Category: Core French
Core French activities, lesson plans and blog entries for all elementary grades
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Holidays Around the World
As the holidays draw near, it’s the perfect time to teach your students about how different cultures celebrate Winter holidays around the world. In this post I’ll share lots of ideas, activities, and even some freebies to make teaching holidays around the world magical for both you and your students! My little classroom of 22
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Self-publishing with KDP
As a teacher, we know that not everything is perfect. There isn’t that perfect book that will attract all of the students in your classroom, not a book that will hit the Reading level of a low-level reader while respecting their maturity level as a 4th grader. Self-publishing is turning into the perfect way to
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Everything I know about Manie Musicale
This is my first year hearing about it and you would think it has been around for decades! My students begged me to get on board, and so I had no choice but to go all in. Here is everything I know about Manie Musicale and how to get your class as excited as we…
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Les Animaux polaires / Polar Animals
I have found that primary students can only hang on to a Unit theme/topic for a few weeks before it feels like you are beating a dead horse. Primary students are still learning how to read and write, and their listening comprehension skills don’t lend itself to full movies just yet. I wanted to have
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Le Hockey – French Mini Unit About Hockey
At one point, the junior/intermediate classes won’t be satisfied with simple units like “L’hiver” or “Cabane a sucre”, which I plan to teach anyways. But older students want something more, with substance, that they can relate to. This year my grade 5-8 classes did a major Hockey unit and they were over the moon that
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La vie secrète des bonshommes de neige.
This year, my primary class has decided to make their own version of a great book “La vie secrete des bonhommes de neige”
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Essential Items for French Teachers
As a new teacher, it was hard to wrap my head around the fact that I would have to purchase a large portion of what I needed to run a classroom. Not to say that the basic supplies for students wouldn’t be taken care of, but that my personal organization system and content creation supplies
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Back to School Unit
This Back to School Unit was a true labour of love. As with all teachers, I do love purchasing from Teachers Pay Teachers before I go off and make my own content. Creating from scratch is time consuming and 40 minutes per day to prep is just never enough to create everything that one needs.
Mme B's Classroom 