Y3/4 (A): Unit 1: French greetings with puppets
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Look carefully at a speaker and respond confidently with the appropriate gesture and phrase.
- Begin to recognise how some sounds (‘on’, ‘ou’, ‘et’ and ‘oi’) are represented in written form.
- Link actions or pictures to the new vocabulary, both in spoken and written form.
- Imitate the pronunciation of sounds, taking turns to speak and using appropriate intonation.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Mixed-age French scheme.Lessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: French greetings
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: French greetings – day and night
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: How are you feeling? – in French
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: French finger rhymes
Key skills
Key knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – French Y3/4 (A): Greetings with puppets
Aimed at pupils, two pages which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Greetings with puppets'.
Vocabulary display: French greetings with puppets
A display version of the key vocabulary from the French greetings with puppets unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Design & technology
‘Pupils should be taught to:
- select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately
- select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities’
See National curriculum - Design & technology key stages 1 to 2.