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Hello all!

I am going to be sending out an almost daily update to parents sometimes, simply to keep everyone aware of how home learning is going and to give you updates as they happen that day regarding assignments for FILA class. From today onward, daily meetings will still be held at the same time, grade 7 FILA-9:30 and 8 FILA-10:30. However, instead of a half an hour, they will be closer to 45 minutes as Mme McQuaid-Murphy and I will be teaming up to give the kids one meeting instead of two seperate longer meetings. We discussed this with students today and they said they preferred to have us combine for one meeting instead of two seperate ones. This saves time and effort and makes a more fluid class for the kids. So, to sum up, Mme McQuiad-Murphy will be jumping on everyday at the beginning of class to answer questions or explain a concept the kids may not have understood. Afterwards, I will be doing my daily class, where the main lesson will still be recorded and availble for viewing or consultation later.

Also, if your child is one who has been contacted by our French monitrice, Mme Burke, to do some French activities, these are taking place directly after our respective classes, and it would be great if students could log on to these sessions as these are great for extra help and maintenance of their language. 

As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to me by email: nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca

Sincerely,

Mme Arsenault:)

This message has also been sent out to all parents and guardians via email.  I am posting here in case some missed it in their email.

Hello everyone!

I hope everyone was able to enjoy a restful Holiday break. I am reaching out regarding expectations for distance learning in regards to grade 7 & 8 French Immersion Language Arts.  All work will be completed through Teams. I will be having a virtual class daily for each grade level. For Grade 7, this will be starting at 9:30 and ending between 10 and 10:15.  For Grade 8, this will be starting at 10:30 and ending between 11 and 11:15. A recording of the lesson will be taken and uploaded for students to have access to should they need it. There will be independent work to be completed daily attached to the lesson. Further, there will be work to be completed independently in the afternoons, and these expectations will be outlined to students during our first virtual meeting tomorrow.  Time for interventions will be scheduled as well and this will be communicated with students tomorrow, when these separate meetings will take place, usually in the afternoon though.  Attendance will be taken daily.

These are stressful times for everyone, and because of this, I encourage anyone who has any questions to reach out to me via email at nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca.  Please keep an eye on my teacher page via the Gretna Green School website, as often I will post messages here regarding when work is due and other messages so that parents can be kept in the loop without having to access their child's teams directly. 

Thank you and sincerely,

Mme Arsenault

 1.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/passe.present.futur.html

2.  https://www.francaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-francais-2/exercice-fr...

3.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/exercice-verbe-etre.html

4.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/verbe/avoir.php

5.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/verbe/aller.php

6.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/exercice-verbe-dire.html

7.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/exercice-verbe-faire.html

8.  https://www.toutelaconjugaison.com/exercice-verbe-aimer.html

Monday

Oral/Listening Activities (40 minutes)

1.     Pick one of your favourite shows or films on Netflix or Crave or some other platform.  Switch the language on the video to French.  Watch 40 minutes of it and try and pick out 5 new words while you are watching that you have not heard before.  If you do not know how to do this, than follow the link here for an explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAMfxxN6cV0

OR

2.     If you do not have one of these platforms go to following link and pick a show en français-watch 15 minutes of it and then pick out 5 new words while you are watching that you have not heard before.

Ø  https://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/scolaire/emissions

                                                          OR

3.     If you do not have access to the internet, then you can pick a show to watch off of TV and do the same steps as option 1 and 2!

Reading Activities

None for today.

Writing Activities (20 minutes)

1.     This week’s writing activities are all about reflective learning.  I want you to pick any of the following topics and write as much as you can on one of these topics each day.  For grade 8-write a letter to your future self about your time at Gretna Green.  Take the whole week to do it, break it up into chunks.  Type it out and send it to me and I will not read it, but print it and seal it in an envelope and in 2024 I will send it up to your high school as you near your grade 12 graduation.  I did this with the grade 8s from last year and am saving their letters for them.  I highly encourage you to do this as it will be a fun exercise for the future and you can do it in the language of your choice as it is a social and emotional learning activity.  If you do not want to do this, pick one of the activities from belowJ

2.     Grade 6 & 7-Pick one of the following topics and write on it the whole week or pick one a day and write on one a day.  Topics: Your hero or someone who inspires you, someone who has left a great impact on your life at any point in time, a letter to yourself one year in the future and what you want to remember from this time or what equality is.   

Email me any of your writing you would like to share at nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca

Wednesday

Oral/Listening Activities

No Oral Activities for Today.

Reading Activities (40 minutes)

1. Infos-jeunes-This week’s reading is Le voyage du Stodig.  Please answer the multiple choice questions only. 

OR

2. Email me at nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca and I will send pictures of the readings and the questions that can then be sent to an I-pod or tablet, even if it does not have internet access.

Writing Activity (20 minutes)

Ø  This week’s writing activities are all about reflective learning.  I want you to pick any of the following topics and write as much as you can on one of these topics each day.  For grade 8-write a letter to your future self about your time at Gretna Green.  Take the whole week to do it, break it up into chunks.  Type it out and send it to me and I will not read it, but print it and seal it in an envelope and in 2024 I will send it up to your high school as you near your grade 12 graduation.  I did this with the grade 8s from last year and am saving their letters for them.  I highly encourage you to do this as it will be a fun exercise for the future and you can do it in the language of your choice as it is a social and emotional learning activity.  If you do not want to do this, pick one of the activities from below

Ø  Grade 6 & 7-Pick one of the following topics and write on it the whole week or pick one a day and write on one a day.  Topics: Your hero or someone who inspires you, someone who has left a great impact on your life at any point in time, a letter to yourself one year in the future and what you want to remember from this time or what equality is.   

Email me any of your writing you would like to share at nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca

Friday

STIM Activities (60 minutes)

Today, you will be completing the STIAM or STEM activity in the handout attached to this post.  This is the current issue for this week and now we are caught up.  As always, I will be attaching the French and English copies of this for your parents’ information and clarity.  You can complete it with a sibling, parent or grand-parent.  Or if you want, call or video chat with a friend or classmate in order to complete it together!    Share your results or final product in a picture and send it to me at nadia.arsenault@nbed.nb.ca.   

Thanks for a great end of year and have a great summer!  Bon été!