P1

Here's a checklist of topics for P1, resources for all of these to be uploaded soon (as soon as we work out how to do this)!

1.  Classroom instructions
2.  Praise
3.  The Register
4.  Introductions: saying your name, how you are and key "getting by vocab." (hello, goodbye, please, thank you)
5.  Numbers 0 -12
6.  Colours
7.  Days of the week
8.  Months of the year
9.  Story: La Chenille qui fait des trous (The Hungry Caterpillar)
10.  Culture: Deux Petits Oiseaux song (Two Little Birds)
11. Culture: Christmas

1.  Classroom instructions
 Below are 16 instructions to use with your P1 class.   Build them up at your own classes' pace with the aim that by the end of P1, pupils can follow these instructions confidently.

Click on the sound file next to each one for the pronunciation.  Monsieur la grenouille is also on hand to help introduce a couple of them to your class.  The videos follow the table.

English	French command	French “we are going to...”
1.     Line up	Mettez-vous en rang	On va se mettre en rang
2.     Hang up your coats	Accrochez vos manteaux	On va s’accrocher nos manteaux
3.     Look	Regardez	On va regarder
4.     Listen	Écoutez	On va écouter
5.     Think	Réfléchissez	On va réfléchir
6.     Concentrate	Concentrez-vous	On va se concentrer
7.     Repeat	Répétez	On va répéter
8.     Sing	Chantez	On va chanter
9.     Move	Bougez	On va bouger
10.   Copy me	Copiez-moi	On va me copier
11.   Gather round	Mettez-vous autor de moi	On va se mettre autor de moi
12.   Sit down	Asseyez-vous	On va s’asseoir
13.   Stand up	Levez-vous	On va se lever
14.   Settle down	Doucement
15.   Stop	Arretez	On va s’arrêter
16.   Oops!	Oh là

1.  Mettez-vous en rang: line up

4.  Écoutez: Listen

 

2.  Praise

You will receive a Praise poster to display in the your classroom.  Below is a grid with a bank of different praise phrases and their pronunciation.

Bravo!	Well done!
Bon travail!	Good work!
Génial!	Great!
Fantastique!	Fantastic!
Super!	Super/Great!
Excellent!	Excellent!
Très bien!	Very good!
Bien!	Good!
Bon effort!	Good effort!
Bon essai!	Good try!

 

3.  The Register

Below is a table with key vocabulary:

L’appel	The register
Ici!	Here!
Présent!	Present! (boy)
Présente!	Present! (girl)
C’est moi!	That’s me!
Je suis là!	I’m here!
Oui Madame/Monsieur!	Yes Miss/Sir!

• By taking the register in French on a regular basis, it's easy to drip feed a little French into the daily routine.  
• You can add variety by asking pupils to give a different word relevant to the topic you are working on, e.g. a month of the year, their favourite sounding number or favourite French word etc. 

4.  Introductions

Below is a table with key vocabulary:

Français	Anglais
Bonjour!	Hello!
Salut!	Hi!
S’il vous plaît	Please (to teacher)
S’il te plaît	Please (to friend and classmate)
Merci	Thank you
Au revoir	Goodbye
À plus	See you later
Comment t’appelles-tu?	What is your name?
Je m’appelle…	My name is…
Tu t’appelles…	Your name is…

10 minute lesson ideas:

a.  Ça va song lyrics to the tune of Frère Jacques (from tes.co.uk)

b.  Bonjour Au revoir Powerpoint  (Instructions are included on the first slide) (adapted from tes.co.uk)

c.  Où est Georges?

• You need a small soft toy with a French name
• Choose someone who will have to locate the toy and ask them to leave the room or cover their eyes while you give the toy to another child. They should hide the toy. 
• The task is then for the child who left the room to find the toy. They can ask anyone but must say, "Bonjour, Je m'appelle (child's name), et Toi?
• The child they have asked should respond with, "Bonjour, Je m'appelle (their name)," or "Bonjour, Je m'appelle Georges," if they have Georges.
• 3 guesses is enough. If the toy isn't found, then a rousing chorus of "Où est Georges?" usually brings him out.

d.  Saying how you are (Ça va?)

Key vocabulary:

Français	Anglais
Ça va?	How are you?
Génial/super/magnifique/fantastique	Brilliant
Ça va très bien	Very good
Ça va Bien/ Ça va	Good/fine
Comme ci comme ça	So so
Mal	Bad
Ça va très mal	Dreadful
Et toi?	And you?

• Flashcards to introduce the vocabulary (included on the last slide of the resource)
• Flashcard game examples
• Show pupils a card and give them a choice between two options.  They have to call out the correct one.
• Hold flashcards to your chest.  Pupils have to guess the card you are holding and get a point for their team if they guess correctly
• Use flashcards to play heads down thumbs up. The thumb-putter-downers hold a flashcard each.  When it comes to guessing who has put down their thumbs, the pupil says the word that the flashcard represents as opposed to that person's name

• Beach ball - throw around a beach ball asking the question "Ça va?" and pupils have to answer
• Talking exercises.  
• Give pupils a show me board between two.  They draw an emoticon on it.  When one pupil asks the other, "Ça va?", they have to give the answer represented by the emoticon.
• Noughts and Crosses.   Give pupils a show me board between two.  They draw a noughts and crosses board on it and populate the squares with the different emoticons.  When one pupil asks the other, "Ça va?", they answer according to the emoticon in the box they want to populate.

• Whole class noughts and crosses (template included on the Powerpoint resource below)
• Pass the parcel.  Fill a Poundland gift box with Ça va emoticons.  Pick a class DJ and put on some French music from YouTube.  Pupils pass the box around the room to the music.  Then the DJ hits stop, the pupil with the box picks an emoticon from the box and is asked the question, "Ça va?" by the class.  They answer according to the emoticon they are holding.  (Pass the parcel-sized emoticons are included in the Powerpoint presentation)
• Continued consolidation
• Ask pupils "Ça va?" on a regular basis as they enter the classroom.
• Pupils say how they are feeling as they leave the classroom.
• When taking the register, pupils say how they are feeling

"Ça va?" Powerpoint resource

5.  Numbers 0 -12

Below is a table with key vocabulary:

0	zéro
1	un
2	deux
3	trois
4	quatre
5	cinq
6	six
7	sept
8	huit
9	neuf
10	dix
11	onze
12	douze

10 minute lesson ideas:

a.  Cerise Counting Song:

 

b.  The Counting Song

From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/numbers/songs/

c.  "La Marelle" (Hopscotch)

A lovely short BBC video to introduce the numbers with a bit of French culture.  Two French pupils play La Marelle:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/french/numbers/videos/

d.  Find a Friend:

Ask the children to move around the room. On signal, they have to get into groups of the correct number.

     1    un       

     2    deux   

     3    trois    

     4    quatre

     5    cinq

e.  Swat the board/Fastest Finger First

• Divide pupils into two teams.   
• Pick a representative from each team, a points person and a caller (the caller can be yourself).  The caller calls out a number in French.  
• The first person to swat or touch the correct number on their side of the board, wins a point.  Then rotate roles for each new board.

f.  Count the Giraffe's Spots

• Count the Giraffe's spots PowerPoint (from tes.co.uk)

g.  Le Morpion (Noughts and Crosses)

• Noughts and Crosses resource - Numbers 1-6 using the Interactive Dice.

Longer Lessons

a.  Pass the parcel

• In a box, include slips of paper each with a number on them. 
• You can differentiate this by putting digits on one colour of paper and the numbers written in French on another colour of paper.  
• Play French music in the class (e.g. the Cerise Counting song at the top of this page).  
• When the music stops, the person holding the box picks a slip of paper.  
• If it's a digit, they have to say that number in French.  If it's a number written in French, they should translate it into English.

b.  Les Pouces (Heads Down Thumbs up)

• The four thumb-putter-downers have a show me board with a number between 0-12 written on it as a digit or in French.  
• Instead of guessing the person's name that put down your thumb, you have to say the correct number that the person is holding. 

6.  Colours

Below is a table with key vocabulary with pronunciation:

Les Couleurs	Colours
Rouge	Red
Jaune	Yellow
Bleu	Blue
Vert	Green
Rose	Pink
Violet	Purple
Gris	Grey
Blanc	White
Noir	Black
Orange	Orange
Brun	Brown
Multicolore	Multicoloured

10 minute lesson ideas

a.  A video to introduce some of the colours:

b.  A video, sung to the tune of "Head, Shoulders...." to practise the colours (lyrics are below the video). 

c.  In the hoop (you might need the gym or outside for this)

• Ask the children to move around the room. On signal, they have to find a hoop of the correct colour.
• rouge   red       vert     green
• jaune   yellow  bleu   blue

d.  Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (gym hall or outside needed again)

• Agree a start and finish line.  
• All the children stand at the starting point.
• The aim of the game is to be the first person to get to the finishing line.
• The caller has three commands:

Bleu = run

Blanc = walk

Rouge = stop

• If the command is Rouge (stop) the caller checks to see if anyone is moving. 
• Anyone who is still moving has to return to the starting point.

e.  Noughts and crosses

• Colours Noughts and Crosses resource.  Say the colour that's in the box you want to populate.

f.  Link colours to the different school lunch options.  

• In class, pupils can make their lunch choice in French.  
• They could also then order their lunch (by colour) in the canteen.

g.  Colour Swap Paired Talking exercise.  

• In pairs give each pupil four different coloured pencils.  
• One pupil asks the other for a colour, "le bleu, s'il te plaît" for example and they then swap colour.

Longer lesson ideas

a.  Colour by numbers:

• Pupils colour in balloons according to the instructions (Practises colours and numbers together - adapted from tes.co.uk)
• Christmas colour by numbers (Maybe too tricky for P1 but could be used further up the school if not.) (From tes.co.uk)
•  When pupils are colouring in in French, encourage them to do this in French.  In their groups, they can ask each other for the colour they would like in French:
• To do this, they sit in groups but can't take a coloured pencil themselves.  They need to ask someone in their group to pass it to them: "Le crayon rouge, s'il te plaît".  (The red pencil, please); " Le feutre bleu, s'il te plaît" (The blue pen please).
• The person passing the pen or pencil replies, "Voilà" (here you go).

b.  Paf! (Snap in French) 

• Paf! Resource (from tes.co.uk)
• .The teacher or a volunteer calls out a colour in French.
• The first pupil out of the pair to hit the correct colour of hand and shouts "Paf!", gets a point/counter.  The person with the most at the end, wins.  
• There are two A4 cards per pair that display the different colours to save on preparation/printing of decks of cards.

c.  Play Twister in French

d.  When mixing colours in Art, do this in French.  Below is the vocabulary to help you. 

• (Colour) plus (Colour) égal? (Colour) mixed with (colour) makes?  Pupils then give the answer in French.
• e.g Bleu plus jaune égal? Answer: vert.

7. Days of the Week

Vocabulary with pronunciation:

Les jours de la semaine	The days of the week
lundi	Monday
mardi	Tuesday
mercredi	Wednesday
jeudi	Thursday
vendredi	Friday
samedi	Saturday
dimanche	Sunday
la semaine	the week
le week-end	the week-end

10 minute lesson ideas 

a.  Sing the days of the week
To the tune of Old MacDonald.  Resource (from tes.co.uk)

 b.  Give an action for each day.  

• Pupils perform an action in response to the teacher saying a day of the week.  
• e.g. lundi - hands in lap, mardi - hands on shoulders, mercredi - hands on earlobes, jeudi - hands on nose, vendredi - hands on head, samedi - hands in the air, dimanche - jump up.

c.  Levez-vous (stand up)

• Divide the class into two teams.  
• Give each pupil a card with a day of the week on it.  
• Teacher calls out a day of the week and the pupil stands up - who can be first?

d.  Whisper chain

• Give each pupil a card with a day of the week on it.  
• Pupils walk around the room whispering their day and form a chain with the other pupils who have the same day.

8.  Months of the year

Key vocabulary with pronunciation:

Français	Anglais
janvier	January
février	February
mars	March
avril	April
mai	May
juin	June
juillet	July
août	August
septembre	September
octobre	October
novembre	November
décembre	December

a.  Powerpoint to introduce months

• Powerpoint resource.  (There are lots of ideas, under the "Stories" tab on the homepage, about how to use Flashcards if you plan to print these off.)
• For certain months, the images have a bit of cultural significance for France:
• février: La Chandleur is the French version of pancake day
• juillet: Bastille Day on 14th
• août: Les Grandes Vacances when many businesses close for at least three weeks in August and people go on holiday
• septembre: La rentrée - the start of the school year 
• As well as Flashcards, there are slides included to enable you to do "oui ou non" style activities, play noughts and crosses and guess the month hiding behind the squares. 
• Main learning points: they don't start with a capital letter in French; many of the months are cognates (look like the English months of the year).

b.  Connect 4

• Play connect four.
• Pupils have to say a month of the year as they place a counter in the grid.

c.  Crouch down jump up

• Pupils crouch behind their chair
• They jump up when they hear the month in French that their birthday is in.

d.  Paf! (Snap)

• Pupils play snap using the cards provided: Paf cards 
• The teacher or a volunteer calls out a month of the year in French.
• The first pupil out of the pair to hit the image that matches this month (the same as those used in the introductory powerpoint) and shouts "Paf!", gets a point/counter.  The person with the most at the end, wins.  
• There are three A4 cards per pair that display the different months of the year to save on preparation/printing of lots of different cards. 

e.  Train display for classroom

• The months of the year displayed on carriages of a train: train display resource 

9.  Story: "La Chenille qui fait des trous" (The Hungry Caterpillar)

Please visit the "Stories" tab on the top of the homepage for all story book resources.

10.  Culture: Deux Petits Oiseux (Two Little Dicky-Birds) Song

• Lyrics and instructions for puppet making courtesy of MFL Sunderland.
• A lovely video of the P1 pupils at Slamannan Primary performing the song

 11.  Culture: Noël

a.  Mon Beau Sapin (O Christmas Tree)
Lyrics
Youtube video:

b.  Christmas in France: a brief overview
Resource

c. Happy Christmas
Pupils wish each other Joyeux Noël.  Resource.