Do you own any of my French vocabulary cards bundle? These vocabulary cards are so versatile and can be used in so many different ways that I thought it would be fun to write a blog post featuring 5 of my favourite ways to use them. I LOVE being able...
An Engaging, Effective Way to Review the Alphabet with your French Primary Students
To all my grade one teachers out there… How have you been finding your students’ French alphabet knowledge since the pandemic? In my case, I have had to review the alphabet with my grade one students each year so far. Even though they are *supposed* to know all 36 phonemes...
The Easiest-Ever Addition to Your French Writing Centre!
Have you ever had any of these problems with your maternelle French writing centre? You send your students and they just… don’t write! They draw, they chat, they are silly, they make crafts, etc. etc… but, no writing! You spend ages setting up an adorable, Pinterest-perfect writing centre, with vocabulary...
How to Boost Comprehension as Your French Primary Students Decode
Let's talk about reading decoding and comprehension today. Now that the Science of Reading is becoming more and more popular, and we are learning more about how our students’ brains work as they learn to read, we know that we need to better teach our French primary students to decode....
Fun Ways to Teach French and Promote la Communication Orale
If you're a French teacher, I bet you've have had the same struggle with la communication orale as almost every other French teacher I've spoken to. It is important to have a bunch of fun ways to teach French to your students! Getting your students to speak in French! Getting...
Teacher Planning Tips Part 3: Staying Organized
Welcome back to my three part teacher planning mini series! This is part three, all about classroom organization ideas. Throughout the series, I have talked about teacher planning tips that have worked best for me over the years to help keep me organized. In the part one, I talked about...
Teacher Planning Tips Part 2: Improve Efficiency
Welcome back to my mini teacher planning series! I've put together my best teacher planning tips that have worked for me over the years. Last post, I talked about picking the right planner and how I do annual plans. This blog post is part 2 of 3. If you haven't...
Teacher Planning Tips Part 1: Get Set Up for Success
Teacher planning is NOT something that comes naturally to me, and is something I have spent many years improving. Luckily, I have compiled a list of super easy lesson planning tips that will be useful for any teacher! When people who don't know me that well call me organized, I...
One Simple Way to Improve Your Students’ Active Listening In The Classroom
One challenge you’ll definitely face every single September (especially if you are a maternelle teacher)?, Getting your French primary students to show active listening in the classroom! This can be a tough job for even the calmest 5 year olds, but if your students don't understand much French yet, getting...