COURSE OUTLINE
Welcome to Salut Mon Ami
Supplies*
Please bring a pencil, an eraser and your agenda to each class.
Course content
In this course, you already have experience in how you may learn through a hands-on, active-
learning approach that uses gestures, plays and other activities. Hopefully, you feel you have already learned a great deal. You will continue to expand your vocabulary and there will be even more opportunities for you to develop your French language skills. By the end of this kit, you will be expected to read, write, speak and understand French using the past, present and future tenses.
learning approach that uses gestures, plays and other activities. Hopefully, you feel you have already learned a great deal. You will continue to expand your vocabulary and there will be even more opportunities for you to develop your French language skills. By the end of this kit, you will be expected to read, write, speak and understand French using the past, present and future tenses.
Classroom rules
Here is the most important one: Speak only in French! It is important to support your own learning and the learning of others by respecting this rule. English is not to be used in the classroom.
Students will be assessed through observations, products and conversations. They will be evaluated through a balanced literacy approach. We will focus on speaking approximately 50%, reading 25% and writing 25% of the year.
There is a DVD in the library that students can sign out. They can practice the gestures and watch the play at home. It is a valuable tool, the more work they do at home the more they will understand the story. There are several ways to watch the French DVD:
- watch with the sound and subtitles for the play, raps and gestures, and repeat;
- watch the gestures without the sound and say each word as it is gestured;
- listen and gesture the words.
Homework
We will have written homework from time to time, if we do, I expect you to finish it on the date due. If there is no written homework you can review (study) the play or review words from your DVD.
You should be spending a minimum of 5 minutes on French every day. Parents, there is always something your daughter/son can be working on.
Class Blog
Feel free to look at our class Blog any time. I will post various activities from our class, assignments we are working on and general reminders. You can also email me at ssteinhoff@lssd.ca with any questions you might have.
Good luck and work hard!
Sincerely,
Shannon Steinhoff
Email: ssteinhoff@lssd.ca
Blog: frenchavecsteinhoff.blogspot.ca
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