Ms. Striker's Domain

lundi, le quinze décembre

We started with gimkit, then we revisited the practice from Friday. We did some conversation practice with family trees, then we did a listening exercise. I gave you another worksheet to practice the concepts. 

Homework

1. Family Vocab Quiz Wednesday

2. Family Listening Quiz Thursday

 

jeudi, l'onze décembre

We started with a verb meaning warmup, then we revisited the frequency sentences from yesterday. We played gimkit to practice the ER verb meanings, then we continued practice with the frequency terms. 

Homework

1. ER Verb Meanings Quiz tomorrow

 

mercredi, le dix décembre

We started with a verb drill, then we did our verb quiz re-do. We played a gimkit on all of the ER verb meanings, then revisited frequency terminology. We ended with some practice. 

Homework

1. ER Verb Meanings Quiz Friday

 

mardi, le neuf décembre

We started with a gimkit on ER verb meanings, then we did some practice. The practice took a decent amount of time because it practiced both conjugations and meanings. We took some notes on frequency terminology, but didn't get to practice it. We ended with VerBam to prepare for tomorrow's re-quiz. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz tomorrow

2. ER Verb Meanings Quiz Friday

 

lundi, le huit décembre

We started with a quick gimkit, then we did our prepositions matching/reading quiz. We learned the rest of the ER verb meanings, then played a gimkit on it. We ended with some practice. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz Wednesday

2. ER Verb Meanings Quiz Friday

 

vendredi, le cinq décembre

We started with VerBam, then we did our listening quiz on prepositions. We learned the next batch of ER verbs, then we played a gimkit. We ended with some verb review on all the conjugations we've covered. 

Homework

1. Prepositions Vocab + Reading Quiz Monday

2. Verb Quiz Wednesday

 

jeudi, le quatre décembre

We started with a Kahoot on prepositions, then we did some listening practice. We did a worksheet on prepositions, then transitioned into ER verb meanings. 

Homework

1. Prepositions Listening Quiz Friday

2. Prepositions Vocab + Reading Quiz Monday

3. Verb Quiz Wednesday

 

mercredi, le trois décembre

We started with a round of conjuguemos, then we did our verb quiz. We did some listening practice with the prepositions, and I explained how the "de" changes with some of them. We ended with practice, and I assigned questions 4 and 5 for homework. 

Homework

1. Finish questions 4 and 5

2. Prepositions Listening Quiz Friday

3. Prepositions Vocab + Reading Quiz Monday

 

mardi, le deux décembre

We started with a round of VerBam, then we went over the homework. We played a gimkit, then did some listening practice. We worked on the back side of the listening exercise, and ended with some ER verb practice. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz tomorrow

2. Prepositions Listening Quiz Friday

3. Prepositions Vocab + Reading Quiz Monday

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lundi, le premier décembre

We started with a verb drill, then we did a scavenger hunt around the room. We played a gimkit on the vocab, then ended with some practice. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz Wednesday

2. Prepositions Listening Quiz Friday

3. Prepositions Vocab + Reading Quiz Monday

 

vendredi, le vingt-huit novembre

We started with a gimkit, then we did our school subjects quiz. I introduced prepositions to you, and we did some practiced. We ended with some ER verb review. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz Wednesday

 

jeudi, le vingt-sept novembre

We did a warmup activity, then we did some practice with the school subjects. We did a listening activity, then ended with a gimkit on all verb conjugations.

Homework

1. School Subjects Quiz tomorrow

 

mercredi, le vingt-six novembre

I gave you a dark pink sheet called "The Verb Bible." It will be valuable to you! We did a round of conjuguemos, then I had you do your second attempt of the small verb quiz. We played a gimkit on school subjects, and ended with practice.

Homework

1. School Subjects Quiz Friday

 

mardi, le vingt-cinq novembre

We started with a round of VerBam, then we did our adjective meanings quiz. We did some more practice with avoir, and ended with a massive binder clean. 

You MUST keep your coloured notes, your ER booklet (the one with the lady bugs), and the paragraph writing. You can recycle the rest. 

Homework

1. Small Verb Quiz Wednesday

2. School Subjects Quiz Friday

 

lundi, le vingt-quatre novembre

We started with a fill in the blank warmup, then we did our paragraph assessments. You had access to your notes to do this, so no excuses :) We then started our new unit. ​

Homework

1. Adj. Meaning Quiz tomorrow

2. Small Verb Quiz Wednesday

 

vendredi, le vingt-et-un novembre

We started with lotto, then we did our adjective agreement quiz. We learned the rest of the avoir conjugations, and did a quick practice sheet. We played gimkit, did a bit more practice, and ended with a card game called VerBam. 

Homework

1. Paragraph Assessment pushed to Monday

2. Adj. Meaning Quiz Tuesday

 

jeudi, le vingt novembre

We started with a practice quiz on adjective agreement to prepare for tomorrow. We then did our listening assessment. We did some more paragraph practice, then ended with an adjective agreement gimkit. 

Homework

1. Adjective Agreement Quiz Friday

2. Paragraph Assessment pushed to Monday

3. Adj. Meaning Quiz Tuesday

 

mercredi, le dix-neuf novembre

We started with conjuguemos, then we did our verb quiz. We did a practice listening assessment to prepare for tomorrow, then ended with some more paragraph writing. 

Homework

1. Listening Assessment tomorrow

2. Adjective Agreement Quiz Friday

3. Adj. Meaning Quiz Tuesday

 

mardi, le dix-huit novembre

We started with conjuguemos, then we did some practice with être. I introduced hair and eyes, then we played a gimkit. We ended with an intro to paragraph writing. 

Homework

1. Verb Quiz tomorrow

2. Listening Assessment Thursday

3. Adjective Agreement Quiz Friday

4. Adj. Meaning Quiz next Tuesday

 

vendredi, le quatorze novembre

We started with Lotto, then we did conjuguemos. We went over the answers to the homework, then we took some quick notes on the "ne ni ni" structure. We did some practice, and a second listening practice on recognizing adjective gender. Because we had time left over, I introduced the nationalities vocab so we could start with Gimkit on Monday! 

 

jeudi, le treize novembre

We started with a dominoes warmup, then we went over the homework. We practiced pronouncing the different genders of adjectives, then we did some listening practice. We played a quick gimkit, then ended with practice. 

Homework

1. Finish parts A, B + D of Singular and Plural

 

mercredi, le douze novembre

We started with conjuguemos, then we went over the chart from Friday. We took some notes on plural adjective agreement, then we played a gimkit on it. We ended with practice. I did assign it for homework because you had over 20 minutes to do it. 

Homework

1. Finish the adjective practice from today

 

vendredi, le sept novembre

We started with a game of Lotto (similar to BINGO), then we reviewed the homework from last night. We did a mad minute on être, then we did some written practice. We took a break to play some verb slap, and ended with more practice on adjective agreement. 

Homework

1. Marks Cutoff Nov. 12th

2. Finish the adjective agreement chart for Wednesday

 

jeudi, le six novembre

We started an ER booklet to practice conjugating other verbs, then we did some more practice on adjective agreement. We revisited être, and listened to the hot dog song to remember :) After a gimkit, we did some written practice. To end class, we played a game called Verb Slap to practice recognizing ER verb endings. 

Homework

1. Marks Cutoff Nov. 12th

 

mercredi, le cinq novembre

We started an ER booklet to practice conjugating other verbs, then we revisited adjective agreement. We played a gimkit on the concept, then we did some written practice. I had you fill out a quick drill to see how you're doing on adjective agreement. Because we had some time left over, I introduced être, and how to conjugate it.

Homework

1. Marks Cutoff Nov. 12th

 

mardi, le quatre novembre

We started an ER booklet to practice conjugating other verbs, then we did our quiz. We took a few more notes on adjectives, then played gimkit. We did some practice to end. 

Homework

1. Marks Cutoff Nov. 12th

 

lundi, le trois novembre

We started with a mad minute on faire, then we did a practice quiz to prepare for tomorrow. We took some notes on est-ce que and ne...pas, and practiced that with our translations. We started a new unit today: adjectives. 

Homework

1. Quiz on jouer/faire conjugations and articles tomorrow

 

vendredi, le trente-et-un octobre

We started with a conjuguemos on faire, then played a gimkit on both jouer and faire. We did some translation practice, and ended with BINGO. 

Homework

1. Quiz on jouer/faire conjugations and articles Tuesday

 

jeudi, le trente octobre

We started with a Kahoot on articles, then we did a quick warmup game on jouer/faire. We did some written practice, and a dice game to reinforce the content. To end, we did some translation. 

Homework

1. Quiz on jouer/faire conjugations and articles next Tuesday

 

mercredi, le vingt-neuf octobre

We started with some whiteboard practice of verb conjugations and articles, then we did more articles practice. We did some practice with faire (which we did take notes on), and ended

 

mardi, le vingt-huit octobre

We started with a mad minute on jouer, then we did our written assessment. We played another round of gimkit on articles, then did some practice. We did page 3 #s 2-4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 17 and 20 in the sports workbook, and the first 20 questions on the sheet with a bunch of pictures. We didn't have time for conversation today, so I had you do a round of conjuguemos to practice jouer. 

Homework

1. Quiz on jouer/faire conjugations and articles next Tuesday

 

lundi, le vingt-stept octobre

We started with a sorting activity, then we learned how to use conjuguemos. Here's how: 

-Look up "conjuguemos"

-Click on "Library"

-French verbs

-#2

-Graded Practice

-Customize: 

   -Switch on "Replace Pronouns"

   -Only Favourite Verbs

   -Jouer and Aimer

5 minutes should be plenty of time. If conjuguemos doesn't work for you, I have plenty of verb drills you can use to practice at home. Only downside here is you need to check your own work with your notes. 

We learned about article usage with sports, and did a gimkit on it. We ended with practice on the concept. 

Homework

1. Paragraph assessment tomorrow

 

jeudi, le vingt-trois octobre

We started with a gimkit warmup, then we did our pargraph practice. We did some more practice with aimer conjugations, and ended with sorting sports into jouer or faire. 

Homework

1. Paragraph assessment next Tuesday

 

mercredi, le vingt-deux octobre

We started with our vocab matching quiz. We played a dice game to practice, then I introduced the concept of verb conjugations. We ended with written practice. 

Homework

1. Paragraph assessment next Tuesday

 

mardi, le vingt-et-un octobre

We started with revisiting the homework from yesterday, then we did some conversation on the same content. We played gimkit, then I introduced subject pronouns. We ended with some written practice. 

Homework

1. Sports Matching Quiz tomorrow

2. Paragraph assessment next Tuesday

 

lundi, le vingt octobre

We started with a warmup on sports, then we did some sentence practice on expressing what we like/don't like. We played a gimkit on all of the vocab, then we did a practice sheet constructing opinions on sports with adjectives. We had some extra time left over for the end of class (P1 didn't get gimkit, so I wasn't able to proceed too far), so you had plenty of time to finish the adjectives sheet and practice. 

Homework

1. Sports Matching Quiz Wednesday

2. Finish the adjectives practice

 

vendredi, le dix-sept octobre

We started with BINGO, then we did our articles quiz. We played a gimkit on all the vocab we've learned, then did some practice. To end the day, we did a binder clean. Keep ALL your coloured notes AND sports practice. The rest can be recycled :) 

Homework

1. Sports Matching Quiz Wednesday

 

jeudi, le seize octobre

We started with a practice quiz on articles so you know what to expect tomorrow. We played a gimkit on the first batch of sports vocab, then we took a break to learn the rest of the vocab. We played a second round of gimkit to practice that, and ended with puzzles.

Homework

1. Articles Quiz tomorrow

 

mercredi, le quinze octobre

We had a group discussion on the amount of chatter in class, and why it's not appropriate. I'm hoping to see improvement... We then did our listening/reading assessment on school objects. Then, we transitioned into our next unit: sports and activities.

Homework

1. Articles Quiz Friday

 

mardi, le quatorze octobre

We started with another practice listening activity to prepare for tomorrow. We then revisited the sheet from Friday, and we corrected our mistakes. We did some conversation practice on asking whether you have something or not. Then, we played gimkit on articles, and finished with some written practice. 

Homework

1. School Supplies Listening/Reading Assessment tomorrow

2. Articles Quiz Friday

 

vendredi, le dix octobre

We started with BINGO, then we did our matching quiz. We played a gimkit on articles, then we did some listening practice with school items and "there is" and "there isn't" phrases. We ended with a practice sheet that I had you hand in at the end of the period so I could see if you were understanding the content.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

 

jeudi, le neuf octobre

We started with a warmup activity to get you thinking about school supplies, then we did some more practice with the articles. We played a kahoot, then ended with Puissance 4 (Connect 4) to help you study.

Homework

1. School Supplies Quiz tomorrow

 

mercredi, le huit octobre 

We started with a warmup activity to get you thinking about school supplies, then we revisited the concepts from yesterday. We did some practice on both vocab meaning and articles, then ended with a gimkit. 

Homework

1. Come in to do missing quizzes!

2. School Supplies Quiz Friday

 

mardi, le sept octobre

We started with a gimkit warmup, then we finished the sentences from yesterday. We looked at masculine/feminine agreement with nouns, and the difference between definite and indefinite articles. We ended with a gimkit on that concept. 

Homework

1. Come in to do missing quizzes!

 

lundi, le six octobre

We started with a gimkit warmup, then we went over last week's time quiz. I handed out "interms" so you have an idea of what's going out on Friday/ what you're missing. We did some matching practice with the school supplies, then we went over how to pronounce the more complicated words. We ended with some written practice on what goes in a pencil case. 

Homework

1. Come in to do missing quizzes!

 

vendredi, le trois octobre

We did a numbers listening activity for a warmup, then we did our time listening quiz. We played a gimkit to practice the new vocab, then we worked on some puzzles. We ended with a game called Puissance 4 to review all we've learned so far.

Homework

1. Come in to do missing quizzes next week!

 

jeudi, le deux octobre

We finished going over the answers to the accents page from yesterday, then we did our quiz on time. We did a scavenger hunt on school supplies, and some puzzles based on the vocab.

Homework

1. Time Listening quiz tomorrow

 

mercredi, le premier octobre

We did a listening activity on the time, and really looked at the difference between "deux heures" (duhz heures) and "douze heures" (dooze heures). We then finished the practice from Thursday. We ended with an activity on French accents.

Homework

1. Time quiz tomorrow

2. Time Listening quiz Friday

 

vendredi, le vingt-six septembre 

We played BINGO #s 0-50, then we learned the French colours. We did a bunch of practice with this, then played a gimkit on time. 

Homework

1. Time quizzes coming up next week (probably Thursday)

 

jeudi, le vingt-cinq septembre

I gave you some time to play the numbers game before our quiz. We then did our numbers matching quiz. We played a Kahoot on telling time, then ended with a worksheet. 

Tomorrow will be a bunch of review, and practicing French colours. I won't be testing on colours, but I am happy to give you the notes and activities if you are away on the field trip tomorrow. 

Homework

1. Time quizzes coming up next week (probably Thursday)

 

mercredi, le vingt-quatre septembre

We revisited the sheet we were working on yesterday, then we did a bit more practice with the time. We did some conversation practice where we said times based on random cards. I gave you a good 20 minutes to play a numbers card game (aka war) to prepare for tomorrow's matching quiz on numbers.

Homework

1. #s 0-100 matching quiz tomorrow

 

mardi, le vingt-trois septembre 

We did a numbers warmup activity, then we did our listening quiz on weather. We revisited the sheet from yesterday, and worked on the back side. To end the day, we played gimkit. 

Homework

1. #s 0-100 matching quiz Thursday

 

lundi, le vingt-deux septembre

I gave you a few minutes to look over your notes before we did our matching quiz on weather, then we did a practice listening activity on weather. (This was to give you an idea of what's coming tomorrow.) We looked at how to tell time in French, and did some written practice with this. To end the class, we played a gimkit. 

Homework

1. Weather listening quiz tomorrow

2. #s 0-100 matching quiz Thursday

 

vendredi, le dix-neuf septembre

We played BINGO on #s 51-100, then we did a practice quiz on weather. We continued with the sentences from yesterday, then we played gimkit. I gave you a puzzle on #s 0-100. Bring it back to me on Monday, and you can get candy :) 

Homework

1. Weather matching quiz Monday

2. Weather listening quiz Tuesday

3. #s 0-100 matching next Thursday

 

jeudi, le dix-huit septembre

We revisited the practice sheet from yesterday, then we learned the rest of the numbers. We did some more practice with the numbers, then we did some conversation on the weather. We did a bit of sentence writing with the weather forecast, then ended with a gimkit on both numbers and weather. 

Homework

1. Weather matching quiz Monday

2. Weather listening quiz Tuesday

3. #s 0-100 matching quiz next Thursday

 

mercredi, le dix-sept septembre

We did a warmup review of the vocab, then we did our spelling quiz. We did some written practice with the weather, and I introduced higher numbers. We ended with gimkit. 

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mardi, le seize septembre

We played a gimkit to practice the weather, then we did our spelling practice. The real thing is tomorrow. We did a conversation on the date, then some matching practice on the weather.

We didn't get to numbers due to the fire drill-- we will do that tomorrow.

Homework

1. Alphabet Spelling Quiz tomorrow

2. First side of weather matching due tomorrow

 

lundi, le quinze septembre

We played a Kahoot on writing the date, then we did some written practice with it. We played a gimkit on numbers, then we took some notes on weather. We ended with some puzzles

Homework

1. Alphabet Spelling Quiz pushed to Wednesday

 

vendredi, le douze septembre

We played BINGO to review numbers 0-31, then we did our spelling quiz. We learned how to write the date, and did some written practice with that. To end class, I introduced #s 32-50, and we played gimkit to practice. 

Homework

1. Alphabet Spelling Quiz Tuesday

 

Thursday, September 11th

We did a spelling practice of 0-31 to prepare for tomorrow's quiz, then we played a gimkit on days of the week and months. We did some more written practice with the days and months, then we did a spelling practice. To end the day, I introduced the concept of writing the date, which we'll practice tomorrow. 

Homework

1. #s 0-31 Spelling quiz tomorrow

2. Alphabet Spelling Quiz Tuesday

 

Wednesday, September 10th 

We played Gimkit quickly to review the vocab, then we did our greetings quiz. We did a second spelling practice, then we revisited the days of the week. I introduced the months, then we did some practice. 

Homework

1. #s 0-31 Spelling quiz Friday

2. Alphabet Spelling Quiz Tuesday

 

Tuesday, September 9th

We played Gimkit for the first time today to practice the vocab, then we did a practice sheet. We revisited the alphabet from yesterday, and did a practice spelling quiz on it. I introduced the days of the week, and we'll continue with them tomorrow :) 

Homework

1. Matching Quiz on pg. 1 Wednesday

2. #s 0-31 Spelling quiz pushed to Friday

 

Monday, September 8th 

We reviewed the sheet from Friday, then we did some conversation practice. We learned #s 0-31, and practiced spelling them out. We took a quick look at the alphabet so we could start with that tomorrow. ​

Homework: 

1. Matching quiz on pg. 1 Wednesday

2. #s 0-31 Spelling Quiz Thursday

 

Friday, September 5th

We played a Kahoot to review the concepts from this week, then we did some written practice on asking who people are. We covered #s 11-20, then we took some notes on asking how you're doing. To end the day, we did the back side of the "Bonjour" page. We will revisit that sheet on Monday, and go over the answers then :)​

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Thursday, September 4th 

We reviewed yesterday, then looked at the different ways of saying goodbye. We did a quick practice of saying it to classmates, then we did some written practice. We learned #s 0-10, and did both written and listening practice with them. We learned how to ask someone for their name, and how to identify others. 

 

Wednesday, September 3rd 

We reviewed yesterday, and I showed you this website :) I helped you set up your binders, and we talked about some of the reasons why learning French can be a good thing. We looked at some classroom phrases, and how to ask for things in French. Next, we did an exercise on cognates to show you that you know more French than you think you do. To end the day, we looked at 4 ways of saying hello, giving titles, and saying thank you. 

 

Tuesday, September 2nd 

Today, we just started with introductions, class expectations, and what we'll be working on this semester :) ​

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