Kelly Robic  

Here are the key words from our "Days, Months and Seasons" show:

Monday—lundi

Tuesday—mardi

Wednesday—mercredi

Thursday—jeudi

Friday—vendredi

Saturday—samedi

Sunday—dimanche

What is the date? Quelle est la date ?

What day is today? Quel est le jour aujourd’hui ?

Now here are the months:

January—janvier

February—février

March—mars

April—avril

May—mai

June—juin

July—juillet

August—août

September—septembre

October—octobre

November—novembre

December—décembre

And the seasons...

spring--printemps

summer--été

fall--automne

winter—hiver

Here are the links to the web sites I mentioned...

www.about.com http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_calendar.htm (variety of activities)

http://www.quia.com/cc/383375.html (concentration game)

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/french/label/months/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/french/label/days/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/french/label/seasons/

That's it for this time. See you next week!

Kelly and Alex
kellyrobic at hotmail.com

Thanks for listening, everyone! Here are the French words we talked about in our “School Words” show…

CE1--cours elementaire un

preschool—maternelle

primary school—primaire

fencing—escime

danse—dance

three-yearolds’ class--petite section

kindergarten equivalent—grande section

class – classe

teacher —maîtresse or maitre (for the younger grades)

student –eleve, étudiant(e)

backpack – le sac à dos

bookbag--cartable

book – livre

blackboard—tableau

paper – papier

desk – bureau

crayon -- crayon de couleur

pencil – crayon

pen – stylo

notebook – carnet, cahier

paper clip -- trombone

library – bibliothèque

dictionary –dictionnaire

to learn—apprendre

to write— écrire

to read—lire

cafeteria—cantine

Here are the web sites I spoke about :

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/school/frenchwords/

http://www.pdictionary.com/french/browse.php?bm=12&db=school

We are looking for theme ideas for the future… let us know if you’ve got some !

Kelly and Alex

French Fun: Farm Animals Show

Here are the vocabulary words we talked about:

hi—salut

duck—canard

horse—cheval

goat—chèvre 

pig—cochon

cow—vache

bull—taureau

rabbit—lapin

sheep—mouton 

goose—oie

chick—poussin

chicken—poulet

hen—poule

rooster—coq

veterinarian—vétérinaire

Plein comme un oeuf. Full like an egg.

Here are the web sites I mentioned:

www.enchantedlearning.com search using farm animals for a keyword.

www.hello-world.com check out the farm animal game and the Bingo game that’s on animals in general.

Thanks for listening! Please pass the word about our show!

Au revoir!