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Students had the opportunity to make a bûche de Noël (yule log), French Hanukkah cake or bread.  On Wednesday, students shared their culinary creations with the class on Zoom.  Students had a great time discussing their experience making them and giving each other some positive feedback on a job well done.  Some students were inspired to try their hand at it over break! I will update this page as new photos are sent to me! This bûche de Noël was garnished with rosemary and pomegranate seeds! Powdered sugar gives that snowy effect! White frosting gives the look of a birch tree or a log covered in snow! If you'd like to receive more updates from Mlle Decker's classroom, subscribe by email!  Please watch for an email from Feedburner, through which you will need to verify your email address.  You can unsubscribe at any time. Enter your email address:

Students recently completed their second Flipgrid video assignment, describing their real or imaginary family and using emojis to reinforce the words they used.  Here are some of the results! If you'd like to receive more updates from Mlle Decker's classroom, subscribe by email!  Please watch for an email from Feedburner, through which you will need to verify your email address.  You can unsubscribe at any time. Enter your email address:

Students recently described a mystery celebrity in French that their classmates had to guess.  Here are some of the results!  Scroll down to the bottom for the answers.  By the way, there were a few that even stumped Mlle Decker!  Leave a comment if you know the answers to any of those. Answers:  Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Simone Biles, Robert Downey Jr., ???, Nagito Komaeda, ???, Jesus, Harry Styles, Homer Simpson, Johnny Depp, Wayne Gretsky, ???, ???, Elon Musk, Emma Watson (again!), Derek Jeter If you'd like to receive more updates from Mlle Decker's classroom, subscribe by email!  Please watch for an email from Feedburner, through which you will need to verify your email address.  You can unsubscribe at any time. Enter your email address:

Students have been completing Independent Exploration assignments, where they complete an activity from a library of resources (such as watching a movie or music video in French, cooking a dish from a French-speaking country, or playing a game to review vocabulary) and then share with me what they learned.  Here's a peek into what they've been doing and learning! A student prepares crêpes with Nutella. A student's beignets A student shares their progress on Duolingo, an app to learn languages. A student shares items found on an Amazon.fr search. A student shares their progress on Duolingo Stories A student shows what they found by exploring Paris via Google Maps. Here are some observations and reflections from students: If you'd like to receive more updates from Mlle Decker's classroom, subscribe by email!  Please watch for an email from Feedburner, through which you will need to verify your email address.  You can unsubscribe at any time.

To celebrate National French Week, 7th and 8th grade French students prepared dishes and treats from all over the French-speaking world, and enjoyed them during class on Wednesday, our virtual day!  Here is a video of students in both grades with their scrumptious concoctions: Here are some thoughts that students shared after reflecting on the experience: Students were also given an opportunity to provide feedback on how we could make an experience like this even better, and many students submitted some great ideas! If you'd like to receive more updates from Mlle Decker's classroom, subscribe by email!  Please watch for an email from Feedburner, through which you will need to verify your email address.  You can unsubscribe at any time.