My name is Monsieur Hartnell and I am a primary French Immersion teacher. I believe that a strong foundation in oral French is essential and that learning French should be fun. These beliefs are very evident in everything I do and that you see in my classroom. In my classroom, there are many incentive-based strategies systems, which are used to encourage students to take risks. French is the language of communication in my French Immersion classroom. In order to build students confidence and ease in using French to communicate, there are a number of systems in place that promote risk-taking and communicating in French. Part of risk-taking is trying even when you don’t have the right answer and being okay with being wrong sometimes. With time, practice, patience and support, you can develop independence and confidence in your abilities. These systems are based on positive reinforcement and reward students for using French, for reminding others to speak French and for encouraging students to support others who need support in speaking French.
This website
serves as an amalgamation of resources that I, along with my wife and teaching
partner, Mme Hartnell, have curated throughout our careers as French teachers. Whether
you are a student, parent, or fellow educator, my hope is that this website can
be a useful and powerful tool that supports French learning. I invite you
to explore this website and the resources that we have gathered and/or created
for you. Hopefully you find it helpful and do keep an eye out for new
content as we are constantly re-evaluating, building, and adding new resources
as we become aware of them. The resources on this site are mainly geared
towards Primary French Immersion and Primary/Junior Core French.
In this section of the website, students will find Mots de la semaine, Mémoire games for Mots de la semaine and
Les mots fréquents, Lalilo, French books being read on YouTube, more games, songs, and
videos in French.
In this section
of the website, parents will find many valuable resources about how to support your
child's learning at home, including a list of apps that can be purchased or
downloaded for free.
In this section of the website, educators will find blog posts
where they can learn more about my classroom set up, strategies and systems
that I use to promote French speaking, and how I use games in French class.
There is a link to our TPT store, in the event that an educator is looking to
purchase or download a particular game or resource that we've created.