Language for Little Learners

Hi everyone! I’m part of this great product swap where a bunch of us teachers get together and try out each others teaching materials. This is really going to be fun, so make sure you check out the other blogs as well by going to Mrs.Standford’s blog to check out the linky party!

Today I’m reviewing a French product from:

Tammy Aiello.

She teaches French in Canada to Jr. High level students and has quickly become a great teaching buddy of mine! Make sure to follow her TPT store here, here TN store here and her FB page here. Also, here blog is here, make sure to follow it as well! She blogs about French and French culture, so make sure to check them all out!

The product that I’m reviewing is:

Magic Potion Recipe – French Halloween Writing Lesson or Ma Potion Magique.

This is such a fun and creative activity that my 9 year old son absolutely adored!! First, we practiced some of the vocabulary words that are shown in the packet and then he got to create his own magic brew! He loved that part the most.  Even though it was a little early for a Halloween activity, he was so in the spirit of making a spooky, creepy witch brew!  He was very secretive when he wrote out his potion list as you can tell by this picture!

I wanted to take a picture of his finished recipe, but he said it was secret and that he was going to make the potion tomorrow! Yikes! LOL…I love how he uses his creativity that way and this activity sure did bring it out of him!

I think this product is great for a variety of levels of French students because you can let them work at their own level. I think students in grades 4th-10th would have the funnest time with this activity. It’s such a fun way for them to practice different animal words, body parts, as well as recipe type vocabulary like “a pinch of”. Make sure to grab this product for yourself here! You won’t be disappointed!

I’m sure you have heard of the Common Core standards by now if you are a teacher in the United States or even if you are homeschooling there. They are a set of standards that are slowly, but surely being adopted by states in the United States. Basically, they are a set of skills that students should learn by the end of each grade level. If you want to check them out, you can click here to read the .pdf for math common core standards.

I’ve created a packet of Quick Common Core Worksheets with a Back to School theme that teachers can use in a center or as a warm up to their regular lesson. The great thing about these worksheets is they are leveled for the beginning of the year. Since students haven’t learned the new common core for the grade level, they are based on the previous year’s common core standards while easing the students into their new grade level.

To view them at TPT use these links.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (1st grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (2nd grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (3rd grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (4th grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (5th grade), click here.

If you’d prefer to shop at Teachers Notebook, you can check out the Quick Common Core packets here.

Also, although I haven’t added these to my site yet for purchase, you can email me a yvonne @ mixminder (dot) com and I can send you an invoice. Each set costs $2.50, but if you buy them directly from me, you can receive a 5% discount.

As many of you know, my husband is Canadian and we try to celebrate Canada Day no matter where we live. It’s a fun little family tradition we have and it helps our children to learn about their heritage. Click on the picture below to be taken to my other website (Mixminder) where you can download this Free Canada Day word search.

Also, make sure you check out my TPT store for more great French, Spanish, Math and Writing lessons!

Ahhhh, finally the birds are singing here in the Normandy region of France. I had no idea how cold and rainy this area would be when we first moved here. It’s amazing that we’ve been in France for 1 year and 5 months. Time flies when you are busy eating pastries! We’ve been in Normandy for about 9 months now. Only 2.5 more weeks of school and then we get 2 months vacation. I’m going to try to find my children some good activities to do in the summer so that they don’t lose their French. They’ve come so far and their French is so great that I don’t want them to have to play catch up in September. That has to be stressful for them. Luckily they will be running to the same small school that they are attending now.

I created a fun French color by Number Freebie and put it up at my other website. Just click the picture below to be taken to that site to download the freebie! Enjoy!

I found another great freebie from a friend of mine at Teach 123. It’s a really cute activity that my daughter loved doing! It’s a cute little booklet that you can download by going to Teach123. My daughter got to practice some English grammar (which I’m always interested in doing with her since she doesn’t learn it in school here France). And the best part for my daughter was the fact that she got to make her own illustrations for her book.

Another idea you can do with this booklet is to have your children read the booklet outloud to you while you videotape them. My daughter really loves it if I videotape her. She wants to watch herself over and over again. And since we’re in France, I plan on videotaping her and putting it on YouTube so we can stay better connected with our relatives in the United States. She likes being on YouTube! And if you are worried about YouTube, there are settings where you can set it to private.

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Also check out Teach123′s website for more freebies and great teaching posts!

P.S. I would’ve shown you pictures of my daughter doing the activity, but she wasn’t ready for her work to be captured on film today. She wanted her drawings to be just right! The joy of a 6 year old, sometimes she wants her picture taken and other times she refuses!

Now I’m off to find more great freebies!!!

As many of you know, I used to homeschool my children until we moved to France. However, since the French school system has soooooo many days off and I don’t want my children to lose their English skills, I still homeschool them on Wednesdays of every week when we don’t have school and during their many 2 week holidays throughout the school year.

I’m constantly trying to find great freebies that I can use with them to help them learn skills that they don’t learn in school here, but things that I know they will need to know when we move back to the USA.

I found this great freebie by Best Practices 4 Teaching. You can download the freebie at TeachersPayTeachers by clicking here.

Since writing style is so different in France (in fact so many things besides writing are so different), this packet really helped my son gather his thoughts together when he was ready to write.

Be sure to check out Best Practices 4 Teaching for more great freebies and blog posts!

Hi everyone! I just released Summer in French onto TPT and on TN.

Summer in French is a booklet that focuses on the names of different summer items in French like swimsuit, sun, swimming pool, etc.

Included:

12 full color pages of summer vocabulary with a pronunciation guide for your students
3 worksheets to reinforce the names of spring items
6 copywork pages (manuscript and cursive)
1 bingo game with 33 unique cards
1 matching game
1 completion certificate

All artwork is original and created by myself.

I also created this booklet for Spanish too! So make sure to check that one out here.

I hope everyone has a great summer!

I’ve been meaning to set up a new storefront for many months and now I finally have 1/2 of it up and ready to use.  Click on the tabs to view my various products.  The cool thing about buying my products from my own website as opposed to TPT or Teachers Notebook, is that you will receive a 5% discount on everything! So, try it out and let me know what you think. I have over 160 products, so I’ll continue to add them over the next few days, so make sure to come back and see what else I add.

Also, if you are into freebies, head on over to my other site mixminder.com for tons and tons of freebies!

Thanks,

I created 4 new Easter products for French and Easter.  Click on the links below to purchase them at TPT.  Alternatively, you can buy them at Teachers Notebook. 

 

 

Easter in French – $3.00

 

Easter Writing Workshop in French – $2.50

 

 

Easter in Spanish – $3.00

 

 

Easter Writing Workshop in Spanish – $2.50

 

 Thanks so much for stopping at my blog,

I have lots and lots of fun and exciting new products out for Spring.  If you want to see them all on TN, click here.  Scroll down to see a few of my children’s favorite ones.

Spring Math Goofy Glyph (kindergarten and 1st grade)

Click here for Spring Math Goofy Glyph (2nd and 3rd grade)

Click here for Spring Math Goofy Glyph (4th and 5th grade)

Here is Spring in Spanish:

Spring in French:

Check out my shops on Teacherspayteachers or on Teachers Notebook!