Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Hello Amazing Fellow Educators!
I´m Danicka. I graduated with a teaching specialization in French as an Additional Language from the University of Toronto in June 2022. I am currently an IB French Teacher for the Middle Years and Diploma Programs. I bring extensive experience in teaching French to diverse learners. My resources aim to make students´ learning of the French and Spanish languages authentic and fun, emphasizing the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
This interactive activity will allow you to take your students in your French classroom on a virtual field trip to La grotte Cosquer in Marseille, France.
They will have the opportunity to visit the cave through exploring it online and then make a list of vocabulary and interesting facts they learned.
This written assignment will allow your students to practice their creative writing skills in French by writing an imaginary (or not) postcard to a student in another country. They will practice using verbs in the present tense and descriptive adjectives.
A learning criteria checkbrick is provided (This can be modified to meet the specific learning needs of your students (Ex. additional grammar categories can be added.)
This lesson will allow students in your French language classroom to learn the common adverbs of quantity (peu de, trop de, beaucoup de, etc.) in French.
This starter activity can be used in your French classroom to help your beginner students practice grammar (Ex. tu vs. vous, putting sentences in the correct order, putting questions in the inverted form, and translating basic sentences from English to French and vice versa).
This fun Math game will allow your young learners to practice their addition and subtraction skills.
Note* This is aligned with Ontario Curriculum expectations for Grade 3 students.
The specific steps of the game and how to set it up are provided on the document.
Materials
1 standard deck of playing cards.
Cards labelled 10-30.
Spoons (other materials can be substituted) (*Note: the number of spoons should be 1 less than the number of players in order to eliminate 1 player every round). X-1 = # of spoons, where ‘X’ = number of players.
Some sort of surface (e.g. table, carpet)
Ontario curriculum expectations:
Strand B: Number
Math Facts
“B2.2 recall and demonstrate multiplication facts of 2, 5, and 10, and related division facts” (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2020, Section Math Facts).
Mental Math
“B2.3 use mental math strategies, including estimation, to add and subtract whole numbers that add up to no more than 1000, and explain the strategies used” (OME, 2020, Section Mental Math).
Addition and Subtraction
“B2.4 demonstrate an understanding of algorithms for adding and subtracting whole numbers by making connections to and describing the way other tools and strategies are used to add and subtract” (OME, 2020, Section Addition and Subtraction).
Game Instructions
Objective: Be the first player to get a sum of a number between 10-30 as shown on the card displayed in the middle of the table. Players have to decompose the number shown on the card using a combination of up to 4 numbers (up to 4 cards) as fast as possible. (E.g. If the number shown in the middle is “12,” players can choose to represent that with 2 cards of ‘6,’ or 3 cards of ‘2,’ ‘6,’ and ‘4’ or ‘3,’ ‘4’, ‘2,’ and ‘3.’)
This evaluation can be used in your French classroom as a way of assessing your students´ understandings of basic expressions, the ages of people, and the numbers from 1 to 20.
This lesson will allow your students in your French classroom to practice using the verbs faire and jouer through interactive activities.
There is also a link to a Kahoot game included.
This lesson is aligned with the unit on talking about sports for Year 9 GCSE French (foundation).
This detailed literacy lesson plan is perfect for your Early Stage 2 Grade 2 students!
Links are included to ready to use Google document worksheets.
Your students will be able to consolidate their understanding of making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections using the read-aloud book Something beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth.
This can also be used for students in the primary grades at the early stage 2 reading stage.
This activity will allow your students to practice using the verbs être and avoir in the present tense through forming logical sentences.
Pictures are used as a support to help students put together the words in the right order to form a logical sentence.
Students in your French classroom will be able to apply their knowledge of the past tense (Le passé composé) with auxiliary avoir and être through this oral comprehension activity.
The activities in this lesson are ideal for your Primary French students. This Spring-themed lesson will help them to practice their phonemic awareness and listening and reading comprehension skills.
This SEL (socio-emotional learning activity) morning message activity incorporates socio-emotional learning by targeting students’ mental well-being, inner voice, and writing skills.
Perfect for primary-aged students.