One week down!

It's hard to believe students have been hard at work for one week now! I am very impressed with the motivation that the new grade 7 groups are showing. Parents, if your child is feeling anxious about the first week, please take comfort in knowing that this is common and that if they work hard and keep up with the great attitudes, the anxiety will soon disappear! Please check the homework section for upcoming homework in my classes. 

Check out this video about the Late French Immersion program: 

Jour 2 !

Parents,

Most students did very well to turn in forms and fees. I am still however, missing a few forms and many fees. I would love to have these in as soon as possible. 

Bienvenue!

Welcome students and parents, 

We had a great first day! I had the privilege of meeting 7H , 7B and 7F today. We went over class expectations, rules, some useful french expressions and started our first assignment (7H). Late French Immersion students are to write their name on a sheet of paper and draw six things that describe themselves around their name.They are then to find the article and noun to describe their drawing by using a French/English dictionary. This will NOT be for homework; we will continue to work on this in class.  7F will have a different "get to know you" assignment that they will begin tomorrow. 

I was very impressed with the students today and hope to see the same amount of effort and motivation continue throughout the term. Please refer to the homework section for tonight's homework section to see what needs to be done for tomorrow.. .there are a lot of things to be signed and fees to be paid. 

Projet Passion

I am very excited to announce a project that students will be working on for the next 5-6 weeks. 

In English, it is called "genius hour" but in French, we will be calling the project "projet passion". Students will be choosing a topic that they are passionate about and will be developing a question that they will need to answer with research and activities. They are very excited to showcase their interests and passions to their classmates. The Final product will be their choice; they may do an oral presentation, create a  model, write a poem, a book, a song, a poster.... the possibilities are endless! My hope is that they will have fun but also learn something new, all while developing their abilities in the French language. The final presentations must show that effort was put into their project and must take 3-5 minutes to present. Hopefully some of their ideas will even be shared outside of the classroom to make the world a better place in some way. 

Students will get a couple of hours a week to work on their project in school but will also have some work to do from home. 

Same project ideas I discussed with the students: 
 - Creating a documentary to show the effects bullying has on adolescents
-  Making a product for children in hospitals and showing how it affects their overall mental health and mood in a positive way
- creating a website to showcase endangered species and what can be done to rectify the situation 

            Visit this website and this website for more ideas and inspiration 


Here are our goals: (Students will...)  

• Explore a topic they are curious and passionate about.
• Create something to show their understanding of that topic.
• Be able to present what they learned to the world around them.
• Realize that they have the power to affect their community in some way.

Here are some resources that I found in English to help parents understand the goals behind this project... keep in mind though... the students will be completing their projects in French! 

I am so very excited to see what ideas the students they will come up with. I have seen their potential since September and we have had a great year developing their knowledge of the French language. I think this will be a great way to showcase their skills! 

le mercredi 13 avril - Bring it on

Students enjoyed watching Bluefield's performance of "Bring it on" today. It was a fantastic show and a great way to kick off the day. Once we returned to school, students reflected on the experience by getting together in partners and writing a letter to their favourite character. 

Easter Seals 

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped our school surpass the goal set to raise a loonie per person.  Together we raised $1260 for Easter Seals.  Tyra McKeeman visited us this afternoon, and the grade seven had the pleasure to be there for the presentation.

le jeudi 7 avril

Students in 7H and 7B went to the library yesterday to get their first French books! They have started working on a reading log in class. I encourage them to read for 15-20 minutes a night as well as to continue with their regular subject review. It's hard to believe that we only have 3 months left of school! The students have been doing a great job at demonstrating their improvement in both reading and writing in the French language. They have come such a long way since September. 

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a great march break! Students had the chance to share what they did over their break in detail today, practicing their usage of the past tense. We will have a French test Friday of this week. Please see the homework page for other homework. 

Happy March Break!

A note to students in 7H and 7B. Your next "actualité" assignment will be due Monday April 4th. Have a great March Break everyone! 

Parent/teacher Interviews

Parents, 

Today I sent home slips with your interview times. Please send me an email or phone if you would like to make alternate arrangements. 

The school is also doing a fundraiser and information for this was sent home today. Please let me know if you have any questions! 

le vendredi 12 février

For the last couple of weeks, students have been working on writing their own story books.  I am very excited to post photos of the finished product and to have them share their work with parents! This project will tie everything that we have learned so far this year into one assignment.  At this point, students should be finishing up their rough draft and working on the correction stage of the writing process. I'm very impressed with what I'm seeing so far !

  

Homework Updates

Parents, 

Just a reminder.. In order to check homework updates you click on the "homework" (les devoirs) tab up at the top of the blog page. This main blog page is used to add photos, etc... which I haven't unfortunately done in quite some time. I hope to make a more detailed update soon. Thanks for your understanding and please don't hesitate to email or call if you have any questions regarding your child and homework

Mme Gallaway-Horne

le lundi 8 Février - Social Studies Test

Because of recent storm days, the Social studies test for grade 7 students (7H and 7B) will be moved from tomorrow (Tuesday) to Thursday February 11th. There will be extra help Wednesday at lunch. We will be focusing on review the next couple of days.

le lundi 4 janvier 2016

Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a great Christmas break. Today we had a great start to 2016. Students are continuing to work on assignments that were started before the break. Most will be worked on in class, but check the homework section for what will be asked of the students from home. 

Late French Immersion- My expectations for conversing in French in class are now higher than they were before the break. I expect students to speak 100% in French with both myself and their peers to get the full "immersion experience". When they don't know a word I encourage them to ask me or to look in their dictionary, but I expect that the effort will be made to express themselves in their second language. 

I'm very proud of how far the students have come so far and can't wait to see more progress in 2016.