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Tapestry 2024

  AI Art - app.prodia.com --- autodraw.com The Airport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 Black History Month Club mystère Duolingo for Schools Easter hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ Alphabet First Voices French Alphabet French Games The Pet Adoption Unit is found in the 2020...

2024 COTA Zonal Conference

  AI Art - app.prodia.com ------- autodraw.com The Airport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 Black History Month Club mystère Duolingo for Schools Easter First Voices French Alphabet French Games Pink Shirt Day Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) sncewips...

2024 Sunshine Coast Teacher Conference

  Black History Month Club mystère Easter hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ Alphabet First Voices French Alphabet French Games Pink Shirt Day Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Airport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 Vaisakhi

2024 BCTF New Teachers Conference

  Black History Month Easter hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ Alphabet First Voices French Alphabet French Games Lunar New Year Pink Shirt Day Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Passport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 - Passport Unit. The Pet Adoption Unit...

BCATML Conference 2023

Among Us Diwali First Voices French Alphabet French Games Halloween Remembrance Day Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Passport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 - Passport Unit. The Pet Adoption Unit is found in the 2020 Lessons. (Please remember...

My Pita Conference 2023

  First Voices French Alphabet French Games Halloween Remembrance Day Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Passport Unit is found 2023-2024 Unit 1 - Passport Unit. The Pet Adoption Unit is found in the 2020 Lessons. (Please remember that I...

ASL Numbers

Ten Little Duckies (video)https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/asl-number-1-activity-us-m-1669860203 (paid site) https://aslteachingresources.com/?s=number&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1 (paid site)

ASL Colours

ASL Colour Game #1https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/l/like.htm#:~:text=Another%20way%20to%20sign%20%22like,thumb%20and%20index%20finger%20together. https://aslteachingresources.com/?s=color&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1...

Métis Sash

Look at Rupertsland Institute PowerPoint and lesson about the Métis Sash https://www.rupertsland.org/teaching-learning/lesson-plans/

Terry Fox

https://terryfoxschoolrun.org/fr/fiches-dactivites/ I like Activity sheet 6 and 8. https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/terry-fox-french-primary-pack-ca-fr-1660231134  (It costs money, but Twinkl does have some free download days).

Vimy Ridge

Canadian Black Soldiers Names were found in THIS ARTICLE  and THIS ARTICLE. Private Frederick Walter Firth Private Rankin Wheary Private Samuel Daniel Watts Jeremiah “Jerry” Jones

Definite Articles le la les

In English, when you want to refer to a noun (person, place or thing),  you use a definite article : the In French, when you want to refer to a singular noun,  you use a definite article : le for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns. In French, when you want to...

French Days of the Week

French games for Days of the Week. Game 1: CLICK HERE Game 2: CLICK HERE Game 3: CLICK HEREGame 4: CLICK HERE Game 5: CLICK HERE Game 6: CLICK HERE

BCTF New Teachers’ Conference 2023

First Voices French Alphabet French Games Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Pet Adoption Unit and Passport Unit are found in the 2020 Lessons. (Please remember that I did this in 2020. I will update the unit when I teach it again.)

Surrey Teacher Association 2023 Conference

First Voices French Alphabet French Games Seasonal Wheel (Seasons, Months, Days) School Subjects The Pet Adoption Unit and Passport Unit are found in the 2020 Lessons. (Please remember that I did this in 2020. I will update the unit when I teach it again.)

Easter

Easter Egg Craft Pysanky Eggs – An Easter Art Project for Kids Crayon Resist Pysanky Egg Design Age 7 and Older (Video)

Scribble Diffusion

Using AI-powered art tools like Scribble Diffusion (https://scribblediffusion.com/) in classrooms is an exciting educational development. It uses AI to refine rough sketches into more polished images. Working with AI is an excellent way for students to experiment with...

Building the Eiffel Tower

The towers were built with spaghetti and marshmallows. For five classes, I used 900g of spaghetti and 3 bags of mini marshmallows. Before watching the first video, it is a great opportunity to discuss what safety precautions and clothing are worn by people on...

Emotions with pumpkins

https://www.manzabull.fr/activite-montessori-sur-les-emotions/ http://bonjourtonton.co.uk/2017/09/15/comment-ca-va/ http://bonjourtonton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2-comment-ca-va.pdf

Vaisakhi

Vaisakhi Colouring Sheet 1  Vaisakhi Colouring Sheet 2  Vaisakhi Colouring Sheet 3

Canadian money in French

CLICK HERE for the Google slides to go with the video. Dollars and cents worksheet (cut and paste) Au magasin worksheet More or less money worksheet Information about money in French Number/money game for teachers Shopping in French Numbers 40-70 and Shopping at IGA...

The Seasons in French

The Seasons in French

Mike Beauregard from Nunavut, Canada, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsCLICK HERE for an example of a Coast Salish Seasonal Round. From this website: https://madamethomasfrench.wordpress.com/year-7-french/bienvenue/,...

Indefinite Articles un une des

In English, when you want to refer to a noun (person, place or thing), you use an indefinite article: a or an In French, when referring to a singular noun,  you use an indefinite article: un for masculine nouns and une for feminine nouns. In French, when you want to...

Calendar Lessons

Lessons on this theme on my website: Birthday The Months in French https://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect27/index.htm Resources Day of the Week Worksheet Numbers to 31 and Months Worksheet (Calendar) Number to 31 and Months Worksheet (Birthday...

The Months in French

Months Worksheet From this website: https://madamethomasfrench.wordpress.com/year-7-french/bienvenue/, I found these worksheets https://madamethomasfrench.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ddm-les-mois-de-lannc3a9e.pdf and...

French Pronouns

I am going to collect information about pronouns and agreements in French (and save it here). Petit dictionnaire de français from Shannan Downey. We have permission to “use it, change it, add to it, whatever!“ Article “French LGBTQ+...

Telephones

Telephone Colouring Pages Home Phone Office Phone Rotary Phone Vintage Phone French Telephone Video Quel est ton numéro de téléphone?Worksheet about the history of the telephone. (Paid subscription needed)

School Subjects in French

School Subjects in French

Click here for the lesson. I started the lesson with students writing out what they do on an average day. Then they compared it to the lives of children in a Residential School. The resource I used is found here: https://www.fnesc.ca/grade5irsr/  Download the PDF. The...

School Supplies

School Supplies

Link to script: CLICK HEREStudents using Échos Pro will learn these school supplies: un cahier un crayon un cahier une gomme un livre une règle un pupitre un stylo un sac à dos Students using Club Mystère will learn these school supplies: un cahier des ciseaux une...

Canadian Asian Heritage Month

Canada Asian Heritage Month 2021 We explored Vietnam in our French class during Asian History Month. Vietnam is part of the official Francophone world due to the French colonizing the country from 1887-1954. Vietnam page Bành mí / Vietnamese sandwich...

Vietnam

Voyage to Vietnam (Information about Vietnam) Vietnam is part of the official Francophone world due to the French colonizing the country from 1887-1954 https://online.seterra.com/en/pdf/4167 Bành mí / Vietnamese sandwich lesson Tourism Vietnam Colouring Sheets YouTube...

Banh mi Vietnamese sandwich

Bành mí / Vietnamese sandwich History of the sandwich Links to pictures Menu for NaMì. (Vancouver Food Truck) Dan Rodda - Illustration & Design iStock by Getty Images Lucileskitchen They Draw & Cook Tourism Vietnam Colouring Sheets   Vietnam Resources

Cave of Lascaux

Links for later: https://www.ancient.eu/Lascaux_Cave/ https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/cave-art-discovering-prehistoric-humans-through-pictures

Je lis RK Publishing

Je lis, je lis, littératie ! ONLINEMagenta Magenta stories worksheets I am just trying this program out now. If anyone has any suggestions or want to share how they are using the program, I would be very interested to hear from you. campbell_tanya@surreyschools.ca

French Ramadan

French Ramadan

Ramadan Mubarak Ramadan KareemBon Ramadan  (click here) Joyeux RamadanClick here for another video with French ordinal numbers.We learned ordinal numbers 1 -10 with the worksheet. Then we made the flip book and wrote the ordinal numbers from 1-28. French ordinal...

Rooms in the Home and My Bedroom in French

Les pièces de la maison et ma chambreIntroductory Videos Kitchens Around the World Sleeping in Space Where Children Sleep First Nations Architecture, Building, Culture, History: south British Columbia Canada K'ómoks First Nation Big House Experience How to Build a...

Bilingual Packaging / Cereal Box Project

Introductory Videos: What does the world eat for breakfast? Astronaut Chris Hadfield’s Space Kitchen School Lunches Around the World Making Bannock with two sisters from the Klahoose First Nation Cereal Videos: KLM Airlines Cheerios Contest Take a tour of a cereal...

Sports in French and Tour de France

Learning about Francophone communities helps us develop cultural awareness. With simple French, we can describe our interests. Videos: Team sports in French Hobbies in French Sports Vocabulary During Recess, J'aime ______ Videos about Lacrosse "Members of the various...

French Colours / Shapes and the Eiffel Tower

Videos: French Colours – The French Minute video French Colours – Léon le camèléon video French colours – Couleurs – Arc en ciel by alain le lait video French Colours- Masculine and Feminine colours video French Shapes / Montre-moi _____ video French Colours and...

Canadian Black History

Canadian Black History

Describing Viola Desmond and John Ware Il s'appelle  Il est Elle s'appelle Elle est Adjectives document to go here.Portia White J'aime la musique.   Types of music (in French) vocabulary worksheet Ruhamah Utendale Photo from Facebook / Heritage Surrey Types of...

French Fruit Lesson

Fruit Vocabulary with sound Fruit Matching Activity French fruit worksheet 1 French fruit worksheet 2 French fruit worksheet 3

Telling Time in French

Telling time in English and French How to read the military clockTelling Time (Hour and Half-Hour) Worksheets French -  Quelle heure est-til? hour and half-hour worksheet French - Digital and non-digital clock hour and half-hour match French - Telling time worksheet...

Duolingo Kids

AppI LOVE this app.  My District cannot figure out why some iPads start with the zoo and other iPads do not have the zoo.  They start at the restaurant.   If you know why, please email me at campbell_tanya@surreyschools.ca. Zoo worksheet Restaurant worksheet

Lunar New Year

Chinese New Year free booklet Article about Chinese New Year versus Lunar New Year Grand/Petit Lesson CBC News article comparing Chinese and Vietnamese Zodiac 

Every Child Matters – Chaque Enfant Compte

The last step was to make the orange T-shirts.  I showed did a search and showed images of "Orange Shirt Day," "All Children Matter," and "Chaque Enfant Compte."  Everyone had to write "Chaque Enfant Compte." They could also write: Je m'appelle ________. le 30...

Design and Build a Shelter

Students will design and build a model of a shelter that will protect your family from the elements and wildlife while you are stranded on an island. Students will learn how to code using Hour of Code:  Resources: In Deep Water – Design Thinking lesson...

Float Your Boat

Students will design and build a boat to hold as many coins as possible. Students will learn how to code using Hour of Code: Sea Creature Sequences Resources: Building birch canoes Hour of Code: Sea Creature Sequences Tin foil boats experiment  Lesson First Assignment...

Designing for an Extreme Environment

Students will design and build a prototype of equipment, clothing, or technology to explore extreme environments.Students will learn how to code using Tynkerspace .  - film at level 23https://hourofcode.com/tynkerspaceResources:ADST Unit Plan about...

Embossed Ornaments

Students will learn how to make embossed ornaments.Resources:Braille AlphabetHomemade Christmas Ornaments | 5-Minute Embossed OrnamentsHour of Code: Animate Your Name

French weather phrases

Objective: Students will learn how to talk about the weather. Resources: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect28/index.htm https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources/PrimaryFrench/fr-weather-phrases-b.pdf...

Soap Carvings

Students will make soap carvings. How to carve soap with students. Carving soap while thinking about positive and negative space.

Bloxels

http://www.sd27.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-07-25-adst-4-to-7-resources-bloxels-builder-2018.pdf

Image Representation

Students will learn that computers store drawings, photographs and other pictures using only numbers. Image Representation LessonHow do digital images work?

Cross Stitch

Students will learn to how to cross stitch. Cross Stitch templates for kids

Patterns and the Métis Sash

Students will learn about patterns in the Métis Sash.Students will finger weave a Metis Sash bracelet.Students will learn to code using Hour of Code: KodableResources:Patterns and the Métis Sash lessonHour of Code: KodableStudent completed tasks worksheet

Islamic geometric patterns

Islamic geometric patterns

Students will learn how to make Islamic geometric patterns. Resources: Eric Brough's Islamic Patterns Templates from School of Islamic Geometric Design Hour of Code: Artist Lesson First Assignment Watch The Complex Geometry of Islamic Design. Do the dot-to-dot: "Join...

Fruit Art

Presenting Fruit in Creative Ways Students will learn how to present fruit in a creative ways.http://www.fnha.ca/documents/traditional_food_fact_sheets.pdfResources:https://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=5ba95cb80460581c9a1a7da0Hour of Code: Robo-Restaurant...

Roman Mosaics

Using Different Materials Students will make a Roman mosaic with different materials. Students will learn to code using Hour of Code: Little Dot Adventure Resources: How to Make a Marvellous Mosaic Patterns and Roman Mosaics Examples of geometric Roman mosaics Hour of...

Pixel Art

(Using Minecraft as a Introduction) Students will learn how to colour using a grid / pixels.Students will learn how to code using Hour of Code: MinecraftResources:Megapixel Colouring PagesMinecraft Pixel Art Grid Coloring PagesMystery Picture Pixel Art Grid Coloring...

Poisson D’Avril – April’s Fools Day

Poisson D’Avril – April’s Fools Day

Poisson D’Avril is a lot of fun.   I like this handout for Poisson D’Avril however I always remind students to not cut to tail to closely or it falls off.  🙂 https://frenchtogether.com/poisson-avril/

Ô Canada

I do not think teaching the French version of O Canada to young students is easy as the song is full of imagery that I'm frankly not comfortable teaching quickly to young students. (I would say the same for the English version of O Canada as well).However,...

Why Study French?

Objective: Students will explore why they are studying the French language? Objective: Students will think about why are we studying the French language and French culture. Why are we studying a language and culture? Why French? Resources:...

Emotions in French

Lego person colouring sheet Emotions worksheet French emotions dice Inside Out characters worksheet Inuktitut at School: Morning Greeting

French Prepositions

French Prepositions

Les prépositions Students will learn prepositions: Sur, sous, dans, devant, derrière. à côté deTeaching French prepositions with AI

French Alphabet

French Alphabet (Updated February 2018) Objective: Students will learn the French Alphabet Resources: French alphabet - L'alphabet en Français by Alain Le Lait Alphabet Français - French Alphabet - Abecedario Francés French Alphabet RAP - Sing In French! La chanson de...

Non-Verbal Communication

Updated July 2020 Objective: Students will understand that both verbal and non-verbal cues contribute meaning in language.Lesson Hand out playing cards.  Students have to find others with the same suit as their card - diamonds, hearts, spades or clubs - without...

Francophone Countries

Francophone Countries

Francophone Countries Around the World This was a lesson to "demonstrate basic awareness that there are Francophone communities around the world."  BC Core French Curriculum - Grade 7   Resources Flags of the World cards  Une Liste des Pays Francophone...

St Valentin

St Valentin

Target Language À De Joyeuse Saint Valentin CLiCK HERE  to learn how to say  "I love you." in many languages. CLICK HERE - New Valentine's Day card in Hul'q'umi'numVideos Je t'aime beaucoup video J'aime Papa, J'aime Maman video Valentine's Day French Vocabulary...

Mon numéro de téléphone

Mon numéro de téléphone

This is a lesson that works with Club Mystère. After introducing numbers 0-13 in French, I created a game using the text book. I photocopied pages 8/9 of the text book and cut out 6 of the 8 identity cards of the different characters. (I also photocopied the page so...

Joyeux Noël Bulletin Board

Joyeux Noël Bulletin Board

Joyeux Noël Bulletin Board Supplies: coffee mug (for the circle) glitter (I no longer use glitter as it is horrible for the environment/oceans/everyone.) YouTube video We began by drawing a fleur-de-lis with the instructions that I found on YouTube. (They are...

My Birthday / Mon Anniversaire French Lesson

My Birthday / Mon Anniversaire French Lesson

Objective: Students will learn the months of the year.janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre Students will learn how to discuss their and their classmates’ birthdays. Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?  Mon...

Counting in French from 13 – 31

Objective: Students will know the numbers 14-20 quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt 1-20 Worksheet T-Shirt Add, Roll and Colour (dice game) Link to Numbers 0-12 Lesson 11-20 Worksheet Les Maths 11-20 Worksheet Link to Lesson about Numbers 0-12...

Henri Matisse and French Colours

Henri Matisse and French Colours

Objective: Students will learn how to describe colours in French. bleu, blanc, brun (marron), gris, jaune, noir, orange, rouge, rose, vert, violet LESSON FOR MASCULINE COLOURS ONLY: Students will learn to state they love/like a colour. J’aime le/l’ ______. Students...

Mètis Culture

Mètis Culture

Objective: Students will learn about Mètis culture as they hear a story about a Mètis family, listen to Mètis music and learn to play the spoons: Resources Fiddle Dancer book and CD Sierra's Song - Metis Fiddle Music How to Play the Spoons I began this lesson by...

Rooms in a School

Rooms in a School

Objective: Students will learn rooms of the school: la bibliothèque, le bureau, la cours, la salle de français, la salle de musique, la salle des professeur, les toilettes Resources Images of the rooms of the school with French labels Images of the rooms of the school...

Giving Directions in French

Giving Directions in French

Objective: Students will learn directions: Tourner à gauche, tourner à droite, va tout droit Resources Students’ hands Basic school supplies in a school pencil box This French Directions lesson was fun as the students loved using their own supplies to make mazes on...

Learning French Colours

Learning French Colours

French Colours Objective: Students will learn how to describe the colour of Santa’s outfit and other French colours. Students will learn how to state “I like my (colour) (clothing)” and “I like your (colour) (clothing). J’aime mes bottes noires. J’aime tes bottes...

Comment ça va?

Comment ça va?

(Updated September 2022) Objectives: Students will be able to ask people how they are feeling and tell people how they are feeling: Ça va? Comment ça va? Et toi? Ça va très bien. Ça va bien. Ça va. Comme ci, comme ça. Ça va mal. Ça va très mal.Videos: Bonjour Bonjour...

My Blog Roll

Why do I blog? I think the above image says it all. I blog to share, to connect, to create and to inspire.  I love when I can explore another connected teacher's blog roll. If you have a site or great links you wish to share, please send them to me as I...

Je me souviens – I Remember (Remembrance Day)

Je me souviens – I Remember (Remembrance Day)

  Resources Remembrance Day poppy wreaths colouring sheets Remembrance Day French/English decorations I found online four different Remembrance Day wreaths.  Each student could choose one wreath that they coloured and cut.  Then with special scissors, they cut a...