We are coming to the end of our unit on sports and students will soon be interviewing and being interviewed in their final project!
We will do a little music and after Christmas, we have a fabulous new unit called 'Mon monde francophone.'
As some of you might be aware, I have the chance to meet with my fellow IF teachers a couple times a year. We have been working hard on numerous things. Last year we focused on an assessment method, which is the now-familiar grid for speaking/listening and writing/reading that you have seen before and will see again.
We are looking at the program to see what works in the grade 6 level to see how we can bring that into the grade 7 level.
IF works very much with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The CEFR developed an exam, the DELF, years ago that assessed the CEFR's important skills. Since IF works in harmony with the CEFR, it is our intention to bring DELF into our program as well (in the future).
What this means is that when we look at the grade 7 units (like robots), we see that they do not fit with the principles of IF or CEFR or DELF. They are not based on useful, every day language.
There is also little opportunity for continually reviewing and reusing already learned themes (food, clothes, etc.).
As teachers, we are starting an Inquiry project for these reasons (as you may have seen on the green survey sent home).
So, it's with excitement that I announce our new unit, developed in collaboration with IF teachers in this district!
I cannot wait! :)
We will do a little music and after Christmas, we have a fabulous new unit called 'Mon monde francophone.'
As some of you might be aware, I have the chance to meet with my fellow IF teachers a couple times a year. We have been working hard on numerous things. Last year we focused on an assessment method, which is the now-familiar grid for speaking/listening and writing/reading that you have seen before and will see again.
We are looking at the program to see what works in the grade 6 level to see how we can bring that into the grade 7 level.
IF works very much with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The CEFR developed an exam, the DELF, years ago that assessed the CEFR's important skills. Since IF works in harmony with the CEFR, it is our intention to bring DELF into our program as well (in the future).
What this means is that when we look at the grade 7 units (like robots), we see that they do not fit with the principles of IF or CEFR or DELF. They are not based on useful, every day language.
There is also little opportunity for continually reviewing and reusing already learned themes (food, clothes, etc.).
As teachers, we are starting an Inquiry project for these reasons (as you may have seen on the green survey sent home).
So, it's with excitement that I announce our new unit, developed in collaboration with IF teachers in this district!
I cannot wait! :)