Week+6+Animals

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 * To revise and reinforce knowledge of numbers and colours in the written form
 * To revise and reinforce some simple classroom instructions.
 * To introduce some more animals in French.

Resources:
IWB with sound enabled to show website links. Printed out posters of classroom phrases (optional),
 * ~  ||~ Description ||~ Resources ||
 * ~ Starter || * Teach some classroom phrases // écoutez // (listen to), //regardez// (look at) and // taisez-vous // (be quiet), by using actions and gestures. Encourage class to copy you and tell you what they each mean. (Links to O3.4)

//Teachers note: Try to gradually include the use of these classroom phrases in future lessons whenever you want the children to listen / look at something or to be quiet. You might want to start a class display of these instructions in a French corner. // || * click here to link to online game from Bonjour les amis to practise more complex classroom instructions //Teachers note: The original planning uses a different song form a commercial EasiTeach resource. This high-quality replacement song is a free resource from the Northumberland Grid for Learning. // || * link to BBC Flash quel age as tu?
 * Click here for link to WSGfL website with free posters of classroom instructions to download
 * Link to TES powerpoint of classroom instructions
 * Link to BBC website pages for teachers praise & instructions in French ||
 * ~ Main Activity || * Recap names of colours (//rouge, bleu, vert, marron, violet, blanc, noir, jaune //). Can the children remember actions to help them remember the colours ?
 * Recap numbers to 10 (//un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix //) and names of animals used in weeks 4 and 5 in Farmer’s in his den (//souris, chat // and possibly //chien// if extended version used).
 * Teach children “1,2,3 nous allons au bois” song, with words on the screen using the IWB resources from Northumberland Grid for Learning adjacent.
 * Play a faster version of the song from the link adjacent. Give each child a number in French and ask the children to listen and stand up when they hear their number. Let them join in as and when they feel confident. Finally all count down together using fingers. (Links to O3.4).
 *  Work through the 'Numbers in the woods' powerpoint on screen.
 * Link to NGfL 123 nous allons au bois
 * Link to faster YouTube version of song
 * Numbers in the woods powerpoint [[file:Numbers in the woods.ppt]] ||
 * ~ Plenary || * After the drawing activity at the end of the powerpoint look back at the vocabulary used. Ask children to identify letters that are not pronounced and discuss.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.32px;">Alternatively s how children a range of objects using colour, animals and numbers. Play **Kim’s game** taking away one object, then two, then three and children have to guess what has been taken away. || * PowerPoint as above ||