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Beck, Mary Kay - French
Phone: (318) 213-6355
E-mail: mbeck@southfield-school.org
Mary Kay Beck joined Southfield in 2003 as the French teacher for Southfield students in preschool, lower school and middle school. She is the only teacher in northwest Louisiana using the internationally acclaimed Accelerative Integrated Method (AIM) for teaching foreign language. Mary Kay has a BA from Wheaton College and an MA from the University of Illinois at Champaign. She has over 15 years experience in education. Mary Kay has one child currently enrolled at Southfield and one child who is a graduate of Southfield.
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5-18-2012

Bonjour!  Welcome to second grade French!  In the beginning of this year we will work on saying our name, the weather, the parts of the body, the days of the week, the numbers 1-20, the alphabet, clothes, family, as well as doing a review of our plays from the last two years, Boucles D'Or and La Petite Poule Rouge, which contain a lot of useful vocabulary.  I will be slowly introducing vocabulary for this year's ...

8-29-2011

8/26/11:  Bonjour!  We have a had a great first 2 weeks or so in French!  We have learned to say our names, the weather, and how we are doing (ask the children to sing the "Comment ça va?" song for you)! We have also begun work on basic verbs such as sit, stand, be quiet, talk, sing, dance, walk, run, listen, etc. (tout le monde s'assoit, se lève, se tait, parle, chante, danse, marche, court, écoute, ...

8-29-2011

8/26/11:  Bonjour!  We have a had a great first 2 weeks or so in French!  We have reviewed saying our names, the weather, how we are doing (Ask the children to sing the "Comment ça va?" song for you),  the days of the week, (dimanche, lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi,), numbers 1-20, basic verbs such as sit, stand, be quiet, talk, sing, dance, walk, run, listen, etc. (tout le monde s'assoit, se lève, se tait, ...

8-29-2011

Bonjour!  Welcome to first grade French.  This is a challenging year as the children are transitioning from more "sing and dance" time to "read and write" time in French.  I try to start out the year with more active, fun things from last year and slowly transition to activities that require them to sit in their desks.   Soon we will begin working on our new play, Boucles d'Or et les Trois Ours (Goldilocks and the ...

8-29-2011

Bonjour!  Welcome to third grade French!  In the beginning of this year we will work on saying our name, the weather, the parts of the body, the days of the week, the numbers 1-20, the alphabet, clothes, family, as well as doing a review of our plays from the last three years, Le Chat et la Lune, Boucles D'Or and La Petite Poule Rouge, which contain a lot of useful vocabulary.  I will introduce little ...

8-29-2011

Bonjour!  Welcome to fourth grade French! In the first quarter of this year we will work on saying our name, the weather, the alphabet, the parts of the body, the days of the week, the numbers 1-20, colors, family, and many Basic Vocabulary words.  We also will do reviews of our plays from Kindergarten to 3rd grade, which contain a lot of useful vocabulary.  Over the first quarter, I will allow less and less English ...