Teacher: Cable/ Merme/ Substitute
Plans for New Teachers
Grade: 6 th grade
Subject: French
Unit Question: How do numbers, alphabet, days of the week, and months of the year assist me in learning French and surviving in a francophone environment?
Weeks of: Aug 25-29/ 2014
Area of Interaction: Environments

IB INFUSION:
( Evidenced in opening, work session, and
closing)
Area of Interaction:
Monday/ 8/25/14
Learner Profile Term:
Inquirer
Environment
Students will be Thinkers/
Inquirers as they determine how alphabet, numbers, days and months can be utilized to communicate in French.
Substitute In Class due to new hires
International Mindedness:
B
LEARNING TARGET
( Today I am
learning…because…)
Students will learn numbers 1-20 in French because this knowledge is critical to survival in a francophone
Tuesday 8/26/14
Substitute In Class due to new hires
A
Wednesday8/27/14
Learner Profile Term:
Knowledgable
Environments
Students will be Thinkers/ knowledgable as they determine how alphabet, numbers, days and months can be utilized to communicate in French.
International Mindedness:
B
Students will create
Math problems and utilize Math operations in French because this allows
Thursday 8/28/14
A
Friday 8/29/14
Learner Profile Term:
Knowledgeable
Environments
Students will be Thinkers/
Knowledgeable as they determine how alphabet, numbers, days and months can be utilized to communicate in French.
Substitute In Class due to new hires
B
Students will create
Math problems and utilize Math operations in French because this allows
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environment.
OPENING
Activating Strategy:
( Builds on prior knowledge/learning,
engages students in active learning, and
focuses on the lesson learning target)
Explicit Instruction and/or Modeling should happen during the
Opening.
Suggested time frame:
Core: 10-12 minutes
Connections:
18 – 22 minutes
Activator
Students will glue worksheets into their interactive notebook to prepare for class.
Students will take turns reading dialogue to a partner
Students will fill in blanks to dialogue using word bank
Students should color dialogue sheets and glue into Interactive Notebook
Complete previous work
Students will review vocabulary in the interactive notebook regarding Greetings.
Students will complete the comic strip in which they:
1Greet
2Ask Name
3Tell Name
4Ask Feelings
5Tell Feelings
6End the conversation.
Comic Strips should be illustrated and colored ; with all French vocabulary spelled correctly.
Comic strips should be placed in the Interactive notebook for a grade. interdisciplinary/ cross curricular connections with reinforce Math and
French.
Activator:
Students will glue sheets into interactive notebook
Students will glue Math signs into Interactive notebook
Students will listen to numbers songs on You-
Tube
Les Chiffres 1-20 Rap
Une Chanson des chiffres interdisciplinary/ cross curricular connections with reinforce Math and
French.
Activitors:
Students will Use Key to count items and write number in French
Students will write numbers in the correct order from 1-10
Students will recite and repeat numbers
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WORK SESSION
Instructional
Strategy(ies):
( Engage all students in higher order thinking and support mastery of standard)
Suggested time frame:
Core: 30 – 40 minutes
Connections:
40 – 50 minutes
New Information
Students will create number flash cards
Students will draw shapes
: Squares, circles, triangles or stars on each card to represent number in
French
Students will cut out flash cards
Students will create a flap in their Interactive
Notebook to store flash cards
Students will complete number puzzle 1-20
Students will complete simple Math problems
Students will practice identifying numbers 1-20 with flash cards.
Teacher will teach: Il y a
____cercles, carees, triangles, etoiles
Students will describe the number of shapes on each card
Teacher will yell out numbers out of order and students will raise flash card to show understanding
Café Pause
Alphabet Rap songs/
Recite alphabet
Identify alphabet out of order
Student focused activity:
Student will create posters highlighting identifying Math signs and they will create a Math problem to present to the class in French.
Elements:
J’aime les Math!
Les nombres pairs/ Les nombres impairs
Les signes
Mathamatiques:
L’addition +
La subtraction -
La division %
La multiplication x
Font =
Students will complete
Math posters from previous class as well as other worksheets and assignments for the week.
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CLOSING
Summarizing Strategy:
( Helps students synthesize the main concepts of the lesson)
An you pronounce the numbers?
Suggested time frame:
Core: 10 – 20 minutes
Connections:
20 – 25 minutes
Formative
Assessment:
Teacher will assess upon return
( Check for understanding)
Illustrate the problem with shapes.
Create a Math problem and present in French!
Count from 1-20
Recite alphabet in French
Teacher will assess previous assignments
Give a Math Problem in
French
Teacher will assess upon return
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IB INFUSION:
( Evidenced in opening, work session, and
closing)
Area of Interaction:
LEARNING TARGET
( Today I am
learning…because…)
Monday
Learner Profile Term:
Inquirer
Students will be Thinkers/
Inquirers as they determine how alphabet, numbers, days and months can be utilized to communicate in French
B
International Mindedness:
Students will combine numbers 1-30 and the days of the week because this will allow them to communicate the date in French in order to effectively
Students will review
Alphabet/ Numbers 1-30
Teacher will add numbers
21-30
Students will review shapes and numbers describe the environment
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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OPENING
Activating Strategy:
( Builds on prior knowledge/learning,
engages students in active learning, and
focuses on the lesson learning target)
Explicit Instruction and/or Modeling should happen during the
Opening.
Suggested time frame:
Core: 10-12 minutes
Connections:
18 – 22 minutes
WORK SESSION
Instructional
Strategy(s):
( Engage all students in higher order thinking and support mastery of standard)
Suggested time frame:
Core: 30 – 40 minutes
Connections:
40 – 50 minutes
CLOSING
Summarizing Strategy:
( Helps students synthesize the main concepts of the lesson)
Suggested time frame:
Core: 10 – 20 minutes
Connections:
20 – 25 minutes
Activator:
Students will Glue Days of the week into Interactive Notebook
Students will draw things that they would like to do on a given day.
Students will recite and pronounce days of the week
Students will identify day 1-7 using French numbers
Students will listen to days of the week songs
Teacher will present the date:
Aujourd’hui C’est vendredi le 29 aout
Students will practice various dates
Student focused activity:
Students will complet
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Formative
Assessment:
( Check for understanding)
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