Welcome to my classroom blog! I am excited to post some of the amazing work that my students do, and I hope that you will enjoy browsing this blog and seeing what we do in class.
Here at Lee Academy, we use the AIM (Accelerative Integrated Method) to teach French. This means that our French lessons are conducted entirely in French (well, maybe there's some franglais to be found from time to time!) and we use gestures to accompany every word, to help the students better understand. The units are story-based, as opposed to the traditional theme-based approach. We also use a "pared down language" to effectively and simply communicate. If you're interested in the AIM, you can find more information here on AIM Language Learning's Official Website, or here on About.com's AIM information page.
Our students start French in Junior Kindergarten and have French class for 20 minutes every day. This routine continues into Senior Kindergarten. In Grades One and Two, the students get a 40 minute lesson every other day. Grades Three and Four get three 40 minute lessons every four days, and Grades Five to Eight get French for 40 minutes every day.
The main goal of this blog is to post student work. My students work very hard, and produce amazing work! So, consider this the French class version of your refrigerator at home. I don't have magnets to post their papers, but I think this blog just may work the same way!
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