Transcript French Immersion and Summer Vacation

French Immersion and
Summer Vacation
Parent Information Evening
May 31st, 2016
6:30 pm- 7:30 pm
Two Myths and One Fact
Students in French Immersion (FI) learn to translate easily
between English and French.
Students with diverse learning needs can do well in an FI
program.
Students in FI do not read or write as well in English as their
peers in the English program.
C’est l’été!
I’m going to forget up
to 22% of everything I
learned this year!
Unless...
Tips to hold on to the 22%
Your child will
need a break from
school, but not
from learning.
Ideas to help maintain learning
★ Read for enjoyment
★ Play word games (again, any
language will do)
○ Set aside 20-30
minutes each day
○ Read a family novel
and discuss it (any language
○ Learn a new word
each day and use it
at least 5 times in
context
will do!)
○ Do book talks
○ Visit the library!
○ Play SCRABBLE
(make French words worth
double the points)
More ideas
★ Watch familiar shows or
movies en français
★ Listen to French music
(www.immersionchestermere.org)
★ Ask your child to teach
you some French
★ Have fun with Karaoke
★ Write for many reasons
○ Keep a journal about
each day’s events
○ Write captions for
photos
○ Use picture prompts
to write/tell stories
Make them do the heavy lifting when
spelling...
And some more ideas
★ Go on excursions to the
zoo, the beach and
discuss what you
did/saw/experienced.
★ Play ‘I Spy’.
★ Set aside one day to
have a “French Only”
meal (This is where getting your child
to teach you some French is handy.).
★ MAKE something each
week.
○ Baking-find a recipe
en français
○ Creating chain
reaction machines
○ Vehicles, robots, etc
from found materials
VERBS, glorious VERBS
One of the hardest
concepts for FI students to
master is VERBS and
VERB TENSES.
Play “VERBO” with your
child. Qu’est-ce que c’est?
It’s simple:
Every time you use an action word,
you have to do the action associated
with the verb.
Let’s try it...
Apps and websites
French Language Arts
Ici Radio-Canada
Répertoire de sites éducatifs pour les élèves du préscolaire et du
primaire
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/
http://www.lasouris-web.org/primaire/signets_2.html
Il était une histoire
http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/genres/albums-histoires
Les Verbes
http://www.logicieleducatif.fr/index_conjugaison_grammaire.php
http://www.yvandemers.com/jeux/verbes/verbes/verbes.htm
TV5
http://www.tv5monde.com/TV5Site/tivi5/