April 18th
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
Unit 11 – Off To School
Swadha needs to finish her writing project (details page 67 of the class book), and unit 11 in the workbook, by next Wednesday.
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
Unit 10 – Useful Websites & Culture – Shopping (with Prepare 2)
Olivia needs to finish the unit 10 workbook exercises and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Culture – Shopping
The children need to finish their project (details page 67 of the class book) the before our next lesson, as well as any unfinished work from previous weeks.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Culture – Youth Clubs in the UK
The children need to finish their project (details page 67 of the class book) the before our next lesson, as well as any unfinished work from previous weeks.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
Values & Fluency Time 4
The children need to finish the fluency time project by the next lesson. Please make sure any unfinished work is also completed as next lesson we will do Review 4 (units 10, 11 and 12).
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan, Alexandre) – Unit 11 – What are you wearing?
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Oriana, Anaëlle, Khaleya, Julie A) – Unit 11 – I like monkeys!
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Timothe, Gabriella, Gaspard)
I read the story « So many kinds of shoes! » by Maria Fleming. We talked about the sight words (Many, kind, which, buy) in the story. We also practice words with the « a » sound. We finished our work together, it would be great if they reviewed it at home too. Thanks.
April 8th
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
Culture – Animals as National Symbols
Swadha needs to finish her project (details page 63 of the class book) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
Unit 9 – Sports, Games and Activities
Olivia needs to finish the unit 9 workbook exercises and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Unit 10 – Buying Things
The children need to finish the unit 10 workbook exercises, grammar reference (found in the classbook) and the ‘prepare to write’ exercise (details page 65) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Unit 10 – Things we do
The children need to finish the unit 10 workbook exercises, grammar reference (found in the classbook) and the ‘blog about you’ exercise (details page 65) by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
Unit 12 – A clever baby!
The children need to finish the unit 12 workbook exercises by next Wednesday. Please make sure any unfinished work is also completed as next week we will do Review 4 (units 10, 11 and 12).
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan, Alexandre) – Unit 10 – It’s hot today!
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Oriana, Anaëlle, Khaleya, Julie A) – Unit 10 – A new friend!
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Timothe, Gabriella, Gaspard)
We read a story about School and learned more vocabulary. We worked on following directions, sequencing, beginning sounds, and finishing pictures. We finished our work together, it would be great if they reviewed it at home too. Thanks.
April 1st
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
Unit 10 – Animals in Danger
Swadha needs to finish the unit 10 workbook exercises and grammar reference(from the class book) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
Review – Units 5-8
There is no homework this week.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Unit 9 – Clothes and Fashion
The children need to finish the unit 9 workbook exercises and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Unit 9 – Feeling Good
The children need to finish the unit 9 workbook exercises and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
Unit 11 – In the Museum
The children need to finish the unit 11 workbook exercises by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan, Alexandre) – Catch-up Day!
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Orianna, Anaëlle) – Catch-up Day!
The children need to catch up on any unfinished work. 1/3 forgot their books, 1/3 did not finish their work. Thank you to the 1/3 that were prepared for English today!
March 25th
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
Unit 9
Swadha needs to finish the unit 9 workbook exercises, grammar reference, and writing task (from the class book) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Review – Units 5-8
There is no homework this week.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Review – Units 5-8
The children need to finish the writing task, ‘Write an email to Rodrigo’ (information page 57) by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
Unit 10 – In the Park
The children need to finish the unit 10 workbook exercises by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan, Alexandre) -Fluency Time 3 and Review 3
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Orianna, Anaëlle) – Fluency Time 3 and Review 3
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael)
We read a story about the rain forest animals and learned new vocabulary.
We made a silly green frog for fun.
March 21st
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
Review – Units 5-8
There is no homework this week.
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
Life Skills – Physical Well-Being (with Prepare 2 Group)
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Life Skills – Physical Well-Being
The children need to finish their project (Details page 55) and any unfinished homework by next Wednesday. Next week we will do the review of units 5-8.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Life Skills – Study Skills
The children need to finish their project (Details page 55) and any unfinished homework by next Wednesday. Next week we will do the review of units 5-8.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
A/An/Some/Any Review + Reading Unit
The children need to complete their homework (A/An/Some/Any Review Worksheet) and any unfinished homework.
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan) – Unit 9 – Where does she work?
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Orianna, Anaëlle) – Unit 9 – Lunchtime
Please review the dialogues and vocabulary.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael)
Finishing up the book of First Friends
The children need to finish up Unit 10 and catch up on any unfinished work. We are working on vocabulary, storytelling and a small story.
March 11th
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
Unit 8 – Life in the future
Olivia needs to finish the unit 8 workbook exercises, and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)
Unit 8 – Favourite Places
The children need to finish the unit 8 workbook exercises, and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)
Unit 8 – At School
The children need to finish the unit 8 workbook exercises, and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
Review 3
The children need to complete Review 3 in the work book, and any unfinished work.
Family and Friends 2 (Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan)
Reading Comprehension – Meet A Baby Panda
The children need to read the article ‘Meet A Baby Panda’ and respond to the questions.
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohan, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae, Orianna, Anaëlle)
Vowel Sounds – OA, OE, OW
The children need to practice the vocabulary from the worksheets (the words with pictures)
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaëlle)
Unit 10 – Jobs
The children need to finish Unit 10 on pages 66-74 in their workbook and catch up on any unfinished work.
Vocabulary to learn and practice:
- Farmer, doctor, teacher, singer, firefighter, taxi driver, nurse, police officer, pilot, builder
Sounds
- Un
- Bun
- Run
- Sun
Numbers
- Review (1-100)
February 11th
- Parrot, monkey, snake, crocodile, lion, zebra, giraffe, elephant, hippo
- op
- Hop
- Mop
- Top
- 100
- Counting in tens (10, 20, 30, 40, …. , 100)
February 5th
For this week’s unit, Olivia joined the Prepare 2 group.
This week, the children have a project – ‘a job offer’ to complete (details page 45 of the ‘Student’s Book’). This is a group project that can be done at school.
Jasmine, Ayaan, Padme – Bastille Day
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae.) Mini story – Are you ready?
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Mini story – Animal Babies
The children need to practice the Vocabulary and read the story at home.
January 29th
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae.) Unit 7 – Are these his. trousers?
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Unit 8 – Let’s Eat!
Vocabulary to learn and practice:
- Soup, salad, bread, butter, chicken, fish, potato, rice, cheese, milk.
- Reviewing
- Sea, crab, beach, shell, spade, bucket, sand, sandcastle, towel, umbrella.
Sounds
- ig
- Big
- Dig
- Fig
Numbers
- 80
- 90
January 23rd
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae.) Fluency Time 2 & Review 2
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Unit 7 – On Holiday
Vocabulary to learn and practice:
- Sea, crab, beach, shell, spade, bucket, sand, sandcastle, towel, umbrella.
- Reviewing
- Bedroom, lamp, dining room, fridge, cooker, plant, bathroom, sofa, tv, living room.
Sounds
- et
- Jet
- Net
- Wet
Numbers
- 60
- 70
December 17th
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae.) Unit 6 – Billy’s Teddy
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Unit 6 – My room
Vocabulary to learn and practice:
- Bed, pillow, shelf, blanket, rug, in, next to, behind, on, wardrobe, under.
- Bedroom, lamp, dining room, fridge, cooker, plant, bathroom, sofa, tv, living room.
Sounds
- at
- Cat
- Hat
- Mat
Numbers
- 40
- 50
December 10th
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Lucas, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo, Nils, Aglae.) Unit 5 – Where’s the ball?
- Josephine
- Gabriella
- Sohann
- Lucas
- Alexander
- Nils
- Eva
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Aglae, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Unit 4 & 5
Vocabulary to learn and practice:
- Read, throw, write, kick, run, catch, jump, climb, sing, draw.
- Bedroom, lamp, dining room, fridge, cooker, plant, bathroom, sofa, tv, living room.
Sounds
- Th
- Thick/thin
- throw
- bath
- Ch
- Beach
- kitchen
- Chocolate
December 4th
Because of an unforeseen event, there was no English Group this week for:
- Prepare 1
- Prepare 2
- Prepare 3
- Family and Friends 2
- Family and Friends 1
This is a good moment to catch up on any unfinished work)
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First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle) Unit 4 – I can Jump!
We discovered Unit 4 today. The children need to practice the vocabulary at home.
- Vocabulary
- Read, write, throw, run, catch, sing, jump, kick, draw, climb.
- Sounds
- « Th »
- Thumb/Bath/Throw
- « Th »
- Numbers (Practice counting to 28)
- Review 20-26
- Discover 27-28
- Practice the dialogue (page 25 in classbook)
- Your picture is very good!
- Thank you.
- Yours is, too. Good job!
- Thanks!
November 28th
The children need to complete the ‘A description of a party’ writing task (classbook page 31), as well as the workbook exercises (pages 20-23), and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
The children need to complete the ‘have you got questions?’ questionnaire (classbook page 31), as well as any unfinished work from the classbook, the workbook exercises (pages 20-23), and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Aglae, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle)
We talked about Thanksgiving and made Turkeys for fun.
November 20th
Prepare 3 (Olivia)Unit 3 – On Holiday.Olivia needs to complete the workbook exercises (pages 12-15), and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard)Unit 3 – Great Sounds.The children need to complete any unfinished work from the classbook, as well as the workbook exercises (pages 16-19), and grammar reference (found in the classbook) by next Wednesday.Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais, Victor)Unit 3 – My Home.The children need to complete any unfinished work from the classbook, as well as the workbook exercises (pages 16-19), and grammar reference (found in the classbook – page 139) by next Wednesday.Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)Fluency Time 1 and Review 1.The children need to complete the workbook exercises by next Wednesday. (pages 26-29). The video used in the exercises on page 27 can be found here:
- Dialogues
- What’s this? It’s a …
- What’s your name? My names …
- How old are you? I’m …
- Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
- How are you? I’m fine, thank you.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Aglae, Nathanael, Oriana, Anaelle)
- Vocabulary
- Classroom, Friend, Guitar, Music room, Piano, Playground, sandbox, School Bus, seesaw, swing, teacher.
- Dialogue
- What’s this? It’s …..
- Who’s this? He’s / She’s …
- Reviewing
- Aa-Zz sounds
- Numbers
- 10-22 (review)
- 23-24 (new)
October 25th
Halloween Week! No English Groups this week. Please catch up on any late work that needs to be done. Thank you.
October 18th
Ysee – Armenia
The children are reviewing units 1-3 this week.
Family and Friends 2 ( Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan ) Review
The children are reviewing units 1-3 this week.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Aglae, Nathanael, Oriana , Anaelle)
October 8th
The children need to complete the workbook exercises by next Wednesday. (pages 14-19)
- Vocabulary
- ride a bike, ride a horse, skate, skateboard, play tennis, play football
- Behind, in front of, next to, between
- Grammar
- She can / can’t …
- Can he …?
- Prepositions of place
- Behind / in front of / next to / between
- Phonics
- Review of CVC words ( consonant-vowel-consonant ) a / e / i / o / u
- Writing skills
- Using a / an, writing about what I can and can’t do. (WB)
- Speaking skills
- Where’s the skateboard? It’s in front of the table.
Please finish pages 20-25 in your workbook and any unfinished work from last week.
- Vocabulary
- arms, nose, face, legs, ears
- fingers, hands, eyes, eyebrows, shoulders
- Grammar
- arm / arms
- This is …
- These are …
- Phonics
- Initial sounds: IJKL
- Writing skills
- Identifying full sentences, writing about my body (WB)
- Speaking skills
- Describing an animal’s features
Please finish page 20-25 in your workbook and any unfinished work from last week.
Class book audio download – Here
- Topics / objectives for these 2 week are:
- The days of the week
- review the alphabet
- review initial sounds
- Vocabulary to learn
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Dialogue
- What days is it? It’s …
October 1st
- Vocabulary
- hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, happy, sad
- tired, angry, scared, brave, nervous
- Grammar
- We’re / They’re
- Are they …?
- Phonics
- Review of digraphs: ch sh th
- Writing skills
- long and short forms, writing about my feelings
- Speaking skills
- Is he sad? no, he isn’t. He’s …
Please finish page 14-19 in your workbook and any unfinished work from last week.
- Vocabulary
- doll, ball, teddy, puzzle, car
- kite, bike, train, game, scooter
- Grammar
- my / your
- Is this your teddy?
- Yes, it is.
- No, it isn’t.
- Phonics
- Initial sounds: efgh
- Writing skills
- Dividing sentences into words, writing about my favorite toys
- Speaking skills
- What’s your favorite …?
Please finish page 14-19 in your workbook and any unfinished work from last week.
- Topics / objectives for these 2 week are:
- The days of the week
- review the alphabet
- review initial sounds
- Vocabulary to learn
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Dialogue
- What days is it? It’s …
September 24th
- Vocabulary
- Classroom, table, computer, peg, pencil case, board
- Poster, picture, drawers, cupboard, CD player
- Grammar
- What’s this?
- This is / That is / These are / Those are
- Phonics
- Review of the alphabet and initial sounds
- Writing skills
- Capitalization, writing about my classroom
- Speaking skills
- How many …? There are …
- Vocabulary
- Pen, Rubber, Pencil, Ruler, Book
- Bag, Folder, Door, Window, Bookcase
- Grammar
- What’s this?
- It’s a pen.
- Phonics
- Initial sounds: abcd; Aa: apple
- Writing skills
- Counting words in a sentence, writing about my school things.
- Speaking skills
- What’s. this? It’s …
September 17th
Prepare 5 (Swadha)
– Review of missed chapters from last year (17-20) and life skills exercise ‘Fake News’ (From the Prepare 4 book). Next week we will begin with the Prepare 5 book.
Prepare 3 (Olivia)
– Grammar Review – Identifying and understanding different tenses (present continuous and present simple). Olivia and I will continue to work through the grammar review in class next week.
Prepare 2 (Eva, Sara, Bernard, Maroussia)
– Introductions, Vocabulary exercises (Fruit, Countries and School) and reading followed with questions to test understanding, and a discussion about our experiences with different languages (related to the book that we read). Next week we will begin with the Prepare 2 book.
Prepare 1 (Ysee, Marcus, Ayaan, Jasmine, Padme, Minh, Shams, Thais)
– Introductions, Vocabulary exercises (animals, and things found at school) and reading followed with questions to test understanding. Next week we will begin with the Prepare 1 book.
Family and Friends 3 (Naila, Leo, Leonard, Gil)
– Introductions, Vocabulary exercises (food, and things found at school), reading and pronunciation, and a discussion about the benefits language learning, and why we want to learn English. Next week we will begin with the Family and Friends 3 book.
Family and Friends 2 ( Audren, Theo, Constant, Charlie, Carmen, Julia H, Lysange, Maxime, Lara, Gabriel, Paul, Imraan ) STARTER UNIT
We dove straight into work (Welcome Back!) And had fun along the way.
We Reviewed:
- Grammar
- This is / That is
- These are / Those are
- Phonics
- Revied the alphabet and initial sounds
- Numbers – 1-20
- Family Members
- Colors
- Reading
- A description
- Listening
- Identifying people and objects
- Speaking / Acting
- How many …? There are …
- Writing
The children have a dialogue to learn with a partner for next week and complete the work I gave them.
Family and Friends 1 (Eva E, Sofia, Raphiel, Anastasia, Gabriella, Lea, Josephine, Romane, Sohann, Clara, Nathanael, Lucas, Victor, Alexander, Lina, Violetta, Sohantadeo ) STARTER UNIT
We greeted everyone and got to know our new group.
We started:
- Hello. good-bye
- How are you? I’m fine, thank you.
- What’s your name? My name’s…
- How old are you? I’m…
- Numbers 1-10
- Days of the week
- colors of the rainbow
The children have a dialogue to learn with a partner for next week and complete the work I gave them.
First Friends 2 (Darshan, Jaya, Aglae, Nils, Oriana , Anaelle) SPIDERS AND INSECTS
We got to know our group and we listened to a story about Spiders and Insects in English. The children need to work on the follow-up work for next week.