La rentrée

At this time of year (end of August) I have so many mixed emotions. I am sad that the summer is drawing to an end, but I am excited for the new school year: envisioning my new students and the projects that we will be working on.

Here are some ideas for the first week back.

1. "Trouve quelqu'un qui..." (Click here for the original document)

This is always a favourite. Photocopy one sheet per student. Students have to go around the class asking other students "Est-ce que tu aimes...." then they write the student's name on the square if they find one. Can enter a student's name only once on the sheet.

2. "Qui suis-je?"

Photocopy one questionnaire per student. After students have completed the questions, collect the questionnaires and choose one. Have a random student come to the front to read the answers on the questionnaire.

- Class has to guess who they are describing.

OR

- Class members all stand up, then sit down as the description is read when they know it's not them. This continues until there is one person left. (Thanks Kim Gaiswinkler for this great idea!)

I have also put the questions on a Google form. You could collect the data from the students and then look at the visuals of the data with pie charts and graphs (very cool). Please email me if you want editing access to this form. sduckworth100@gmail.com

3. "Projet Selfie"

Students go around the school taking selfies, then put together a presentation (with iMovie, 30hands, Powerpoint, Google presentations, etc.) describing where they are. Click here for the original document with full instructions.

4. "On se présente"

With Voicethread.com, students describe themselves by answering questions. Click here for an example.

You can make a copy of this same presentation if you create a VT account and log in. Then,

- Go to the last slide

- Click on "+Add to MyVoice page"

- Click on gear icon (menu)

- Click on "Make a copy"

- Click on "Don't include any comments".

Your students will have to create their own VT accounts before they can add their comments.

5. WordFoto App

With this amazing app students can take pictures of themselves and then populate it with adjectives to describe themselves. Even better: have students take pictures of a friend/classmate and then find adjectives to describe their friend (it's much easier to find complimentary adjectives for a friend than for oneself!). Here is one I made for my daughter:

What are some of your favourite First-week-back activities?

Bonne rentrée tout le monde!

Sylvia