My Family and Me and L'atuomne

We've been having a great time getting to know each other over the past few weeks in Room 109! We're still working on being familiar with daily routines, classroom expectations and the structure of our day, but we're getting there. This week and last week we've been learning and talking all about Me (C'est Moi) and My Family (Ma Famille). Here are some of the new vocabulary words that you can work on with your child:

Ma famille                          My family

Moi                                        Me

La maman                           Mommy

Le papa                                Daddy

Le frère                               Brother

La sœur                               Sister

Le grand-père                   Grandpa

La grand-mère                  Grandma

Le bébé                                Baby

Le chien                               Dog

Le chat                                 Cat

Le poisson                          Fish

Le hamster                         Hamster

Ma maison                        My house

Some other vocabulary words that the students should be getting familiar with are:

Everyday words :

Bonjour                                Hello

Au revoir                             Goodbye

Comment ça va?              How are you?

Ça va bien!                         Fine!

Comme si, comme ça.   Not too bad…

Ça va mal.                           Not so good.

Puis-j’aller aux                 May I use the

toilettes?                            washroom?

Puis-je boire?                   Can I have a drink?

Peux-tu m’aider?            Can you help me?

The students have also noticed that the season is changing! We've been talking about what's different in the fall and how things change. We've also done some brainstorming of different fall activities that we like. Here are some of the words we learned:

L'automne                           Autumn/Fall

Les feuilles                          Leaves

Tomber                                 To fall

Changer des coulers        Change colours
Ramasser                              To gather
Tas                                           Pile
Sauter                                    To jump

Il fait froid                            It's cold

Il fait du soleil                    It's sunny

Il fait nuageux                   It's cloudy

Le chandail                         Sweater

Les pantalons                    Pants

Les chaussures                  Shoes

L’école                                 School

When you can, try to 'test' your child and see if they can tell you the words/phrases they know :)

Here are some pictures of activities of the week:

Painting My Family in the Painting Centre

Building My House in the Block Centre

My Family in the Drama Centre

Making a Fall Tree in the Science/Art Centre