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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 1: Colours in French

Using coloured beanbags to introduce French colour words, children answer the question, 'What colour is it?' - 'c’est de quelle couleur ?', and progress to responding accurately to verbal instructions to build a tower of coloured bricks.

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Learning objective

To recognise and name colour words.

Success criteria

I can listen to and repeat the words

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Attention grabber

In this lesson, you introduce the children to colour adjectives. You may want to remind the children at some point what an adjective is. It is not necessary to do so in this lesson, but this knowledge will be useful later in the unit. As you introduce each colour, focus on pronunciation. For guidance, listen…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Reduce the number of different colours introduced and work in a guided group with the teacher to practise pronunciation and recall.

Pupils working at greater depth

Challenge to use longer sequences of colours and focus on accurate pronunciation.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: listening carefully to build correct sequences

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Vocabulary and translations

rouge

red
bleu

blue

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y3: French adjectives of colour, size and shape

Lesson 1: Colours in French

Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French

Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French

Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse

Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse

Originally created by:

Belinda Dean

French specialist

Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having…

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