1. French Immersion and Summer Vacation
Parent Information Evening
May 31st, 2016
6:30 pm- 7:30 pm

2. Goals for the evening: provide you with some information about the FI program and give you some practical tips to help your child maintain his-her French and learning over the summer

3. Two Myths and One Fact
Students in French Immersion (FI) learn to translate easily between English and French.
Students with diverse learning needs can do well in an FI program.
Students in FI do not read or write as well in English as their peers in the English program.
Can you spot the fact and the myths? Discuss each. The myth is #3.

4. I’m going to forget up to 22% of everything I learned this year!
C’est l’été!
I’m going to forget up to 22% of everything I learned this year!
Unless...

5. Your child will need a break from school, but not from learning.
Tips to hold on to the 22%
Your child will need a break from school, but not from learning.

6. Ideas to help maintain learning
Read for enjoyment
Set aside minutes each day
Read a family novel and discuss it (any language will do!)
Do book talks
Visit the library!
Play word games (again, any language will do)
Learn a new word each day and use it at least 5 times in context
Play SCRABBLE (make French words worth double the points)

7. More ideas Write for many reasons
Keep a journal about each day’s events
Write captions for photos
Use picture prompts to write/tell stories
Make them do the heavy lifting when spelling...
Watch familiar shows or movies en français
Listen to French music (
Ask your child to teach you some French
Have fun with Karaoke

8. And some more ideas
Go on excursions to the zoo, the beach and discuss what you did/saw/experienced.
Play ‘I Spy’.
Set aside one day to have a “French Only” meal (This is where getting your child to teach you some French is handy.).
MAKE something each week.
Baking-find a recipe en français
Creating chain reaction machines
Vehicles, robots, etc from found materials

9. VERBS, glorious VERBS
One of the hardest concepts for FI students to master is VERBS and VERB TENSES.
Play “VERBO” with your child. Qu’est-ce que c’est?
It’s simple:
Every time you use an action word, you have to do the action associated with the verb.
Let’s try it...

10. Apps and websites Ici Radio-Canada TV5 French Language Arts
Répertoire de sites éducatifs pour les élèves du préscolaire et du primaire
Il était une histoire
Les Verbes
Ici Radio-Canada
TV5