NOM:
Madame 'Camille' Skidmore
ÉCOLE:
Sarah Rawson Smith Elementaire
CLASSE:
Francais - First grade
TÉLÉPHONE DE L'ÉCOLE:
404-802-3850
Bonjour, bienvenue to my website!
This is my tenth year teaching French at Sarah Smith. There is a great
school atmosphere here which makes it very enjoyable for me as a teacher and
a super learning environment for the students. I am interested in many
things besides French, so I use them as vehicles for teaching. We learn
French by singing, acting, drawing, asking funny questions, writing songs,
writing poetry, dancing, etc.
I learned French in Belgium, where I lived for six years. I have also spent
a year in France and many a summer in Belgium and France. I have a B.A. in
French Literature and a minor in Linguistics from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
I love teaching foreign language at the elementary school level, it is the
best time to start and the students just soak it up!
The students at Sarah Smith receive French every day for 30 minutes. We
have a communicative program that is based completely in the target
language.
So from the minute I roll into the classroom with my cart to the minute I
leave, the children hear and speak French. Because the students are
immersed in the language every day for a half an hour, they truly have an
amazing comprehension level of the language and develop productive language
skills more naturally. Atlanta Public Schools is one of the few systems
that has an articulated 1-12 foreign language program. That means that
students who begin a language in 1st grade and continue a long sequence
through high school actually have a chance to become fluent in a foreign
language.
What an incredible opportunity!
Please see links for more information on Sarah Smith Elementary, Sutton
Middle School and North Atlanta High School.
http://www.sarahsmithelementary.com/
http://www.suttonmiddleschool.org/
http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/Domain/3377