Happy Sunday! It is a rainy day here in NS today - fall has definitely arrived! A perfect day for curling up with a mug of coffee and writing my next post in my centres d'apprentissage en maternelle series. Today I would like to talk to you about my tips...
French rhyme time
Hi! In getting ready for back to school, I have been compiling all of my guided reading games and activities (getting organized is my big goal for this year!). Last week, I talked about some ways that I practice counting syllables with my students. Another big skill that K and...
How to make sure your French Primary Students Master Syllables
Imagine you are doing guided reading with one of your best maternelle students. They are reading along, their little voice getting stronger and more confident with every sentence, when all of a sudden, they reach a new word. A new word, BUT a word that just contains sounds they know...
Changing up my clip chart – plus a freebie!!
Hi! If you have been following my blog for awhile, you may have seen this post that I wrote last year about my clip chart. I have used a clip chart ever since I started teaching as a classroom management strategy, tweaking and changing it along the way. Please don't...
How & why you should use games in your classroom
Hi! Anyone else out there who doesn't understand how it can possibly be the end of April?! I am currently recovering from an appendectomy/extra bonus surgery for a surprise post-surgery internal bleed, and won't actually even be back at work until the first of May. MAY! Two months left for...
Noël en maternelle!
Hi! I am back from Cuba, where I spent a fantastic week laying on the beach, drinking copious amounts of frozen coffee beverages, and watching an old friend get married. It was a great little break - but of course I missed my students! We just got back on Sunday,...
La lecture guidée en maternelle – Guided Reading in a French Primary Classroom
Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting at your guided reading table, with a group of sweet students who are gung-ho and eager to learn to read. You spend 10-15 minutes painstakingly teaching them a new strategy to help them read new words on their own (look at the...
The simplest FREE student birthday gift for French teachers!
Happy Sunday! Tomorrow, we will be celebrating our first student birthday of the year. Thinking about it this morning, I realized that I didn't have anything ready! I always give my students a little surprise on their birthdays, and we sing to the special birthday student. In previous years, I...
Five for Friday – Oct 2
Five for Friday is a weekly teacher linky party where you post five random things from today or this past week and on your blog. Then, you come back and link your blog post up at the bottom of this post in the linky tool. Hi guys! I can't believe...
Homework, a new alphabet product & a freebie!
I am on a product roll! I have been super motivated ever since the #TpTSellerChallenge and crossing things off my massive to-do list. I have been thinking a lot about the (academic) things that my students REALLY need to know to be set up for success in grade one, because,...