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, tape - OK Chantez
Learning
Objective
Introduction/
Warm up
Greet
class with
To learn and
say 6 colours Guten Tag, Wie
geht’s? and elicit a
few responses.
Play a favourite
game from last term
using as much of the
vocab as possible
Activities
Present using flashcards and
various repetition techniques.
. Give each child a piece of
coloured card. When it is their
colour they need to jump up and
hold their card up.
Use colours on smaller cards
(squares and rectangles to
represent short and long notes) to
compose a short song to the tune
of Frere Jaques ask pupils to take
turns to compose and conduct.
Plenary/
consolidation
In pairs give
each child a set
of coloured
pencils or
multilink cubes.
Call out colours
and ask them to
hold up the right
one. Call out up
to 3 at a time or
ask the to put
them in order.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Repeat for register daily (have colours on display in a specific order).
Play #Schatzen?
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
rot
grun
blau
weiss
schwarz
gelb
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson two
Resources/preparation:
video - Early Start 1, flashcards (days), coloured tissue paper, bag, 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
Put tissue paper
colours into a bag.
Pull the colours out
of the bag and say
the word and the
children copy you.
Use graded
questions to vary the
responses.
Play repetition
games such as Find
the trickster,
Hot/Cold and Slap.
Plenary/
consolidation
Watch powerpoint “Die Wochentage”. Ask children to
Echo the days as they are said on
discuss what
screen. Pupils say the days in
actions are
sequence. Write the initial letters of
associated with
the days to help them remember.
various days of
Sing the sequence of days of the
the week.
week to the tune of “Frère Jacques”.
Eg. book on
Mouth the days silently and ask them
Monday (start of
to decide which day you are saying.
Flashcards: as a group, pupils put the school), Tossing
pancakes on
days into the correct order.
Tuesday etc.
Place the flashcards in the correct
order, face up. Then turn one card
Take turns to
face down and recite the days
mime various
including the one, which is hidden.
actions and ask
Gradually increase the number of face everyone to
down cards until they are all face
guess which
down.
day is being
mimed.
Activities
KAL
Recognise
sounds in
written form
- most end
in ‘tag’
New
Language
Montag,
Dienstag,
Mittwoch,
Donnersta
g,
Freitag,
Samstag,
Sonntag
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:
video - Early Start 1, 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.
Activities
*Repeat dreizehn, vierzehn,
fünfzehn several times separately.
*Class decide on appropriate
action to prompt -trays, cat/oars,
cans, says.
*Teacher says number, children
respond with the mime and vice
versa.
*Teacher says a number, children
write it on the whiteboards.
Write 2 numbers, children say
missing numbers.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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P.E. warm up, getting into groups of (German) 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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Plenary/
consolidation
Fizz-Buzz
Count up to 20
inserting Guten
Morgen or
Guten Tag for
the multiples
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Active
Dreizehn,
Vierzehn,
Funfzehn,
Sechszehn
Siebzehn,
Achtzehn,
Neunzehn,
Zwanzig
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
Lesson four
Resources/preparation:
Framework
refs
O3.2 listen,
speak
clearly
O3.4 repeat
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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
(same formation as English 20 1
20 2 etc)
Split the class in half and count 20
– 30 with one half saying ‘zwanzig
and the other saying the unit and
all saying ‘dreissig 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
Einundzwa
nzig,
Zweiundzw
anzig,
Dreiundzw
anzig,
Vierundzw
anzig,
Fünfundzw
anzig
Sechsundz
wanzig,
Siebenund
zwanzig,
Achtundzw
anzig,
Neunundz
wanzig
dreissig
Y3 French Lesson Plans – Term 2
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: video - Early Start 1, Tape - Un Kilo des Chansons
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
‘Wann hast
du
Geburtstag?’
Activities
*Watch video Clip and discuss
activities traditions observed.
*Copy activity in clip -call out
months of the year in a random
order and pupils have to jump up
and shout it back if it is their
birthday that month.
*Divide class into 4 groups and
give them 3 sequential months
to practice. Then say the
months through in order with
each group saying their 3. Make
sure pronunciation is clearly
different to English and rotate
until all groups have covered all
months.
EMBEDDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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Ask Wann hast du Geburtstag ? For the register.
Play #WILDFIRE.
Play #WILDFIRE extension.
Evaluation
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Plenary/
consolidation
*Listen to song
‘Wann hast du
Geburtstag?’
(Rita und Rolli)
and stand up
when it’s their
birthday.
KAL
New
Language
Passive
Wann hast
du
Geburtstag?
Active
Januar
Februar
März
April
Mai
Juni
Juli
August
September
Oktober
November
Dezember
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
video – Early Start 1, flashcards (days),
Learning
Objective
To learn how
to read and
write the
date.
To revise
Wann hast
du
Geburtstag?
Introduction/
Warm up
*Revise days of
week using
flashcards
*Play repetition
games such as Find
the trickster,
Hot/Cold and Slap.
To understand
Activities
*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 ‘Ja, ich bin die/der”
the question
‘Welches
Datum
haben wir
heute?
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
Welches
Datum haben
wir heute?
Active