First Month of French BUNDLE! - Back to School Worksheets & Activities

This First Month of French Bundle includes over 425 pages of back to school resources that you can use in your French classroom to make the start of your students' French learning experience unforgettable. Topics include: Greetings (les salutations), French English Cognates (les mots apparentés), Alphabet (l'alphabet en français), Numbers 1-100 (les nombres et les chiffres), French Classroom Vocabulary (vocabulaire pour la classe de français), accent marks (les accents de la langue française), and several different cultural icebreakers to introduce your students to le monde francophone while they get to know each other.

The resources in this bundle are ESSENTIAL for new French teachers who are just starting their careers and are teaching an introductory French class. Equally, this bundle is PHENOMENAL for veteran French teachers who are looking to diversify their instructional strategies, liven up their classroom with beautiful color-print posters, and enhance their assessment practices. In this bundle you will find Google Slides presentations, Class Notes, Practice Activities, Homework Assignments, Exit Tickets, Quizzes & Formative Assessments, Extension Activities, Reading Comprehension Activities, Interpersonal Speaking Practice Activities, Flashcards, Cultural Activities, Icebreaker Activities, Graphic Organizer, Surveys, and much more!!

You and your students will LOVE these resources! Don't hesitate to check out the preview! Here's what's included in this bundle:

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1. French Greetings & Introductions

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✦ EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation

✦ EDITABLE Google Docs Student Class Notes

✦ Word Search

✦ Crossword Puzzle

✦ Practice Worksheets (x4)

✦ Text Message Writing Activity

✦ Speaking Activities (x2)

✦ Exit Tickets (x4)

✦ Quizzes (x2)

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2. Useful Expressions for the French Classroom

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✦ EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation 

• 20 expressions; pronunciation guide & visuals included!

✦  EDITABLE Student Notes Google Doc

• Have students fill out their notes during the vocabulary presentation!

✦  Practice Worksheets (x5)

• French-English Matching Activity
• Crossword Puzzle
• Picture-Word Matching Activity
• Drawing Activity
• Gap-fill Activity

✦  Translation Activities (x3)

✦  Charades Activity

• Have your students act out these expressions! Super fun & engaging!

✦  Exit Tickets (x4)

✦  Quiz

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3. French-English Cognates

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✦ 60+ PRINTABLE Cognate Cards for a French Word Wall

✦ Practice Activities (x5)

• Word Search
• Cognates Word Sort
• Practice Worksheet
• Matching & Translation Activity
• False Cognates (Faux Amis) Worksheet 

✦ Reading Comprehension Activities (x2)

✦ Cognate Word Hunt Reading Activity

✦ Exit Tickets (x2) 

✦ Quiz

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4. French Alphabet

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✦ Alphabet Posters (8.5 x 11”) for each letter of the alphabet 

• Print, laminate, and hang them around your classroom!

✦ French Alphabet Oral Practice Activity

• Spell out French words while your students write the letters that they hear. GREAT to use with mini whiteboards!

✦ Paired Interpersonal Speaking Activity

• Have students practice spelling out French words to each other while using the French alphabet.

✦ Whole Class Interpersonal Speaking Activity 

• Students receive “new” French names and engage in short, interpersonal conversations with their classmates to find out what their new name is and how to spell it.

✦  Listening Comprehension Assessment

• Acquire formative assessment data about how well your students are able to understand the French alphabet!

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5. French Numbers (1-100)

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✦ PRINTABLE 8.5 x 11” Number Posters (1-30) 

✦ Numbers Graphic Organizers (1-30 and 30-100)

✦ Crossword Puzzle & Word Search

✦ Practice Worksheets (x3)

✦ Numbers Board Games (x3)

✦ Interactive EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation

✦ Bingo Activity

✦ Speaking/Listening Loto Activity

✦ Flashcards from 1-100

✦ Exit Tickets (x4)

✦ Quizzes (x2)

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6. French Fact Scavenger Hunt

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✦ Detailed Directions & Suggestions for Implementation

• Includes Objectives, Directions, and Tips and Tricks to help you implement this activity smoothly in your French class!

✦ French Fact Scavenger Hunt - Activity Handout

• Photocopy and distribute to students so that they can jot down the information they acquire!

✦ 25 French Fact Flashcards

• Print, cut out, and distribute one card to each of your students.
• Students will exchange cultural information with their classmates and fill in the missing information in their Activity Handout. 
• Great cultural activity to introduce students to le monde francophone while promoting movement and interaction!

✦ Answer Key

• Minimal prep involved!

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7. French Concept Sort

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✦ Detailed Directions & Suggestions for Implementation

• Includes Objectives, Directions, and Tips and Tricks to help you implement this activity smoothly in your French class!

✦ French Concept Sort - Activity Handout

• To be distributed to students, this handout explains how students will complete this activity.
• The handout contains 25 French/Francophone Concept Cards that students will cut out and sort.
  • People, places, things, or ideas related to French and francophone culture(s). 

✦ Category Labels Sheet

• Students will create labels for each of their categories.

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8. French Accents Graphic Organizer

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✦ Detailed Directions & Suggestions for Implementation

✦ PRINTABLE & EDITABLE French Accents Blank Graphic Organizer

✦ PRINTABLE & EDITABLE French Accents Completed Graphic Organizer

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9. Icebreakers for the First Few Days of French Class

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✦ Mini Questionnaires [5 different versions!]

• Get to know your students with these awesome self-introduction questionnaires. Printable AND Editable.

✦ Benefits of Language Learning Game

• Introduce your students to the benefits of learning a new language with this whole-class activity. Read a statement, have your students write their answer on their Response Sheet, display the correct answer, and have students check their work and tally their points for correct answers.  Most points at the end of the game is the winner!

✦ Student Interests Survey

• Interested in finding out what your students have been digging recently? This fully editable interest survey will help you to collect important data on the stuff your kids are into, which will help you to learn more about your students and design lessons that are relevant to their interests.

✦ Post-It Poster Activity

• Encourage students to reflect on ways to make this year successful: why is it important to learn French? what are some goals that they would like to accomplish this year in French class? what can the teacher do to facilitate the learning process?