Le petit chat chereche une famile - ISBN: 1-897241-14-3

This is a play with a good message for all young students, about a cat who searches for a home. After several rejections, the little cat finally finds a family into which he fits perfectly!

Now primary students in both core and immersion classes can get the full benefit of this approach! Both core and immersion teachers have been thrilled with "Histories en action ! pour les tout petits 2A", the AIM program for young beginners. Based on original play with a message about friendship and acceptance by Wendy Maxwell with songs and raps co-written with Matt Maxwell, this kit will entrance and entertain young French students. Watch their fluency levels improve rapidly.

The Histoires en action! pour les tout petits series of kits has been created for the following reasons:

• to allow you to begin the AIM with very young students in core (FSL) or immersion programs, using plays that are shorter, simpler to learn and appropriate to the interests of the very young student
• to allow you to provide a preparatory program at the preschool or early primary grade levels before beginning Histoires en action! with older elementary students

KIT CONTAINS:

Whole-class Activities Book for Le petit chat cherche une famille

• Classroom systems and linguistic routines
• Detailed guide with daily plans for this unit (both whole-class and partner/group activities)
• How to adapt the program in order to meet your teaching needs
• Master calendar and daily lesson templates
• Play in booklet form with images and song lyrics
• Evaluation blackline masters (self, teacher, peer, parent)
• Sample letters to parents
• Vocabulary list of the words taught in Le petit chat cherche une famille kit as well as La poule Maboule kit
• Game cards
• Photocopiable blackline masters

Whole-Class Activities Book Wendy Maxwell, M.A.

Partner/Group Activites Book

• Blackline masters or workbooks
• Play in booklet format with images
• Vocabulary in the order it is introduced and appears on the DVD
• Scaffolded language manipulation activities
• Total and partial questions based on the story
• Words to the accompanying songs
• Rap lyrics with images

Partner/Group Activities Book: Student Blackline Masters Wendy Maxwell, M.A.

Visual resources

• Play with colour images in large print (Big Book style) or colour overheads (also as PowerPoint™ presentations)
• Anglais/français cards for entry routines
• Vocabulary lists on posters in order of presentation to students
• Song and rap lyrics
• Backdrop scenery for the play rehearsals with puppets
• Image card

Kit DVD What is the AIM? DVD Instructional DVD Detailed descriptions of the AIM in action Explanations on how to take AIM to the next level Classroom excerpts Posters and Image Cards Image cards of words not gestured Song and rap lyrics Audio CD Songs (with instrumental versions) Fun Grammar Raps (with instrumental versions) Play CD-ROM PowerPoints™ of the play, songs and raps Written Activities Cards and activities in game format to accompany kits in the program Drama Resources Games Teacher DVD/Student DVD Music videos featuring young Francophones The play gestured for this kit The play performed with TV series quality production

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	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS:
	Puppets These beautifully designed felt hand puppets are a great addition to an AIM classroom. They can be used for partner/group work with play scripts, for in-class puppet-show presentations and for creative improvisational storytelling. These puppets are hand-sewn by Lisa Murray, an artisan in Ontario.
	Gesture Database Ever wanted to know what a particular gesture is, but have not known where to locate it on your teacher DVD? Well, now your problems are solved. With the Gesture Database DVD-ROM, you can look up a gesture by keying in the word or phrase, and Wendy pops up on your computer screen performing the gesture. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
	Classroom Raps CD This features over a dozen raps designed specifically for AIM students and teachers. These include raps for starting and ending partner/group work, starting and finishing class, story retelling, collecting folders, etc.