bonjour et vous dire que je me sens très choyée d'avoir vos enfants quelques heures par cycle pour les aider à s'avancer dans la maîtrise de l'anglais et surtout pour leur partager ma passion pour cette langue.

J'en suis à ma 2e année en enseignement et j'avais le goût d'essayer de tenir un blog (tout un défi car je sais que ça demande beaucoup de temps). Comme je ne donne pas trop de devoirs/leçons à faire à la maison, je me suis dit que ce serait un bon moyen pour les élèves (et les parents) d'avoir un aperçu de ce que nous faisons en classe.

Pour ceux qui en ont envie, je vais parfois mettre des liens (surtout pour les chansons, les livres, des jeux, etc.) alors n'hésitez pas à aller faire un tour sur les sites et d'en parler avec vos enfants.

Ce blog ne sera pas parfait mais je vais faire de mon mieux pour le mettre à jour le plus souvent possible.

Merci,

Mrs. Gabby