Education: I graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Education and French, and with a minor in German. I studied at the University of Dijon in France for a quarter, and lived with a French family during that time.
Experience: I have taught foreign language for many years. I have enjoyed working with kids from preschool age up to High School, and even at the Community College level. I have taught at Evergreen Academy for 26 years. I firmly believe that language exposure at an early age helps students to progress quickly in speaking and understanding not only the foreign language, but things about the culture as well.
Passions and Interests: My passion is teaching children and helping them to understand the global world through learning the French language, customs, and people. My family had a foreign exchange student from Austria live with us for a year when I was in High School. From then on, I have always had an interest in foreign languages and visiting other countries. I love to travel and try to get to France whenever I can.
I also enjoy reading, gardening, and making hand stamped cards.
Updated Tuesday 10-10-2023 04:41pm
Classroom Notes
Bonjour!
I teach French here at Evergreen Academy to grades K-5. We start out the year seeing what we remember about greetings and how to address different people. Then, we continue to add more vocabulary words to our list.
The youngest children meet with me 2 times a week for a half hour. They are exploring the language by learning French songs, hearing French stories, and learning small units of vocabulary about greetings, numbers, colors, family, and the house.
The lower elementary students also meet with me 2 times a week. We learn how to pronounce words as well as read and spell them too! They keep small notebooks where they write down all of our vocabulary words. They will bring these home at the end of the year. In the meantime, they will be bringing home worksheets from the units we are working on such as family, house and school. They will also learn about some famous Paris monuments.
The upper elementary students meet with me 4 times a week which increases their exposure to the language and helps to increase their ability to speak, read, and write. We do this by learning new units of vocabulary, having conversations, reading more French texts and discussing them, as well as playing games that help us use our vocabulary. They also learn some grammar concepts like adjective agreement and conjugating “er” verbs. They will have cultural units on French Provinces, and French Speaking Countries around the world, as well as learning about Famous French People.
Cindy Taber - French
Bonjour! Je m’appelle Mme Taber.
Education: I graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Education and French, and with a minor in German. I studied at the University of Dijon in France for a quarter, and lived with a French family during that time.
Experience: I have taught foreign language for many years. I have enjoyed working with kids from preschool age up to High School, and even at the Community College level. I have taught at Evergreen Academy for 26 years. I firmly believe that language exposure at an early age helps students to progress quickly in speaking and understanding not only the foreign language, but things about the culture as well.
Passions and Interests: My passion is teaching children and helping them to understand the global world through learning the French language, customs, and people. My family had a foreign exchange student from Austria live with us for a year when I was in High School. From then on, I have always had an interest in foreign languages and visiting other countries. I love to travel and try to get to France whenever I can.
I also enjoy reading, gardening, and making hand stamped cards.
Updated Tuesday 10-10-2023 04:41pm
Classroom Notes
Bonjour!
I teach French here at Evergreen Academy to grades K-5. We start out the year seeing what we remember about greetings and how to address different people. Then, we continue to add more vocabulary words to our list.
The youngest children meet with me 2 times a week for a half hour. They are exploring the language by learning French songs, hearing French stories, and learning small units of vocabulary about greetings, numbers, colors, family, and the house.
The lower elementary students also meet with me 2 times a week. We learn how to pronounce words as well as read and spell them too! They keep small notebooks where they write down all of our vocabulary words. They will bring these home at the end of the year. In the meantime, they will be bringing home worksheets from the units we are working on such as family, house and school. They will also learn about some famous Paris monuments.
The upper elementary students meet with me 4 times a week which increases their exposure to the language and helps to increase their ability to speak, read, and write. We do this by learning new units of vocabulary, having conversations, reading more French texts and discussing them, as well as playing games that help us use our vocabulary. They also learn some grammar concepts like adjective agreement and conjugating “er” verbs. They will have cultural units on French Provinces, and French Speaking Countries around the world, as well as learning about Famous French People.
We are looking forward to a great year ahead!
Mme Taber
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