Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
These series of short lessons will allow your students to learn about how to use the imperative tense in French and practice it through fun and engaging games and activities.
This cross-curricular social studies unit aims to inspire responsible citizenship in promoting environmental sustainability. By integrating the social studies inquiry process with the language, visual arts, science, and mathematics curriculum, students can develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence in taking responsible action and participating in environmentally sustainable practices within their school community and beyond. This unit consists of eleven engaging lessons organized into two sections - awareness and action. The purpose of the first six lessons is to have students reflect on their perspective of and relationship to the environment. The awareness section also focuses on building a collective awareness of the principles of environmental sustainability. The remaining five lessons are structured to mobilize students to take action on an environmental issue of interest that was explored at the beginning of the unit (see Unit Overview Chart).
Note: The lessons in this unit plan are aligned with the Ontario Curriculum expectations.*
This vocabulary quiz can be used as a warm up retrieval activity at the beginning of your Spanish lesson, allowing students to review words related to talking about their home.
Quiz and answer key provided.
This SEL activity will allow your students to learn about the differences between having a fixed and growth mindset.
Instructions:
Put students in small groups or have them work in partners to classify the statements provided (the coloured squares with the statements can be cut out).
This retrieval practice activity can be used in your Spanish language classroom to allow your students to review vocabulary related to sports and activities in Spanish.
This reading and written comprehension activity will allow your students to practice using regular -ER verbs to answer basic questions about what they like to eat, what languages they speak, and their hobbies (ex. if they play an instrument, watch TV, etc.)
This listening comprehension activity can be used in your French classroom to teach your students vocabulary related to talking on the phone with someone in French.
This worksheet will allow your students in your French classroom to practice using the partitive articles (du, de la, de l´, des) to talk about quantities when referring to food items.
Ex. Je mange du pain.
This oral comprehension activity will allow your students to watch an animated video from 1 jour 1 question about the Winter Olympics.
They will then answer questions related to the video.
This reading comprehension activity is perfect for your beginner students in your French language classroom. A short text is provided about a student describing what they like to do in their free time (the text is in French) and the questions are in English.
The total points for each question are indicated in brackets.
This DRMRSVANDERTRAMP visual aid will allow your students in your French classroom to remember the past participles of the verbs used with auxiliary être.
This listening comprehension activity is perfect for your MYP Emergent students or students beginning to learn French.
They will review vocabulary related to describing family members and understanding the purpose communicated through analysing an audio-visual text.
The worksheet and answer key is provided.
This dice game can be used in the classroom to promote your students´ oral communication skills in French using irregular and regular verbs in the passé composé with the auxiliary avoir.
This activity is a great way to introduce a bit of French culture into your French classroom for your beginner students. They will be able to “visit” Paris, France with a young girl named Betty as shown in the video and then answer three short answer questions related to the video.
Sentence starters are provided, but can be removed from the Word document if your students are more advanced.
The YouTube link to the video is provided on the document.
This three part lesson is perfect for promoting emotional understanding and empathetic behaviours in the classroom as a means of developing your young students’ theory of mind.
A link to the detailed lesson plans is included along with examples of each lesson.
Note*: The lessons are aligned with the Ontario Grade 2 Language Arts, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Curriculum Expectations (The specific strands are included in the PDF).
This oral comprehension activity will allow your MYP1-4 phase 1 and 2 IB French students to revise talking about the weather and make appropriate connections according to the different aspects outlined in the MYP IB French program (content, conventions, and connections).
The worksheet activities for this lesson are suitable for phase 1 and 2 students.
This song activity is based on the music video for the song “La Seine” by Vanessa Paradis & -M-.
It can be used with your advanced beginner and intermediate French students.
The curriculum expectations are based on the MYP IB French guidelines.
The aspects covered are content, conventions, and connections.
Your students in your French classroom will be able to use their inquiry and creativity skills to create a presentation on a francophone country of their choice.
Activity instructions, an example and the evaluation criteria rubric is provided.
This fun activity can be used in your French language classroom to allow your students to practice vocabulary and expressions related to describing an original video game character that they have to create.
A success criteria checklist and vocabulary sheets are provided to help students with the activity.
This can be used as a written assessment and can be adapted for different levels.