Center Activities for French Immersion Monthly Calendar Words

As I was creating sight word centers for my classroom, I called up one of the French Immersion Primary teacher’s and asked if she wanted me to create almost the same centers with the calendar words they use.  She said yes and was excited at the prospect of having a few more activities the students could do to learn their monthly words.

I had to adjust the activities a little for the french words as most of the words had indefinite articles such as “le, la, un, une”.

1 - déchiffrer le mot
In my classroom, I introduce 4 or 3 sight words per week. With each of the French monthly calendar words, I have tried to divide them up so there are either 5 or 4 words per week. 

This activity includes:
- Posters with sight words on them with fun border
- 5 different recording sheets you can choose from
- Sheets with the monthly calendar words that students use for reference at the centers (you can double-side and laminate these) (one with pictures & one without pictures)

- Sheets with the monthly calendar words that are scrambled (these can be cut and laminated…I have created 3 different types – one with numbers on them, one with numbers and pictures to help the students out and one without numbers.  The one without numbers you would be able to number yourself depending on how many words you want to use in the center.).

Possible ways to run the center:
You could do this center every week with five words or every 2 weeks with 10 words.  If you do the center every 2 weeks, you would print off the following cards and double side them:



I would then instruct my students to use it as the words they are looking for.  Next I will have the scrambled word cards in a little bin or baggie that the kids have to use for that centers.  Below are 2 examples.



NOTE: For the words that have indefinite articles such as “le, la, un, une”, I have put those in the upper left corner which would help guide the students to what words they are looking for.

The students would then try to unscramble the words and record the unscrambled words in the right spot on the recording sheet.  
My second activity that I know the kids will LOVE is the La boîte magique.  This can be done weekly.  This activity includes:
-A recording sheet with either 5 or 4 of the monthly calendar words with 2 blank spaces underneath each word
-A recording sheet with 2 of the monthly calendar words with 4 blank spaces underneath each word

*I have made both recording sheets with little pictures to help the students recognize the words or without pictures.
Here is a sheet with five of the calendar words on it.


And here is a sheet with two of the calendar words on it.


Students would write each sight word two or four times (depending on the recording sheet you pick) using a white crayon.  Make sure the students press hard using the white crayon and take their time making each letter. When they have finished printing the word, they can get any colour of marker they want and colour over the word they just printed with the white crayon.   As they colour in the box and over the word, the word should “magically” appear!! 


NOTE:  Make sure they press hard when using the white crayon and markers that are dried out do not work.  





Words included in this package:
bonjour
un cercle
un carre
un triangle
un rectangle
un sac d’école
bibliotheque
un eleve
un ami
au revoir
l’école
le pupitre
un crayon
les ciseaux
la colle
un chaise
le gymnase
la professeure
le tableau
du papier
le bureau
la sale de musique
la recreation
un panier
une boîte
la poubelle
une table
les espadrilles
le directeur
la directrice

I will making this package for all the monthly calendar words but for now September's is ready to go.  You can find this package in my TPT store at the following link:http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Center-Activities-for-French-Immersion-September-Monthly-Calendar-Words-797788

or

my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link: http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/kemble_flynn/center-activities-for-french-immersion-september-monthly-calendar-words

Enjoy!

Kemble :-)









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