Category: Core French

Core French activities, lesson plans and blog entries for all elementary grades

  • 10 + Ways to Use Flashcards in Class

    10 + Ways to Use Flashcards in Class

    There is a myriad of Flashcards for sale online and even more uses for them in the classroom but up until recently, I couldn’t find a way to make it enjoyable and functional in my Core French classroom. When I purchase packages that include Flashcards, I love the effort that creators have put into their

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  • Genius Hour

    Genius Hour

    This 100% self-directed learning allows the students to focus on whatever they want to learn and teach the class about. This is great for classes with a lot of different interests, as well as different abilities.

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  • ER verbs for Le Printemps

    ER verbs for Le Printemps

    Every unit has its own special set of verbs that we try to teach our students. “Le Printemps” lends itself to a wide range of verbs that we can authentically use in the classroom and so I have created this worksheet with those verbs specifically in mind. Depending on the literacy level or grade of

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  • “J’ai – Qui a” – a great game for practicing pronounciation.

    “J’ai – Qui a” – a great game for practicing pronounciation.

    In order to improve student engagement and speaking opportunities, we have starting play “J’ai Qui a”, otherwise known as “I have, who has.” Students get the chance to read and speak a different set of words each time they play, and have to listen for their card to be called before they can respond. To

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  • Le Printemp final unit project

    Le Printemp final unit project

    Looking for a final assessment for Le Printemps? Create a story using all of the vocabulary words learned in this unit (and units before). Assignment comes with a check-box list of requirements, and a rubric for easy grading. Can be easily adapted for all age groups.

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  • Le Printemps Themed Bell Work

    Le Printemps Themed Bell Work

    Bell Work that goes directly with our Printemps unit; 11 pages of specifically curated activities, 3 activities per page, to jump start their French brains and get them in the academic mind-set.

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  • En Hiver, final assessment

    En Hiver, final assessment

    Having completed weeks of winter-themed vocabulary, here is an easy to do final assessment with rubric

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  • Core French Long-Range Planning

    Core French Long-Range Planning

    Creating a Core French Long Range Plan based on a wealth of resources and understanding of what the average Ontario English-stream student is capable of learning at the various grade levels.

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  • Introducing verbs into the classroom

    Introducing verbs into the classroom

    Introducing verbs into the classroom

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