Description
Want a fun and festive way to improve French reading comprehension with your core French and French immersion students? These 10 French reading passages are the perfect way to help your beginning students read more. Each holiday-themed French reading activity includes 3 versions of the student question sheets.
Your students will love reading these French texts as a way to enrich their French vocabulary about holidays. These differentiated activities will make your job so much easier, because you’ll use the same text with all students but you can provide them with just the right level of questions so all students are challenged!
Teach core French and French immersion? You can use these texts with both groups, so your planning is that much easier!
These French reading comprehension activities are appropriate for beginning Core French students and immersion classes beginning to work on comprehension. These passages are intended for first or second year students.
Grade level will vary based on when students began studying French. See the preview to determine if the grade level is appropriate for your students.
Use these differentiated French reading comprehension activities with your different proficiency levels.
Each reading passage includes:
- Short answer English questions and students can answer in English : These questions will be the easiest for Core French beginners.
- Short answer French questions : This has the same style of questions as the English, however, the questions are in French and students are directed to answer in French. These are best for your more-advanced learners or French immersion classes.
- Multiple choice questions in French : Occasionally, students will locate specific information in the text. These are great for any level, as the questions are a bit different than the short answer versions.
You can choose all one version for a class, but I like to use different versions based on student levels so that differentiation is super-easy! You can always print 2 versions back-to-back and let students choose their own activity.
What do teachers say about these activities?
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “As usual this resource is GREAT! I have used the other reading comprehension packets and love that this one is holidays. It’s a nice way to incorporate the holidays into class. I just used the Halloween reading and can’t wait to use the other ones throughout the school year.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Students love these reading activities. It’s the perfect amount of content without being overwhelming for Core French students.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I love that this resource has differentiation already and I don’t have to recreate them. I use these for my Immersion and Core students as the students levels vary so much through both strands.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I used it with a student having difficulties in reading. This resource helped in increasing reading confidence.”
This resource includes French reading passages for the following holidays:
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
- New Year’s
- Valentine’s Day
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Easter
- Earth Day
- Mother’s Day
- National holiday (not country specific)
Includes teacher key.
⚠️These French reading comprehension activities are not editable and will not be provided in an editable format. Thank you for understanding.
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Brigitte S. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI LOVE this resource! IT is great and has a variety of texts in different subjects. Really useful with my classes.
Kimberly D. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTMy students love oral communication day and enjoy the questions.
Lillian G. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI always appreciate Mme R’s packets. She seems to make exactly what I’d make…if I had the time and energy to make them. These reading packets are handy. I love that the passages are short enough that my students don’t ‘nope’ their way away from working through it; but they still have challenging new vocab and verb forms.
Jessica V. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTAs usual this resource is GREAT! I have used the other reading comprehension packets and love that this one is holidays. It’s a nice way to incorporate the holidays into class. I just used the Halloween reading and can’t wait to use the other ones throughout the school year.
Kayla M. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTAshley (Mme R) continuously makes fabulous French resources!! Check out her listening comprehension ones too, if you haven’t already! I find these resources hard to come by unless you’re lucky enough to have resources purchased for you at your school or unless you take the time to develop them yourself. Again, Ashley saves me a bunch of time and the resources include high frequency vocabulary and everyday topics! I like how they become more advanced passages for students who need enrichment or for my older grades. She makes different versions to reach different learners in the class and also provides an answer key. These also make great resources to leave with a substitute teacher. I also just saw that they can be used via Google Classroom, which makes Ashley an angel sent from above! LOL. Un gros MERCI, Ashley!!
Fun In Core French (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTMerci!
Angela V. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI had to do a little work to get it online, but it is a great resource. I love the differentiation.
Holly D. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI love that this resource has differentiation already and I don’t have to recreate them. I use these for my Immersion and Core students as the students levels vary so much through both strands.
Tamara T. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI used it with a student having difficulties in reading.This resource helped in increasing reading confidence.
Lydia M. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTMy students really enjoy that these are at their level and I love that there are different versions of questions so I can choose how to use them.
Robin S. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTAs with the other reading comprehension packages, I found this one to be easy to use and the readings to be a good length for students. Thank you!
Erin E. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTMerci!
Karen J. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTLove it!
Kavita J. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTAngela L. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPT