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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 3: Months of the year in French

Using detective skills to recognise the months of the year in French and revising through song.

Learning objective

To say the months of the year.

Success criteria

I can recognise the months when I hear

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

Listen

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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

In pairs, challenge the children to take turns to say the days of the week in French. Display the Presentation: The days of the week from the previous lesson for support and further practice as needed.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can work in pairs to complete the festivals activity, using the cards from the Resource: Les mois and the Knowledge Organiser: French – Y4 Numbers, calendars and birthdays for support.

Pupils working at greater depth

Can challenge themselves to recall the months from memory; could use dictionaries or internet to research vocabulary and additional facts about some of the festivals.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: matching most of the French months

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Vocabulary and translations

les mois

the months
janvier

January

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y4: Numbers, calendars and birthdays

Lesson 1: Learning numbers 1-31 in French

Lesson 2: Days of the week in French

Lesson 3: Months of the year in French

Lesson 4: Seasons and dates in French

Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday

Originally created by:

Simone Haughey

French specialist

Previously a generalist Primary teacher for 12 years, Simone now specialises in Languages. She is MFL Consultant and Languages Teacher at Robin Hood Primary. Her work with Mandarin Chinese resulted in the IoE Confucius Institute for Schools awarding her school with Confucius Classroom…

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