Week+10+Pets+Spelling

Objective:[[image:spring.jpg width="102" height="107" align="right"]]
To copy French spellings exactly and to start to associate the animal words with the images.

Resources:
Flashcards of animals, screen or IWB with sound enabled for ppt, mini-whiteboards (or paper) for students to draw/practise writing in French. //Teachers note: These letters are the prelude to teaching the rest of the alphabet in later lessons, but rather than doing it all at the same time this allows the children longer to get used to some letters first and to start to reflect on how French spelling is extremely regular and tells us exactly how to pronounce the words. There are teachers crib sheets provided if you wish. It is very important that teachers NEVER display letters of the alphabet with English approximations of pronounciation (eg T=tay) as this confuses English and French phonetic systems rather than highlights and reinforces them which is our aim. The teachers crib sheet uses such a system because it is for teachers as a quick reference and should NOT be shared with children. If they wish to write their own personal ones using their own personal spelling systems then that is fine. // || * PowerPoint to introduce letters
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || * **Play Pictionary** to revise the animals (see flashcards to jog your memory). Children sit in groups around their tables and each group sends a representative to the teacher who tells them all the name of an animal in French. Children race back to draw the animal for their group to guess. Remind children they will need to whisper so their rivals at other tables do not overhear. (Some children will need more support and might need to see the word and the picture, others the teacher could write just the word.) || * media type="file" key="o103 - pets.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * soundfile from Babelzone
 * [[file:animal pets flashcards.pdf]] ||
 * ~ Main Activity || * **Use the adjacent PowerPoint** to teach the letters //c, h, i, e, n, a, t, l, p// (letters needed to spell //lapin, chien// and //chat// )
 * Challenge the class: We can make three animals in French out of these letters, which animals are they?
 * **Discuss what sounds do you hear?** What letters make the ‘sh’ sound? How are they similar and different to our alphabet ? Reuse the PowerPoint of animals with so und from previous week (see adjacent) to listen to the pronunciation.
 * **Look at the final letters** of all three words – which letters can you hear/not hear ?
 * [[file:les animaux with sound2.ppt]]
 * [[file:French alphabet pronounciation crib sheet for teachers only.doc]] ||
 * ~ Plenary || * **Using mini-whiteboards, or in their books**, ask chilldren to draw and label in French a minimum of 3 animals, paying close attention to the copying of spellings. (Link to L3.3). || * Miniwhiteboards or books or even use IT and encourage children to practise inserting text/images into tjheir own PowerPoint. ||