I love teaching French adjectives in beginning French classes, because students have so much fun describing themselves, their families and their friends. That said, teaching French adjectives can be challenging! Adjective agreement isn’t a thing in English, and beginning students are just getting used the idea of using le and la with nouns. Now, we […]
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3 Fun Resources to Teach French Culture
As a French teacher, I love teaching French culture. As much as I love teaching French verbs, sometimes it’s just so nice to take a break from grammar. Not all students think French verb conjugation is fun, and not everyone loves learning adjective agreement. One thing all students love? Learning about French culture! With beginning […]
Effective French Reading Practice For All Levels
Whether you’re teaching FSL or French immersion, it can be challenging to find French reading practice you can use with all of your students. We all know that in each classroom, we have a variety of ability levels, making it a challenge to use the same text. Sure, we can read a bunch of different […]
Easy Ways to Support Learning Styles in the French Classroom
We have so many different students in our classrooms, so it’s probably not surprising that we have different learning styles in every class we teach. When you are looking to differentiate your lessons, it’s important to provide a variety of activities to support all learning styles so that everyone can maximize their learning. What are […]
French Writing Prompts Your Students Will Love
Ever start using French writing prompts with your beginners only to realize that they just don’t want to write? There are several reasons why beginning French students won’t write, but that doesn’t mean you can get them writing with well-designed French writing prompts. If you want to help your beginning students write more often and […]
Easy to Use French 2 resources for the entire year!
Do you teach French and wish you had ready-to-go French 2 resources? I’ve been there! French 2 is one of my favorite classes to teach. Why? They are still beginners, so everything is still fun and exciting, but they can actually start to do things with the language. I didn’t always love it, though. When […]
French reading comprehension activities to make differentiation so easy!
As French teachers, we often face the challenge of differentiating instruction for our students of different ability levels. We know it’s important, because our goal is to help every student reach his or her full potential. That doesn’t mean it’s always easy to do! One way to easily differentiate is by using French reading comprehension […]
4 Fun and Easy French Thanksgiving Resources
Thanksgiving is a time when many of us give thanks for all we have. For French students, it is also a great opportunity to learn common Thanksgiving foods. If you are a core or immersion teacher, I have compiled some French Thanksgiving resources that will help you teach your students about this holiday. Here are […]
5 Fun French School Supplies Activities
Teaching beginners French school supplies vocabulary? This unit is usually taught way in the beginning of a French student’s journey into foreign language. In most Core French or FSL classes in the U.S., students haven’t had much, if any French. That means it can be hard to get them engaged, because everything feels so new. […]
French activities students love
Want French activities that students will love? Are you a brand-new teacher who needs activities that work? Do you teach a lot of preps and just don’t have time to create everything you need? Perhaps you are an experienced French teacher who just wants a new way to teach something. Whatever situation you’re in, I’ve […]