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On Friday, November 20th  warmed up with "Tete, epaules, genoux, pieds" ("Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes").  I've copied the song below. A student was curious how his name would sound in French so we went around the room as I pronounced each child's name as it would be pronounced in French.  We then played a game of "Ouvre la Porte, Phillipe!" which gives the children the opportunity to use "Je m'appelle" (My name is...) and recognize the question "Comment tu t'appelles?").  They are becoming more and more comfortable trying new French words and phrases which is wonderful!

 

Tetes, Epaules, Genoux et Pieds (Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes)

 

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

 

(Head, shoulders, knees and feet, knees and feet)

 

J’ai deux yeux, un nez, une bouche et deux oreilles  (jay duz yuh un nay ewn boosh ay duz oray)

 

(I have two eyes, a nose, a mouth and two ears)

 

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

 

 

Notes from previous weeks 

On Friday, November 13th  we practiced a song about being cold and how we warm up by jumping on one foot, then the other foot and then both feet.  The kindergartners moved a lot following my directions (sautez! - sotay - jump; courez! - kooray - run; marchez! - marshay - walk; dansez! - dansay - dance)

 

On Friday, November 6th Trish Read was the guest teacher as I was at a conference.  They did some movement activities and games related to the colors.

On Friday, October 30th  we counted various Halloween symbols in a book students took home.  Each page began with "Combien?" (kombee-en:  How many?) followed by "Je vois" (juh vwa:  I see) and the number of items.  Below are the items we counted:

 

une araignée (ewn arenyay - one spider)

deux bons-bons (duh bonbon - two candies)

trois skelettes (trwa skulet - three skeletons)

quatre chats (katra sha - four cats)

cinq crânes (sank krahn - five skulls)

six sorcières (see sorseeare - six witches)

sept étoiles d’araignée (set aytwal - seven spider webs)

huit fantômes (weet fantome - eight ghosts)

neuf citrouilles (nuf seetrwee - nine pumpkins)

dix chauve-souris (dee shove sooree - ten bats)

 

 

 

On Friday, October 23rd there was no school due to Teacher Conventions.

On Friday, October 16th we counted to ten and assigned a movement to each number.  We jumped (sautez!), clapped our hands (frappez les mains!), tap your thighs (tappez les cuisses!), wiggled our arms (remuez les bras!).

There will be no French class On Friday, October 23rd as school is not in session.

 

On Friday, October 9th the students reviewed colors by playing a game.   Flowers of different colors were placed in the corners of the gym.  I called a category (for example:  Anyone who has a dog...) and students who fit into that category moved to the color I called.

We ended class with a few rounds of "Tete, epaules, genoux et pieds" (see below).

 

On Friday, October 2nd we began class with "Tete, epaules, genoux et pieds" (see below). Philippe la grenouille (the frog) introduced himself again using "je m'appelle" (my name is) and then led a game of "Philippe, Philippe, Ouvre la porte!" (Philippe, Philippe, open the door!).  This is similar to "What time is it, Mr. Fox?" Below are the phrases used in the game:

 

Children:  Philippe, Philippe, ouvre la porte!

 

Philippe:  Comment tu t'appelles?  (What's your name?)

 

Children:  Je m'appelle ___________________ (a different student's name each time) (My name is __________________)

 

Philippe:  ________ minutes (a number of minutes)

 

The students then take that number of steps.  If Philippe answers "tout de suite!" (he's coming to open the door right away) the children run back to where they started hoping not to get tagged by Philippe.

 

On Friday we played "Ou est Philippe?" with a new member of our class - a stuffed frog.  The kindergartners helped him move from lily pad to lily pad as I sang "Ou est Philippe? Ou est Philippe? Je ne sais pas. Je ne sais pas." (Where is Philippe?  Where is Philippe?  I don't know.  I don't know) and had to be ready to freeze on command (Le voila!  There he is!).  We ended class by reviewing some of the colors we learned last week ((bleu - blue, rouge-red, rose-pink). 

 

On Friday, September 11th the children began class with several rounds of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" in French.  The lyrics of which are included below.  They then wrote their names on and decorated a "bougie" (a candle - sounds like boojee) that will be added to the "birthday cake" for each month.  This is on the wall outside of the guidance office.  We walked back to the classrooms like "souris" (mice -sounds like sooree).  I look forward to having more fun with them next Friday!

 

Tetes, Epaules, Genoux et Pieds (Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes)

 

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

 

(Head, shoulders, knees and feet, knees and feet)

 

J’ai deux yeux, un nez, une bouche et deux oreilles  (jay duz yuh un nay ewn boosh ay duz oray)

 

(I have two eyes, a nose, a mouth and two ears)

 

Têtes, épaules, genoux et pieds, genoux et pieds  (tet aypole juhnoo ay pee-ay, juhnoo ay pee-ay)

 

It was great to see your children, some familiar, some new.  As you know, I meet with the two kindergarten classes together.  We will be having class in the gym as it allows us much more space to move around.  We will be doing a lot of movement activities as well as some singing and crafts.  

 

On Friday, September 4th Tracey Clements will be my guest teacher.  The students will be introduced to several symbols of France (a croissant, a beret, cheese, the Eiffel Tower, a castle, the Alps) and then move to the symbol in the gym.