Thanks to the wonderful teachers from around the world who have chosen my resources. I care passionately about quality and value and want you to fill your teaching ‘shelf’ with confidence, saving precious time. Hopefully they won’t be staying on the shelf for long as you’ll use them again and again! I’m a Primary Teacher and published writer with an English degree and French A-level. My resources are mostly Primary but some suit Secondary classes too. I hope your students enjoy using them.
Thanks to the wonderful teachers from around the world who have chosen my resources. I care passionately about quality and value and want you to fill your teaching ‘shelf’ with confidence, saving precious time. Hopefully they won’t be staying on the shelf for long as you’ll use them again and again! I’m a Primary Teacher and published writer with an English degree and French A-level. My resources are mostly Primary but some suit Secondary classes too. I hope your students enjoy using them.
Joyeux Noël! Here are resources to plan a fun Christmas in French unit (Noël en Français). This BUNDLE contains a 100-slide interactive PPT PowerPoint slide lesson presentation (with teaching points, vocabulary, and interactive review games), flashcards, worksheets, puzzles, fun printable games and activities, to teach and review vocabulary 30 key Christmas terms and key French Christmas and New Year greetings. The presentation also includes some slides looking at French Christmas traditions which could be used as part of a Christmas Around the World topic; there’s enough material for multiple lessons, including speaking, reading and writing activities, and there’s differentiation too. This comprehensive pack works well for the last few weeks of the term in December and is full of festive fun for cover lesson plans if required.
My FSL / MFL French basics resources are designed for students beginning French and near beginners in Upper KS2 or KS3 (Years 5, 6, 7 and 8) and equivalents but they may suit others, depending on experience. Please check the previews to assess suitability. All resources are in PDF, apart from the presentation, which is PowerPoint (but it is included in an additional PDF format too).
The 3 resource packs in this bundle are also available separately:
French Christmas Worksheets and Puzzles
French Christmas Presentation, Interactive Games and Flashcards
French Christmas Printable Games
These resources suit countries that celebrate Christmas during winter, due to the inclusion of snowflake and snowman. Vocabulary includes: un ange, un bas de Noël, un bonhomme de neige, un biscuit de pain d’épices, une bougie, une boule, une bûche de Noël, un cadeau, une canne de Noël, une carte de Noël, un chant de Noël, une cheminée, une cloche, une couronne, une crèche de Noël, une dinde, une étoile, un flocon de neige, du gui, du houx, un lutin, le jour de Noël, des lumières de Noël, le Père Noël, un pull de Noël, un renne, un ruban, un sapin de Noël, un traîneau, la veille de Noël. Common French Christmas greetings are included in some activities also.
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French Winter Activities Les Activités d’Hiver BUNDLE (coming soon)
PRESENTATION AND FLASHCARDS
In addition to introducing key vocabulary and phrases, this presentation includes:
Slides on French Christmas traditions
Sentence translation activities
Comprehension tasks
Matching tasks
2 rounds of an interactive Hexagons Game (where teams compete to translate phrases and make a path through the grid)
10 rounds of an interactive Hangman Game
Kim’s Game (memory game where an image disappears each round)
Please note that some of the text in the PowerPoint is editable, however the images are not. Many slides in the original PowerPoint version feature answers that appear when you click, for students to respond. An additional PDF version is included. While the PDF version does not retain the ability for teachers to reveal answers by clicking, it will still help you introduce and review this topic if you do not have PowerPoint where you work. Please note that the Hexagons and Hangman games are not compatible with PDF and are therefore omitted from that version.
Also within the Zip file is a PDF of flash cards, with two on each page.
WORKSHEETS AND PUZZLES
KEY VOCABULARY: Key vocabulary support pages to display or print for students who require it. Includes a word mat over two pages (3 versions: with background color, without background, and black and white), a one page vocab list of the core 30 words, and a common French Christmas Greetings support sheet. Please note that these vocab support pages are also included in my French Christmas Printable Games pack.
WORKSHEETS: 4 differentiated worksheets. The 1-star versions are a little easier. Includes gap fill, drawing tasks, translations, fill the blanks and a short reading comprehension. The included vocabulary is mostly featured on the vocab support pages but on some worksheets a small amount of other common French vocabulary is included.
PUZZLES: There are 5 puzzles: a grid puzzle, wordsearch puzzle, crossword puzzle, hidden word puzzle and maze. The first three puzzles are differentiated, with the 1-star versions providing a little more support. The grid puzzle is differentiated three ways. Please note the wordsearch and crossword do not include accents.
FULL ANSWER KEYS
PRINTABLE GAMES
Four in a Row: Print and laminate the game board. First to get four in a row - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - wins. Students roll dice, then choose a word or phrase from that number column and say it in French. If correct, use a whiteboard pen to put a symbol or initial in that box.
“J’ai…Qui a…?” Loop Game: A speaking game for groups or the whole class. Print and laminate for repeated use. The 30 cards form a continuous loop so it doesn’t matter which one you start with.
Team Relay Game: Ideal for the whole class or can work for smaller groups too. Print and laminate the cards (double-sided – or return to printer to print on the other side). Students take turns to locate the next card, until they have all their cards. The cards feature letters that they will rearrange at the end to spell a short French word. Answers included.
Serpents et Echelles Board Game: Print and laminate board, works like normal Snakes and Ladders, only with students calling out French words and phrases when they land on them. Answer key included.
School Plan Listening Game (Christmas Edition): Students are issued with a blank school plan and listen to the teacher calling out the location of Christmas items, which they must draw correctly onto the plan. Answer plans included.
Full game instructions included.
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Resources to plan a French Jobs and Careers, Occupations or World of Work (Les Emplois / Le Travail) unit. This BUNDLE contains a 112-slide interactive presentation (with teaching points, vocabulary, interactive review games, and quiz), flashcards, worksheets, puzzles, fun printable games and activities, to teach the names of 39 jobs, linked sentences and phrases, such as how to talk about what jobs people have and what jobs you would like to do in the future. There’s enough for multiple lessons to teach and review vocabulary, phrases, and sentences through speaking, reading and writing activities, and there’s differentiation too.
My FSL / MFL French basics resources and units suit students beginning French, near beginners (and intermediate learners for revision) in:
Upper Primary (Key Stage 2 KS2) - Year 4, 5, 6 (Y4 Y5 Y6)
Secondary (Key Stage 3 KS3) - especially Year 7 and 8 (Y7 / Y8)
Equivalents such as Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Core French in Canada
May suit others, depending on experience
Please check the previews.
All resources are in PDF, apart from the presentation, which is PowerPoint (but it is also included in PDF).
This BUNDLE includes these 3 packs, which can be purchased separately if you prefer:
French Jobs Worksheets and Puzzles
French Jobs Presentation and Activities
French Jobs Games and Activities
PRESENTATION AND FLASHCARDS:
In addition to introducing key vocabulary and phrases, this presentation includes activities such as:
Sentence translation activities
3 short reading comprehensions
5 rounds of an interactive Hexagons Game (where teams compete to translate topic vocabulary and phrases and make a path through the grid)
10-rounds of an interactive Hangman Spelling Game, where teams compete to discover and correctly spell French words linked to the topic
20-round multiple-choice translation quiz
Please note that almost all the text in the PowerPoint is editable, however the other content of the slides is not.
Many slides in the original PowerPoint version feature answers that appear when you click, for students to respond. An additional PDF version is included. While the PDF version does not retain the ability for teachers to reveal answers by clicking, it will still help you introduce and review this topic if you do not have PowerPoint where you work. Please note that the Hexagons and Hangman games game are not compatible with PDF and are therefore omitted from that version. The multiple-choice quiz is included in the PDF, however it is not interactive in this version.
Also within the Zip file is a PDF of flash cards for a core range of 21 jobs (masculine and feminine versions) with two on each page.
WORKSHEETS AND PUZZLES:
Vocabulary pages: There’s a word mat (over 2 pages) of French words with images for a core range of 21 jobs, together with a one-page list of these 21 jobs, and an expanded list with an additional 18 jobs. French job names are given for masculine and feminine versions where applicable. There’s also a table of key questions and sentences. These pages can also be used as prompts for classroom speaking activities. Please note that these vocabulary pages are also contained in my Les Métiers Games and Activities pack.
7 worksheets, all differentiated two ways using a star system. The one-star version is the least challenging, for lower ability, younger or less experienced students. Includes jumbled words, translation tasks, fill the blanks tasks and a short reading comprehension.
3 puzzles - There’s a grid puzzle, word hunt puzzle and hidden word puzzle. The first two puzzles are differentiated, with the first letter given for each word in the word hunt puzzle and some letters already entered into the easier grid puzzle.
Full answer keys
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES:
Sentences Board Game: 2 different game boards, where students say aloud in French the translations of the sentences they land on. Board 1 features only the core 21 jobs; board 2 features the expanded range. Print and laminate boards for repeated use. Answer keys included.
“J’ai…Qui a…?” Loop Game: A speaking game for groups or the whole class. Print and laminate for repeated use. The 21 cards (featuring the smaller list of jobs) form a continuous loop so it doesn’t matter which one you start with.
Serpents et Echelles Game: Print and laminate for repeated use. Students say aloud the jobs in French when they land on them. Includes jobs from the expanded list.
“Quel est votre travail?” Active Oral Game: Card sets included with formal “votre” and informal “ton”. Print and laminate the cards you want to use. 36 cards in the set. Students have one card each and must move around the room, asking “Quel est votre travail?”, aiming to meet the person with the matching store card. Students must reply in French, using the image on their card.
Mime Game: A team game, where students mime jobs to make their team mates guess correctly in French.
Full game instructions included and answer keys too where relevant.
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KS2 / KS3 French Language Beginners Greetings and Introductions / Les Salutations unit BUNDLE. Ideal for initial teaching or revision of greetings, farewells, saying your name, introducing yourself, asking ‘how are you?’ etc.
My FSL / MFL French basics resources and units suit students beginning French, near beginners (and intermediate learners for revision) in:
Upper Primary (Key Stage 2) - Year 4, 5, 6 (Y4 Y5 Y6)
Secondary (Key Stage 3) - especially Year 7 and 8 (Y7 / Y8)
Equivalents such as Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Core French in Canada
May suit others, depending on experience
Contains a substantial PPT PowerPoint lesson presentation with activities and a variety of speaking and writing activities - a printable card set to play an active oral game, a set of 24 role-play cards in both French and English, a board game, six 10-card loop games, a crossword, a wordsearch, a jigsaw puzzle and three worksheets. Two of the worksheets, the crossword and wordsearch are differentiated. All resources include answers / solutions where relevant. There’s enough in this French basics bundle for several lessons plus a homework task or two.
CONTAINS 4 RESOURCE PACKS:
French Greetings and Introductions Presentation and Activities
French Greetings and Introductions Worksheets
French Greetings and Introductions Games
French Greetings and Introductions Role-Play Cards
ALL 4 ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN:
French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 1
MORE INFO:
Greetings (Les salutations) such as Bonjour (Hello) and Salut (Hi)
Farewells such as Au revoir (Goodbye) and A bientot (See you soon)
Introducing myself / Je me presente:
How are you? (Ca va?) and related answers
What’s your name? (Comment tu t’appelles?) and answers
Where do you live? (Ou habites-tu?) and answers
How old are you? (Quel age as-tu?) and answers
Many thanks for your interest in my resources. I hope I can save you lots of time!
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French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 3
REVISION RESOURCES…
French Basics Revision Activities BUNDLE
French Basics Revision Worksheets BUNDLE
KS2 / KS3 French Beginners speaking activity for revision of Les Sports et Les Passe-Temps / Les Loisirs vocabulary and phrases. 24 printable dialogue cards (en anglais et en francais) plus vocabulary support pages for Upper Primary and Early Secondary. Students practise giving opinions, saying how often they do activities, using ‘jouer’ and ‘faire’ etc. These scripted French conversations about leisure activities, interests and sport are a good stepping stone to more independent oral work / role-playing. My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 and equivalents. PDF format. Please see the preview to check suitability.
SAVE by purchasing this in my French Sports and Hobbies Big Bundle, which includes presentations, flashcards, worksheets, puzzles, printable games and activities, introducing and reviewing the same core vocabulary and phrases as these role-play cards.
You may wish to get packs from the big bundle individually:
Sports in French Presentation and Flashcards
French Sports Worksheets
Sports in French Games
French Sports BUNDLE
French Hobbies Presentation and Flashcards
French Hobbies Worksheets
French Hobbies Games
French Hobbies BUNDLE
The role-play cards focus on 18 sports and 18 hobbies / leisure activities and linked phrases and questions. Sports: badminton, baseball, basketball, cricket, football, American football, golf, ice hockey, rugby, tennis, table tennis, running, horse riding, gymnastics, cycling, karate, swimming, skiing. Hobbies / recreational activities: aller au parc, aller au cinema, cuisiner, danser, dessiner, écouter de la musique, faire du camping, faire du jardinage, faire les magasins, faire du patinage, faire de la photographie, jouer de la guitare, jouer du piano, jouer aux jeux de société, jouer sur l’ordinateur, lire, regarder la télé, sortir avec mes amis.
Print and laminate. Pairs translate the conversation on their card into French, practising speaking it together. The 6 English language pages are designed to be printed back-to-back with the 6 translation pages for self-checking. If preferred, print translations as separate cards.
KS2 / KS3 French Beginners printable speaking games and activities for your French Pets unit (Les Animaux de Compagnie - also known as Les Animaux Domestiques). Students practise 12 domestic animals in French and linked questions and answers (As-tu un animal?). My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 and equivalents. Please check the previews to see a sample. The 12 pet words featured are: cat, dog, rabbit, snake, hamster, guinea pig, horse, parrot, mouse, goldfish, turtle, lizard. PDF format. Full instructions included.
SAVE by purchasing this as part of my French Pets BUNDLE, which also includes my French Pets Worksheets and French Pets Presentation and Flashcards.
Or purchase as part of my French Family and Pets BIG BUNDLE, along with 24 French Family and Pets Role Play Cards.
INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
VOCABULARY
This page features the 12 French pet words together with images of the animals, to support students playing the games, if required. Display on screen or print. Included with and without background colour.
FOUR IN A ROW
2 different game boards. Print and laminate. First to get four in a row - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - wins. Students roll dice, then choose a pets word from that number column and say it in French. If correct, use a dry-wipe marker to put a symbol or initial in that box.
‘I HAVE…WHO HAS?’
This loop game reviews phrases alongside some numbers. Print and laminate the 30 illustrated cards, which form a continuous loop.
AS-TU UN ANIMAL?
There are 36 game cards (18 identical pairs). Students are given a card each and must move around the room, trying to find the player with the matching card. To find this, one player asks “As-tu un animal?”. The other replies with the information on their card (e.g. “J’ai un chien et un lapin” / “J’ai deux lézards” etc) and vice versa. There are 2 versions. The first set includes French prompts for lower ability or younger students. The other is in English only.
BINGO / NOUGHTS AND CROSSES
8 different cards for a group game of Bingo (teacher or student could read out words) or Tic Tac Toe / Noughts and Crosses, with students taking it in turns to say aloud a French pets word from their card. If cards are laminated, students could write on them with a dry-wipe marker.
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KS2 / KS3 FRENCH MEGABUNDLE
This hands-on making sentences word ordering resource (questions version) is a full class set of 30 different reusable question building activity boards and also comes with an additional worksheet version of all boards. Originally designed for Year 1 (Y1) - or Primary 2 in Scotland -, these simple sentence construction SPaG / Grammar activities could be used elsewhere in EYFS / Reception (Primary 1) and Key Stage 1, depending on ability. Emergent writers love lifting the words off to sort and unscramble them to find the hidden simple question. With an engaging picture clue and title on each, this word sequencing Literacy Basic Skills resource suits a range of learning styles. After carefully reading the jumbled words, your early writers correctly rearrange them on the board before writing the question out on the lines, using a dry-wipe pen. Regular practice of making question sentences should help children begin to form questions independently.
This is a 67 page PDF document in a Zip file, together with an additional editable Word document of the word cards only.
Each mixed-up question contains a word beginning with a capital letter to help identify the first word and to reinforce this key punctuation rule, and a question mark to place at the end. While constructing sentences, children learn about word order in questions and as it features a range of question starters (What?/When?/How?/Who?/Did? etc), it helps children begin to use a wider variety.
Also available are 2 more sets of scrambled sentences boards (non-questions), one with 4-5 words per sentence and a more challenging one with 6-8 words. SAVE by purchasing all 3 in a bundle.
Jumbled Sentences (4-5 words)
Jumbled Sentences (6-8 words)
Jumbled Sentences BUNDLE
Colour print on quality card to make it sturdy and laminate for repeated use. It’s ideal for using as a regular activity, with children working on a different one each session. Or choose the ones you make up if working with a smaller group. It could be used with SEN / ASN groups or others requiring support.
Words are printed in faint grey on each sheet in a random order. Once laminated, cut the word strips and stick each word on top of this, using Blu Tack, Blu Tack ‘Glu Dots’ or equivalent. Each strip is coloured differently to help identify the board it is from. Train students to replace the words and to wipe boards before putting them back. Quality laminating pouches and easy-wipe pens help!
A one-page ANSWER KEY is included.
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Upper Key Stage 2 Area and Perimeter games and activities BUNDLE, originally designed for Year 5 and Year 6 (Y5 / Y6). Printable games and puzzles for fun revision of area and perimeter of squares, rectangles, right-angled triangles and compound shapes / composite figures / irregular shapes. Will also suit some early KS3 classes. This will help you plan your area and perimeter lessons, providing starter tasks, early finisher tasks, active tasks and also homework tasks if necessary. In Scotland, use for Second Level Maths, Primary 6 and 7.
The bundle includes:
5 no-prep Hidden Word / Spot the Mistakes Area and Perimeter Puzzles (and solutions)
Area Bingo / Lotto Game (differentiated 2 ways)
Perimeter Bingo / Lotto Game (differentiated 2 ways)
Area Four in a Row Games (differentiated 3 ways) -TES RECOMMENDED resource
Please see the individual resources for more information.
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Line Symmetry Board Game
Angles Race Game
Converting Units of Measure Puzzles
Maths Hidden Word Puzzles MEGABUNDLE
KS2 Mental Maths BUNDLE
Multiplication / Division Activities BUNDLE
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For engaging, time-saving printables and presentations to help plan Primary Literacy, Maths and French lessons, visit FullShelf Resources
Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 (KS2 / KS3) French Beginners La Famille en Francais et Les Animaux de Compagnie / Les Animaux Domestiques unit BIG BUNDLE, containing 7 packs of speaking, reading and writing activities for teaching and reviewing key vocabulary and phrases over multiple lessons on this topic. To help plan varied lessons, this includes interactive PPT PowerPoint presentations, flashcards, differentiated worksheets and puzzles, printable games and activities, and role-play or conversation cards. My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and equivalents.
Please see the previews of the 7 individual packs to see if they suit your needs. All resources are in PDF, except the PowerPoint presentations (additional PDF versions included).
If you don’t wish to have them all, you may wish to purchase some of the packs individually or in smaller bundles:
French Family BUNDLE
French Family Presentation
French Family Worksheets and Puzzles
French Family Games
French Pets BUNDLE
French Pets Presentation and Flashcards
French Pets Worksheets and Puzzles
French Pets Games
This BIG BUNDLE includes all 3 resources packs from my French Family BUNDLE, all 3 packs from my French Pets BUNDLE, plus a pack of 24 role-play cards combining vocabulary and phrases from Family and Pets topics (All these are also included in: French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 2)
For detailed descriptions of all that is included, please follow the links to read the individual resource pages. Below is an outline of what is included, together with information about what vocabulary and phrases can be taught and consolidated with this bundle.
CONTENTS:
French Family PowerPoint Presentation (and PDF version) – 70 slides including slides for Bingo game
French Pets PowerPoint Presentation (and PDF version) – 65 slides including slides for games
Both PowerPoints include key teaching points and consolidation activities and games.
3 French Family Worksheets
French Family Crossword
French Family Wordsearch
2 French Pets Worksheets
French Pets Crossword
French Pets Wordsearch
Differentiation of some of these worksheets and puzzles are also included, with sentence starters and / or word banks for less experienced or lower ability learners.
French Family 4-in-a-Row Game Board
French Family Loop Game
Happy Families Card Game (Jeu des 7 Familles)
2 French Pets 4-in-a-Row Game Boards
French Pets Loop Game
French Pets Active Card Game
French Pets Noughts and Crosses / Bingo Cards
24 Role-Play Speaking Activity Cards (combining French Pets and Family)
FRENCH FAMILY RESOURCES
Vocabulary covered includes: le frere (brother), la soeur (sister), le fils (son), la fille (daughter), le pere (father), la mere (mother), le bebe (baby), le grand-pere (grandfather), la grand-mere (grandmother), le beau-pere (stepfather), la belle-mere (stepmother), le demi-frere (stepbrother), la demi-soeur (stepsister), l’oncle (uncle), la tante (aunt), le cousin (male cousin), la cousine (female cousin), les jumeaux (twins), enfant unique (only child). ‘Mon’ and ‘ma’ are also used to say ‘my father’, ‘my sister’ etc. Students will also practice asking and answering questions about families such as Qui est-ce? (Who is this?), Tu as des freres ou des soeurs? (Do you have any brothers or sisters?) and Combien de personnes il y a dans ta famille? (How many people are there in your family?). Giving names, ages, and information about where people live is also consolidated alongside family vocabulary.
FRENCH PETS RESOURCES
The resources focus on 12 key animal words (cat, dog, rabbit, horse, snake, guinea pig, hamster, parrot, lizard, mouse, turtle, goldfish), a small number of other words, and linked questions and answers, such as ‘Do you have a pet?’, and phrases linked to pets’ names, ages and colours.
Many thanks for your interest in my resources. I hope I can save you time!
MORE TOPICS TO EXPLORE…
Body Parts
Calendar
Classroom Objects and Schools
Colours
Clothing
Describing People (Physical and Character)
Food and Drink
Greetings and Introductions
Houses
Numbers
Sports and Hobbies
Transport
Weather
A KS2 or KS3 German Greetings and Introductions unit BUNDLE (Die Begrüßungen auf Deutsch) featuring a 110+ slide PowerPoint presentation (and PDF version), differentiated worksheets, puzzles, printable speaking and reading games and activities. Resources for multiple lessons to teach and review basic vocabulary for hellos, farewells, and saying how you are, as well as introducing yourself in German. Includes basic words and phrases such as Guten Tag (Hello), Guten Abend (Good evening), Auf Wiedersehen (Goodbye) and Bis bald (See you soon). Students will practise asking and answering questions such as Wie geht’s? (How are you?), Wie heißt du? (What’s your name?), Wie alt bist du? (How old are you?), and Wo wohnst du? (Where do you live?).
My German basics resources are made for students beginning German and near beginners in KS2 or early KS3 (Years 5, 6 and 7) and equivalents but they may suit others, depending on experience. Please check the preview files to assess suitability. All files in this BUNDLE are PDF, apart from the PowerPoint, although the PowerPoint also comes in a non-interactive PDF version, in case you don’t have PowerPoint where you work.
This BUNDLE offers a big saving, but you can also purchase any of the 5 resources separately if you prefer:
German Greetings and Introductions Presentation and Activities
German Greetings and Introductions Worksheets and Puzzles
German Greetings and Introductions Games
German Greetings and Introductions Board Game
German Greetings and Introductions Role-Play Cards
GERMAN GREETINGS BUNDLE INCLUDES:
110+ slide PowerPoint presentation (and PDF version) including an interactive review game
3 worksheets (2 of them differentiated) and answer keys
Hidden word puzzle
Grid puzzle (differentiated 3 ways) with answer key
Word search (differentiated) with answer key
24 role-play / conversation cards with translations
Active German speaking card game
Board game
Jigsaw puzzle
6 x 10-card “I Have…Who Has?” / loop games
Vocabulary support page
Teacher instructions
Please see the previews to see more details about the extensive range of resources contained in this time-saving bundle. The vocabulary support page is included in several of the packets but is only included once in the page count.
My German Greetings resources are new for 2020.
I now also have: German Numbers Worksheets and Puzzles
Further great German resources will be launching very soon in my store!
Although I’m in the early days of adding German content, if you teach French too you might be interested to explore some of my French resources:
French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 1
French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 2
French KS2 / KS3 MEGA BUNDLE 3
These Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2) Year 5 and Year 6 Maths multi-step problem solving cards make great consolidation and challenge activities for the four operations in real life contexts. In this value BUNDLE there are 96 mostly 2 or 3 step word problems task cards (addition and subtraction, plus multiplication and division). Includes full answers, recording sheets and an additional 16 problems on worksheets. Great for main lesson tasks or early finisher challenges.
Made for Upper KS2 lessons (Y5 and Y6) but suits some early KS3 (Year 7), this problem-solving BUNDLE combines my very popular Addition and Subtraction Word Problems and Multiplication and Division Word Problems, which can be purchased separately if required. These activities are great for early finisher challenges / extension tasks or for practice when focusing on the four operations and problem-solving skills.
Please see the individual resource pages for more detailed information and previews to check if these will suit your needs. All files in PDF format.
BUNDLE includes:
48 Adding and Subtracting Word Problem Cards
48 Multiplying and Dividing Word Problem Cards
Answer Sides to print on reverse if required
Separate 1-page Answer Keys
Recording Sheets in 1-page and 3-page versions
2 double-sided worksheets, featuring an additional 16 word problems (and answers)
Problems cover a range of contexts and the concepts covered include money (UK pounds), measure (metric), decimals, fractions etc.
Alternative dollar versions of all resources are also included
The files containing the cards have the question sides on the odd numbered pages and the answer sides on the even numbered pages. Set your printer to print back-to-back or, if your printer can’t do this, simply place the card or paper back in the printer in the correct order and print the even numbered pages on the other side. You can laminate and have students work individually or in groups, checking the answer on the back once they’ve had a go. Alternatively, make it competitive and have individuals or pairs race to solve them, using a timer perhaps. **Separate 1-page cards featuring all answers are included in case you prefer not to print the answers on the back of the cards. **
The double-sided worksheets, one in each of the packs, can be used for classwork or as homework tasks.
If you prefer to buy the 2 word problem packs along with times tables games and mental maths puzzles, try this great value Maths Revision Activities BUNDLE
Other popular KS2 Numeracy and Maths resources:
Mental Maths Bundle Year 5 / 6
Maths Puzzle Worksheets MEGA BUNDLE
Angles BUNDLE
Area and Perimeter BUNDLE
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Key Stage 2 Year 5 and Year 6 Fractions Games and Puzzles: Printable, differentiated Maths Four in a Row Games, Puzzles Worksheets and an Active Card Game to help plan fun lesson starters, main tasks and / or early finishers activities in fractions lessons at Upper Key Stage 2 - especially Y5 and Y6 - (and some early KS3).
CONTENTS:
6 Fractions Puzzles Worksheets (Equivalent Fractions, Simplifying, Fractions of Quantities / Amounts, Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions)
6 Differentiated Four in a Row Games for Fractions of Amounts
54-Card Active Game / Treasure Hunt for Fractions of Amounts
If just focusing on Fractions of Amounts, you may wish to purchase the latter two resource packs in my Fractions of Amounts Games BUNDLE.
If you prefer, you can also purchase the Fractions Puzzles Worksheets as part of my Fractions, Decimals and Percentages BUNDLE
FRACTIONS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE - MORE INFORMATION:
Answer keys included. Please check the individual resource pages and previews to see if these provide an appropriate range of challenge for your students.
PUZZLES WORKSHEETS
An engaging alternative to standard worksheets, these puzzles can be completed individually or in pairs or groups. Similar to codebreaker puzzles, a maths-related word is revealed after completing the work. Each puzzle contains a grid. Within each box is a fraction / calculation and a letter. Students circle any boxes containing incorrect answers or errors such as non-equivalent fractions (depending on which puzzle it is). Then they assemble letters from the circled boxes to reveal a maths word. There’s a further question / task at the bottom of the page linked to the word.
Students often forget or avoid checking their work for errors so it’s great to get them carefully checking in these puzzles. Spotting errors may help them remember to check their own work and help them avoid common errors themselves.
FOUR IN A ROW
Print and laminate the boards for regular use. It was designed in A3 to work especially well with larger groups but you can scale down to print in A4 if required or preferred. There are 6 game boards, two for each level of challenge, indicated with a star system, with one star being the least challenging. The one-star version includes only unit fractions of small numbers. The two-star version includes fractions of larger two-digit numbers, while the three-star version progresses to fractions of three and four-digit numbers.
Students work strategically as pairs against pairs or one against one to get four correct answers in a row - horizontally, vertically or diagonally. They roll a dice each time to decide from which column to pick a calculation (the columns are numbered 1-6). Students write their answers on the board with a dry-wipe marker.
TREASURE HUNT / ACTIVE CARD GAME
This can be played multiple times as groups can use different card sets each time. Teams complete a treasure hunt-type chain of fractions calculations, followed by a ‘Find the Target Number’ mental maths challenge, using a mixture of the four operations. There are 54 double-sided cards, forming sets of 6 cards for 9 teams. A key feature is the chance to involve lower ability students in a fun whole class activity to give them a boost of confidence without it being obvious their calculations are less challenging (3 of the sets are at an easier level). Full instructions included.
You can print and laminate the cards in batches of 3 sets, so if you don’t require them all, you needn’t print them. The cards should be printed double-sided (they’ve been laid out to facilitate this). I print by selecting the ‘2-Sided Short Edge (Top)’ option. However, if you can only print one-sided, print all the even-numbered pages, replace the paper, and print the odd-numbered pages on the back.
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Ideal for KS2 or early KS3 or equivalents, this lesson presentation covers German Greetings (Die Begrüßungen auf Deutsch) and Introductions Beginners Vocabulary. Introduce and review this unit with a 116-slide interactive PowerPoint (and additional PDF version). Includes greetings such as Guten Tag (Hello) and Guten Abend (Good evening) and farewells such as Auf Wiedersehen (Goodbye) and Bis bald (See you soon). Students will learn responses to questions such as Wie geht’s? (How are you?), Wie heißt du? (What’s your name?), Wie alt bist du? (How old are you?), and Wo wohnst du? (Where do you live?).
Almost all text in this presentation is editable. Most slides feature answers that appear on the the click of a mouse. Recapping slides and role-play slides (with answer keys) are also included for plenty of oral practice and there’s a fun interactive Hexagons review game at the end. There’s enough here to plan multiple lessons around. In the Zip file, there is the original PowerPoint and a PDF version. While the PDF version does not retain the ability for teachers to reveal answers by clicking, it will still enable you introduce and review this topic if you do not have PowerPoint where you work. The Hexagons game is not compatible with PDF.
Slides about where you live and where you come from focus on examples about Germany and other German-speaking countries, together with English-speaking countries such as US, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
This presentation is suitable for teaching younger or older students and adults as you have all the slides and examples you need to teach using either the informal ‘du’ or formal ‘Sie’ for ‘you’. It begins by using the informal ‘du’, which is ideal for younger students but at the end of the presentation (from slide 117), there are additional versions of relevant slides, the role-plays and the hexagon game, all using the formal ‘Sie’. You can either use the presentation all the way through, teaching both ‘du’ and ‘Sie’ or stop at slide 116 (especially if teaching younger students).
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Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 (KS2 / KS3) French Beginners worksheets and puzzles for Classroom Objects or School Supplies (Les Objets de la Classe / Dans la Salle de Classe) and School Vocabulary (L’école / Mon école). My French basics resources are designed for Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 but might suit others, depending on experience. Please check the preview to assess suitability. The Zip files contain PDF files (36 pages), with UK versions, along with additional US versions where spellings or words differ.
This BUNDLE contains the following 2 resource packs, which can be purchased separately if you prefer:
French Classroom Objects Worksheets
French School Vocabulary Worksheets
INCLUDES:
6 worksheets
5 puzzles
Additional differentiated versions
Vocabulary support pages
Full answer keys
Teacher notes
Please see the previews and individual resource pages for more details.
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Body Parts
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Describing People (Physical and Character)
Family and Pets
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Greetings and Introductions
Houses
Numbers
Sports and Hobbies
Transport
Weather
A fun Key Stage 2 (KS2) BUNDLE of line symmetry games, an angles game and angles activities pack. Originally designed for Year 5 - Y5 - (or Primary 6), there are resources here that would suit classes from Year 4 (Y4) to Year 6 (Y6) - Primary 5 to Primary 7 and other equivalents. There is differentiation built in to the Angles packs too. You can click through to the individual resources for more information and to check whether you feel they will be suitable for your class.
Included:
Line Symmetry Games – 54 shape cards for Snap, Pairs and for use with the game board. Squares, rectangles, other quadrilaterals, triangles, pentagons, hexagons and other polygons are among the symmetrical shapes included
Angles Board Game with 80 differentiated question cards involving acute, right, straight, obtuse, reflex, missing angles, angles on a straight line, vertically opposite angles, angles around a point, compass points etc
Angles Activities Pack – a variety of collaborative games and activities for investigating, identifying / classifying, estimating, measuring and drawing angles
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Les Sports en Francais / French Sports for KS2 / KS3 beginners. Printable games and speaking activities to review key vocabulary, linked questions, answers and grammar points at Upper Primary or Early Secondary. There’s 2 Four in a Row games, a differentiated ‘Quels Sports Aimes-Tu?’ board game, an active oral card game and a memory game. 5 vocabulary support sheets in different versions are also included for display or printing if required. My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7) and equivalents. Please check the previews. Full instructions included in the PDF file.
The 18 sports featured are: badminton, baseball, cricket, football, American football, golf, ice hockey, rugby, tennis, table tennis, running, horse riding, gymnastics, cycling, karate, swimming, skiing.
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FRENCH SPORTS VOCABULARY
5 pages to support students playing games, if required. Display on screen or print.
Included with and without background colour.
Versions with names of sports only AND versions with ‘jouer’ or ‘faire’ phrases
2 x FOUR IN A ROW GAMES
First to get four in a row - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - wins.
Students roll dice and say a sports word from that column and say it in French. Laminate boards and use dry-wipe markers.
‘QUELS SPORTS AIMES-TU?’ BOARD GAME
2 versions - 1 for practising names of sport, more challenging one to say whether you like / dislike / love / hate each sport.
ACTIVE ORAL CARD GAME
There are 36 game cards (2 of each design).
Students circulate to find player with the matching card by asking and answering questions about French sports.
English and French text versions included, plus full instructions.
FIND THE PHRASES GAME
Similar to pairs game. Print on quality card stock, laminate and cut cards.
Students take it in turns to turn over cards to correctly make a French sport phrase (using ‘jouer’ or ‘faire’).
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Celebrate St Dwynwen’s Day on 25 January with these 2 fun and flexible no prep puzzles about Saint Dwynwen / Santes Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of love and lovers. Although the crossword would need to be printed, the other puzzle can just be displayed on a screen and students can message you the answer.
The zip file contains a True or False Hidden Word Puzzle and a Crossword Puzzle, plus solutions, all in PDF format. These activities work well as follow up work to an assembly, as part of a stand-alone lesson or as part of a longer topic. They could be used as starter tasks (if building on previous learning), as individual or group tasks to focus pupils’ own research, an informal assessment task at the end of a topic or mini-focus, early finisher tasks or engaging homework tasks. These would best suit Upper Key Stage 2 / KS2, early KS3 and other equivalents.
The Hidden Word Puzzle includes 15 statements about St Dwynwen and St Dwynwen’s Day, which is the equivalent of St Valentine’s Day in Wales. Pupils must work out which ones are incorrect and then, using the grid at the bottom, rearrange the letters linked to the incorrect statements to find a word related to the subject of the puzzle. This is a very flexible resource, which works especially well to focus pupils’ own online research. All statements can be checked by looking through the first few websites that come up in internet searches. Children will practise reading comprehension skills and skimming and scanning strategies. They will also practise their digital literacy skills as they check facts, evaluating the reliability of websites used, ensuring they check more than one website etc. The solution to the puzzle, identifying and correcting the relevant statements, is included on a separate page. As versions of Dwynwen’s story can vary, the puzzles focus on details agreed on by several key websites.
The crossword could be used with the same pupils as although there is some overlap between the two puzzles in the information covered, there are also details in each which do not appear in the other.
No preparation is required, other than simply printing and copying. Two previews are provided, with a 4-page PDF document - containing the puzzles and their solutions - in the zip file. I hope your students enjoy using these puzzles. I would be grateful for a review if you get a spare moment.
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Quelle est la date? Beginners French KS2 / KS3 (Year 4, 5, 6 and 7) Printable Speaking Games for revision of calendar and date vocabulary: 10 Four in a Row game boards and a Snakes and Ladders Board for practising saying the date in French. These resources will help you plan multiple lessons at Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 (upper Primary and early Secondary and equivalents) for students beginning French or near beginners requiring revision of basic vocab and phrases. Originally made for UK schools, I have also added US date format versions of both resources.
You can get these games with other French calendar resources (a substantial PowerPoint lesson presentation, bingo game, loop games, worksheets and puzzles) in this bundle: French Calendar (Le Calendrier) Bundle
FOUR IN A ROW
I originally created this to help pupils answer the French question 'Quelle est la date?' but there is no reference to French on the boards so they can also be used for Italian, Spanish, German and other languages. Pupils will practise calendar vocabulary - months (les mois), days of the week (les jours de la semaine) and numbers to thirty-one.
Includes:
5 boards with the month and date
5 further boards with the month, date and day
A fun language learning activity - ideal for a starter, early finisher task, main lesson consolidation work or as part of a bank of revision activities. Print in either A3 or A4 and laminate for regular use. Individuals or pairs play against each other, taking it in turns to roll a dice before choosing a date in the correct column (columns are labelled 1-6) to say in the target language. If correct, they could put their symbol or initial over it in a wipeable pen or cover it with a counter of a different colour to their opponent. The first player/team to get 4 in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally is the winner. With 10 boards in total, they can swap with other pairs/groups when finished to have another game.
SNAKES AND LADDERS
Pupils play as per normal Snakes and Ladders, only they have to say the date they land on in French. The US date format version of the game is on page 2 of the file. Instructions are on page 3.
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A big bundle of 100 Key Stage 2 or early KS3 imaginative / descriptive writing story starters cards, featuring high quality photo prompts, vocabulary banks, prompt questions and more. These full-page story generators can be used across a range of abilities and ages, especially in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Y4 / Y5 / Y6 / Y7) to spark ideas for stories. In Scotland, they’re great for Primary 5, 6, 7 and S1. They’re great for reluctant writers and they have a dyslexia friendly format too.
This BUNDLE includes 5 packs of 20 prompts: 2 packs of general prompts (featuring a range of subjects and genres), a pack of scary / mystery story prompts, a pack of winter story prompts and a pack of summer story writing prompts. All can be purchased separately if you prefer.
Creative Writing Story Prompts (MY MOST POPULAR RESOURCE ON TES)
Creative Writing Story Prompts 2
Scary Story Creative Writing Story Prompts
Winter Stories Creative Writing Story Prompts
Summer Story Creative Writing Prompts
Use as warm ups, early finishers activities and as a framework for free writing sessions
Each of the 100 A4 cards features a visual element (photo / picture stimulus), a starter sentence or part-sentence to help launch children into their fiction / narrative writing
Prompt questions to get ideas going
A word bank and some suggested openers to add variety to their writing
A box at the bottom reminds students to read their work aloud, check for full stops and capital letters and common spellings
Range of subjects and genres including mystery, sport, humour, fantasy, family and historical. Lots of settings too. Plenty of variety so children can choose ones that appeal to them.
UK and US English versions included, with spellings and references to ‘full stops’ and ‘periods’ etc amended as appropriate
Designed to offer maximum support for dyslexic learners and those with similar barriers to learning. Verdana font and spacing used are both dyslexia-friendly and the background colours are designed to reduce glare. Both the UK and US cards are also included with the background colours removed and could be used if printing on dyslexia friendly paper or card.
Could be used to support the writing of a full story
Could also work well as a regular tool to support struggling writers in one-to-one or small group sessions, where students write a few sentences inspired by the prompts, without worrying about completing a story.
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Activities (a game, puzzles worksheets and word problem cards) for differentiated negative numbers lessons at Upper Key Stage 2 (KS2). It was originally designed for Year 5 and Year 6 (Y5 / Y6) and equivalents but could work for able Year 4 too. Includes 3 fun Hidden Word / Spot the Mistake Puzzles (and solutions), a 30-card Loop Game / Dominoes Set and 16 Word Problems Cards (8 multi-step and 8 more simple). PDF format. In Scotland, use for Primary 6 and 7 (and able Primary 5).
PUZZLES
An engaging alternative to worksheets, these Numeracy puzzles make ideal starter, early finisher or homework activities. There’s one on increasing and decreasing temperature (Celsius), one for simple subtraction calculations with mostly negative number answers and a more challenging puzzle featuring addition and subtraction of negative and positive integers. Puzzles can be completed individually or in pairs / groups. Similar to codebreaker puzzles, a maths-related word is revealed after completing calculations. Each puzzle contains a grid. Within each box is a calculation and a letter. Students circle boxes containing errors. Then they assemble the letters from the circled boxes to reveal a maths word. There’s a further challenge question / task at the bottom of the page linked to the word.
Pupils often forget or avoid checking their work so it’s great to get them carefully checking in these puzzles. Spotting common errors may help them remember to check their own work.
LOOP CARDS / DOMINOES
Fun group / whole class activity to consolidate adding and subtracting negative numbers, using phrases (‘reduce by’, ‘increase’, ‘difference between’ etc). Forms a continuous loop.
WORD PROBLEM CARDS
8 Multi-Step Word Problem Cards and 8 more simple. Solutions can be printed back to back with question side for student self-checking or can be printed and made into separate cards if required. Consolidates understanding of negative numbers in the contexts of temperature (degrees Celsius), money / bank accounts and points in a sporting league. Work well as early finisher challenges. Separate pounds and dollars versions.
A Mega Bundle of 12 of my Maths puzzle packs, including this one, is available for a big saving, while the same packs are also available in smaller bundles:
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Maths Puzzles BUNDLE 1
Maths Puzzles BUNDLE 2
Maths Puzzles BUNDLE 3
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Beginners KS2 / KS3 (Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) French speaking games (2 sets of 40-card loop games/ follow me cards / dominoes) for revision of French calendar (le calendrier) vocabulary - dates, months (les mois), days of the week (les jours), as well as numbers to 31.
My FSL / MFL French basics resources and units suit students beginning French, near beginners (and intermediate learners for revision) in:
* Upper Primary (Key Stage 2) - Year 4, 5, 6 (Y4 Y5 Y6)
* Secondary (Key Stage 3) - especially Year 7 and 8 (Y7 / Y8)
* Equivalents such as Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Core French in Canada
* May suit others, depending on experience
These resources will help you plan multiple lessons. Additional US format date versions are also now included.
One set features the date and month, the other (which has different dates) also includes the day. This game works especially well as a fun activity to teach the difference between the two ways of answering the question Quelle est la date? (What is the date?), which depends on whether you are including the day:
C'est samedi cinq avril
C'est le cinq avril
Another teaching point reinforced with this activity is the fact that days and months do not start with capital letters in French.
Print and laminate the sets for repeated use. There is no start or end card in either set; they are continuous loops so you can start wherever you want.
This resource is available alongside other French Calendar resources (presentation, more games, worksheets and puzzles) in this bundle: French Calendar Bundle
You can explore some of my other French basics resources by clicking on this bundle, which contains over 70 resources:
Huge French Basics Bundle
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