Weeks 1/2 / · Intro weather vocab & sound ppt
· Flashcard games (repeat, kim’s game, repeat if correct, you tell me, you be the teacher, Chinese whispers, voices, actions etc.) / · Flashcard games & ppt.
· Ask children to predict the phrase / how do they remember?
· Early Start French 2 – track 19 – weather vocab and sounds (focus phonics ‘en’ vent, France. Trente,) / · Flashcard games to revise
· Weather vocab ppt & exercises
· Intro seasons & sort weather - (MLG photocopies 5cii) / · Flashcard games to revise
· Weather vocab ppt & exercises
· Sort months - seasons & weather -(MLG photocopies 5cii)
· Fun with French CD - Early Learning Centre: track 19 ‘Il pleut, il mouille’ yr 3 listen for grenouille & tortue, yr 4 action ‘il pleut’ and name other weather, yr 5 listen and explain gist to class, yr 6 re-order lyrics and pictures
Weeks 3/4 / · Watch whole weather ppt
· Flashcard games
· Introduce Daily Weather chart & symbols
Download Daily Weather Class Chart.doc / · Weather ppt second time & complete join the sentences slide
· Introduce Daily Weather chart
· Design & label own symbols / · Complete Tick Grid (MLG photocopy 5c appenB) with partner school email/skype/blog to practise question ‘Quel temps fait-il?’
· Make & extend sentences using set phrases; quel temps fait-il en hiver? (d’habitude/ parce que)
· Pairs explore Mimi's House online to revise/extend.
· Mon âne DVD – meunier tu dors song: yr 3 listen, yr 4 mime/join in, yr 5 cut up re-order lyrics, yr 6 cloze exercise lyrics, learn and perform
· Take 10 en français – whole class PE warm-ups.
Wk 5/6 / · Daily Weather chart as before during registration daily.
· Join pictures/labels/dominoes/snap www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl_french.htm
· Tick Grid w/sheet recap days of wk. yr 4 as homework – (MLG photocopy 5c appenB)
· Earlystart 2 ch.7 activities (see photocopies) written. Listen to track 5 with rest of class and hold up correct symbol. / · Yr 5 Find partner school on map. Display appropriate weather symbol after email/skype/blog Q
· Yr 6 Revise geog of France on map (worksheet). Use dictionary to find compass points in French.
· Pairs exercises (paragraph/sentence level) on languages online http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect28/index.htm
· Earlystart 2 track 5 listening – use map of france to add symbols in groups/class
Wks 7/8 / · Daily Weather chart
· Homework – find examples of weather forecast maps in UK news media.
· www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/pf2/weather/cartoon_flash.shtml Use site with whole class on IWB – animated flashcards /sound for whole class; Song, sing along/do it on your own; Listen to a role-play (yr4/5 print out script) and (yr 6) have a go yourself; Whole class play the snap game then (yr 3/4 individuals at pc to link phrase and picture) Printouts for homework / individual work / · Revise clothes & make sentences Quand il pleut je porte….(5)using past work & picture prompts (6) bilingual dictionary only.
· Learn song from BBC site earlier in wk to show class/podcast.
· Worksheets from BBC site (cloze exercises)
· Singing French – track 33 – weather song, more of a mime/dance interpretation or drama freezing with groups, easy to learn.
Wks 9/10 / · Daily Weather chart
· Watch & enjoy Salut Serge episode 5
· More Earlystart 2 ch.7 activities
· make rainguage (science/geog link) instructions
http://www.hobbyscience.com/weather.html
· KAL same site rain/weather ‘sayings’ in English – good literacy starter to research these – how many heard of, do they translate? Where do they come from and why? Eg Red sky at night.. / It's raining cats and dogs.. / Research world climate. Make/complete charts to show data collected (Numeracy data-handling Geog unit 7) http://www.worldclimate.com/
· Daily Weather chart
· www.atantot.com/ pairs work through online exercises.
· Watch Salut Serge episode 5 & answer teacher questions / · Revise geog of France on map (worksheet). Use dictionary to find compass points in French.
· Demonstrate weather map online www.meteofrance.com/FR/index.jsp (yr 6 to explain légende)
· Create sentences in style of weather forecast. A Lyon il pleut..
LastWeek / · Daily Weather chart
· Dressing up game – call weather and children race to put on right clothes (see http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/colours_weather_numbers.htm)
· Assist yr. 5/6 in production of French weather forecasts – listening skills.
· Assessment (can do sheets) for Europortfolios / · Watch French kids explanation of water-cycle (encourage understanding gist) on http://www.meteofrance.com/FR/pedagogie/jeunesse_et_jeux/cycleau.jsp
· Create / script own weather forecasts. Make & collect props. Film and show to class/audience using yr 3/4 to assist with effects.
· Assessment (can do sheets) for Europortfolios
Cross-curricular links: Geography QCA unit 7 'Weather around the World'
Resources: EarlyStart 2 Ou habites tu? www.earlystart.co.uk; French is Fun (Salut Serge) DVD/video pack, www.bbcactive.com/languages ISBN 0-563-52006-x; Miniflashcards Language Games - Ici on parle Francais - Hilary McColl with Susan Thomas ISBN 1-85831-201-9 www.mlgpublishing.com; Fun With French CD - Early Learning Centre
Jo Rhys-Jones, Kingswear Primary School