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Latest primary French resources on frenchteacher

Here is the latest list of resources which might appeal to primary French teachers, especially those teaching Y6. A particular feaure is the list of 21 parallel reading tasks.

MISCELLANEOUS 
 “A good student” poster
Teacher phrases for the classroom
Stick-in vocabulary lists
Strip bingo vocabulary game
Fridge sheet – stick on fridge for revision
Place mat with classroom expressions
Prepositions – Où est le chat? (display/worksheet)
Conversation questions board game
Parts of the body strip bingo game
Clothing strip bingo game
Pair work interview slips
Word re-ordering for revision
What is the question?
General revision questions

NUMBERS, DAYS, MONTHS 
Numbers wordsearch – which number is missing?
Variations on number bingo
Numbers 1-60 – arithmetic sheet
Numbers 1-50 dominoes
Numbers 1-100 dominoes
Numbers 1-100 crossword
Days and months wordsearch
Months of the year + dates

FAMILY AND PETS 
Easy text and exercises on the Simpsons – good for whiteboard
Family crossword + mon/ma/mes
Family wordsearch + mon/ma/mes – add hyphens svp
Family dominoes + possessives
Listening: La famille Berrow (BBC)
Pets crossword + articles
Animals crossword – French to English
Pets reading and drawing task
Animals song

PARALLEL READING 
Meerkats
Vampires
Becoming a vet
Simple family poem
Simple family description
Brazil
Dolphins
My dog
My house
Cinderella
Planets
Weather forecast
The boy who cried wolf
Asking directions
Spiders
Sharks
Daily routine
My friend (male)
My friend (female)
My mum
The blue whale

VERBS and GRAMMAR 
Practising être
Practising avoir
Practising -er verbs
Practising -er verbs
Practising -er verbs drill
-er verbs – battleships game
-er verbs crossword
 -er verbs sentence translation
-er verbs grid to complete
Simple daily routine
Using the verb s’appeler 
je vais + au/à la/à l’)
Using subject pronouns il/elle/ils/elles
Ils or Elles? (1)
Ils or Elles? (2)

WEATHER
Weather
Weather (2)
Weather dominoes
Weather crossword
Weather forecast – parallel reading

TIME 
Time (1) – hours and half past
Time (2) – quarter past and to
Time (3) – minutes past and to
Time (4) – mixed Telling the time worksheet
Where and when.
Using aller plus time.
Time matching task

TOWN 
 Battleships game for places in town (can be adapted for other grammar or vocab areas)
In town – directions
In town – code breaking
In town – crossword
In town – crossword with definitions
In town – wordsearch
In town – dominoes
In town – vocab matching
Pour aller…..
Transport Shops (oral/written drill)

HOME 
La maison de la famille Leblanc
House for sale advert
Trotro joue à cache-cache – video listening
In the house
In the house crossword
In the house (2)
Rooms in the house
Ma chambre
Dans ma chambre – wordsearch
Ma chambre – video listening sing-along

CLASSROOM 
Classroom vocabulary – code breaking
Classroom vocabulary – video listening
Classroom vocabulary list
Classroom vocabulary dominoes
School subjects
Classroom vocab – crossword Eng-Fr
Classroom vocab – crossword Fr-Eng
Classroom vocab with indefinite articles- crossword
Classroom wordsearch
Classroom vocabulary anagrams
Classroom items strip bingo game

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