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Learning objective

  • To read and understand short sentences.

Success criteria

  • I can read short sentences and match them
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National curriculum

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Pupils should be taught to:

  • Write
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None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Explain the game numéro secret which helps remind the children about numbers 10-12. Think of a number between 1-12 and ask the children to guess what the number is. Say: J’ai un numéro secret entre un et douze. C’est quel numéro ?  –  I’ve got [I’m thinking of] a secret number between one and twelve. What’s…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use picture cards from the last lesson or the labelled pictures from the Activity: Jumbled words as support.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could write a longer content list, appropriately punctuated and with connective et – and; could think about including plurals, adjectives of size, and/or colour.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: matching labels to pictures using a

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Vocabulary

  • un crayon

    a pencil

  • un taille-crayon

    a pencil sharpener

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In this unit

Assessment - French Y3: In a French classroom

Lesson 1: Follow the French teacher

Lesson 2: Pencils and things in the French classroom

Lesson 3: To have or have not in the French classroom

Lesson 4: School bag French detectives

Lesson 5: In my French bag

Originally created by:

Belinda Dean

French specialist

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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having…
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Last update: 14th July, 2025

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