FRENCH Fall Apple Beginning Sounds Game – Pomme, pomme, petite et ronde

Looking for a fun, engaging way to get your students speaking French and learning their letter sounds? This fun alphabet game is a great way to get all your students practicing les sons des lettres, right from the beginning of the year!

This apple-themed classroom is easy to play, and easy to prep. Just print, laminate, and cut out the pieces and you are ready to play! I put the apple cards in a basket, and draw my tree on a piece of chart paper.

How to play:

• Put the apple cards in a basket and make sure you have a large tree on display. Sing the poem with your students a few times and review the letter sounds on the cards.
• Choose a student to come draw the first card. They will say the sound of the letter shown on the card. If they don’t know, encourage your other students to help figure it out! I like to then have my whole class repeat the letter sound as well.
• Once everyone knows what the sound is, your student can put the apple in the tree (using tape or sticky tack), and the game continues. Repeat the poem and another student can choose an apple card.

You may choose to have one card per student, or just choose a few letters to work on at a time.

This resource includes…

• A simple, catchy poem for your whole class to sing to introduce each round of the game
• 96 pre-made apple letter cards (in colour)
• A powerpoint file with blank, EDITABLE apple cards (in colour), for you to add your own sounds.

To add your own sounds, just delete the * in the editable .ppt file and type them in!

This game is wonderful when you have the majority of the class at the carpet ready to get started, but a few stragglers finishing up their work. We start playing, and the stragglers are immediately motivated to get to the carpet as fast as they can!

My students also use the game independently as a literacy centre, once they are experts.

Please note that this product is contained in a Zip file that includes both a pdf document (the game) and a PowerPoint file (the editable page). In order to edit the game, you must have PowerPoint or Keynote on your computer. Please ensure that your computer can open zipped files prior to purchasing!