Le Défi de Dominos
Last week, our Grade 3 French Immersion class arrived back at school after a field trip and had a bit of time left before the end of the day. After EQAO, we had some fun building chains of dominos so we decided to endeavor to create a longer chain of dominos.
Celebrating the completion of EQAO with a bit of collaboration in French. The Gr 3s worked so hard this week! #proudteacher #ALCDSB #ALCDSBfsl pic.twitter.com/R1J2kobNiB— Kurtis Hartnell (@profhartnell) May 24, 2019
This proved to be a challenge, as we had to find the correct wooden pieces and try to space them out properly so that they would continue the chain, and do this all while working together and speaking in French. We had so much fun that we created "Le Défi de Dominos", or in English, "The Domino Challenge".
What is the Domino Challenge?
We drew a template for the domino track and decided to track how many problems we encountered, how many times the domino chain broke, and how many times times English was spoken. The class that was able to complete a chain of dominos from the start line to the finish line, while working together, in French, without the chain breaking, with the least amount of problems, chain breaks (while building the chain), and English spoken, would be the winner.
Problem-Based Learning
Students had to work together to find a solution to this challenge. They came up with plans, put them into action, tested o
Authentic Situation for Speaking French
This challenge also provided an authentic situation for students to speak in French, as they needed to complete the challenge in French and the amount of English spoken would be taken into consideration when determining the success of the challenge.
Students had to work together to find a solution to this challenge. They came up with plans, put them into action, tested o
Authentic Situation for Speaking French
This challenge also provided an authentic situation for students to speak in French, as they needed to complete the challenge in French and the amount of English spoken would be taken into consideration when determining the success of the challenge.
