Last week on the 2nd, our group presented numbers and seasons during class. I started off with teaching the girls numbers in french from 1-20. After I went over these I introduced some expressions that they could use once they knew how to say numbers in french, such as their age (J'ai..ans). I also briefly went over how to say time in french. I wanted to keep it as simple as I could so I did not introduce the 24 hr clock or teach the specific (et quart, moins quart, demi etc). I just wanted them to get used to saying their numbers in several different contexts which I believe they all did very well.
Each member of our group had also previously picked out a season to prepare for class. We each tried to pull in certain aspects of our own seasons like weather, activities and holidays that went with our seasons. One member had a video to show for the winter season that included different winter sports and assorted winter clothing.
I was very impressed by the girls' ability to take good notes and write down the vocab. from the video which we hadn't even asked them to do. I felt that they were truly taking the class seriously and wanted to learn more. I had the season Spring and talked about the holidays Easter and St. Patrick's day.
I think this class went well in particular because our group members worked as a team, and the structure didn't' seem as rigid as it had previously. We weren't rushed at all to get every one's topics in, and we helped each other out.
One of the things we discussed during debriefing the following Thursday was incorporating more activities that allowed the children to get up and move around a bit more so they weren't sitting down the whole time.
I think each week we are getting better and better and hopefully we can keep up the good work!
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