Am stram gram and other counting out rhyme

Am stram gram (nonsense rhyme & Nicola's favourite!))
Am stram gram
Pic et pic et colégram
Bourre et bourre et ratatam
Am stram gram pic dam


Pomme de reinette
Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api (small apples!)
d'api d'api rouge
pomme de reinette et pomme d'api
d'api d'api gris

music

animals

We learnt animal vocab using some really cute finger puppets of jungle animals I got from Puppets by post (amongst other suppliers)
Started with flashcard-type showing and guessing.
Then we passed them round and included some duplicates that the teachers had brought.
Practice saying the animal and the class hold up the roght animal. Vary by passing them around pass the parcel style.
class says J'ai un …
increase what they can say eg
j'ai un lion qui s'appelle Max
Then work with partner . Puppets can talk to each other using personal language.
We looked at how the words were written. All but le singe were cognates. How will we remember singe means monkey. Picture a monkey sitting by a fire and singeing his fur!
Worked in pairs with further words of vocab from the .pdf file pets.
We brainstormed activities with animals and worked on pairs on the language to explain.

I have posted 2 files in ANIMALS folder
Also posted succes criteria for microteaching.

We also did language for organising team games which I haven't posted yet but will do from home.

Using word cards for active learning

Have words of a phrase or sentence on pieces of card
Leave sets on the table when class comes in
They have to take a word card each and physically form themselves into the phrase
Good for revision and for getting started as soon as they come in. Points could be fiven to the quickest table etc

This is also very good for showing patterns eg question forms

Can be made easier if more than one word is on the card eg
une pomme rather than une pomme

Or give each member a card as they come in
Teacher says a sentence in French and they have to run to the front to form a sentence. Can make it harder by saying the sentence in English.

Food activities (results of homework)

• bingo from Chelsea using SparkleBox flashcards

• Kim’s game from Nicola C using real or play food Use real life or play food and introduce or revise vocabulary using the food as flashcards. Eg regardez et écoutez - la pomme, la pomme de terre etc. Get the children to repeat after you. Ecoutez et répétez. On va faire un jeu qui s’appelle… Explain rules of game in French by saying you will close your eyes - fermez les yeux. open your eyes - ouvrez les yeux. then ask what is missing - qu'est qu'il manque? Children guess using the French vocab. Limit the amount of tries. with more able children have more examples and take more of them away (differentiate according to your class). This is an activity that can be adapted to any French vocabulary.

• Shopping list: writing, dictionary list ingredients for an omelet or a crêpe

• Dictation or test vocab: using mini whiteboards

• Nicola M Listen and draw on a plate template

• Tracey H crossword

• Français Français has a song Vous désirez, madame? and their resources cd has FCs

• Liz; ELC magnetic Shopping Game or Orchard Toys Les courses à faire or critical skills task – make your own

Any more I missed?

I'll post the relevant files in My Teaching Files which is on a different webspace. (Password needed related to where I live, in the … email me if you don't know)

Happy Families Video clips

Here is a nice clip from BBC learning zone lasting 3 minutes of a family playing happy families

There are lots of interesting clips here

I like the tongue twisters here
je veux et j'exige I want and I demand
pruneau cru pruneau cuit 10x raw prune cooked prune

Tongue twister

Here's the one about saucisses:
Si six cent scies scient six cent saucisses,
six cent six scies scieront six cent six saucissons

If 600 saws saw 600 sausages
606 saws will saw 606 sausages

une saucisse is one you heat and eat whole
un saucisson is one you slice eg un saucisson sec - salami
I think - Laure will correct me if that's not right

Find lots more here

FOOD SONGS

Type your text in comments. Since I cannot edit the Comments I have pasted the songs here adding accents etc where necessary! Great songs! Waiting impatiently for Marie and Mary's! We will have to have a sing off to see who wins le facteur X ! (think that means Postman X but never mind!)

j'aime le melon, j'aime le melon
je deteste les bonbons
je n'aime pas les escargots
j’adore le gâteau
(tune - My Clementine)
Graeme & Tracey

J'aime le melon, j'aime le citron
J'aime les bonbons au chocolat
Je n'aime pas le raisin blanc
Je préfère une bouteille de vin blanc

To the tune of Twinkle Twinkle
ANNE AND NICOLA C

J'aime les bonbons, j'aime les bonbons
Et le melon, et le melon
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger?
Miam, miam, miam. Miam, miam, miam

Tu aimes les croissants, tu aimes les croissants
Et le pâté, et le pâté
Nous aimons la pizza, nous aimons la pizza
Bon appétit, bon appétit!

To the tune of Frère Jacques
By Chelsea and Laura

J'aime le melon
J'aime le saumon
Sur la table, sur la table
Je n'aime pas le citron
Je n'aime pas les oignons
Je préfère les bonbons

Nicola M and Liz
The tune of 3 Blind Mice

J'aime le chocolat (x2)
Je n'aime pas le vin (x2)
Je déteste les escargots (x2)
J'aime le chocolat (x2)

J'aime l'ananas (x2)
je n'aime pas le coca (x2)
je détest le raisin blanc (x2)
J'aime l'ananas

le 27 novembre - presque Noël!

On a corrigé les devoirs et a utilisé un dictionnaire web. wordreference.com

On a écouté de Henri Dès. On peut l'acheter chez i tunes store pour .79p
Les paroles sont dans mes dossiers dans ke dossier

On a appris beaucoup de vocabulaire à propos de Noël. Voir le dossier

Et on a découvert le site canadien fantastique CSDRAVEURS pour le karaoké de Noël. Nous recommandons no 12 du calendrier de l'avent.

La semaine prochaine apportez une activitée manuelle de Noël.

Name game

We did a simple circle game withe the sponge ball. Teacher starts
— Je m'appelle Kay. Et toi? and throws to another.
Repeat until all have had a turn.

Next week we will add the question
— Comment t'appelles-tu?
— Je m'appelle Kay.