Learning objective

  • To recognise the months of the year in French.

Success criteria

  • I can identify the written and spoken months

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Listen

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Number recap As a class, count from one to thirty-one in French. Number chain Explain the activity below, modelling on a whiteboard or flipchart where necessary. On a mini whiteboard, ask the children to write J’ai – I have, and a number in French between one and thirty, e.g. J’ai dix – I have ten.…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could write just the month in French for the celebration dates on the Activity: French celebration cards.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could apply language learning strategies to find out facts about other French celebrations.

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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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Simone Haughey

French specialist

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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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