Nouns Interactive Anchor Chart and Anchors Away Linky!

Since interactive notebooks are all the rage right now, why not an interactive anchor chart?

Here's my take on an interactive nouns anchor chart:

When introducing or reviewing nouns, teachers usually go through the explanation of how nouns name people, things, animals, and places. This anchor chart should be used for that.
The fun part, though, comes from the interaction the students would be encouraged to have with the chart.
Every day, or once/twice a week have students come up and attach a post-it with examples of a category of nouns under the corresponding flap. See the pictures below:

Ideally, they should always come up with new ones. They could also "fill out" the anchor chart with nouns that they find in a book you're reading in class.

You could also turn this into a game and see which team(s) can list the most items.

Let your creativity run free :D

The more the students interact with the chart, the better!

Read: Adverbs Anchor Chart - part 1/2

Read: Plural Nouns Anchor Chart 1/2

Read: Reflexive Pronouns Anchor Chart

Today I'm linking up with Deb at Crafting Connections for her Anchors Away Monday Linky! Click on the picture below to check it out!

Thank you!

Reflexive Pronouns Anchor Chart - Anchors Away Monday Linky and a freebie!

It's been a while since I last posted an anchor chart so here I am today with one for reflexive pronouns. I just love teaching reflexive pronouns! What about you?

As you can see, I've hacked this anchor chart. I can draw, but certainly not as well as Mel (Graphics from Pond). I was lucky to win her August giveaway and I'm already putting my prize into use.

I guess students sometimes find it hard to tell when they should be using a reflexive pronoun. It's harder if they don't really know what subjects and objects are. If they do, the best explanation is to say that they should use reflexive pronouns when the subject and the object of a verb are the same. In other words, the one doing the action is also the one being "affected" by that action.

"Mary cut herself while cooking" means that "Mary cut Mary" and not anybody else. Sounds weird, but that's the best way I've found to make my students understand.

However, you know very well that this is only one of the ways reflexive pronouns are used. There is, for instance, the emphatic use.

"Mary herself prepared dinner" is not about the subject and the object being the same. "Herself" is used to emphasize that Mary was the one making the dinner. Why the emphasis? Maybe Mary is not known for being a cook.

There's also the use of reflexive pronouns with the preposition "by" to mean "alone" as in "Mary hates to go to the movies by herself".

Now, I've got two resources to help you teach reflexive pronouns and I know that those working with the Common Core have a standard just for reflexive pronouns, the 2.L.1c.

One is a Free Reflexive Pronouns Poster, similar to the anchor chart above, that you can download by clicking on the image below:

click to download a FREE poster in color and B&W

The other is my Reflexive Pronouns Scoot, which actually includes 2 sets of 32 task cards. Here's what a buyer has said:

"This is great! I used the tougher ones whole group and the simpler ones for the actual game. Thanks!"

And by game, the buyer meant Scoot - one of the many ways you can use task cards.

click on the image to check it out on TpT

Finally, I'm linking up with Deb at Crafting Connections and her Anchors Away Monday linky. Click on the image below to check it out and maybe link up as well or at least discover more anchor charts!

But, before you go, don't forget to leave me a comment. I love to read what you guys think!

Thanks for stopping by!

Free French eBook and 5 French websites every French teachers should know!

Salut! Hi everyone!
If you teach French, you know how tough it can be to find resources for your classroom. Of course, I'm talking about QUALITY resources. That's why a group of great teacher-authors has decided to put together a FREE French eBook of tips and links to freebies for the back-to-school season or should I say "pour la rentrée"? Laudalina from Profs et Soeurs is the mastermind of this amazing initiative and Ms. Joanne has been so generous to host the eBook. What about me? I was honored to organize it!

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But before we get to the eBook, I would also like to share 5 FREE websites you can use for extra activities when teaching French. They are presented in no specific order and I'm not affiliated with any of them. I just really think they're very useful.

Graphics by Stacey Lloyd

Here we go:

1. IL ÉTAIT UNE HISTOIRE...

This site has a LOT of stories for kids. It's well-organized into categories, e.g. "Contes et Légendes", "Fables et poésies",  etc, and the best part is that they present the text and give you the option of listening to a narrator reading it.
Oh, and the "Comptines et Chansons", of course, are sung!

The site can be used in so many ways in the classroom.

You can:
- have students listen to the narrator while reading the text during computer time
- play the audio to use it in listening comprehension activities
- just use the text for reading comprehension activities
- have students sing along the "comptines"

Lundi Matin (source: Il était une histoire…)

Click on the image above to check out one of the "Comptines et Chansons". This one is great to practice "les jours de la semaine".

2. FRANCE TV ÉDUCATION

This is a section of the site that is dedicated to education. It's got videos, texts, games about many subjects, such as "Histoire" and "Sciences".

They've also got quizzes to test the level of proficiency in French. Click on the image below to check out one of the quizzes.

French quiz (source: France TV Éducation)

3. BONJOUR DE FRANCE

They have several free online exercises you can have your students doing. They are identified with one of the six levels of the CEFR. Check out this simple quiz about "les animaux" (click on the image below).

Les animaux en français (source: Bonjour de France)

4. BrainPOP

Next is BrainPOP. It's an amazing site with videos, quizzes and much more. It covers many subjects and it's fully animated. Click on the image below to check it out.

5. TV5 MONDE

Last but not least is the section of the TV5 website dedicated to "la langue française". There are a lot of resources from which to choose. They've also got sections for those who teach French and those who learn French.

My favorite section is "Les Fables de La Fontaine" with 8 fables with text and audio. Click on the image below to check them out.

Les Fables de La Fontaine (source: TV5Monde)

And now, for our FREE French Back-to-School eBook! It is packed with tips and links to freebies by 15 teacher-authors.

There are FSL and FI resources for k-12. I'm sure you'll find something you can use in your classroom!

It's available on Teachers Pay Teachers. If you've never heard of Teachers Pay Teachers, or TpT as I prefer to call it, you have no idea what you're missing out. Click on the image for a FREE copy of the eBook.

Click on the image for your FREE copy

Enter my giveaway for a chance to win $25 worth of French teaching resources!
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Thank you so much for stopping by!

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READ: FREE French Alphabet Chart

READ: Free French Poster - expressions with the word POMME