Do you teach students who have had more than a few years of French and are moving on to work on more complicated structures? While these classes can be really fun to teach, they can be hard to prepare for. You need to provide just the right challenge without frustrating students, but the grammatical concepts […]
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Beginning French
Do you teach French 1 or beginning French? It can be so fun to be the one to introduce them to the Francophone world, but it is not easy to teach from square one! You need to engage them with fun activities, provide differentiation, introduce culture, give them ample opportunities to speak and listen to […]
French spring teaching resources
Spring is here! Spring fever hits students so hard every year, so it’s a great idea to have some French spring-themed teaching resources ready to go for when the time is right. Whether you want to do a whole French spring unit or just like to have no-prep activities on hand for early finishers or […]
Making the most out of leftover class time
Having leftover classtime can be such a challenge! What do you do? Grab some easy ideas to use in any class here, plus find activities that work perfectly in the French classroom! One thing I’ve learned as a teacher is that things just don’t always go as you planned. Maybe there was a fire drill […]
Learning French Verbs Should Be Fun!
Yes, you can make it fun to learn French verbs! Often, when I tell people I’m a French teacher, they tell me that they took French in high school and they had a hard time with all those FRENCH VERBS! Yes, there are a lot of verbs to learn, and then a lot of tenses […]
Have the best first day of French class!
What do I do on the first day of French class? I’ve had some less-than-stellar first days, like the time I had morning bus duty and was late to class (my first teaching day ever), or the time I knocked my coffee off my table and, in trying to save it, broke my cute Eiffel […]
5 ways to immerse your students in French
As a mom, I speak French at home. During the day, my son goes to an immersion school, and he spends all day speaking French. He doesn’t understand how to conjugate verbs yet, but he does know how to use them correctly in many tenses. He’s not even 100% sure what a verb is yet, […]
Hands-on practice for French si clauses!
French si clauses are so tricky! If you want your students to really master them, you’ll need to find some fun and effective ways for students to practice. Here is my students’ favorite way to practice French si clauses with le conditionnel and le futur simple. I’ve found that even though using a well-structured worksheet […]
New Year’s Resolutions for teachers
It’s almost time to think about New Year’s resolutions. Now, I’m not here to talk about losing weight or cutting your spending. Those are things you can decide for yourself. I’m here today to bring you some totally doable New Year’s Resolutions for teachers! Wouldn’t it be great to have your weekends? To not work […]
7 ways to incorporate movement into your classroom
Remember when you were in school and you sat for most of the day, listening to teachers talk? I used to go to the restroom during class just to have a reason to move around. Obviously, as teachers, we want our students focused, we want them listening and participating, and we don’t want them leaving […]
