Week+3+Spelling

Objective:[[image:autumn_tree.jpg width="118" height="144" align="right"]]

 * To recognise key French phonemes and graphemes
 * To begin to develop a simple awareness of silent letters in French (objective from the Hampshire Year 6 agreement).

Resources:
IWB or screen with sound enabled if you wish to use the ppt. Pre cut-up (and laminated if possible) cards for the phonics activities (see resources). Several English/French bilingual dictionaries. //**Teachers note:** This is a comprehensive PowerPoint with sound embedded. You may well not wish to use all of it and just select a few slides. Alternatively you may wish to show it a bit at a time rather than all in one go.// || * PowerPoint of key sounds and spellings in French || //**Teachers note:** These activities may well take more than one lesson and can be used whenever there is a spare 5 minutes in the day across the year. If children are unfamiliar with bilingual dictionaries they will need time to explore them. All such dictionary work will reinforce the same skills used in English.// || * none needed. ||
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || * **Work through 'Key French sounds and spellings'** PowerPoint
 * ~ Main Activity || * **Play ‘phonics pictures':** Either display the phonics pictures on the IWB or print out the handout and distibute to groups. Challenge the children in their groups to find the sound that links all the pictures. For example //‘oi’// is the common phoneme in //poisson, trois// and //croissant//.
 *  **Children work in pairs/small groups to decide which is the common phoneme**. Ask the children what they will use to help them if they don't know what the pictures/words are? (And hopefully elicit the suggestion to use bilingual dictionaries). You might want to give each group about 4 cards each to work on then swap cards with another group.
 * **The ‘support sheet for phonology' sheet** can be printed for children to share one between two and used to support the activity. || * [[file:_phonics_pictures_-_find_the_link.doc]] Phonics Pictures handout (with grateful thanks to the talented and generous 'rosaespanola' who uploaded the originals to the TES Resources which you can download with many more from this link)
 * [[file:Support Sheet for Phonology with wa 2005.doc]] Support sheet for students by Dr Lynn Erler (more available with others created by Julie Prince on Phonologique ) ||
 * ~ Plenary || * **Use jigsaw technique to feedback** to the class and decide which phoneme is common in each of the 16 sets of pictures.