Year 6 Wider Curriculum Week Beginning 1st June: French Week
Date: 29th May 2020 @ 1:49am
Bonjour!
This week we are going to be using a really catchy French nursery rhyme as the basis for our Wider Curriculum home learning. Listening to songs in a different language is a great way to hone your listening skills, practise your pronunciation and to have fun! We will also get to revisit some of the words we have seen throughout the school when we think about graphemes and phonemes.
I recommend watching the song a couple of times and then watching the powerpoint where I talk through the pronunciation. This can be revisted as many times as possible throughout the week. One of our aims is for the children to be able to sing along with the song and create actions for each line! All years will be using the same song so siblings in different years can perform together if they wish! Year 5 and 6 will then go on to create new versions of the song.
Monday
Watch the video of the song and then watch and listen to the powerpoint.
Complete the match-up lyrics exercise. Try to write out the lyrics and their meaning to practise writing the French. Watch what the robot does in the video to help you work out the lyrics!
Tuesday
One of the reasons this song was chosen was because it features several letter chains or graphemes that have different sounds or phonemes in French and English. Take ch for example. Usually in English it is ch as in church whereas in French it is sh as in Michelle. Or oi which is oy as in toilet in English but wa as in croissant in French.
Complete the mindmap of French words that contain the graphemes seen in the song. Think of all the French words that you have seen so far in school (food, numbers, animals, colours, sports, opinions)
Wednesday
Listen to the song and watch the video again. How much can you remember? Can you sing it off by heart yet? Complete the crossword by writing the correct French. Use the work you did on Monday to help you.
Thursday
One of the reasons the song works so well is that it uses simple rhymes. Look at the alternative verses powerpoint and listen to my pronunciation for each. Then complete the sheet first saying what the French sentences mean and then work out the French for the English sentences. Try to say all of the French sentences aloud.
Friday
You are going to create a comic strip for an alternative version of the song. When you finish your comic strip try to sing it aloud in time with the music. Use the WAGOLL comic strip for inspiration.