Learning objective
- To count beyond six in French
National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Explore the patterns and sounds of language.
- Appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language.
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: rehearse sections of the song in a small group focussing on the number words only, supporting with fingers for counting; begin with 1-6 from the previous week and adding on 7-9 and 10-12 as they begin to repeat with more confidence.
Pupils working at greater depth: challenge them to devise and play their own lotto, noughts and crosses or ‘guess my number’ style game to rehearse numbers 1-12 (see ‘During the week’).
Wrapping up
During the week
- Get the children to write and the number words for one to 12 on card, decorate them and display on large red circles or balloons, to hang like cherries.
- Make an earworm of the song Un, deux, trois, nous irons au bois, and hum the tune while the children are lining up, or during transition times.
- Write the figures 1-12 on the board in a 3 x 3 grid to make a noughts and crosses board. Teams win the square by naming the French number word.
- Get the children to answer the register by counting in sequence so the first person says un, the second deux and so on.
Assessing pupils' progress and understanding
Vocabulary
In this topic
- Assessment French Y3/4 (Cycle A): Playground games - Numbers and age
- Y3/4 Lesson 1 (Cycle A): Let's count in French
- Y3/4 Lesson 2 (Cycle A): Let’s count higher in French
- Y3/4 Lesson 3 (Cycle A): How old are you in French?
- Y3/4 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Reading French numbers
- Y3/4 Lesson 5 (Cycle A): Outdoor games in France