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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Tayler V. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTHelpful Resource
Great readings and questions to practice reading comprehension skills!
Ksenia K. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTGreat resource
This resource worked well in my Grade 7 and 8 Core French classroom. The reading comprehension texts were engaging, age appropriate, and interesting enough to keep students focused. I appreciated that the topics felt accessible for learners while still giving them a chance to build vocabulary, reading stamina, and confidence in French.
The comprehension questions were also well done. They checked student understanding clearly and gave students a good chance to go back into the text and find evidence for their answers. I found the balance strong, because the questions were supportive without being too simple. This made the resource useful for both whole class work and more independent practice.
I also liked that the texts gave students meaningful reading practice without overwhelming them. For Core French, it can be hard to find materials that feel manageable and still suit older students, and this resource did that well. It fit nicely with my Grade 7 and 8 learners and led to good class discussion. I would recommend it to other Core French teachers looking for engaging reading comprehension activities with solid follow-up questions. Thank you!
Brianne M. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTIt’s can be challenging to find appropriate French texts. I love these resources because of the differentiated questions, which takes a lot of work off my plate to ensure I can use the same text for all students (and without them feeling self-conscious) and just provide different question formats.
Allison K. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTOnce again, Mms R’s bundles save me time, energy, and protect my mental health from teacher burnout and overload!! Merci mille fois!
Aaron L. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTGreat resource to check in with students and assess their reading comprehension!
Monsieur’s French Fun (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI love these as quick daily readings and/or homework. They’re a great way to ease students into the class or to reinforce skills outside of the classroom. I appreciate the multiple formats offered.
Lianne Chumley (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTThis is a great resource to supplement reading – having a go to around the different holidays is so helpful
Melissa L. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTJ’aime beaucoup ces fiches de compréhension de lecture. Le fait qu’elles soient différenciées, rend cette ressource encore plus utile.
Monica B. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTThis resource can be used with a range of student interests! Mme R’s resources have been my go-to for many years now. Quality work at affordable prices. Merci!
Music with Mrs Sandoval (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTThese reading passages are great! They are right at the students level and I love the built in comprehension questions!
dorothy koutlemanis (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTStudents love these reading activities. It’s the perfect amount of content without being overwhelming for Core French students.
Jantra E. (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI purchased all your reading comprehension resources and I have been using them this summer with my son who just finished his first year with french as a foreign language. They have been a good challenge for him. I like how you offer the different versions of the questions
Made By Mademoiselle (verified owner) –
Originally reviewed on TPTI am always looking for low prep products that I can use to enhance my teaching. This was such a time saver!