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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.

I LOVE using centres with my students! My students love them, and will choose many of the centres to play during indoor recess instead of lego and other toys. It rained this week and one of my boys chose to build with magnets on cookie trays! Setting clear routines is the most important part. Take the time to teach the games to your students so that they understand how to play properly. If they haven't mastered the French vocab, then you will have behavioural and focus issues come up. With younger students, make sure you practice the game as a whole class many times before you introduce it as a centre. Set-up: I use the cards from my "j'ai fini" board as the centre rotation cards, as the centres are all things they can also choose to do if they finish their work early. I recently updated the file to include centre group cards, so you can write their names on the group # cards to set up your groups before they come to class. Normally my "j'ai fini" board is set up like this: Since they're on magnets, it's really easy to move them over to the other side of my whiteboard to set up the centres. I line them up vertically and put the group # cards beside them. I have each centre set up on a table group (except bug in a rug, they play on the carpet). I review the rules of each centre with them, and the CLEAN UP rules. We talk about what each centre should look like when it's been properly cleaned up. They get started at their centres, and I work with my small group at my table. When I'm done with them (about 10 minutes) I ding my bell. This means clean up and come back to the carpet. Once they're all back at the carpet, we look around to check that the room is cleaned up properly. Any groups who wrote on whiteboards are able to read a sentence they wrote to the class. This is our sharing centre. Then I move the centre cards on the whiteboard down one spot, and tell each group where they are going for their next centre. Here are some of the centres I do: 1. Bang game: Put all the vocab you’re practicing in a container. Students pull out a card. If they can say it in French (or use it in a sentence, to make it harder) then they can keep the card. If they pull a card that says “bang” then they get another turn (or lose all their cards, your choice!) You can use any empty yogurt container or plastic tupperware. Just make sure they can't see through the container! Some of my students like to play bang and then write the words they won on a whiteboard! 2. Bug in a rug: Lay out the vocab in a grid. One student hides the “bug” under a card, while the other students close their eyes. They guess in French which vocab card it’s hidden under. Whoever finds the bug gets to hide it next. This game requires an honest conversation with your students about why cheating will ruin the fun of the game! 3. Go fish: You can print any of the flashcards you're using in class. Copy them 2 or 4 per page to make them smaller. 4. Word building: Magnets on cookie trays! My students use our visual dictionaries or word wall strips to choose their words/sentences to build. These awesome magnets come from wintergreen. This set is much cheaper, but you'd likely need multiple sets. The cookie trays are from the dollar store. Ideally you want small magnets so they can fit more words on the cookie tray. 5. Sentence building: Print squares with a variety of sentence starters, numbers, colours, and objects. Students then put the words in order to build sentences. You can extend this by having them read their sentences to a partner, or write their sentences on a whiteboard/in their journals. 6. "Pictionary": One student draws on a whiteboard, the other student has to guess what they are drawing. 7. Matching: Picture to the word. My students use our visual dictionaries to check their work over when they're done! 8. Cootie catchers/fortune tellers with a partner. 9. Bingo - 1 group member can be the bingo caller, others put tokens on the words that are called. I use these as the bingo tokens. 10. Writing on whiteboards - 11. Hunting for sight words - 12. Cube game - Roll the cube and answer the question. Extension - write the question! I bought the cubes here, and write different prompts on sticky notes to slide under the plastic. 13. SMACK game - One student says the word, whoever smacks it first gets to say the next word! 14. Spin and graph sight words - 15. Stamp the sight words, themed vocab, or sentences! 16. Write the sight words - I bought salt from the dollar store and added a few drops of food colouring, then gave it a good shake. Students use a sharp pencil to write words in the salt! 17. Read and clip - 18. Spinner games - I use these in centres to give my students prompts for oral communication or writing. They can spin the spinner and either say a sentence or write a sentence. They can review vocabulary in partners (one spins, one says the word). 19. Working with Mlle - The BEST part about centres is that it means I can pull small groups to work with. Do you have any centres you love? Feel free to share in the comments :)

Let's dive into some new options to teach vocabulary, for those who have the time and energy to pursue them. In this post and podcast, I'm sharing ten ideas for making the study of vocabulary something students might even look forward to.

French descriptive writing for FSL The goal of all FSL curricular literacy programs in Canada is to engage students with meaningful texts which are aimed at developing their abilities to listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent in French. In this post, I will discuss some resources which use descriptive writing as as tool in vocabulary acquisiton for FSL students. Descriptive writing is a literary device in which an author uses details to paint a detailed picture with their words. The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or thing in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader's mind. Reading and writing descriptive texts is important for FSL learners as it: -allows for more varied language acquisition -naturally encourages to seek out new vocabulary -allows students to clearly express their thinking Here are some descriptive writing resources for FSL that may interest you. L'image mystère French mystery image descriptive writing activity This French descriptive writing resource will help your students develop their French vocabulary and expand their writing. Using a mystery image, hidden under a sticky note, your students will brainstorm descriptive words using their 5 senses and a dictionary. Using the French word list they have generated, they will write a short descriptive paragraph to give clues to what the mystery object might be. Their classmates will then read the paragraph (or they can read it aloud) to try to guess what the image is. Included in this resource is 30 worksheets - each with a different image, and a student writing checklist. Also included is a blank template so students can add their own images or drawings. French writing prompts with vocabulary This resource features 11 illustrated scenes to prompt creative writing in French class. Each page contains 5 relevant French vocabulary words to include when writing and an editing checklist. How to use: Print and copy the page that you would like to assign to your students. Instruct your students to write a paragraph about what might be happening in the photo using the 5 included vocabulary words. Instruct students to highlight each vocabulary word in their paragraph. Finally, have students self-edit their writing using the editing checklist. Easily differentiate this task by assigning a full paragraph, a few sentences or a single sentence. You can also vary how many vocabulary words are required to include in each student’s writing. A blank sheet for your own photos and vocabulary is also included. Challenge your students to draw a scene and add their own vocabulary words. French sentence writing - construire une phrase descriptive BUNDLE This French descriptive sentence writing activity BUNDLE will help your students improve the quality of their sentences by answering 5 questions about a photo and then transferring the answers into a complete sentence. This activity is a great opportunity to develop new vocabulary, practice grammar and editing skills and inference skills. This resource contains 40 seasonal themed image pages (Fall, Winter, Summer and Spring) using real photographs and a blank page for you to add your own pages. This activity requires NO PREP. Just print-and-GO, or use the TPT Easel digital tool to adapt for your online learners. A completed sample page is included.

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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 QUALITY resources. That's why a group of great teacher-authors has decided to put together a FREE French eBook of tips and links to freebies for the back-to-school season or should I say "pour la rentrée"? Laudalina from Profs et Soeurs is the mastermind of this amazing initiative and Ms. Joanne has been so generous to host the eBook. What about me? I was honored to organize it! READ: Check out my new For French Immersion Blog and subscribe to the For French Immersion Newsletter. But before we get to the eBook, I would also like to share 5 FREE websites you can use for extra activities when teaching French. They are presented in no specific order and I'm not affiliated with any of them. I just really think they're very useful. Graphics by Stacey Lloyd Here we go: 1. IL ÉTAIT UNE HISTOIRE... This site has a LOT of stories for kids. It's well-organized into categories, e.g. "Contes et Légendes", "Fables et poésies", etc, and the best part is that they present the text and give you the option of listening to a narrator reading it. Oh, and the "Comptines et Chansons", of course, are sung! The site can be used in so many ways in the classroom. You can: - have students listen to the narrator while reading the text during computer time - play the audio to use it in listening comprehension activities - just use the text for reading comprehension activities - have students sing along the "comptines" Lundi Matin (source: Il était une histoire…) Click on the image above to check out one of the "Comptines et Chansons". This one is great to practice "les jours de la semaine". 2. FRANCE TV ÉDUCATION This is a section of the site that is dedicated to education. It's got videos, texts, games about many subjects, such as "Histoire" and "Sciences". They've also got quizzes to test the level of proficiency in French. Click on the image below to check out one of the quizzes. French quiz (source: France TV Éducation) 3. BONJOUR DE FRANCE They have several free online exercises you can have your students doing. They are identified with one of the six levels of the CEFR. Check out this simple quiz about "les animaux" (click on the image below). Les animaux en français (source: Bonjour de France) 4. BrainPOP Next is BrainPOP. It's an amazing site with videos, quizzes and much more. It covers many subjects and it's fully animated. Click on the image below to check it out. 5. TV5 MONDE Last but not least is the section of the TV5 website dedicated to "la langue française". There are a lot of resources from which to choose. They've also got sections for those who teach French and those who learn French. My favorite section is "Les Fables de La Fontaine" with 8 fables with text and audio. Click on the image below to check them out. Les Fables de La Fontaine (source: TV5Monde) And now, for our FREE French Back-to-School eBook! It is packed with tips and links to freebies by 15 teacher-authors. There are FSL and FI resources for k-12. I'm sure you'll find something you can use in your classroom! It's available on Teachers Pay Teachers. If you've never heard of Teachers Pay Teachers, or TpT as I prefer to call it, you have no idea what you're missing out. Click on the image for a FREE copy of the eBook. Click on the image for your FREE copy Enter my giveaway for a chance to win $25 worth of French teaching resources! Giveaway is over! Sorry! I've started a new blog. The name says it all: For French Immersion Blog. Come check it out and subscribe to the For French Immersion Newsletter. Merci! Thank you so much for stopping by! READ at For French Immersion: 7 Pinterest boards for French teachers READ: 10 words that English borrowed from French READ: FREE French Alphabet Chart READ: Free French Poster - expressions with the word POMME

Teaching Beginner Level FSL Students to Read with Phonics Bonjour, chers professeurs de français! As educators, one of our primary goals is to empower our students to become confident readers. For beginner-level students of French as a Second Language (FSL), phonics can be a powerful tool to unlock the world of reading. Phonics involves teaching the relationship between sounds and letters, enabling learners to decode and read words with accuracy and fluency. In this blog post, we will explore effective strategies and activities to incorporate phonics instruction into your FSL classrooms, ensuring that your students develop a strong foundation in reading from the very beginning. 1. Start with the Basics: Begin by introducing the French alphabet and its unique sounds. Emphasize the differences between the French and English alphabets, as well as any special characters (e.g., é, è, ê) that represent distinct sounds. Utilize visuals, flashcards, and interactive activities to make the learning process engaging and memorable. Check out these FREE alphabet cards by Ashley Ramos with pronunciation guide to get you started. 2. Teach Letter-Sound Correspondence: To introduce phonics, associate each letter with its corresponding sound. Focus on the most common sounds first, such as 'a,' 'e,' 'i,' 'o,' and 'u.' Use clear pronunciation examples and repetitive exercises to help students master these foundational sounds. Gradually introduce consonants and less common vowels as they progress. 3. Introduce Phonemic Awareness: Before diving into phonics, build phonemic awareness skills, which involve recognizing and manipulating individual sounds in spoken words. Conduct activities that require students to identify initial, medial, and final sounds in words. This step lays the groundwork for phonics as students understand how sounds come together to form words. 4. Syllables and Blending: Break down French words into syllables, and teach students how to blend these syllables together to read the whole word. Encourage students to clap out the syllables and then blend them to enhance their phonemic abilities. Gradually increase the complexity of words as their confidence grows. French Immersion avec Mme Sophie has generously offered up this free deck of BOOM cards for practicing syllables in French. 5. Cognates and High-Frequency Words: Leverage the power of cognates, which are words in French that share a similar spelling and meaning with English words. Introduce high-frequency words, like "je," "le," "la," "et," etc., that frequently appear in texts. These familiar words create a sense of accomplishment and motivation for beginner learners. Use this full powerpoint lesson plan, word wall and activities to teach your students about French-English cognates. 6. Engage with Phonics Activities: Make learning enjoyable through various phonics activities. Use interactive games, puzzles, and online resources that target specific phonics skills. Create word-building exercises using letter cards or magnetic letters, where students can manipulate letters to form words. Check out this comprehensive set of 26 French phonics brochures filled with activities for the whole year. French phonics activities 7. Read Aloud and Shared Reading: Regularly read aloud to your students, exposing them to the rhythms and intonations of the French language. Incorporate shared reading activities where students follow along with you, highlighting the words as you read. This helps students understand the connection between spoken and written language. If you’re having trouble accessing French books in your area, or would like a digital version, please check out The French Experiment’s website for access to FREE read-alouds that even come with audio! French phonics activity brochures for the whole year 8. Decodable Books: Use decodable books specifically designed for beginner learners. These books contain words with phonetically regular patterns, allowing students to practice their phonics skills in context. Gradually increase the complexity of the texts as students gain proficiency. Check out the Science of Reading in French’s TPT shop for decodable reading in French activities. As French teachers, teaching beginner-level FSL students to read using phonics lays a strong foundation for their language learning journey. By systematically introducing letter-sound correspondences, blending, and phonemic awareness, students can decode words with confidence and embark on a fulfilling reading experience. Remember to make learning engaging and enjoyable through interactive activities, read-aloud sessions, and the use of decodable books. With your guidance and support, your FSL students will soon become proficient readers, opening up a world of possibilities through language! Bon courage!

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FSL bellwork activities When I am planning my daily French class routines, I often include a concept called bellwork. So, what exactly is bellwork? Bellwork is a simple activity that students complete as soon as they walk into the class before the lesson actually begins. The strategy behind bellwork is that your students are engaged in a routine activity as soon as they enter the room and therefore sets the scene for productivity. Bellwork also serves a number of other useful functions. It allows the teacher time to complete other activities, such as checking agendas and homework before the lesson begins, whilst the students are busy completing the bellwork activity. Aim to structure bellwork activities that last around 3 or 4 minutes. Some ideas for bellwork tasks include: -reviewing the previous lesson -a thought-provoking question -an activity designed to get the students thinking about the lesson ahead -practicing a skill already taught It is a simple idea but very effective. Here are some great bellwork resources that I have prepared for junior and intermediate FSL students: Questionnaire Quotidien French daily check-in prompts ‘Questionnaire Quotidien’ is a fun and engaging daily check-in routine for French classes. Suitable for core or immersion French, this resource contains 73 question prompts to get your students thinking and communicating in French. This resource contains 5 different daily questions. Switch it up for each day of the week! The activities include: daily mood check-in, expressing preferences, daily journal or discussion questions, name something, and stand up if.... Your digital download includes 73 png files. Easily add the image to your daily slideshow, or select and project in your classroom. FSL French Daily Work BUNDLE This BUNDLE contains 4 great resources: levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 of FSL daily work. These levelled packets each provide 12 weeks of daily practice of beginning French vocabulary and grammar. Each of the 4 packets provides daily routine pages for independent student work. The weeks are structured to provide scaffolding and a gradual release of supports so that students can gain more confidence in the classroom and in the French language. The packet can be used as morning work, bell work, or homework. Each resource also includes helpful vocabulary supports in the form of full-page anchor charts. Print and laminate for student reference as they begin this package. Journal du matin French daily activities Help your students ready their brains for second language learning and provide a stress-free routine for the beginning of class. This French daily task journal provides 35 weeks of bell-ringer tasks for your FSL students (175 activities total). Each day, students will complete a short minds-on task in their journals. Tasks include vocabulary, reading and writing and are appropriate for French language learners in grades 5-8. This journal is numbered by week, so that you can begin using it at any time of the year! The journal is easily printed in black and white, and requires zero prep. Just print and distribute! This resource saves you valuable TIME by not having to write a journal question every day. This resource now includes a digital GOOGLE DRIVE version that is perfect for distance learning!

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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

Lesson plans can be a tedious job, but it all can be simplified if you know what to focus on and have some resources at hand to make the writing of the lesson plans a smooth sailing.

We had another class Monday night with our new dual/ELL staff members, and this time we focused on differentiation and what that may look like across the subject areas. As we have done in the past, we had the teachers participate in a gallery walk and thus rotate around with their groups to add to a series of posters focused on this topic of differentiation. Yet again, our wonderful staff did not disappoint and came up with a wide assortment of ideas as to how instruction can be differentiated for our students! I typed up their ideas on a nice one page spread for them, and thought you all may find it useful as well! Click on it to grab a copy for yourself or a friend. Graphics/Fonts: Scrappin' Doodles, Rowdy Fonts, My Cute Graphics Also, (as if you haven't already heard ;)), I wanted to let you all in on the big secret. TpT will be hosting a "3 Million Teachers Strong" sale February 27-28th. In using promo code TPT3, you can get up to 28% off at my store along with so many more! How exciting is it to see this community of teachers growing and working together :)!

Hello les profs!Voici un petit puzzle pour se présenter en ce début d'année.Il est inspiré du travail de Laclassedemallory que vous pouvez retrouver ici:Je l'ai réadapté à des plus petits.Si le document te plait, n'hésite pas à laisser un petit coeur. Ça motive à encore plus partager.

Teaching phonics doesn't have to be scary. I created this FREE 70-page guide, including 5 lesson plans, 4 resources and many tips just for you!

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Ma famille: a fun 3D project Are you looking for a fresh new project idea to complement your 'Ma famille' vocabulary unit? Are you looking for something different from creating a family tree or family album? Perhaps you want a resource that will be inclusive to all of your students. Look no further! I am offering my newest resource for FREE! I have created a new project that will allow you to assess your student's knowledge of French family vocabulary and that will be fun for your students to complete! The project allows students to describe 9 of their family members, providing their relationship and their name. Students must practice the correct for of "my" (mon/ma) for each person included. The completed project forms a ball that makes an attractive classroom display and can be hung from the ceiling. It is very simple to create! First, students complete the writing and drawing required on each of the 12 sections of the template. Then, they cut them out! The sections are then folded and stapled together to form 2 halves. The haves are they stapled together and the final product is complete! Included with the project is complete student instructions and a useful assessment tool for teachers. Do you want a copy of your very own? I will email a copy direct to your inbox! To get the resource, sign up for my newsletter HERE and the resource link will be emailed to you immediately! I hope that you find this resource useful and easy to use! Sincerely, Jen @ The French Nook

Whether you’re trying to eliminate tons of prep time, save paper, or support ELL students in distance learning, using digital vocabulary units can be extremely helpful activities for ELL newcomers. These digital units target reading,

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I love classroom cheers and these are wonderful. You have to check out Sugar Blossoms' blog. She provides short videos of each cheer and a printable of all the cheers. I am going to make the printable a poster and hang it up in my classroom. Click on the picture to go to her blog. 

The start to the school year for newcomer ELLs can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking. It is our job to set them up with tools to help them feel comfortable exploring a new language in a

Want to help the students in your French classroom use more vocabulary? Check out these French vocabulary sheets and ideas on how to use them!

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Instant Download Summer Favorites can be used for back to school or at home with the kids. It is a great worksheet for children to fill out. There are two different types. No physical copy will be sent. Thank you for your purchase and you can always message me if you have any questions. -Ashley