L'école des Youngsters: THE FRENCH CLASS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013.

Bonjour, hello parents,

The class started on Wednesday with the revision of the verbs "ÊTRE, AVOIR", excellent work kids, then we had a little exercise the comprehension of a story, the students had to recollect some details of a story they had read "Gabriela à l'école de la plage", again they did very well.
Following that review, we filled in a "Fiche de presentation" with name, address, etc..(in the child's binder). Then we studied ET - EST, when to use one or the other, we'll have a little quiz next week, yea !! And last but not least we worked on several exercises of spotting words in different contexts, to spot words in a grid, to spot a word in a list that correspond with a picture, and so on.
I gave the children four pages on the phonetics of the vowels, and consonants, we'll study them next week.
Basil is going to choose a story from the e-books for next week for all of us to read and study, but of course the children can read any stories they want for themselves.

Homework for Wednesday, October 15: review ET-EST for the quiz, also look at "LES ACCENTS" in the binder.

Thank you, have a great week

Bonne semaine à vous !

Chéryfa

learn about what we will celebrate on Monday

Galette des rois

Après toute l'excitation de Noël et du Nouvel An, il reste une dernière tradition française intéressante : le tirage des rois. Cette célébration a lieu à l'Épiphanie, dont la date n'est pas figée - elle peut être soit le 6 janvier, soit le premier dimanche de ce mois.

Plus intéressant encore, il y a la galette des rois. Ce gâteau particulier se mange généralement tout au long du mois de janvier. Selon la région, la galette des rois se fait de plusieurs façons : elle peut être feuilletée ou briochée, certaines sont fourrées à la frangipane, et d'autres décorées de fruits confits. Mais ce qui distingue la galette des rois des autres gâteaux, c'est la fève à l'intérieur, voire deux : une vraie fève, et souvent aussi une figurine ou un petit bibelot.

Pendant le tirage des rois (la découpe de la galette), la personne qui tire la fève (c'est-à-dire, qui la trouve dans sa part de galette) devient roi ou reine, reçoit une couronne en carton (fournie par la boulangerie) et choisit son compagnon. J'ai tant aimé les fèves que j'ai trouvées dans ma première galette (chez une amie) et ma deuxième galette (chez moi) que j'en ai acheté une troisième - mais ils avaient oublié d'y mettre la fève. Quelle déception !

Three Kings' Cake

After all the excitement of Christmas and the new year, there's still one more interesting French tradition: the "pulling of the kings." This celebration takes place at Epiphany, which has a variable date - it can either be 6 January or the first Sunday of the month.

Even more interesting is the galette des rois (literally, kings' cake). This special cake is generally eaten throughout the month of January. Depending on the region, the cake comes in different varieties: it can be made of puff pastry or like a brioche, some are filled with almond paste, and others are decorated with candied fruits. But what sets the galette des rois apart from other cakes is the fève inside, or even two: a real fava bean, and often a figurine or small knickknack as well.

During the tirage des rois (the cutting of the cake), the person who pulls the fève (that is, who finds it in his/her slice of cake) becomes king or queen, receives a paper crown (provided by the bakery), and chooses a partner. I liked the fèves that I found in my first galette (at a friend's house) and second galette (at home) that I bought a third - but they'd forgotten to put the fève inside. What a disappointment!

L'école des Youngsters

THE FRENCH CLASS: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013.

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