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.
Fun starter! Practise percents of quantities or amounts with this treasure hunt, scavenger hunt or relay type activity. It’s an active printable mental maths team game, with differentiation, ideal as a whole class starter or plenary at KS2 (Year 5 / Year 6) and early KS3 (Year 7), especially when focusing on percentages of amounts / percents of a number. It can be played multiple times in a lesson or across several lessons as groups can use different card sets each time. Teams complete a treasure hunt-type chain of percentages 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 pupils 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 for teacher and pupils is included, along with solutions.
I have a collection of these Grab the Answers games, each one focusing on a different maths concepts. Click on the BUNDLE to explore more.
Students collaborate on a treasure hunt type maths trail and when they’ve collected all 5 answers, they are given a target, which they must make using 3 given numbers. 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.
Give each team their ‘Start’ card. Spread out all other cards, answer side up. You may wish to remove cards from any set not being used, although this is not necessary. On your signal, teams turn over their Start card and complete the calculation. Each team sends one person to collect the correct answer card, on the other side of which will be their next question and a letter to confirm which team it belongs to. Ensure teams immediately replace any cards not marked with their letter. The process continues until the team have answered all five calculations. On the other side of the final answer card will be a target number, which teams must make, using the numbers printed in boxes in the bottom right corner of 3 of their cards. Use all 3 numbers and only once each, using any of the 4 operations. The first to make their target number wins! One possible answer for each of the target challenges is printed on the solution cards.
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KS2 / KS3 Beginners French worksheets and puzzles for your Pets in French unit (Les Animaux de Compagnie - also known as Les Animaux Domestiques). These printable writing activities for reviewing domestic animals vocabulary and phrases will be enough for multiple lessons and homework: 2 worksheets, a crossword and a word search. Both puzzles and one of the worksheets come in 2 differentiated versions and further differentiation is provided by a supporting vocabulary page. My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and equivalents. PDF format. Please check the preview to see if they will suit your students.
These resources focus on key French pet words such as cat, dog, rabbit, snake, hamster, guinea pig, horse, parrot, bird, mouse, goldfish, fish, turtle, lizard. Students practise the key questions and answers about pets (pet type, name, colour and age). Includes missing letter tasks, unscrambling words, word matching, basic reading comprehension and translation tasks. Alternative version of Worksheet 2 has amendments to word ‘colour’ (‘color’) for US teachers.
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FRENCH PETS VOCABULARY: Included with or without background, to support students completing the worksheets.
WORKSHEETS: 2 worksheets (with answer keys). Includes missing letter tasks, word matching, basic reading comprehension and translation tasks. Worksheet 2 is included in a 1-star version (for younger, lower ability, or less experienced students) and a 2-star version that is more challenging. There’s a US version of Worksheet 2 (2 star version), with ‘colour’ in question 1 replaced by the spelling ‘color’.
CROSSWORD AND WORDSEARCH: Differentiated versions - The 1-star version of the crossword contains a word bank for support and the 1-star version of the wordsearch contains the start of each word. Answer keys provided. There’s also a hidden sentence challenge at the end of the wordsearch, using the unused letters.
A fun calendar skills maths activity for lower Key Stage 2 (KS2) (originally designed for Year 3 and 4 - Y3 and Y4) - or Primary 4 and 5 in Scotland-, to provide practice, during the Time focus in maths, of reading or using a calendar. It consolidates understanding of months and gives practice of calculating days and weeks after / before etc, developing students’ general understanding of how calendars work. It could be used with lower ability students in Year 5 and 6 too. Students will practise terminology such as ‘fortnight’, ‘day before yesterday’, ‘a week on Tuesday’ etc and be encouraged to count on and back in sevens for full weeks. If they are to move forwards or back 8/15/20 days etc, they can learn to move to the nearest exact week then move back or forwards a day as appropriate, rather than counting days one at a time. **UK date formats used. **
Please check the preview to assess suitability. The resources are in PDF within a Zip file. The Question Cards are also included in a Word document to be easily editable so that you can amend them if required, perhaps adding in details relevant to the school / country in which you are teaching.
The game board is in 3 sections and is comprised of 3 months of the calendar (May, June and July). Children use the instructions printed on the cards and boards to navigate forwards and backwards in time, until someone reaches the end of July! A rule card is included for the children to refer to. This could be used with groups across the whole class or perhaps just for a group that needs lots of consolidation of calendar work, to add some variety to their learning programme. The boards were designed in A3 and they work really well at this size if being used with a larger group. If you can only print in A4, you might want to scale it up on the copier after printing. However, A4 works fine too. You might need to use the ‘shrink to fit’ setting on your printer if printing in A4.
I hope your students find this an engaging activity. If you can spare a moment I would be so grateful for a review. Many thanks.
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KS2 / KS3 Beginners French Vocabulary Basics Revision Games: 5 fun printable gameboards, with differentiation, for Snakes and Ladders (Serpents et Echelles). These activities were originally designed for French beginners and near beginners in Primary (Year 4, 5 and 6) and Year 7 and 8 and equivalents. They work well as a fun revision speaking task, perhaps at the start of term or end of term, or to use as early finisher activities. Any words not managed could perhaps be looked up online or in a French dictionary. If you are using them with a larger group you might want to print in A3. Answer and instruction cards are included in the PDF file.
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
Boards 1 and 2 feature French words to be translated into English
Boards 3 and 4 feature English words to be translated into French
Board 5 is for lower ability students and features pictures and multiple choice answers.
This activity would suit a range of age groups, depending on their level of French experience. Most of the words come from these topics:
calendar (le calendrier) - days (les jours de la semaine), months (les mois), dates etc.
numbers (les nombres / les numeros)
introductions and greetings
weather (la meteo / le temps)
classroom objects (les objets de la classe)
colours (les couleurs)
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This is a Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 Key Stage 2 (KS2) - Y4 / Y5 / Y6. Maths activity for multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000: an engaging, differentiated set of 20 printable spooky gameboards for starters, early finishers activities, revision etc. It’s an aspect of maths that students often forget but after they’ve played a few games of Crazy Doors, with its attractive board and the scenario of being chased by trolls through a swampy forest, it’ll hopefully stick in their mind! Versions with no backgrounds have been included for eco-printing. Great for Halloween - or at any time of the year (as it doesn’t mention Halloween on it). In Scotland, use for Second Level Maths, Primary 5, 6 and 7.
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There’s a multiplication and division by 10, 100 and 1000 version and one for lower ability or younger pupils for multiplying and dividing by just 10 and 100. 10 game boards are included for each (it’s the same layout for each board but with different numbers on the doors).
Each group of 2-6ish players requires a game board, a Doors Targets board (2 included, one for each version), an instruction card (included), dice, counters and mini whiteboards (or paper) and pens. They throw the dice to make a 2-digit starting number and the aim of the game is to change that number by multiplying/dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 to meet the requirements printed on doors in the forest. If they meet the requirements, they may go through the door. They have to throw a counter onto the Doors Target board to find out what they will be multiplying/dividing by - they’ll need to think about the best one to aim at and then also hope their throwing is accurate or they could get held up at a particular door for a while!
This fun activity should also consolidate understanding of place value, including decimals. I’ve added a place value grid for convenience in case any students require this support.
I hope your students enjoy playing this. Thank you for your interest in my resources.
I have some other Maths games you might be interested in, including:
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If you are teaching Describing Appearance (Les Descriptions Physiques) and Personality Traits or Character Traits (Les Traits de Caractere / de Personnalite), you can consolidate the two units with this pack of 24 translation cards (en francais et en anglais) and a reading comprehension worksheet at two levels of challenge. There are 3 vocabulary support pages too. My French basics resources are designed for Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 for teaching or revision but might suit others, depending on experience. Please check the preview to assess suitability. Due to ‘bruns’ being commonly used in Canada to describe brown eyes (instead of ‘marron’ which is common elsewhere), there is a separate Canadian version included within the Zip file. Both files are in PDF format.
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CONTENTS:
Vocabulary support: Two word mats (one for physical descriptions and one for character / personality descriptions). Display or print if any students require them. There’s also a card of common intensifiers (trop, assez, un peu etc), as some of the cards contain these linked to describing character traits (I am very friendly, I am too lazy etc). Please note these 3 vocabulary support pages are included in some related resources too.
Translation cards: A set of 24 cards for oral practice of describing people in French, mixing both physical descriptions and personality. Print and laminate as required. In pairs, students translate the text on their card into French, practicing speaking it together. Or they could read the French and translate it into English. The 6 English language sides are designed to be printed back-to-back with the 6 translation sides for student self-checking. If you prefer, the translations could be printed as separate cards.
Reading comprehension: This worksheet (included at 2 levels with answer keys) also mixes physical descriptions with personality descriptions, with a short third person text. The one-star version is for less experienced or less able students. It features the same text but has multiple choice questions.
KS2 / KS3 French writing printables for a Food and Drink in French Topic (La Nourriture et Les Boissons): 2 worksheets, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch (all with differentiated versions) for consolidation and revision of key vocabulary. Originally designed for French beginners and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 and equivalents. Please check the previews to assess suitability.
All in PDF within the Zip file.
The crossword and wordsearch are included with and without a word bank for support to suit students of different abilities or experience.
Answers / solutions included.
As some words differ between UK and US English (chips / fries etc), I’ve included separate US versions where relevant.
Resources focus on 30 common food and drink words
Among the phrases taught and practised are: Qu’est-ce que tu aimes manger? (What do you like to eat?) and Qu’est-ce que tu aimes boire? (What do you like to drink?)
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KS2 (Year 5 / Year 6 - Y5 and Y6) Scale Drawings Maths Game: An engaging and differentiated game to consolidate understanding of scale drawing / scale factors in a fun way. It’s also an enjoyable way of practising times tables (if using the standard version) or decimal multiplication (if using the Challenge version). The children act as engineers, working their way around the board using scale drawings (24 cards included) and throwing a counter onto a target to discover which scale - in ratio notation - to apply each time, once they have made a measurement of the drawing. Teaching Notes and Pupil Instruction Card included.
Differentiation: Alongside the standard version there’s a Challenge Version for older/more able learners that requires pupils to deal with decimal lengths (a second set of 24 cards included) and to convert between cm, m and km, using a separate scale target board when scaling up.
I recommend blowing the gameboards up to A3 for use with bigger groups although A4 would be fine. I suggest printing the cards on different coloured paper to help keep sets separate, especially if using both versions with different groups.
The Scale Target boards are colourful so black and white versions are included should you prefer. I hope your pupils enjoy playing it. If you can spare a moment I would be grateful for a review. Many thanks.
Some of my other popular KS2 Maths / Numeracy resources:
Mental Maths Bundle Year 5 Year 6
Multiplication / Division Bundle
Angles / Symmetry Activities Bundle
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Maths revision of adding and subtracting and number bonds etc. Year 1 and Year 2 (KS1) maths facts / number bonds within 20 add and subtract mental maths printable activities for independent work, starters, warms ups, early finishers tasks and revision. Help children master addition and subtraction facts with a set of 36 self-check write and wipe trail cards to be laminated for pupils to complete with whiteboard pens. These Primary numeracy activities were designed for Key Stage 1 (First Level - Primary 2 and 3 in Scotland) but could suit KS2 (Second Level) students requiring consolidation. PDF format.
For older or more able children, you might like the same resource with more challenging calculations: Addition and Subtraction within 50
Buy the two together in this Addition and Subtraction within 20 and 50 Trails BUNDLE .
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SPIDER SPIRALS:
Each card contains 14 mental maths calculations - over 500 calculations across the whole set. ALL ANSWERS INCLUDED. They can be used by individuals - or pairs or small groups could race against each other to complete trails accurately. Great for starters, early finishers etc. It promotes speed and accuracy and is a more engaging alternative to worksheets.
Starting at the spider and working their way around in a spiral, children write each answer in the box, creating a running total. The final answer is printed next to the web in the middle of the card so they can see if they have correctly completed it. If not, children can check to see where they have gone wrong.
Answer cards can be used by the children themselves or by the teacher to see mistakes at a glance. Print and laminate if required.
You might also be interested in my popular KS1 Literacy resource: KS1 Jumbled Sentences.
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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
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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.
Fun maths revision for adding and subtracting! Key Stage 1 add and subtract within 50 Mental Maths printable activities for independent work, starters, warms ups, early finisher tasks etc: A set of 36 self-check mixed addition and subtraction to 50 trail cards to be laminated for students to complete with wipeable pens. These KS1 Maths / Numeracy resources were originally designed for Y1 and Y2 (or First Level, Primary 2 and 3 in Scotland) but could suit KS2 (Second Level) students requiring consolidation.
CHEESE CHASE
Each editable card contains 14 mental maths calculations - over 500 calculations across the whole set. ALL ANSWERS INCLUDED.
A fun activity for regular practice of addition and subtraction facts / number bonds within 50. They can be used by individuals or you could have pairs or small groups racing against each other to complete trails accurately. Great for starters, early finishers etc. It promotes speed and accuracy and is a more engaging alternative to worksheets.
Starting at the mouse and working their way around the card in a spiral, children write the answer to each calculation in the box, creating a running total. The final answer is printed next to the cheese in the middle of the card so they can see if they have correctly completed it. If not, children can check to see where they have gone wrong.
Answer cards can be used by the pupils themselves or by the teacher to see at a glance where pupils have gone wrong. Print and laminate if required.
You might be interested in the other versions of these resources, to practise different aspects of adding and subtracting. They are available with this one in a great value bundle.
Add and Subtract to 20 Activities
Add and Subtract 9, 10 and 11 Activities
Add and Subtract Multiples of 10 Activities
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Quel temps fait-il? KS2 or KS3 Weather in French topic printable games and activities for lessons on La Météo en Francais / Le Temps vocabulary and phrases: 3 Four in a Row games, a board game for practising saying the weather in different locations, bingo or noughts and crosses cards, a 12-card loop card set, and vocabulary pages for support if required. 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. Within the Zip file, is a 14-page PDF file of the games and a 10-page PDF of vocabulary support pages.
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The resources focus on 12 phrases: il pleut, il neige, il gele, il fait beau, il fait mauvais, il fait chaud, il fait froid, il y a des nuages, il y a du brouillard, il y a de l’orage, il y a du soleil, il y a du vent.
FOUR IN A ROW: 3 game boards. Print in colour or black and white and laminate as required (use dry-wipe pens). First to get four in a row - vertically, horizontally or diagonally - wins. Students roll dice, then choose a weather phrase from that number column and say it in French.
BOARD GAME: In turn, players roll dice and move the appropriate number of spaces. If they can say aloud in French the correct weather on the space they land on, they stay there etc. CHALLENGE VERSION: Students say the weather in the location they land on. (Il y a du soleil à Paris / Il y a du brouillard au Canada etc.)
BINGO: 14 cards (the teacher could read out French weather phrases) or use for Noughts and Crosses, with students taking it in turns to say aloud a French weather phrase. You could laminate and use dry-wipe pens.
LOOP GAME: A 12-card set, which forms a continuous loop. Distribute among players. First player reads the English language side of one of their cards and then all players check if they have the French translation. If they do, they will read out both sides of their card.
VOCABULARY SUPPORT: Different formats, with and without background colour.
TEACHER NOTES
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KS2 / KS3 Beginners Pets in French PowerPoint PPT Lesson Presentation (also in PDF format) and printable flashcards for your Les Animaux de Compagnie (Les Animaux Domestiques) unit. This 40 slide presentation (and more slides for games) introduces and reviews key vocabulary and phrases for Pets in French and includes activities and tasks. My French basics resources suit students beginning French and near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 and equivalents. Many slides feature answers that appear when you click, for students to respond. There are also some very short reading comprehensions and an additional 20+ slides at the end of the presentation (making it 65 slides in total) form a ‘Splat’ game and a memory game (Kim’s game), which could be played in teams, with students working out which images are missing each time and giving the word in French.
In the Zip file, along with a PowerPoint version, there is an additional PDF version of the presentation. 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. Also within the Zip file is a PDF of flashcards, with two on each page.
The presentation focuses on 12 key animal words (cat, dog, rabbit, horse, snake, guinea pig, hamster, parrot, lizard, mouse, turtle, goldfish) and linked questions and answers, such as ‘Do you have a pet?’, and phrases linked to pets’ names, ages and colours.
SAVE by purchasing as part of my French Pets BUNDLE, which also contains a French Pets Worksheets and French Pets Games. All 3 resources focus on the same core vocabulary.
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KS2 printable, differentiated Four in a Row Games for Finding Fractions of Amounts, also known as Fractions of Quantities / of a Set / of a Group / of Whole Numbers etc. Ideal activities for lesson starters and early finishers tasks. Originally made for revision and consolidation in Year 5 and 6 but might suit other years too. Answer keys included. Please check the preview to see if the calculations provide an appropriate range of challenge for your students.
SAVE by purchasing this as part of a Fractions of a Amounts Activities BUNDLE (coming soon), along with my Fractions of Amounts Differentiated Treasure Hunt, which can be purchased separately if required.
You can also purchase it as part of my bigger Fractions Activities BUNDLE, along with Hidden Word Puzzles for a variety of Fractions concepts.
If you prefer, you can also purchase the Fractions Puzzles Worksheets as part of my Fractions, Decimals and Percentages BUNDLE
Print and laminate the Four in a Row boards for regular use. The boards were originally designed in A3 to work especially well with larger groups but you can scale it 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). If there are no calculations left in the column whose number they have rolled, they either skip a go or roll again (depending on the rules you choose). Student write their answers on the board with a dry-wipe marker. They can either use a different coloured marker to record answers on the board or add an initial or symbol if using the same colour as their opponent. Answer keys can also be printed for student checking.
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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.
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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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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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Beginners French KS2 / KS3 Halloween Vocabulary (L’Halloween) 80-slide PowerPoint lesson presentation and set of 23 flashcards. Featuring key words and phrases, plus games / activities for further practice, the presentation was made for beginners / near beginners in Year 4, 5, 6 and 7 and equivalents. There’s an additional PDF version, and a PDF containing the flashcards (2 to a page). Please check the previews to assess suitability.
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POWERPOINT
Includes cultural information about the fact that Halloween is not particularly celebrated in France and that French people are more likely to celebrate ‘La Toussaint’ on November 1st. Of course, French-speaking people elsewhere do celebrate Halloween so it’s a good chance to learn some fun vocabulary. The next few slides introduce more than 20 key words, one at a time, such as spider, black cat, broom, sweets, cemetery, bat, pumpkin, scarecrow, ghost, owl, moon, haunted house, monster, skeleton, witch, cauldron etc (in French of course). Following this, slides review these words, showing an image for students to give the word, with the answer appearing on the click of a mouse. Halloween-related French phrases are also taught, such as ‘I’m wearing a witch costume’ and ‘I’m scared’ and there are also slides teaching how to say ‘There are three black cats’ and ‘There are four spiders’ etc. There’s a slide with almost all key images on the screen for students to ‘splat’ with a fly swatter or equivalent (if displayed on a whiteboard) when the teacher calls out the words in French. NEWLY ADDED FOR 2019: There’s 2 rounds of an interactive Hexagons Game, where teams compete to make a trail of correct translations of Halloween vocabulary across the screen. Finally, the last 30+ slides form the memory game ‘Kim’s Game’, which could be played in teams, with students working out which images are missing each time and giving the word in French.
The additional PDF version of the presentation will help those without PowerPoint access. It allows you to teach the vocabulary but does not retain the mouse-click interactivity of the original. The Hexagons Game also does not work without the interactivity and has therefore been omitted from the PDF version.
FLASHCARDS
Most of the Halloween words (23 in total) feature on these for classroom display.
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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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Speaking activities for a beginners French Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 (KS2 / KS3) Greetings, Farewells and Introductions FSL unit (saying your name in French, saying your age, saying how you are, where you live, giving your nationality etc): A set of printable 24 role play / skits cards for Les Salutations et Je Me Presente or Introducing Myself. These resources will help you plan multiple lessons at Year 4, 5, 6 or 7 and equivalents. PDF format. Full instructions are included.
Children can pair up to translate the English into French. The English language sides are designed to be printed back-to-back with the appropriate translation for students to check. If preferred the translations could be printed as separate cards. I’ve included a vocabulary card, which can be provided for support where required.
This oral activity reinforces ways of saying ‘hello’ (Bonjour, Salut etc) and ‘goodbye’ (Au revoir etc) as well as asking and answering questions such as ‘Ca va?’ (How are you?), ‘Comment tu t’appelles?’ (What’s your name?), ‘Quel age as-tu?’ (How old are you?), ‘Ou habites-tu?’ (Where do you live?) and ‘Tu es de quelle nationalite?’ (What nationality are you?). It’s a good stepping stone to more independent role-playing activities.
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PE, Numeracy and communication skills mix in this fun active relay fitness game for Primary (Key Stage 2, especially Year 4, 5 and 6). Great for outdoor learning or special events such as National Maths Week, to have children practising mental calculations in another curriculum area. Alternatively, use this activity as a warm up to add variety to your normal Physical Education programme. Good teamwork and communication should be encouraged as teammates help each other to work out the calculations and guide each other to the possible answer cards, while navigating around the hidden Exercise Cards (which force the team to divert onto a variety of athletic challenges!). 4 files are included: large versions of game boards and cards in PDF, small versions, plus editable exercise card files (both sizes - in PPT), in case you wish to add some of your own exercise ideas. Print and laminate the boards and cards you require. No equipment is necessary and the game can be played in a gym hall or outside space. Answer key included.
INSTRUCTIONS (Also included within the file):
Split students into up to 7 groups, giving each a calculation board.
Shuffle the number cards and as many exercise cards (12 included) as you wish, spreading them out face down at the other end of the playing area. You may wish to remove the answer cards for any board not in use.
Teams send one person at a time running to collect a card. On each go, students must only turn over one card. If they know it is not an answer to any calculations on their board, they replace it, or else they can bring it back to their team to check and the next team member can replace it if it is not required, before collecting another card.
If a player turns over an Exercise Card, they must bring it back to their group and the whole team must perform the stipulated exercises. When all members are finished the exercise, the next runner can set off for another card.
The winners are the first team to cover all their calculations with the correct answer cards.
There are two of each number card, as each answer features on two boards, helping to ensure a faster game. To speed up the game or to add an extra element, include as many Pass Cards as you like. If children turn over a Pass Card they can place it over any calculation they want, for instance if they are finding a calculation too difficult or if there is an answer card they are struggling to find. For differentiation, use mixed ability groups or else grant certain groups extra pass cards to cover more challenging calculations.
To ensure a smooth game, circulate with the answer key for at-a-glance checking. If groups have accidentally taken another group’s answer card, ensure they quickly replace it so as not to hamper the progress of other teams.
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