Week 1 Postponed Until July 8th!

Bonjour! Summer session is starting soon, and I have a few important updates to share.

1.  We will be meeting at the West Bend Family Center again for our location.  In the fall, we may move to St. Johns School, but will stay at the family center this summer.

2.  We had a few glitches with starting class on July 1st, so we will be postponing starting the class until Wednesday, July 8th.  We can all talk in class about choosing a day that works for everyone so we have our 6 meetings.  We can pick another day of the week during July to make it up.  So please do not come to class next week.  Week 1 will start July 8th from 3:00-4:00PM (please note the summer session time change as well;  it is a 3:00PM start time instead of 3:20.  I apologize if that caused an inconvenience for anyone's schedule planning. 

3.  Madame Milliken has lots of fun summer lesson plans up her sleeve and parent resources to help us practice with the kids at home! I'm missing regularly practicing French during the week and and am eager to start again!  She plans to incorporate summer vocabulary that we can use with our kids in our day to day activities to encourage home practice.

I'm writing you all from beautiful Scotland for the wedding!  Sooooo close to France, but no time to zip over there!  C'est la vie!  :)  (I've been waiting for a good time to use that phrase!  Finally! haha )  However, we do have time for a little sightseeing and will be touring Castle Culzean tomorrow, I attached a picture of it below.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the above updates.

See you on July 8th, Au Revoir!

Marianne

Madame Michelle Introduction

     Bonjour! Je m'appelle Michelle.  Hello my name is Michelle. I am so excited to meet all of you during out first session! I have just completed my k-12 French teacher certification and could not be more thrilled to share my passion for language with the students and their families.

     A little background about me: I graduated from UW-Milwaukee with my bachelors degree in French. I spent three months in LaRochelle, France in the summer of 2012 and came back from that experience certain that I wanted to make French my career. I continued my education with Cardinal Stritch University where I became certified as a K-12 French teacher. 

     French is my passion. I watch French movies, listen to French music (often in my car... a little too loud), and I have a particular interest in French children's books and classic fairy tales! Before and during my time at Cardinal Stritch University I nannied for two little girls under the age of 2 and spoke French to them. The older one will still request the French lullabye that I sang to her before naptime! I had the most wonderful time with them and always wished I could teach a French class to younger students. I am continuously amazed at how quickly little minds latch on to language!

     

    In my free time, I love to sew! I cannot sew clothing...yet! However, I have made quilts and lots of items for around the house. It is my goal this summer to make myself a quilt. My other favorite activities include farmers markets, coffee, tea, movies, and sitting on my front porch with friends and family.

     

I look forward to meeting you all very soon!

À Bientôt!

Les Amis!

The votes are in and our class name is.....  Drum roll..........

Les Amis!  (Friends!)

You may have noticed that the blog name and web address has been changed.  I'm realllly hoping that didn't change you receiving the emails from the blog!  :)  And, our website will be updated soon!

Thank you all for voting and making an excellent choice!

Official Group Name! We NEED your help!!

Finally!!!  We are going to soon have an official name for our French group by  next week!  But, we realllllly need your help!!  Please take a minute to quickly vote on your top 2 or 3 or 4 favorite names found on this link..

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2WHKP5V

Voting is anonymous!  We are totally stumped and need your help and input!   I will then tally up the votes on Friday and announce the official name next week!  Keep in mind, the name should be easy to pronounce for us beginning French speakers, something we would perhaps want on a t-shirt for the kids someday, a name we can have to promote the group, eventually a logo...

Feedback wanted from parents, children, teachers, assistants, families on the waitlist...

Merci!!

Marianne and Madame Qerimi!

Session 3 Schedule

Dear Parents,

Session 3 will begin on July 1st, this group will meet on WEDNESDAYS, not Tuesdays during just the summer.  Then, back to Tuesdays in the Fall.

The location for classes is not yet known, but it should be at either the West Bend Family Center, West Bend Library, or St. Johns school.  I will keep you posted on that.

Hoping to get 4 or 5 more families interested so a Thursday group can be started too.  I think it will hopefully happen by the fall, and possibly by summer.  So, please spread the word! :)

If you want to join Session 3, you could pay me in class the $48 on Week 6 of this session.  Or you could mail it to me by June 15th.  Then, I am traveling to Scotland, so I will need to have enough time to contact families on the waitlist if you are unable to attend Session 3.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Merci!

Marianne

Directions for Following Blog

Bonjour!  J'espere que vous rencontrez une bonne journee!  (I hope you are having a good day!)

The blog is officially up and running! Yay! Here is a quick summary of how the blog will work.  I will post ALL important class updates on the blog, along with fun resources shared in class, and teacher updates from Madame Qerimi.  If you become a "follower" of the blog, the posts will automatically come to your email address - no need to click on a link.  Once you "follow" the blog, you actually never have to go back to the blog again!  (Unless you want to check out past messages....). I tried it out with my email and it is awesome! 

Why a blog you may ask?  The centralized blog will really help amp up the organization of the class and make communication more streamlined.  And, it's helpful to know we can always go there if we want to look back on previous messages for various reasons. In addition, any new group members can review the blog to catch up on things they may have missed... 

So...  here is how you do it!  :)   It should take less than a minute and then you will be set to go moving forward.  

1.  Click on our blog link....  http://entre-nous-1.blogspot.com/

2.  From your desktop:   you will see a place to enter your email address on the upper right hand side of the screen.  Enter your email there and hit submit.  Then, immediately  go to your email to confirm that you want to be a follower.

3. From your phone:   If you are on your phone, the place to enter your email address does not automatically show up.  Scroll to the bottom of the page where it says "View web version".  (Right above my picture of About Me.)  Then, you will see the place to enter your email.  Once you enter it, immediately go to your email and confirm that you want to follow.

Once you complete the above steps to follow the blog, you will be set to go with all messages pertaining to the class and you'll never need to go back to the blog again unless you want to.  

See you in class!

Note from the Teacher

Note from Madame Qerimi  ~

The class this week was enthused to learn about clothing!  The children were excited to wear their special clothes and sing about them.  They were deeply involved in their necklace / bracelet making.  It was nice to see everyone working hard and smiling when they accomplished their end result!  I noticed many students asking for the colors or shapes of beads in French during the exercise.

Bonne traveaille mes etudiants!