Séance 3. This week in French Club we did the following:

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1 Séance 3 This week in French Club we did the following: Watched the Muzzy video. The Friday group watched the first part, see last week s summary for the vocabulary. The vocabulary from this part of the video is the following: Je suis fort. = I am strong. Je suis grosse. = I am fat. Je suis belle. = I am beautiful. Je suis malin. = I am clever. Je suis courageux. = I am courageous. Tu es fort. = You are strong. Et toi, tu es grosse. = And you, you are fat. Et elle, elle est belle. = And she, she is beautiful. Il est courageux. = He is courageous. Et il est malin. = And he is clever. Non, non! Moi, je suis malin. = No, no! Me, I am clever. Grand. Je suis grand! Le Grand Muzzy! = Big. I am big. Big Muzzy. Petit. = Small. Practiced saying Je suis = I am. We acted out all the adjectives. We practiced saying I am a girl and I am a boy. Explained the colors and the homework. 1. The children should figure out what each color is from the picture clue, and then color the box with the French word for the color. 2. Each day your child should wear a different color. Explain that they have 30 seconds to run around in the house and touch everything they see that is that color. Each time they touch something, for example if the color is blue, they say C est bleue. Give them a countdown to get ready to go by saying Trois, deux, un, Partez! Count how many things they touch in 30 seconds. Write the number in the box next to the color. Note: there were some errors in the masculine/feminine forms of the words on the homework page that was distributed in class. Below you will find the corrected version. Desolée!! Extra writing practice for 3 rd graders, do as much as you want: Write out the word for the number in French. Write C est bleue! in the box as well. Find something that is blue in your house. Look up the word in a French dictionary or on Then write a sentence like the example: Une feuille est verte. = A leaf is green. Note: The leaf is feminine so a = une and we add an e to the end of verte.

2 Wednesday group made elephant trunks out of the paper towel rolls. Chose a color to make the elephant trunk. Je veux rouge. (The kids that came early had first choice of color.) Sang Un éléphant, ça trompe in groups sorted by color. Counted how many elephants we had of each color. Sang a new song Posez les pieds par terre Posez les pieds par terre. = Put your feet on the ground. This reminds us to keep our feet on the ground and sit up straight. Friday group sang the song Le Chameau Le chameau = the camel and has 2 humps on his back. Le dromadaire = the dromedary camel and has 1 hump on his back. Entrânant = dragging along. When you get to this part, you grab someone else to join you and become a camel. Vocabulary: Je suis fort. = I am strong. Je suis grosse. = I am fat. Je suis belle. = I am beautiful. Je suis malin. = I am clever. Je suis courageux. = I am courageous. Je suis grand. = I am big. Je suis petit. = I am big. Je suis une fille = I am a girl. Je suis un garcon. = I am a boy. C est rouge. = It s red. Trois, deux, un, Partez! = Three, two, one, Go! Je veux rouge. = I want red. Coller = to glue. Scotcher = to tape. Posez les pieds par terre. = Put your feet on the floor. Le chameau = the camel - has 2 humps on his back. Le dromadaire = the dromedary camel - has 1 hump on his back Talked about Hurricane Katrina victims in the French speaking city of New Orleans. Every year around mardi Gras, Becky Brown comes in and shares stories of what life is like where she is from in Louisiana, and shows us videos of the Mardi Gras parade with her family, brings in trinkets from the real Mardi Gras parade and explains about the traditions and festivities of people that live in New Orleans. This year, in hurricane Katrina, the several families that are employed by Becky s brother in New Orleans were displaced by the flooding and are in urgent need of help. If you would like to make a contribution to help them, I sent home a notice with the number of the special PEFCU account that has been set up to provide them with financial assistance.

3 Day to wear something that is the color: lundi Monday mardi Tuesday mercredi Wednesday jeudi Thursday Couleur color the box this color rouge orange jaune vert verte Something that is that color Une pomme est rouge. Une citrouille est orange Une banane est jaune. How many things can you touch in 30 seconds that are that color? C est rouge! C est orange! vendredi Friday bleu bleue Une feuille est verte. samedi Saturday La mer est bleue. dimanche Sunday noir noire Les raisins sont violets. gris grise Un chapeau de sorcière est noir. blanc blanche Un éléphant est gris. rose Un nuage est blanc. brun Un cochon est rose. Un arbre est brun.

4 Le chameau Le chameau oh, oh, a deux bosses sur le dos! Le chameau oh, oh, préfère les pays chauds Il traverse les déserts belle allure et tête fier Entraînant dans l'aventure son cousin le dromadaire Le chameau oh, oh, a deux bosses sur le dos! Le chameau oh, oh, préfère les pays chauds Le chameau le dromadaire The camel, oh, oh, has two bumps on his back The camel, oh, oh, prefers warm countries He crosses the deserts, with a beautiful look and a proud head Bringing along in the adventure his cousin the dromedary.

5 Couleur Color Something that is that color rouge red orange orange Une pomme est rouge. jaune yellow Une citrouille est orange vert verte bleu bleue noir noire gris grise blanc blanche rose brun green blue black gray white pink brown Une banane est jaune. Une feuille est verte. La mer est bleue. Un chapeau de sorcière est noir. Un éléphant est gris. Un nuage est blanc. Un cochon est rose. Un tronc d un arbre est brun.

6 Days of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Les jours de la semaine lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi dimanche