French mots croisés and mots cachés

There are always those times when you need to have something to "fill in" a time slot within your French class lessons.  A great way to do this is with mots croisés or mots cachés.  They work well with a variety of classes, grade levels or ability levels. 

When can I use these? ... you may be asking yourself.  --- Here are a few ideas for you:

• 1. early finishers
• 2. for a substitute teacher if you are away from class
• 3. as class start ups while your class settles and you take attendance
• 4. when your lesson finishes early -- and YES that does happen from time to time
• 5. when the technology that you wanted to use is not working
• 6. as a supplement to your themed lessons about a particular French unit
• 7. on test day for students who finish writing their test before the allotted time frame

I have put together a product line of resources with mots cachés and mots croisés with vocabulary included to help with these scenarios. You may not have the time to make these kinds of activities on your own as you focus on the initial French lessons for your students. 

Here are a few to look at:

Other themed areas include the following:

la Suisse

le Sénégal

Madagascar 

Paris, France 

la Belgique 

Come and check out many more: Click here  

Bonne journée !  

Lorraine

DAY 2 of the French Resources Spring Sale !

 

Yes!  Day 2 (April 17, 2024) of the TPT French Fling Spring Sale is underway!  

Find some amazing resources for you to use in your French languages classroom - Immersion and FSL/Core French resources can be found!

TODAY is $2 and $4 DEAL DAY AT SEVERAL TPT FRENCH TEACHERS' STORES! It's a collaborative event!

WHEN THE SALE IS ON THE LINK WILL PROVIDE ACCESS! 

 CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS TO THE FRENCH FLING SPRING SALE RESOURCES !

 

Don't miss out!  

Lorraine

 

DAY 1 of the French Resources Spring Sale

 

Bonjour tout le monde! Salut!

Yes, you read it correctly !  SEVERAL French teachers are having a French Fling Spring Sale in our TPT stores!  It will run for 2 DAYS April 16, 2024 and April 17 and will highlight an amazing variety of French resources for you to use in your classrooms.  From French immersion to FSL/Core French resources, there is sure to be something you are excited to get for your classroom and lessons. And many resources will cover a variety of grade levels!

On the first day, we will be highlighting $2 and $4 resources!  To check these out, just click on the link below to grab yours today! How amazing is that?! 

 

This link will work when the sale is on !

https://bit.ly/FrenchFlingSpring  

Lorraine

A French Resources Hashtag Sale!

 

Click for access here !

The link above will work when the sale is on!

       Lorraine

Save the date, French teachers!

I want to give you a heads up for a French Fling Spring Sale --- teachers hashtag sale!  April 16 and 17!

Get ready for some exciting deals! 

Bonne journée !

Lorraine

 

 

French Speaking Activities

If you are like most Core French language teachers you are always looking for ways to include speaking activities in your lessons. Without practising speaking French your students will certainly be at a disadvantage should they have the opportunity to travel to a French speaking place in the future.  Additionally, if a French speaking tourist comes to your home town, it is wonderful when your students come into the class to tell you that they were able to help someone out while out in their community. 

Here are a few ways to include French speaking in your classrooms.   

1.  Have French speaking only "French Fridays".  My students always loved this!  (When it is a successful day, I like to offer students a "board game" day in the near future"

2.  Have story time games where one student begins a story by saying a French sentence and another student continues along.  Each student tells another portion of the story.  They can get SO creative with their stories.  Imagination is amazing!

3. Show a picture on the class screen and have students work in small groups to take turns describing the picture. It's best to try to choose a picture that could be a springboard to a "story" or "scenario" - being at the post office, heading out on a trip, running into a friend, etc. 

You will find that I have also included some speaking activities within my resources.  Take a look here!

For more ideas of French speaking resources check out these.

À la prochaine! 

Lorraine 
 

 

French Paris 2024 Activities

Can you believe that the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are almost here?  Today is the first day of spring which makes it the perfect time to update a French sports unit and to include activities that pertain to the Summer Games.

Here are a few resources that I've put together that will certainly help you with a Paris unit. 

Perhaps you'll find something to help you out. They will definitely save you time! 

What better way to celebrate Paris, France than with your French students?

À la prochaine!  Lorraine

 

French Activities for Senegal

If you have the "travel bug" and have ventured to countries around the world, you may have visited Africa!  Senegal, a French speaking country in Africa is a great one to highlight in your French lessons.  It gives your students the opportunity to explore a country other than their own and learn about the vast differences in culture. How does the food of Senegal differ from what they might have at home? Is the school life different? What about transportation, government, music, just to name a few areas of interest for your students. 

I have a French bundle of activities that will help you teach a unit about "le Senegal" and allow you to use a variety of resources in your lessons. 

Your students will be able to do some or all of these activities:

    1. a webquest in either English or French

    2. a French sentence completions activity

    3. a mots cachés/word search

    4. a digital/on-line drag & drop activity with culture photos

    5. a printable Senegal matching game for small group activities

    6. Internet Research blogging activity - great for seniors!

le Sénégal bundle

 

I also have a FREEBIE available to you too! Get it here!

 

I hope you will find something here to help you with your French lessons!

 

À la prochaine! Lorraine 

 

 

 

A French resources celebration!

It's SALE TIME at TPT.  So, mark your calendars with Feb. 6 and 7 EST. 

All of my French resources will be 20% off and at checkout you can get another 5% off by putting in the code: FEBSALE24.  I want to help you put extra time into your "personal time" away from the classroom with my resources. Come check them out!

mrslryan'sFrenchresources

I hope you will find what you are looking for!

Bonne journée! Lorraine 

Jour de la marmotte French activities

I'm not sure about you, but I know that every year we are talking about whether "Phil" the Groundhog is going to see his shadow or not. Is there a festivity in your town focusing on this? Do you know the name of your town's groundhog. They aren't all named "Phil" but the most popular one seems to be. 

It's certainly not a French holiday or special event but it certainly is something that is on many people's minds. This year, on Feb. 2. I will be anxious to see if our groundhog sees his shadow or not. Will there be 6 more weeks of winter?  (I personally hope not)

Will you be doing activities with your students about "Jour de la marmotte"? Here are some fun activities that will surely keep your students focussed. They are great for individual activities, or in pairs.  Set them up as station work activities as a change of pace in your room. Or leave them for a substitute teacher as they are all easy to implement! Here's what my Jour de la marmotte resource includes:

If you start with the reading activity all of the other activities will easily fall into place.  I've included answer keys too so that if you choose to collect the work as part of your curriculum OR if you are going over the answers together, you will have the answer key ready to go. 

Click here to get this resource. 

"Phil! Do you see your shadow?"     

Bonne journée! Lorraine