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Lesson 4: Reading French numbers

Practising counting to twelve, identifying number words and answering the question, Il y a combien... ? - How many ...? The children also play the phoneme train game.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Count and clap games

1. As a class, count together up to twelve, using your fingers as visual prompts.

Count again, plus vite - faster and then again encore plus vite ! - even faster!

Count again, plus bas - in a quiet voice, and then again encore plus bas - even more quietly.

2. The children listen as you clap. Clap once for each count, and silently mouth each number. When you stop, the children have to call out the next number.

3. The children work in pairs counting to twelve, clapping their hands together for an odd number, and clapping hands with their partner for even numbers.

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Belinda Dean French specialist

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 previously worked in travel publishing, she is a keen explorer and nature lover with a fondness for all things South America.

Belinda has created topics on introductions through puppetsplayground games, and has created a French science lesson on the circle of life.

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 11 May 2026

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