Kingswear Primary School

Kingswear Primary School Spring Term Planning – La Famille

What is this?

This term-long plan forms part of a rolling 4-year program for a whole KS2 class -years 3-6 inclusive. (There is a copy at the end of this document.) The ‘Basics’ and ‘Core Structure’ are repeated every Spring term, every other year, but the ‘Topic’ is different each term for 4 years. This should mean that children do not need to be ‘drilled’ to learn the basic vocabulary, but can acquire it gradually through familiarity. The topic vocabulary is simply a subject matter with which to practice the core structure, though it is based on high-frequency words. The theme just happens to be Space because that is the cross-curricular theme for the school this term. It is just to add interest and variation.

Do you need all the resources?

No. These are what we happen to have at the school. All the worksheets & games I’ve made can be downloaded here together. The books referred to are from the resource packs that go with the Catherine Cheater SOW for years 3 & 4, but any French children’s book could be used. The songs are from CD’s that are cheap and easy to get hold of, though websites often offer similar songs & music. Any song that fits the general theme it can be treated in the same way as suggested below. The idea is essentially lots of variety, a range of media and a fun taste of France.

How does it work?

Each week lots of activities are suggested in which the whole class can participate. In addition, differentiated alternative and extension activities are suggested for years 3&4 and years 5&6. The activities take place at any time over the whole week. Some may last a few minutes and can be slotted in during registration or just before break or lunch. Others are longer projects and may form a discreet French lesson. Many are cross-curricular and can be incorporated into Literacy, Numeracy, Science, PE, Citizenship or Geography. Think of it as ‘pick and mix’ – you don’t have to do them all!

Basics / Core Structure / Topic Vocabulary / Resources
Days, months, 13-31,
(Yr 5/6 also 31-60)
les mois; janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre
octobre, novembre
décembre.
les jours; lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.
Phonics; e é è (ère)
e + consonant / As-tu ? J’ai un / une….
Je n’ai pas de... / Mon père, Ma mère, Mon frère
Ma sœur, Mon grand-père
Ma grand-mère, Le bébé
Je suis enfant unique,
Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? Mon anniversaire c’est le... / Word-searches, crosswords, worksheets, blank bar charts, flashcards, card games etc. - click here to download
Suggested Readers:
‘Petit Ours Brun aime le dimanche’ - www.pommedapi.com
‘Je veux une petite sœur’ Tony Ross (CC sow 4 resources)
‘J’apprends à lire avec Sami et Julie’ – Hachette
A French/English bilingual dictionary
Vocabulary Unique to Theme:
Les planètes, La Terre, La Lune, Le Soleil, Un Extra-terrestre
Origins of names of months/days in French & English / Extension Vocabulary:
il/elle s’appelle...il/elle est grand(e/s) petit(e/s)...
il/elle a les yeux bruns / les cheveux courts…
beau père /belle mère/demi-frère/demi-sœur /cousins(es)/tante/oncle etc. / Optional Published Resources;
Salut Serge (French is Fun) book & video (or cd/DVD pack) – BBC Publishing – ISBN 0563 387440
EarlyStart French 1/2 – cd-rom/audio packs www.earlystart.co.uk
Miniflashcards Language Games – Ici on parle Français – Hilary McColl with Susan Thomas – ISBN 1-85831-201-9
Fun with French (cd/cassette) – Early Learning Centre approx. £5
Catherine Cheater SOW 3/4 and resource packs.
Week / Whole Class / Years 3/4 / Years 5/6
1 / ·  Numbers warm-up to 20 (count slowly aloud, holding up fingers with whole class joining in, point to your toes for 11-20. Try counting fast, slow, forwards & backwards, just year 4, then just year 6 – who is loudest/fastest/most together?)
·  Ball-race je m’appelle, (Pass a soft ball/toy around the class, person holding the ball asks ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ and passes ball to neighbour. They must reply ‘Je m’appelle +name’ and pass the ball on asking someone else ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ Increase pace and urgency by setting a time limit to get around the class.)
·  Class discussion (in English) origins of words for days in French (see Catherine Cheater SOW 3). Children use reference sources to find the origins of the words in both French & English. Are they similar?
·  Listen / join in song ‘Les Jours de la Semaine’ from Fun with French. Year 3 could hold up appropriate flashcard when they hear ‘their’ day of the week. / ·  Copy days of week carefully into books so children have their own written record for future reference. Can they draw a picture to symbolise each day rather than write the English word?
·  Word-search days of week (click on link for copy). Children can complete this word-search on their own or in pairs, then cut out & stick in books/folders. Differentiated so that easier version has a prompt list of vocabulary needed and the more difficult version does not.
·  Look at a bilingual dictionary with a TA / teacher or even Yr 6 guidance. How does it differ from an English dictionary? Which comes first – the French or the English? / ·  Devise word-searches and crosswords for days of the week in French. They may use a bilingual dictionary to check their spellings or their own vocabulary books where they refer back to when they wrote the words down in years 3/4. Exchange and try to complete each others puzzles.
·  Use dictionary/encyclopaedia /internet to research words for days of week independently or in small groups, whereas years 3 and 4 may have had more TA/teacher guidance.
·  Bi-lingual dictionary exercise (worksheet) – remind children how to use a bilingual dictionary with this dictionary worksheet (click for copy) to go through in groups or independently.
Objectives / O3.3 KAL / L3.1 / LLS
2 / ·  Ball-race quel âge as-tu? (see week 1 for how to play. For variation split class into teams to race each other).
·  Numbers warm-up bingo (yrs 5/6 to write numbers from memory, 3/4 draw figures for any numbers 0-20 on a 9 square grid on paper/in books. Teacher calls number in French and children cross it off until they get a straight line of 3 in a row, or ultimately full house, then they stand and call ‘lotto’. Expect older children to be able to repeat the numbers back to you in the target language.)
·  Read story ‘Petit Ours Brun aime le dimanche’ to whole class and show the pictures.
·  Phonics; Remind class of sound ‘e’. Is this how it sounds in père, mère, frère? Is it the same as in café? Write the words on the board and ask class to find pattern. Make explicit how to say the sound (J’apprends à lire.. p12-13 oral exercises) / ·  Ball-races Ask children to try playing the ball-race game as groups with Yr 5/6 children acting as ‘expert’ supervision, policing and ensuring only French is spoken.
·  Story follow-up. Give groups some pictures from the story – can they re-order them correctly?
·  Drake’s Language Master; children listen, repeat and record the sounds e, è and é using this machine to help them check their pronunciation. (Ask KS1 if they have any such machines hidden in a cupboard somewhere!) / ·  Ball races; Some children can act as experts, supervising groups of year ¾ children playing ball-races. Other groups should alternate ‘Comment tu t’appelles? With quel âge as-tu? And/or other questions to practise.
·  Worksheets to practise numbers to 31. ‘Experts’ also act as callers for Year 3/4 games of number bingo.
·  Story follow-up. Give groups sentences and/or pictures from the story. Ask them to join them up.
·  Act as learning supervisors to years 3/4; share learning techniques.
Objectives / O3.4 / O3.3 / LLS
3 / ·  Numbers warm-up 2xtables (As a class count aloud in two’s up to 20, first odd then even numbers, both forward and backwards. Insist on holding up correct number of fingers/toes or use Numeracy fans, blocks etc. & incorporate into Numeracy hour.)
·  Make sock-puppet aliens following French spoken instructions. Demonstrate and get class to copy you turning a sock into a puppet by putting fingers into toe and thumb into heel to make a mouth. Then use stickers to make eyes and poke through pipe cleaners to make hair. Introduce your ‘alien’ to the class using ‘Bonjour, Je m’appelle… etc)
·  Listen / join in song; ‘Les Jours de la Semaine’ song from Fun with French / ·  Puppets role-play; In pairs, children make their own sock-puppet aliens greet one another in French. More confident may want to demonstrate to the class after having had time to practise.
·  Song follow-up: Different children/groups join in for a different day (lundi/mardi etc) on the song; if still too shy to join in they can hold up a picture or appropriate flashcard for ‘their’ day that they are listening out for. / ·  Puppets role-play; Children create mini-conversations with their sock-puppet aliens meeting each other; encourage them to refer back to previous learning to extend conversations. To aid class control, insist pairs film their own role-plays. Mini blue cameras are great for this.
·  Song follow-up; Children practise singing the ‘Jours de la semaine’ song in groups, recording performances or rehearsing to compete with each other in a class show. ‘Experts’ try teaching the song to small groups of Yr 3/4.
Objectives / O3.3 / O3.3 / O6.4
4 / ·  Flashcards; As well as holding up cards and getting class to repeat words for mère, père, etc. Try laying them out, getting class to look away and name the missing cards. Certain children can play teacher and teach a flashcard to the class. Shuffle and hand the cards out – pretend you can not remember who has them and ask ‘as-tu la mère?’ until you find it.
·  Chinese whispers; You whisper ‘as-tu des frères ou des sœurs?’ to a child, they pass it on. Challenge the class not to change the message.
·  Watch DVD – Mon âne 30 chansons…number 11 Frère Jacques. Let the class watch and enjoy. / ·  Copy simple family vocabulary into books for future reference. Glue in & label pictures of own family.
·  Flashcards; Write family words on board. Children attach appropriate flashcard.
·  DVD repetition – allow years 3 & 4 to watch Frère Jacques again a few times over the week. Ask them to look out for visual prompts. / ·  Jigsaw Phrases; Type out & then cut up a few sentences (as-tu des frères? etc.) Children re-order and copy them.
·  Draw and label own family using photos or pictures. If sensitive this could be a fictional family.
·  Ball-race (see week 1) in groups ‘As-tu des frères/sœurs?’
·  DVD repetition – Children re-arrange cut up pieces of song while watching the DVD. Could some rewrite it for Sister Suzy by changing a few words?
Objectives / O3.4 / L3.1 / L6.3
5 / ·  Quel est la date aujourd’hui? Ask class and suggest possible months and then dates. Finally see if Yr 6 can remember how to say it. Turn this into a daily habit and display on board / wall in French.
·  Write months on board (and elicit comments about septembre, octobre, similarities and origins)
·  Birthdays; Children work how to say their own birthdays using prompts (or not Yr 6)
·  0 and X game: Play as a whole class by getting this link on an interactive whiteboard from http://www.atantot.com/ks2famille.htm
·  Numbers warm up; 3X tables – see week 2. Increase the number you count to, to 31 (in order for all children to be able to say date of their birthday), invite older children to continue & count further if they wish. / ·  Months – use EarlyStart or Miniflashcard pictures and join up to month labels.
·  Puppets role-play; In pairs children devise & rehearse simple sock-puppet aliens (see week 2) asking each other ‘as-tu des frères ou des sœurs?’
·  Differentiated cross-words and word-searches for family vocabulary. Easier have prompt lists while more difficult do not. / ·  Play ‘Happy Families’ card game; Download a pack here or buy own. Shuffle cards & deal. Aim to collect a complete family. (full instructions on worksheet) Allow children to teach the game to yr 3/4.
·  Puppets role-play; Sock-puppet aliens discuss families and birthdays. Some may just demo and video the alphabet song for/with yrs 3/4. (see week 2)
·  Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? Make into a class survey and plot results as a bar chart for display.
·  Individual/pairs computer; Try the game ‘moi’ at this website link http://www.atantot.com/ks2famille.htm
Objectives / O3.1 O3.2 L3.2 KAL LLS / L3.1 O3.4 / L6.3
6 / ·  Quel est la date aujourd’hui? (as week 5). Give younger children options to choose from, but expect older ones to remember.
·  Ball-race: (see week 1) in teams or timed whole class ‘Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?’
·  Remind children of ‘As-tu des frères et des sœurs?’ and introduce Comment il/elle s’appelle? allowing a one-word response (but encourage a whole sentence reply from Years 5/6)
·  Watch DVD – Mon âne 30 chansons…Au clair de la lune. Let the class watch and enjoy. / ·  Happy Family Cards; Pairs and small groups play ‘snap’ with the Happy Family cards – first to call ‘la mere’ when two mothers are placed down wins pile of cards, winner has most cards at end.