French First Week Activities: In my previous 4 posts, I've talked about why it's so important to create an immersion atmosphere, how to set the tone for the year, and how to set expectations for the first day of French class. In this post about the French first week activities, I'll be sharing the lessons
Salut! Hi everyone! If you teach French, you know how tough it can be to find resources for your classroom. Of course, I'm talking about QU...
Worksheets have their place in second-language education, but there are plenty of fun, paperless ways to teach French without a worksheet!
These dice games for French are a fun and engaging way to practice vocabulary, grammar, and sentence writing with core and immersion classes.
French phrase of the week routine ‘Une phrase par semaine’ or ‘French phrase of the week’ is a weekly routine for French language classrooms. Learning new phrases can your students gain confidence when speaking French and increase fluency. You can collect some of your favourite phrases to use or use these fun posters! Below I share some tips on how you can include this routine in your FSL class today! 1. Introducing the phrase of the week –Display your poster for the phrase and practice pronunciation with your students. Have them listen to you a few times and then repeat the phrase. Provide a few examples for use of the phrase. Be sure to try to use the phrase throughout the week in conversation with your class. Challenge your class to try to use the phrase correctly during the week. Consider providing recognition or a small reward to students that use the phrase correctly. 2. Create a display – Print out each poster and place on a bulletin board or wall in the classroom. It is best to have a space specifically designated to this activity to create consistency (your students will know where to look for the phrase). Print your posters in colour or in black and white on coloured paper for an attractive display. 3. Mini-cards – Small versions of the larger poster have been included to use with your students. Some ideas for these cards include: providing a printed set for students to glue in their notebooks or to use as flashcards. Also, you can play ‘SLAP’ with the mini cards. To play, place all of the cards face-up on a table. Have two students on either side of a table. Call out one of the phrases, the first to ‘slap’ the correct phrase card wins a point. 4. Skits – Using your set of printed mini-cards, hand out a set to small groups of students (2 or 3 per group). Have students work together to create a skit or brief dialogue that incorporates the phrases that they have been assigned. EXTEND- You can extend this activity by assigning each student a phrase and having them provide their own illustration to convey the meaning/usage of the phrase.
Worksheets have their place in second-language education, but there are plenty of fun, paperless ways to teach French without a worksheet!
5 French teachers you need to follow on Instagram If you are looking for fresh ideas for your classroom, great book suggestions, or classroom design ideas, turning to Instagram for ideas is a great option! French teachers are sharing their teaching experiences and ideas daily on this unique platform. I love following other teachers on Instagram. I get to see what other teachers are doing in their classrooms- what worked well and what didn’t. Also, I get TONS of fun new ideas and book suggestions! Here are 5 of the great French teacher accounts that I follow on Instagram: @lr_french Madame Qadiri is a Jr/Sr high school teacher who posts once or twice a month about some of the great activities and routines that she employs in her classes. The activities are creative and engaging! @madamoisellemagic A Canadian French teacher chronicles her journey in teaching French at the primary and junior levels. She is very active on Instagram and readily shares books, songs and bulletin board ideas. @madamea406 Vicki is a middle school French teacher. New to teaching and Instagram, she has been posting about her creative approaches to teaching French to junior students. @mme.janet Mme Janet is a Maternelle/1 FI teacher in Canada. She has some great book suggestions and shares activities related to the inquiry approach in early French Immersion. @francaisavecmariejo Marie-Jo is a teacher of FLE in Spain. She posts daily graphics using common French vocabulary. The graphics may be useful to share with your older learners.
Download our French worksheets for free! These worksheets are organized into educational and fun booklets that any French learner will love!
Video tutorial and 7 pages of free printable worksheets to help kids learn the colors in french, and to read, write and spell 12 french colors.
My kiddos love having an expression de la semaine, and yours will, too! There are 50 French expressions of the week in this packet – enough for an entire year of ‘do nows’ or ‘bell ringers’! The included expressions don’t always come up in thematic units, but will help your students raise their proficiency level by using the language more naturally. These expressions are appropriate for novice level learners. I use these expressions with my 7th grade 1st-year students. Every Monday we have an expression and they add the organizer into their notebooks. Need expressions for a higher proficiency? Check out Volume 2!Volume 2 Full Page Printing Volume 2 Two Per Page Printing Teach multiple levels? Check out Volume 1 & 2 bundle!Volume 1 & 2 Full Page Printing Volume 1 & 2 Two Per Page Printing Included in this packet is: •An easy-to-use checklist of 50 expressions •Expression organizers in 3 levels of completion: -Not completed -Minimally completed -Mostly completed Here’s how they’re different: Not completed: Totally blank organizer (Perfect for your own expressions) Minimally completed: Expression and level of formality filled out Mostly completed: Expression, level of formality, definition, and when you would use it filled out Please see the preview for more information. All organizers are Monday-ready. The only mandatory prep is deciding which expression to teach first and making copies! These organizers are formatted for printing 2 per page (perfect for composition notebooks). If you’d like to print full sheets of paper (ideal for regular notebooks or worksheets!) click here to view that product. -----Similar products you might like----- -Subject Pronoun Flowers French Interactive Notebook -Verb Conjugation Foldable GROWING MEGA Bundle -Other resources related to interactive notebooks -----Like free or reduced price products?----- →Follow my store New products are always on sale! If you’re following me, you’ll be the first to know. →Leave Feedback Leaving feedback is so important! •It ensures your favorite sellers continue to make products you love •It helps other teachers like you find quality products •It allows you to earn TpT credits, which means you get FREE PRODUCTS To leave feedback, find ‘My Purchases’ from the drop down menu called ‘My TpT’ on the right of the Teachers Pay Teachers website. Now you can leave feedback on all of your purchases. Thanks for stopping by!
How to create useful routines in your French classroom As a teacher, you probably know that classroom routines are paramount to maintaining your general sanity throughout the school year. When your students have a clear idea of what is expected of them from the time of arrival through to dismissal, classroom management becomes so much easier. When there are set routines in place, you are able to focus more on teaching and less on giving instructions. Investing in teaching your students these routines from the first day of classes will keep you from wasting valuable time throughout the school year. What is a classroom routine? A classroom routine is a well-rehearsed response from your students when given a direction from you, the teacher. It is something that must be taught and practiced. It is not simply enough to give the direction once. Rehearsal and practice are key! A classroom routine can be taught for any behaviours that you would like to control in the classroom, which can be as simple as: beginning the day, handing in assignments, sharpening a pencil or asking questions. What is the best way to teach a routine? Use these 5 steps to establishing a classroom routine for your French class to make the year go more smoothly for you and your students. Step 1: Explain the routine Identify the routine that you wish to teach and explain to your students why it is important. For example, if you would like for your students to raise their hands before asking a question, explain how this will ensure that all students will benefit from the question and hearing the answer and it ensures that all students questions get answered. Be sure to clarify any part of the routine that students may have questions about before proceeding to the next step. Step 2: Model the routine You will need to act out specifically what you would like your students to do for the routine. Narrate what you are doing throughout the routine so that your students have a very clear picture of what is expected from them. If you would like your students to enter the classroom quietly and place their books in the top righthand corner of their desks, model this for your students. Step 3: Practice the routine with your students Have a few students act out and model the routine exactly as you have shown the class in the previous step, making any corrections as required. Now that all students have seen the routine performed, allow the entire class to practice the routine until they are comfortable completing it independently. Step 4: Initiate the routine Explain to your students that you wish the routine to be completed in this manner each and every time it is required throughout the school year. As the routine is completed, be sure to narrate and remind students of the proper procedure. You can gradually release responsibility to your students as you see they are consistent with the routine. Step 5: Review the routine There may be times when you feel you need to review the routine with your class. For example, after coming back from a school break, or on a day when a special event is occurring at the school. In this case, go back to step 1 of this guide and repeat as necessary. Some important daily routines that I suggest to teach your students include: Beginning the day, how to enter and exit the classroom, information to include on assignments (name, date, class, grade), school supplies, handing/collecting, bathroom/drink breaks, asking a question, emergency response, early finishers, lunch/snack time, dismissal, cleaning the classroom, classroom jobs. Other types of routines Routines can also be established to reinforce curriculum that has already been taught. These types of routines provide opportunities to master a skill, and instil confidence. When students practice a familiar skill repeatedly, they will become more confident applying the skill elsewhere. In my French classroom, I like to have routines in place for communicating in French. In doing so, I find students are more likely to communicate with me and with each other in French. For example, I always implement a warm-up activity in my classes that involves speaking in French. I rotate through these activities throughout the year, but my students know that they can always expect them before beginning a lesson. Three of these activities are: Prof du jour This is an excellent way to incorporate daily authentic speaking in the target language, increase student participation, student engagement and help your students gain confidence. A student is chosen to be the teacher of the day. They ask questions to other students in French and their classmates must also respond in French. I keep a set of questions handy on a key ring for students to refer to (shown above). Conversation prompts I use a set of 24 French speaking prompts to give students an opportunity to practice their conversational skills and gain confidence asking and answering questions in French. They are all printed on circles and attached to popsicle sticks (shown above). I place them in a jar and each student gets to choose one. They must read and respond to the question chosen. La boîte mystère ‘La boîte mystère’ is an activity that is popular with students because it gets them involved in a meaningful way. By hiding a mystery object in the box (shown above) and having students ask questions to try to guess the identity of the object, students practice asking and answering questions, while using their critical thinking skills. It is very similar to the popular ’20 questions’ game. I hope that you are find the above information helpful! I have made the resources that accompany the above routines available in the TPT shop. You can find them at the links below, or as a part of a useful bundle of 8 different useful routines for writing and speaking in the French classroom HERE. PROF DU JOUR CONVERSATION PROMPTS LA BOÎTE MYSTÈRE
INTRODUCING: d'abord tout d'abord avant tout premièrement en premier lieu. -. first first of all first of all First in the first place. FOCUSING:. OPPOSING:. mais cependant néanmoins pourtant toutefois or d’un autre côté par contre en revanche tout de même quant même. -. but however However However ...
Use these low-prep spontaneous speaking activities in your classroom to allow your students to speak in your French, Spanish, German and English in lessons!
Her får du: 10 plakater i A4-format enkel forklaring av hver ordklasse fargerike illustrasjoner og eksempler
Have you been looking for a fun and educational way to engage your students and help them explore French listening comprehension? This set of differentiated French listening activities for primary is perfect for assessing your students’ listening skills. This farm-themed resource comes with 8 prompts at 3 different levels, for a total of 24 French listening activities! Click here for a preview.
Are you looking for some great games to play with your students in your FSL classroom? Look no further. Today, I am sharing the ‘best of the best’ student-approved games for FSL. Many require little to no prep (yay!). Take a look below and try one with your students today! 1. Comptez! Are you looking for a fun way to review numbers? This activity works very well with learners of all ages. Seriously. Even my middle-years aged students begged to play this! Materials required: none How to play: -Have your students stand together in a circle. -The teacher says ‘un’ (1) to get the game started. -any student may call out the next number in sequence – ‘deux’ (2) -only one student may say a number at a time. If 2 or more students say the same number, the game must begin again. -You may set a goal for your students to aim for (ie- count to 10). However, play continues as high as your students wish to count! 2. Le ballon This game can be used with ANY vocabulary theme! Materials required: a soft foam ball or a balloon How to play: -Have your students stand in a circle. Give your students a theme to follow or have a student choose a theme. (ie- la maison, la météo) -Give the ball or balloon to the first player. That player says a vocabulary word that suits the theme and then throws the ball to another player. -The player that catches the ball must say another relevant vocabulary word before tossing the ball to the next player. -Words may not be repeated. 3. Le tableau This is another game for reviewing vocabulary while working in small groups. Materials: whiteboard and markers How to play: -Divide your students into 4 small groups. Draw 4 columns on the white board with the team number at the top. -Have students in each team stand in a line at the board in front of their team number column. -Write a vocabulary category on the board and challenge student teams to write 10 words each. -Team members must take turns to write (and spell correctly!) 10 different vocabulary words in the given category. The first team to complete the challenge wins! 4. La tapette à mouches La tapette à mouches is a fly swatter game for the French classroom. This game gets your students up out of their seats and moving in an active learning activity. Materials required: a whiteboard, 2 fly swatters How to play: -Write desired vocabulary words all over the whiteboard. -Divide students into 2 teams. -1 representative from each team holds a fly swatter and stands close to the board where the game is being played. -The teacher calls out a vocabulary word and students must ‘swat’ the corresponding word. -The first student to correctly identify the word wins a point for their team. Play continues with a new student each round until all students have had an opportunity to play. 5. Trashketball A fun game that reviews French vocabulary or grammar skills. This review game involves group work, decision making and recall and is easily differentiated for many levels. This activity is great for all learning styles and centers around reviewing learned material. The game will involve all students and keep them engaged with the lesson. There are 5 rounds of play in the games, each with 5 questions. With easy set-up, it is great for a last-minute lesson. This one takes a bit of prep and you may wish to use the PowerPoint presentations that I have created HERE, or create your own! Materials required: digital whiteboard/projector capable of displaying THESE PowerPoint presentations, small whiteboard and marker or scrap paper and pencil for each team, a trashcan or recycling bin, masking tape or painter’s tape, a ball/bean bag or other soft object for throwing. Setup:Place a trashcan/recycle bin in a clear lane. Use a visible line on the floor (or place a piece of painter’s tape/masking tape) a few feet away from the bin (closer for younger students and further for older students). This will be the ’shooting’ line. How to play: -Divide your class into several small teams (about 3-4 students per team). Assign one student to be the team reporter. The reporter will bring the answers to be reviewed to the teacher. Equip each team with a whiteboard and marker or a piece of scrap paper and pencil. Have each team write the numbers 1-5 down the side of the whiteboard/paper in a list. -Display the slide for round 1 on the board/projector. Give students a set amount of time to work through the problems in each round. 1-2 minutes will work for each round depending on the abilities of your class. Have each team work quickly to answer the questions on the slide during each round. -Signal to students when the time is up. Have the reporter from each team bring the answers to the teacher. The teacher will check the answers (an answer key is provided). If a team has an incorrect answer, the teacher must send the reporter back to the team to correct it. -The first team with all 5 answers correct, will get 3 throws of the ball/bean bag into the can. The 2ndteam gets 2 throws, the 3rdteam gets 1 throw. For each throw that lands in the can, the team earns 1 point. -Play resumes for all 5 rounds. At the end, tally all of the points earned for each team. The team with the highest score wins. These are my favourite 5 games. Do you have any favourites that your students LOVE? CHECK OUT MORE GAMES AVAILABLE IN MY FRECH TEACHING RESOURCE STORE ON TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS HERE!
I did the research so that you don't have to! Here is a list of 10 free resources that are perfect for distance learning in Kindergarten.
LES RÈGLES RÈGLES DE VIE DE LA CLASSE del blog «Maîtresse Myriam». Es precioso y muy útil para establecer las normas en clase. J’avais remis depuis longtemps la mise en page des règles de vie…
Thème L 'ÉCOLE - 10 Petites histoires/énoncés simples à lire pour vos jeunes lecteurs débutants. - Les 10 courts énoncés/histoires peuvent être dessinés sur le IPAD ou être imprimés en version PAPIER également
Who hasn’t admired the simple yet sophisticated style of French Parisians? Their effortless elegance seems like a secret we all want to know. They always look chic, carried with an air of confidence and refinement. If you dream of capturing that polished yet relaxed look, you’re not alone. The good news? You don’t need a...Read the Post
If you are looking for some high-interest activities, try using animated shorts to teach inference. Free handouts focus on student learning.
There is no doubt that French classroom routines are really important opportunities for engaging our Core French students. Here is a quick list of my students' favourite classroom routines that you should give a shot.
Un petit jeu parfait pour la rentrée pour faire parler les élèves.
Want to know one of the best ways to get your students to pay attention in French class? Show them French cultural videos! Students are so used to their American lifestyles that they are fascinated by what other people eat, what gestures they use to communicate, and how they celebrate. When I incorporate Francophone culture
Start your French lessons off with a bit of FUN using these 10 engaging French class activities for warm-ups and get your students talking!
Un petit jeu parfait pour la rentrée pour faire parler les élèves.
{Affiliate links used.} I am closing out the school year with my Spanish lessons and wanted a way to review the vocabulary we have been working on. I came across on Pinterest a post about Kaboom! It was created for elementary classrooms, but I thought it would be perfect for language learners also! So here is how you go about it: First of all you will need... Jumbo Craft Sticks Sharpie Markers Cups (Not see through) Since I work with a lot of different levels of students I had several categories of vocabulary I wanted to use like house items, the alphabet, clothes, opposites, etc. I decided to color-code the sticks on one end. This helps with two things. Kids will know how to put them in the cup with the colored part sticking out. This allows me to select which sets of vocabulary to use with certain sets of students. For example, I know that the orange sticks are emotions and the pink sticks are foods. {See the final set of pictures for the list I made for myself.} After you color the tips, you write one word towards the other end of the stick. I tend to use about 15 sticks for a vocabulary-themed set. Three of those sticks will have the word "Caramba" written on them. The rest will have vocabulary words you want kids to review. To play the game you put one set (or maybe two or three if you have more advanced students) in a cup with the colored tips up. Students take turns pulling a stick out of the cup and giving the translation of the word. They keep the stick if they can say what it means in English. Otherwise, they put it back in the cup if they don't know. If they pull a "Caramba" stick they have to put back ALL their sticks! I time the game for about three minutes. The student with the most sticks at the end wins! This is a fun way to review vocabulary which at times can be tedious!
I did the research so that you don't have to! Here is a list of 10 free resources that are perfect for distance learning in Kindergarten.
Resources for the first week of French class. Comprehensible input and Super 7 resources for French Class.
