NEWSLETTER - septembre

septembre

Bonjour et bienvenue à la classe de français! Welcome to the first monthly Newsletter for your child’s French class. My name is Madame Heather Leger and I am looking forward to a great year with your child! Last week, I sent home the Foreign Language Newsletter and Student Pledge for you to read and discuss with your child. On the newsletter was listed my contact information as well as the link to my French Blog. By now, these papers have already been read and signed and should be in your child’s binder to keep for future reference.

This month, after choosing a French name , your child will learn how to ask someone’s name and how to answer “My name is…”. They will also learn greetings and expressions of goodbye, basic classroom commands, and other questions such as where you live, how you are feeling, and how old you are. All of this information will be combined into a variety of short conversations that will be practiced in class. Towards the end of the month, students will begin learning the French alphabet and how to spell words with French accents.

As soon as your child has access to their iPad, I would ask that you download the following apps (if they are not already on their iPad) that will be used periodically throughout the beginning of the year: Morfo, Voice Record Pro, Socrative, and SAS Flashcards. If your child has difficulty locating these apps, please ask them to see me during class.

As stated in my Welcome Letter, I maintain a French blog that is available to your child at mmehleger.blogspot.com Please have your child navigate to this site on his/her iPad and save it to the iPad homescreen. Students are encouraged to read, watch, listen and interact with the blog as it offers culture, French learning games, and review before quizzes/tests. If there is anything that you would like to share with me regarding your child that would help them have a successful year learning French, please email me. I can be reached at HLeger@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us.

Thank you for allowing me to teach your child French. ☺