Le mois de novembre 2009
Bonjour!! In Kindergarten, the students are making great progress in French,
even though we only meet twice weekly.
We are continuing with the basics-- greetings, numbers, colors, calendar,
weather, family vocabulary, basic classroom objects, and a little
geography. I have been reading aloud everyday since the READ-A-THON started.
I so enjoy doing that, and they will get credit for the books they have heard.
Thanks very much to the parents who signed up to help with small art
projects, to bring in French food, and to record our students and make a CD.
(The kids love to hear themselves-- a good car CD!!!)I can always use more
help. Please contact me at the e-mail address below, if you can help. Merci!!
In second grade, we are well into our second theme, "Henriette se sauve." It
is about a little mouse who escapes from her cage and eventually from the Pet
Store. She visits all of the little stores in an imaginary village in Quebec,
allowing the students to study lots of rich phrases and vocabulary. The songs
are great, and they love it! We also are reading lots of books for the READ-A-
THON!!
Thanks to second grade parents who signed up to help with our French food
day. Please email me if you would like to help with an art project or with
recording our students and then burning CDs. I will cover the expense. I just
need help!!
Soon, I will show all of my students a video of my two trips to Haiti. Last
year's students were very interested in helping the children in the remote
village of Nouvelle Cite. Nouvelle Cite is on the island of La Gonave, which
has no electricity, plumbing, garbage clean-up, paved roads, public health,
or reliable public schools. The children are hungry most everyday, which
saddens our students. We hope to continue a partnership with an elementary
school in Nouvelle Cite.
The 5th grade trips to France over spring break are great! Many
students come with a parent, but several each year come with a teacher
chaperone. Everyone has a great time and we all learn a lot. We work with
ACIS, an educational tour company. They are awesome. Check out their website,
www.acis.com.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or questions. If you
do not hear from me, you can assume that your student is doing very well!! I
have 170 K students and 85 second graders, so, sadly, I'll only be in touch
if there is a concern.
mfranchot@atlanta.k12.ga.us.
Merci!! Madame Noëlle (Marty Franchot)
