Y3/4 Lesson 4 (Cycle A): Reading French numbers

After counting to twelve and ordering numbers, children answer the question 'Il y a combien...?' and practise counting and identifying number words, before playing the phoneme train game.

Learning objective

  • To recognise the numbers one to twelve, written in French
  • To identify French words that use the key phonemes

National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Develop accurate pronunciation.
  • Link the spelling, sound and meaning of words.

See link: National curriculum - Languages - Key stage 2.

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: use the Knowledge Organiser with the numbers and words in French to support throughout the task.

Pupils working at greater depth: Using the picture cards, they can turn over one of the pictures and on mini whiteboards try to write the number that goes with it. They could race with a partner and use the number word cards to check their spellings.

Wrapping up

During the week

  • Think of items in the classroom that you can ask the children to count, using the question, Il y a combien ?
  • Encourage the children to come up with different clapping/throwing/counting games in PE.
  • Display your train phonemes on the wall and ask the children to suggest words to add below that belong with the sound. There is a good discussion to be had here about the difference in sounds between English and French.

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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