KS2 · French · Year 3
It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week
Me and others: singular 'être' and regular adjectives
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can understand and identify the days of the week, when listening and reading.
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It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
Original teaching resources
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can understand and identify the days of the week, when listening and reading.
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] sounds like the 'eu' in 'jeudi', Thursday.
- 'C'est' is part of the verb 'être' combined with 'ce' and means 'it is'; it is used to say what day of the week it is.
- Practising new language in a song can be an effective way to embed it in long term memory.
Words to know
- eu
- pronounced as in 'jeudi'
- c'est
- from the verb être meaning it is
- intonation
- the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
Common mistakes
Days of the week start with a capital letter in French, as in English.
Days of the week start with a lowercase letter in French, unless at the start of a sentence.
For parents, carers and teachers
- You may wish to start this lesson with the days of the week song, as well as listening to it at the end of the lesson. This will 'set the scene' for the lesson and introduce pupils to the new vocabulary in an interactive way. Pupils will then master the vocabulary throughout the lesson.