Thursday, March 14, 2024

Intermediate FSL French Writing Unit 2 - My Favourite Restaurant

Intermediate FSL French Writing Unit 2 
My Favourite Restaurant


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Learning to write in French is crucial for FSL (French as a Second Language) students. Proficiency in writing allows students to effectively communicate their thoughts and ideas in French, enhancing their overall language skills. Writing in French also provides students with the opportunity to practice grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure, leading to a deeper understanding of the language.

Through French writing, my own kids have been able to extend their vocabulary and understanding of things like verb tenses in French and grammar. That is why I began making these units for them so that they can easily continue to practice their writing without my constant help. After they write their rough draft we go over it together, correcting any grammar or spelling mistakes and reviewing those grammar rules as we go on throughout the year.


My Favourite Restaurant

When I asked my kids what they would like to write about this week, one of mine suggested writing about their favourite restaurant. I thought that was such a great idea and such a fantastic way to practice using many adjectives and the verbs 'manger' and 'aimer' (to eat and to like)

Kids begin by drawing their ideas down and labelling them in French. This is a great way to get all of their ideas out without stressing about grammar or sentence structure just yet. To help them along I have included a list of sentence stems and vocabulary words too...


Vocabulary Sentences and Words

As my kids progress in their French writing beyond basic sentences and vocabulary, I find they still need vocabulary refreshers often. So I have included a vocabulary list with both vocabulary words related to the topic of 'my favourite restaurant' such as 'le menu', but have also included sentence stems like "Je commande toujours...(I always order...)" and verbs such as 'je mange' and 'je bois'.


French Writing Pages
Finally, students will write a rough draft on the 'mon brouillon' page, and a final copy on the 'ma copie propre' page - with an option to draw a picture or perhaps paste a photo.

These units are short and to the point, but such an easy and fun way to get in some French writing practice alongside grammar usage, especially for those all-time-consuming French verbs :)


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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Free Intermediate French Writing Unit - After School I like to

 Free Intermediate French Writing Unit 

After School, I like to


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Writing is an important part of language development, especially for second-language learners. Multiple studies have shown that the more something is written down by hand, the easier it is to commit to memory. That's why I consider writing in French such an important part of our school day.

As my kids have grown from writing simple sentences into writing paragraphs and papers, I have found that they still need vocabulary refreshers and reminders to help them along. That's why I started making these French writing units for more intermediate-level FSL learners. 

Looking for writing units for beginners? Check out these!


Planning Pages

Planning is such an important part of writing, It allows us to get our ideas down without being bogged down by grammar rules, sentence structure and spelling. I included a drawing page in this unit so that students can plan out the words and phrases they'll use through drawing and labelling before writing anything. This could be used at the beginning of the week while you review important vocabulary. 

You might want to give students an idea of how much they should write by saying they need, for example, at least 3 things they like to do after school. You could also require them to expand on why they like those things if their writing is up to that level.


French Vocabulary and Sentence Stems

As I mentioned earlier, FSL students often need quick refreshers of vocabulary and phrases, even in the intermediate writing stage. Reviewing the words and phrases included in the units will not only help students review vocabulary words and verb tenses but also give them ideas and inspiration for their paper.

If they have French writing notebooks, these could be pasted in there, allowing them to add to the vocabulary list by using their French dictionaries or translation apps.


French Writing Pages

Finally, after getting all their ideas down students can begin to write their papers. They can look at the sentence stems page to help them begin writing, and make a rough draft, then good copy. Of course, they can also add ideas in the rough draft stage if they think of new ones!

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Cut and Paste to 120 - Free Worksheets for Practicing Counting and Cardinality

Here is another great, free resource to practice counting to 120!  Counting and cardinality is an important standard to cover in kindergarten and counting to 120 in first grade builds off of that. Knowing number order well will helps kids spring forward into more difficult concepts like addition and subtraction.



This set of worksheets is a fun cut-and-paste set. On every page there is a picture of a kid jumping in a puddle. Students will them put more puddles for the character to jump into by placing the numbers in the correct order. Each page has 10 numbers.



As with my other common core worksheets, the standard(s) being covered are clearly marked on every page. This makes keeping track of which ones you've covered a whole lot easier and comes in handy during report writing time!

More Teaching Help

If you need more resources to teach counting to 100 or 120, my interactive and warmup Google Slides are a great addition to these worksheets! Warm-Ups help you get your class counting and a re a fun way to begin you class time. Interactive slides can be assigned as centers or homework for students and are full of fun, colorful activities for them to practice number order and counting.

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Find this math warmup here...

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Find these interactive math slides here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-to-120-Interactive-Google-Slides-Count-100-KCC-Kindergarten-11074109


Find these Google Slides here:

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Free Counting Objects to Ten Worksheets

 Free Counting Objects to Ten Worksheets

Relating counting and cardinality is a huge concept to cover in kindergarten and first grade. These worksheets are perfect for practicing those concepts - and so much fun to use too!

Full of fun clipart images your students will love to color and count, they'll have fun learning to count, read, and write their numbers.


Every worksheet in this set comes in 2 variations: counting to 5 and counting to 10. This is not only great for progression but for differentiation! Whether your students are struggling to count or write their numbers, all the sets included in this unit will give them plenty of practice!

These worksheets will help you cover 2 standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

and 

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.5
Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.



Plus, having the standards printed on every page is a HUGE help when writing reports or keeping track of what you have covered so far for the year. I've found it to be super helpful when making portfolios and seeing where every child is at too - which skills they covered best and which they may need more help with.

More Teaching Help

If you need more resources to teach counting and cardinality, my interactive Google Slides are a great addition to these worksheets!  Interactive slides can be assigned as centers or homework for students and are full of fun, colorful activities for them to practice number order and counting.

You'll find all of these products in my TeachersPayTeachers Shop! You can download the free worksheets by scrolling down ..


Find these Google Slides here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-to-Ten-Interactive-Google-Slides-Counting-KCC-11081411

Download the free worksheets below:

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Monday, February 19, 2024

Free Worksheets Counting to 120 for Kindergarten-1st Grade

 


Counting and cardinality are important skills for kids to grasp in the early years. Knowing number order well, as well as which numbers come before which lay important foundations for all of the basic math operations they'll learn later on in their schooling journey. So plenty of practice is important!

These free worksheets give students the opportunity to not only practice writing numbers, but writing them without always starting from 1. They will learn to count forward, backward, and learn to know which numbers come before and after other numbers.


I've included 13 worksheets in this set so that you can cover both kindergarten and first-grade common core standards for counting to 100 or 120.

These sheets will help you cover the following standards:

and

I've listed the standards covered on each page so that you'll always have that information handy too!


More Teaching Help

If you need more resources to teach counting to 100 or 120, my interactive and warmup Google Slides are a great addition to these worksheets! Warm-Ups help you get your class counting and a re a fun way to begin you class time. Interactive slides can be assigned as centers or homework for students and are full of fun, colorful activities for them to practice number order and counting.

You'll find all of these products in my TeachersPayTeachers Shop! You can download the free worksheets by scrolling down ...


Find this math warmup here...

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-to-120-Google-Slides-Math-Warm-Ups-CCSSMATHKCCA1-11059323


Find these interactive math slides here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-to-120-Interactive-Google-Slides-Count-100-KCC-Kindergarten-11074109


Find these Google Slides here:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-to-Ten-Interactive-Google-Slides-Counting-KCC-11081411

Download the free worksheets below:

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Saturday, January 27, 2024

Great Than, Less Than, or Equal to Gators!


 Teaching the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols can seem a bit confusing for some learners at first! In this unit, students get introduced to the symbols with fun gators, then progress to using correct symbols and language.

Take a look inside this unit and find out how to grab your own copy below!


Teaching Through Hands-On Activities

If there is one thing we all know as educators, it's that hands-on playtime fun is important for little ones! Being able to interact with and manipulate things while learning is an important part of development for kids of any age.

Inside this unit, you'll find some very cute hungry gators and some tasty fish to feed them with. Your learners will take two fish discs (that come either numbered or not) and decide which gator should go between them - the greater gator, less gator, or equal to gator disc.


Playdough Mat Fun!

Playdough is another great manipulative that I know many of us love to use during math class. What better way to get kids using that hand-to-mind connection (with some bonus fine motor work!) while doing their math. 

This set comes with 3 playdough mats featuring different gators. Kids can build playdough fish to show an equal/not equal example.


Worksheets for Desk Time

This set comes with 7 different worksheets featuring different levels of skill for differentiation and progression. They include:

  • A cut & paste worksheet (paste the correct gators between the fish)
  • A dot or color worksheet to color the number the gator should eat (or not eat)
  • A tracing worksheet to practice tracing the symbols
  • 2 Different worksheets where students must draw the symbols (one with numbers to ten, one with numbers to 20)
  • Build a snack worksheet (students draw fish on either side of the gators - this goes great with the playdough mats!)

Posters
This unit also features 9 different posters that can be used at different times or together. They feature either the gators or the traditional symbols. This is a great way to show students the similarities between the symbols and the gators mouths. 


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Friday, January 26, 2024

Learning Division Facts: A Free Workbook (Skip Counting Method)

 Learning Division Facts

 A Free Workbook (Skip Counting Method)

This free workbook will help your learners go from basic visual division using manipulatives to learning how to divide through skip counting. With fun illustrations, colorful pages, and loads of examples and practice!

Teaching kids to divide seems simple at first. If we have four things and want to share them equally, how do we share them? But when the numbers start getting bigger (144 divided by 12?) things get a little more complicated and using manipulatives just isn't as efficient.

In this workbook, kids will learn the basics of division using manipulatives, then progress to using skip counting as a means of dividing. 


Skip counting is just one of the methods that people use to divide. When you're trying to figure out how to divide your 100 garden seeds amongst 5 plots of land you might think "how many times does 5 go into 100?". This method of dividing is perfect for kids who are already familiar with skip counting or who have learned their skip counting from multiplication.

Using this workbook, students won't need to know all of their skip counting tables by heart either, just understand the concept of skip counting. Charts and help are provided inside the workbook to help them skip count.

As you can see in the image above, the workbook starts out simple with division using manipulatives. Kids cut out and divide cupcakes, dog bones, and pepperoni slices onto different things, learning through real-life examples. If your learner isn't familiar with division, you may want to spend a while on this concept first.


After learners know the basics of division, they move onto the skip counting method. Once again, real-life examples are used that kids can relate to, like baking an apple pie or sharing snacks with a soccer team.

Plenty of examples are given before students are expected to work on their own. Once they are ready to solve problems on their own, they can use the included skip counting chart or number lines to help them along. They'll be given an equation to solve and the option of writing their own problem to solve the equation.





Finally, plenty of practice worksheets are included that have handy skip-counting number lines at the top. Ordered facts as well as mixed facts sheets are included so that your learners can work with what works best for them. 

Each sheet also comes with two options - either writing a problem to go with an equation or modelling the equation. I recommend a mix of the two, or if you have students who do not like writing, you could always have them make up a problem out loud or in pairs.

Download the free workbook below

I hope that you and your learners enjoy this freebie! It helped my own kiddo learn division, so it's one that I really believe in.

You can download the workbook by clicking on the link below. All that I ask is that when sharing this workbook through print you keep my website name on the page and refer people to this blog post if they'd like to download it themselves. Schools are free to store it in a shared drive so long as my website name remains on the pages it is printed on.

Download Division By Skip Counting Workbook here