Last year I started the tradition of writing a post sharing photos from the school year. This year, I have continued the tradition in this post with photos from the 2021-2022 school year.
At Thanksgiving, students cut out their hands on construction paper and wrote things they were thankful for on each finger. They also learned, or were reminded, that although Thanksgiving is a great time for Americans to stop and reflect on what they are thankful for, Thanksgiving is not celebrated in the French speaking world, other than in Canada where it is a harvest holiday. Click here to see more photos.Gimkit was a mainstay in our classroom this year.A chilly winter morning outside the school.Students enjoyed leaving their shoes out in the hall for St. Nicholas to leave a treat in. I used a really cool app called Spectre on my phone to take the motion blur shot on the left. Click here to see more photos from St. Nicholas day.After a year hiatus, it was great for the students to be able to correspond with their pen pals in France again. Click here to view more photos and click here to read more about my pen pal project.Students made their own mini bûches de Noël at Christmas time, using Swiss Rolls and frosting. Click here to view more photos.Our school had a door decorating contest in December. I didn’t win, but my students and I had fun making it!My students put on a wonderful edition of “Shrek” in February. It was great to see them performing onstage!After learning about Mardi Gras and Carnaval, students enjoyed Mardi Gras dishes such as King’s Cake.They also decorated masks. Click here to see more photos.After learning about the French tradition of Poisson d’avril on April Fool’s Day, students decorated fake fish to stick on each other’s backs. Click here for more photos.After learning about how to describe themselves and others, students wrote compliments to each other in French. Click here for more photos and click here to learn more about this activity.After a two year hiatus, my French club students were able to return to one of our local elementary schools to teach lessons to 2nd and 3rd graders. The older students, as always, did a great job, and the younger students loved it. Click here to learn more about this project.3rd grade students play a vocabulary game in groups.It was great to bring back my annual crêpe event. Traditionally, I do this project to coincide with Chandeleur, but this year I had to reschedule it to May. The students enjoyed it all the same. Students took each others’ orders in French and enjoyed a crêpe with a filling of their choosing. Click here for more photos.In June I had a mini awards ceremony for students who demonstrated exceptional enthusiasm and achievement in French, where I served refreshments.After learning about impressionism, students recreated their own impressionist painting digitally, using a free program called Kleki. Click here to see the results.Someone wrote this on the pavement out in front of the school.I captured this photo of a roller coaster using my Spectre app on our class field trip to Six Flags.On the last day of school, all the teachers wave goodbye to the students and blow bubbles. I captured this photo, once again, with my Spectre app.My colleague Sarah waves goodbye to the buses as they pull away.Schoooooool’s oooout foooor summer!
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