La date

We finally got access to the French room B102 where I can (usually) work the technology and have all my stuff.
We did the days, date, months and birthdays. We spent a long time on the whiteboard using the edpax French software on months. We liked using it but would have liked feedback on correct answers. Maybe in version 2?

For pronunciation of dates we liked the calendar on hello-world You have to watch the pronunciation of the numbers when followed by a consonant or vowel. Click on dates to hear them pronounced.

We talked about saints days, fêtes and some other important times of the French year.

We sang a birthday song to the tune of Old Macdonald
Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? o é o é o 2x
(then go round the class, 4 at a time, they say their birthdays, fast!) le vingt septembre, le premier mai, le dix-sept juin, le cinq juillet
Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? o é o é o

and start again till everyone has sung their birthday!

other activities - putting the days and months cards into the right order mettez les mois dans le bon ordre!. Ask class c'est bon? is it right
elimination game class all stand levez-vous asseyez- vous si votre anniversaire est en mars
until there is un gagnant /une gagnante a winner
match nul is a draw

Next week we will do family. Bring some photos of your family if you can.
We'll play happy families too.