Le mois de decembre 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. We are having fun coloring our Christmas tree's ornaments and
learning a poem about Pere Noel. We sang the dreidel song in French and are
praying for snow!!
A little boy, upon hearing me speak English to Mr. Kraus, remarked, "She
speaks human!" Kids are fun!!
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!!!)Merci!!
In second grade, we finished our second theme, "Henriette se sauve." It was
hard to say "Au revoir!" We are starting another theme, Les Animaux de
Compagnie- Pets! It is a fun, short unit with great songs and a culminating
puppet creation activity. There are many students who try to communicate
exclusively in French during our daily half hours. It is very exciting!!
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.
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)
