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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

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Days of the week

Learning the days of the week in French, making accurate sound-spelling links.

Learning objective

To develop accurate pronunciation and intonation.

Success criteria

I can say the days of the week

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Introduce yourself in French using the following format: Bonjour ! Je m’appelle [Monsieur/Madame [name]] – Hello! My name is + [Mr/Mrs [name]]. Select a child and say: Bonjour ! Comment tu t’appelles ? Ça va ? – Hello! What’s your name? How are you? The child should reply along the following lines or…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could focus on accurately imitating pronunciation for days of the week in French; saying the days of the week in sequence.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Could talk about the days of the week in and out of sequence; could use the correct indicators of time: aujourd’hui – today, hier – yesterday and demain – tomorrow.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using modelled phrases and time indicators

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Vocabulary and translations

les jours de la semaine

the days of the week
la semaine

the week

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y3/4 (B): School days

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Days of the week

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: A French Maths lesson

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: A French school timetable

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: What is in your classroom?

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: School life

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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