French, bees and sprinkler

Taught four 9 year olds today.

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We were doing Skoldo Book Two page 3 and most of them rushed into the exercise and made lots of mistakes. They wrote 'mon' at the beginning of each sentence even if though 'ma' and 'mes' were required. This was because the first answer began with Mon and they didn't read the questions and apply logic.

 They also included 'est' in every answer even though the last two sentences were plural and required 'sont'.

This has shown me clearly that the girls don't think independently when working. It could be that they were distracted because whilst the French lesson was taking place the bee

man came to kill FOUR wasps nests in the sheds and garden. Great excitment! We also had a sprinkler on the lawn so it was all I could do to stop them running under the water to keep cool.

Today has been a perfect English summer's day.