Y3/4 (A): Unit 6: Shopping for French food
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Recognise and explain how to build 2-digit numbers in words up to 60, using a number builder resource for support if needed.
- Listen carefully and make good attempts at accurate pronunciation of new vocabulary.
- Recognise how a sentence changes according to noun gender.
- Make predictions about language from a familiar story and join in with an oral performance.
- Use strategies to support recall of vocabulary.
- Make at least one change to a noun in a given sentence and present the sentence orally.
- Produce a short written story with some modelling and with some elements changed.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (A): Unit 5: Bon appétit
Get startedLessons
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 1: Building numbers to 60
- To recognise and say numbers up to 60.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: At the shops
- To form sentences to describe a trip to the shops in French.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Storytelling
- To make predictions about language and join in with a simple story.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 4: Story-making
- To be able to make changes to simple phrases and rehearse telling an original version of a story.
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 5: Story-writing
- To edit and write an original version of a story adapted from a model.
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Unit resources

French
Knowledge organiser – French Year 3/4: Shopping for French food (Cycle A)
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'Y3/4 (A): Unit 6: Shopping for French…

French
Vocabulary display: Shopping for French food
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Shopping for French food unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Number.
English: Spoken language.