Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson one
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
identify
phonemes,
speak clearly
O3.4 repeat
flashcards (colours), small colour cards (squares and rectangles)
coloured pencils, Espanol Espanol Audio CD 1
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
Greet
class with
To learn and
say 6 colours ỊHola!, ¿Que tal? and
elicit a few
responses.
Play a favourite
game from last term
using as much of the
vocab as possible
Plenary/
consolidation
Present using flashcards and
In pairs give
various repetition techniques.
each child a set
Give each child a piece of coloured of coloured
card. Listen to ¿De qué color?.
pencils or
When it is their colour they need to multilink cubes.
jump up and hold their card up.
Call out colours
Use colours on smaller cards
and ask them to
(squares and rectangles to
hold up the right
represent short and long notes) to
one. Call out up
compose a short song to the tune
to 3 at a time or
of Frere Jaques ask pupils to take
ask the to put
turns to compose and conduct.
them in order.
Activities
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Repeat for register daily (have colours on display in a specific order).
Play Guess What?
Use when asking pupils to get out exercise books and for any other colour related activity – painting etc.
Evaluation
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KAL
New
Language
Active
rojo
verde
azul
blanco
negro
amarillo
Passive
rosa
marrón
¿De qué
color?
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
DVD - Early Start 1 unit 11, flashcards (days), flashcards (colours)
Framework
Learning
refs
Objective
O3.1 sing
To learn and
songs
say days of
O3.2 listen,
the week.
identify
phonemes,
speak clearly
O3.4 repeat,
remember
sequence
L3.1 identify
& read
simple words
L3.2
pronounce
accurately
common
letters
Introduction/
Warm up
Use colour
flashcards to revise
colours. Use graded
questions to vary the
responses.
Play repetition
games such as Find
the trickster,
Hot/Cold and Slap.
Plenary/
KAL
consolidation
Watch DVD unit 11 Pupils say the
Recognise
Ask children to
days in sequence. Write the initial
sounds in
discuss what
letters of the days to help them
written form
actions are
remember.
associated with
Sing the sequence of days of the
various days of
week to the tune of “Frère Jacques”.
the week.
Mouth the days silently and ask them
Eg. book on
to decide which day you are saying.
Flashcards: as a group, pupils put the Monday (start of
school), Tossing
days into the correct order.
pancakes on
Place the flashcards in the correct
Tuesday etc.
order, face up. Then turn one card
face down and recite the days
Take turns to
including the one, which is hidden.
mime various
Gradually increase the number of face actions and ask
down cards until they are all face
everyone to
down.
guess which
day is being
mimed.
Activities
New
Language
lunes
martes
miércoles
jeuves
viernes
sábado
domingo
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Ask what day is it everyday.
List the days of the week beside the blackboard and encourage pupils to use them when they date their work if they want to.
If they do this, be prepared to correct it.
Evaluation
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Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson three
Resources/preparation:
DVD - Early Start 1 unit 9, flashcards (numbers), mini whiteboards
Framework
Learning
refs
Objective
O3.2 listen, Learn
identify
numbers 12
phonemes,
to 20.
speak clearly
O3.4 repeat
Introduction/
Warm up
Play #Fruit Salad
with Days of week
terms.
Plenary/
consolidation
*Watch DVD unit 9
Fizz-Buzz
*Repeat trece, catorce, quince,
Count up to 20
dieciséis’ several times separately. inserting ỊHola!
*Teacher says a number, children
for the even
write it on the whiteboards.
numbers.
*Write 2 numbers, children say
Repeat but say
missing numbers.
Chiao! for odd
*Give the pupils digit cards, call out numbers.
numbers and ask them to choose 3
or 4 cards which when added up
make the number – e.g vientinueve
– 9, 1, 3, 6
Activities
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
Answer register as a number.
Numeracy – calculations using numbers 12-20.
Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
Play #Bingo.
Evaluation
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KAL
New
Language
Passive
Active
trece
catorce
quince
dieciséis
diecisiete
dieciocho
diecinueve
veinte
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
speak
clearly
O3.4 repeat
flashcards (numbers), scrap paper/ mini whiteboards
Learning
Objective
Reinforce
numbers 12
to 20; learn
numbers 20
to 30.
Introduction/
Warm up
* Play #Elevens but
start at 11 and count
to 20 instead of 1 10
Activities
Count through 20 – 30 in front of
the class and ask what they notice.
Split the class in half and count 20
– 30 with one half saying ‘veinte’
and the other saying the unit and
all saying ‘treinta’ together. Repeat
and switch sides.
Plenary/
consolidation
Put all the
flashcards up on
display as a
visual prompt.
Play #Bingo
choosing
numbers at
random.
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Active
veintiuno
veintidós
veintitrés
veinticuatro
veinticinco
veintiséis
veintisiete
veintiocho
veintinueve
treinta
Ịhe
terminado!
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (French) numbers.
Answer register as a number.
Numeracy – simple calculations using numbers 0-12.
Numeracy warm up #Play your cards right.
The songs and #Noughts and Crosses are good time fillers.
Evaluation
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Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson five
Resources/preparation: DVD - Early Start 1 unit 8,
Framework
refs
O3.1 sing
songs
O3.2 listen,
identify
phonemes,
speak clearly
O3.3 recall
vocabulary
ask and
answer
questions
O3.4 repeat
IU 3.3 know
some facts
about one
country
Learning
Objective
To learn the
months of
the year.
Introduction/
Warm up
*Revise numbers
using any of the
previous activities.
To understand
the question
¿Cuándo es tu
cumpleaños ?
Activities
Watch DVD clip unit 8
Display months in a list. Read
through each clearly getting the
pupils to repeat. Do this several
times, then begin removing
months from the list until only
enero remains.
Call out months of the year in a
random order /listen to months
of year song on Early start and
pupils have to jump up and
shout it back if it is their birthday
that month.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
 Ask ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? For the register.
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Play #WILDFIRE.
Play #WILDFIRE extension.
Evaluation
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Plenary/
consolidation
Divide class in 2
and sing the
months to the
tune of the
American army
marching song
using call and
response.
E,F,M -e,f,m
A,M,J – a,m,j
J,A,S – j,a,s
O,N,D – o,n,d
Cuándo es tu
cumpleaňos ?
KAL
No capital
letters for
months.
They are
similar to
French
because
we get the
names
from Latin
(July and
August
from the
Roman
Emperors
Julius and
Augustus).
New
Language
Passive
¿Cuándo es
tu cumpleaños ?
Active
enero
febrero
marto
abril
mayo
junio
julio
agosto
septiembre
octubre
noviembre
diciembre
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson six
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
L3.1
understand
words
displayed,
identify and
read simple
words
L3.2 read
aloud
L3.3 write
simple words
using a
model
DVD – Early Start 1 unit 12, flashcards (days),
Learning
Objective
To learn how
to read and
write the
date.
To revise
¿Cuándo es tu
cumpleaños ?
Introduction/
Warm up
*Revise days of
week using
flashcards
*Play repetition
games such as Find
the trickster,
Hot/Cold and Slap.
To understand
the question
¿Qué día es
hoy ?
Activities
*Watch DVD clip unit 12
*Display the days and months
for reference.
*Write today’s date together.
*Ask them to write the date of
their birthday clearly on scrap
paper. Put all the scraps into a
bag and get individuals to draw
on out and read it aloud. The
person who wrote it should
claim it with ỊSí, es yo!
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Write the date together in the morning
Write the date into their books next to/under the English date
Evaluation
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Plenary/
consolidation
*When they all
have their
scraps of paper
they should get
themselves into
order in silence
by reading each
others’ slips.
KAL
New
Language
Passive
¿Qué día es
hoy ?
Active