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PLEASE HELP ME!

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I will/do teach the following languages:
French, Spanish
I teach these year groups;
3, 4, 5, 6
About Me:
Primary MFL coordinator and teacher of French across KS2 in a large junior school.
Favourite/recommended MFL Website:
http://www.linguaprime.com
Favorite MFL resource:
Mon sac magique!

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At 10:44pm on May 17, 2009, Effie Ellina said…
Hi there Jackie. Someone gave me your name as I put a query out on advice for an interview observation. I am going to do the story re-telling of the Enormous Turnip and I was told you had done some work on it. Do you have any ideas on the delivery? I am using the little english version with five characters (includes the dog) as my basis. Do you think I need to give the children acting something to wear? I am going to show flashcards first of the characters and get them to repeat, then act the story out once, then get them to do the re-telling with me ...I will then do about 5 to ten minutes on culture - the french flag - so that i can get the cultural strand in and because i am not sure how long the lesson will last (it's a thirty minute observation).
I would be grateful for any advice! Thanks x
At 10:26am on September 6, 2007, Jackie Berry said…
Hi there Jo - only 2 days this week as part time and INSET on Monday! Have taught French in Y3, 4 & 5 so nice to be up and running again. Quick recap session with Y4 & Y5 shows that they have at least remembered some of what we did last year! Just started Catherine Cheater with new Year 3 classes. They seemed to enjoy it and I am due to start Y4 SoW with Y4 & 5 next week (they run in parallel as both have had only 1 year of French so far). My only concern is that the Catherine Cheater scheme for year 4 seems a bit too childish for Year 5, so will have to make a few adjustments as I go!

Just been browsing your blogs. Must get myself clued up on podcasts, blogs, Flash meetings etc - will try to find some time after I've planned for next week I guess!!

Hope you have had a good start, too!
At 10:11am on September 6, 2007, Jo Rhys-Jones said…
Hi Jackie - how is the first week back going?
At 6:24pm on September 2, 2007, Jo Rhys-Jones said…
sock puppets (video) - I gave the children (group of 3) the camera and sent them off into library corner for 5mins (exactly!) and told them they had to video their work and were not allowed to delete anything. (Luckily they don't actually know how to delete anyway!) This was what they came back with. Other groups I sent at different times came back with different things according to their ability - one group sang the alphabet, another attempted a mock interview.
I often have to work like this as my class are mixed age (yrs 3-6 all-in) as well as ability. It means I can sit with a group and focus with them while others do different tasks. I tried to explain it a bit in this post http://primarymfl.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=738935%3ABlogPost%3A506

it sounds much more hectic than it is - honest!
At 6:21pm on September 2, 2007, Jackie Berry said…
Hi Jo,

Thanks very much for your help. Back to school tomorrow so may be a few days before I give it a go! Looking forward to sharing ideas.
At 6:02pm on September 2, 2007, Jo Rhys-Jones said…
Hello Jackie

The sac magique sounds a fun idea - I'd like to have a go at that. Meanwhile here is how the ning network works;

Welcome to our networking site. I hope you find it useful and do please post things here whenever you want; you could tell us what you've been up to in a blog post, ask general questions/start discussions in the forum or just click directly on members to chat or ask specific questions to people.

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Best wishes, Jo
At 4:32pm on September 2, 2007, Isabelle Jones said…
Hi Jackie

Really liked the magic bag idea...
Hope to exchange more ideas and resources on our lovely network.

Isabelle
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com
At 4:21pm on September 2, 2007, Jackie Berry said…
My magic bag is a magician's change bag - the sort made of red velvet that you can put things in and, by flicking a lever on the handle, make them seem to disappear. The lever actually opens another pocket in the bag so things still in there. Saw one used a couple of years ago at MFL conference in Loughborough to teach colours - Nigel Pearson (CILT Advisor) used it with bits of coloured fabric. I bought it on eBay and have used it for colours, alphabet and just about everything else in all Year groups. You can put small objects/flashcards in it and pass around the room to music. Even when chn know how it works they love it and play the trick on each other!! Have used in Maths and other subjects as well.
At 4:13pm on September 2, 2007, Lisa Stevens said…
Bonjour! That's what I feel like at the prospect of addressing the staff on Tuesday - or is it Monday - noone's told me yet!

Please tell me all about your 'sac magique'! I'm intrigued (my son wants to know if it's like Tilly's on Tots TV! ;-D
 
 

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