1. French First Level Les jours de la semaine Les mois de l’année
Les anniversaires

2. First Level Significant Aspects of Learning
Use language in a range of contexts and across learning
Continue to develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the language being learnt
Develop an awareness and understanding of patterns and sounds of language
Begin to develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages
Appreciate and understand the value of language learning
Recognise familiar written words when listening
Explore how gesture, expression and emphasis are used to help understanding.
Listen, recognise and respond to familiar voices in short, predictable conversations
Understand and respond to familiar spoken vocabulary
Actively take part in daily routines
Listen and join in with stories, song or poem
Enjoy engaging with simple and familiar texts on my own and with others using resources to support learning
Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays
Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves giving simple opinions and asking simple questions

3. Vocabulary Days of the week
This will have been done in the Early level but has been included as revision.
C’est quel jour? What day is it?
C’est It’s
lundi Monday
mardi Tuesday
mercredi Wednesday
jeudi Thursday
vendredi Friday
samedi Saturday
dimanche Sunday
NB: Days of the week do not have capital letters in French

4. C’est quel jour?
What day is it?

5. C’est lundi
lundi

6. C’est mardi
mardi

7. C’est mercredi
mercredi

8. C’est jeudi
jeudi

9. C’est vendredi
vendredi

10. C’est samedi
samedi

11. C’est dimanche
dimanche

12. Vocabulary Months of the year C’est quel mois? What month is it?
C’est It’s
janvier January
février February
mars March
avril April
mai May
juin June
juillet July
août August
septembre September
octobre October
novembre November
décembre December
NB: Months of the year do not have capital letters in French

13. C’est quel mois?
What colour is it?

14. C’est janvier

15. C’est février

16. C’est mars

17. C’est avril

18. C’est mai

19. C’est juin

20. C’est juillet
Le 14 juillet is Bastille Day in France hence the fireworks. You can watch a clip of Bastille day and the fireworks at the Eiffel Tower here:

21. C’est août
Août sounds like the Scottish oot as in - it’s nice to get oot and aboot in août 

22. C’est septembre

23. C’est octobre
A noter! You pronounce the T on C’est when the next word starts with a vowel!

24. C’est novembre

25. C’est décembre

26. Vocabulary Dates and birthdays Quelle est la date? What is the date?
C’est lundi deux mai It’s Monday 2nd May
Le premier The first
C’est mon anniversaire It’s my birthday
C’est ton anniversaire It’s your birthday
Joyeux anniversaire! Happy birthday!

27. Quelle est la date?
What colour is it?

28. C’est lundi deux mai
Monday
2nd May
What colour is it?

29. C’est jeudi onze août
Thursday
11th August
What colour is it?

30. C’est dimanche vingt janvier
Sunday
20th January
What colour is it?

31. C’est vendredi neuf juillet
Friday
9th July
What colour is it?

32. C’est mercredi trois juin
Wednesday
3rd June
What colour is it?

33. C’est lundi premier mars
Monday
1st March
What colour is it?

34. Le détective
premier = 1st
What colour is it?

35. C’est ton anniversaire
It’s your
birthday!

36. C’est mon anniversaire
It’s my
birthday!

37. Joyeux anniversaire!

38. Joyeux anniversaire. Joyeux anniversaire. Joyeux anniversaire
Joyeux anniversaire! Joyeux anniversaire! Joyeux anniversaire! Joyeux anniversaire!

39. Links to 2 happy birthday songs

40. Embedding the language
As you learn the days of the week and then the months, start to use them at the start of everyday for the date in French. There are days and months cards in the extra resources section of the website which you can print off to support this. Work up to the full date in French!

41. Sample activities
You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class. .

42. Qu’est ce qui manque?
What’s missing? Each slide one day of the week will be missing, get them to shout out which one it is!
Pronounced: kes key monk

43. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

44. 1
vendredi
lundi 5 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

45. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

46. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

47. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

48. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

49. 1
vendredi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi 7

50. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

51. 1
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

52. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

53. 1
vendredi
lundi 5 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4 7

54. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

55. 1 5
mardi 2 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

56. 1
vendredi
lundi 5
mardi 2
samedi
mercredi 3 6 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

57. 1 5 2 3 6 4 7

58. dimanche vendredi samedi jeudi lundi mardi mercredi 1 5 2 3 6 4 7
Beat the Teacher 4
jeudi
dimanche 7

59. C’est quel jour? C’est mardi
Mystic cards: Pupils have to guess which day of the week is behind the question mark
MARDI

60. C’est quel jour?
samedi
C’est
SAMEDI

61. C’est quel jour?
mercredi
C’est
MERCREDI

62. C’est quel jour?
C’est
vendredi
VENDREDI

63. C’est quel jour?
C’est
lundi
LUNDI

64. C’est quel jour?
C’est
dimanche
DIMANCHE

65. C’est quel jour?
C’est
jeudi
JEUDI

66. C’est quel jour?
C’est
mardi
MARDI

67. C’est quel jour?
C’est
jeudi
JEUDI

68. C’est quel jour?
C’est
dimanche
DIMANCHE

69. C’est quel jour?
Tuesday
Sunday
dimanche
Monday
Wednesday

70. C’est quel jour?
Friday
Thursday
vendredi
Tuesday
Sunday

71. C’est quel jour?
Saturday
Monday
samedi
Tuesday
Thursday

72. C’est quel jour?
Tuesday
Sunday
mercredi
Monday
Wednesday

73. Monde des petits
Links to an animated video and a song for days of the week.

74. Les jours de la semaine
Links to an animated video and a song for days of the week.
Il y a 7 jour dans la semaine, il y a sept jour (there are 7 days in the week, there are 7 days in the week)

75. Qu’est ce qui manque?
What’s missing? Each slide one day of the week will be missing, get them to shout out which one it is!
Pronounced: kes key monk

82. Liez les images aux mois1 2 3 4 5 6 12 7 8 9 10 11
Link the images to the words
janvier mai septembre
février juin octobre
mars juillet novembre
avril août décembre

83. 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 Les réponses septembre avril octobre mai
janvier
juillet
mars
février
juin
août
Une note sur douze
Qui a eu douze sur douze? Who had 12/12?
décembre
novembre

84. Months of the year song
Links to a song for months of the year.

85. Songs and videos!
You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Links to a song for months of the year.

86. BBC Primary French chanson!

87. Quelle est la date song - http://www. bbc. co

89. Songs and videos! Links to 2 happy birthday songs

90. ICT Resources online
You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.
This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.
Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

91. BBC Primary French

92. Languages online
On this site, click on Français on the left hand side and you will see les sept jours de la semaine Primary.

93. Languages online
On this site, click on Français on the left hand side and you will see les mois de l’année Primary.

94. Au revoir!