Getting Ready for Second Grade
For a smooth transition to second grade, consider these activities for your incoming second grader. Fifteen minutes a day of French, two or three times a week, can greatly enhance your child's success and the classroom environment come September.
FRENCH LITERACY
Essential:
French reading: Review Grade 1 high-frequency words - Follow the link and download the PowerPoint presentation by clicking on the black arrow in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
Recommended (Most of these sites have explanations in English):
Digital Dialects - French: http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm
Number and Colors game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/family/game/
Primary French: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/index_html.shtml
Primary Languages (Choose "Games"): http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french
Teach Your Children French with Professor Toto: http://viewpure.com/6u6fbKaqewY
Vocabulary review - Les animaux: La ferme, La nature, Les insectes : http://lexiquefle.free.fr/animaux.swf
First choose Vocabulaire – Click on picture, listen and repeat. Then Choose Exercice – listen to the word, then drag the right picture over the question mark)
If you have an I-Phone or I-Pad:
If you have Dish Satellite Network, you can access TV Monde with many French children's shows.
MATH
Practice addition and subtraction with flash cards or on-line math games
FunBrain: http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
Math Playground: http://www.mathplayground.com/
KidsNumbers: http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
Practice counting money : http://www.abcya.com/counting_money.htm
Practice telling time: http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/telling-time-games.html
Practice saying the numbers in French: http://lexiquefle.free.fr/numero.swf
Vocabulaire only – Click on a number, listen and repeat. Do it a second time, saying the number first, then click to verify.