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French Festivals and Traditions, KS2 is an invaluable and time-saving resource for Key Stage 2 teachers, providing intercultural ideas for every month of the year.For each festival and tradition, you will find:Background informationKey vocabularyDetailed lists of possible teaching activitiesPhotocopiable sheetsThe ideas in French Festivals and Traditions, KS2 range from making cards and writing poems, to playing games and cooking traditional recipes.Festivals and traditions range from Mardi Gras (Carnival Day) and La rentrée (new school year) to Role models for children and Symbols of France.Analysis grids show where and how the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern Languages is covered, both by objective and year group.Finally, this book provides detailed plans for holding your own 'French Day' at school to raise the profile of MFL and enthuse both staff and children.The activities contained in French Festivals and Traditions, KS2 are especially designed for KS2 (Years 3-6; 7-11 year olds). If you are a KS3 (Years 7-9; 11-14 year olds) teacher, please order the KS3 version which contains more age-appropriate activities.

German Festivals and Traditions, KS2 is an invaluable and time-saving resource for Key Stage 2 German teachers. It provides intercultural ideas for every month of the year.For each festival and tradition, you will find:Background informationKey vocabularyDetailed lists of possible teaching activitiesPhotocopiable sheetsIdeas include making cards and writing poems, playing games and cooking traditional recipes.Examples of festivals and traditions range from Muttertag (Mother's Day) and Weihnachten (Christmas), to a typical school day and Die Märchen (fairy tales).Analysis grids show where and how the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern Languages is covered, both by objective and year group.Finally, German Festivals and Traditions, KS2 provides detailed plans for holding your own 'German Day' at school to raise the profile of MFL and enthuse both staff and children.The activities contained in this book are especially designed for KS2 (Years 3-6; 7-11 year olds). If you are a KS3 (Years 7-9; 11-14 year olds) teacher please order the KS3 version which contains more age-appropriate activities.

Spanish Festivals and Traditions, KS2 is an invaluable and time-saving resource for Key Stage 2 Spanish teachers. It provides intercultural ideas for every month of the year. For each festival and tradition, you will find:Background informationKey vocabularyDetailed lists of possible teaching activitiesPhotocopiable sheetsIdeas range from making cards and writing poems, to playing games and cooking traditional recipes.Festivals and traditions range from Las Fallas de San José (The Torches of Saint Joseph) and El día de la Hispanidad (Spanish National Day) to Challenging stereotypes and Comparing buildings and places.Finally, Spanish Festivals and Traditions, KS2 provides detailed plans for holding your own 'Spanish Day' at school to raise the profile of MFL and enthuse both staff and children.The activities contained in this book are especially designed for KS2 (Years 3-6; 7-11 year olds). If you are a KS3 (Years 7-9; 11-14 year olds) teacher, please order the KS3 version which contains more age-appropriate activities.

This is an invaluable time-saving resource for primary school teachers that will help you to cover many of the objectives of the National Curriculum.Designed with the non-specialist in mind, Bonne Idée provides key vocabulary, word and picture matching cards, activity sheets and puzzle pages for 20 popular primary school topics. Use the suggestions given or develop your own games with these flexible sheets. French has never been this easy - just choose your game, copy the sheets and play!Sentence building sheets for each topic provide top tips for extending the vocabulary. Use them and soon your pupils will be happily conversing in French with confidence.Each topic in Bonne Idée has key vocabulary, word matching cards, an activity sheet, a puzzle page, and ideas for extending learning through sentence building. Many topics also have picture cards. Using the book can support the teacher in covering many of the objectives in the Framework for Modern Foreign Languages using a choice of fun and lively activities.The key vocabulary pages can be enlarged to A3 for classroom display, or photocopied and laminated as reference cards. The word and picture matching cards can be used in many ways.Lessons should begin by repeating the new words after the teacher and playing some flashcard games. The children can then work in mixed ability pairs, using the photocopiable sheets from the book. They can match the words face up, then progress to matching them face down in a 'pairs' game. They could also play snap.They could glue the English words on an A3 sheet and carefully write the French words next to them, or glue on the French words, and draw pictures to match each word, and progress to writing the new words from memory.The sentence building sheets can further develop the children's language skills, reinforcing vocabulary by using it in simple sentences.The puzzle pages reinforce the language further in a fun way, and could also be used for homework.Children should be encouraged to think about how they learn new vocabulary. Visual learners will benefit from the matching sheets, and from drawing pictures to match. Auditory learners will benefit from repeating after the teacher and hearing their partner say the new words, perhaps during a game of snap. Kinaesthetic learners will enjoy cutting the words up and matching them. Using a variety of methods will cater for the many different learning styles in a class and ensure that confidence and ability grow alongside each other.This book encourages children to focus on their pronunciation and intonation. It is crucial that the language on the sheets is modelled by the teacher, or using a CD or Internet resource, and followed up with songs and rhymes.The authors use all of the resources in this book themselves with much success. Their pupils enjoy the challenge of learning new vocabulary and complete the guided sheets with pride and confidence.

Buena Idea is an invaluable time-saving resource for primary school teachers that will help you to cover many of the objectives of the National Curriculum.Designed with the non-specialist in mind,Buena Idea provides key vocabulary, word and picture matching cards, activity sheets and puzzle pages for 20 popular topics. Use the suggestions given or develop your own games with these flexible sheets. Spanish has never been this easy - just choose your game, copy the sheets and play!Sentence building sheets for each topic provide top tips for extending the vocabulary. Use them and soon your pupils will be happily conversing in Spanish with confidence.Buena Idea was written to provide key Spanish vocabulary for twenty topics used in primary schools, and to give teachers ideas for introducing, teaching, reinforcing and extending new vocabulary. Each topic has key vocabulary, word matching cards, an activity sheet, a puzzle page, and ideas for extending learning through sentence building. Many topics also have picture cards. Using the book can support the teacher in covering many of the objectives in the Framework for Modern Foreign Languages using a choice of fun and lively activities.The key vocabulary pages can be enlarged to A3 for classroom display, or photocopied and laminated as reference cards. The word and picture matching cards can be used in many ways. Lessons should begin with work on the Oracy Objectives in the Framework by repeating the new words after the teacher and playing some flashcard games. The children can then work in mixed ability pairs, using the photocopiable sheets from the book. They can match the words face up, then progress to matching them face down in a 'pairs' game. They could also play snap. They could glue the English words on an A3 sheet and carefully write the Spanish words next to them, or glue on the Spanish words, and draw pictures to match each word, and progress to writing the new words from memory.The sentence building sheets can further develop the children's language skills, reinforcing vocabulary by using it in simple sentences. The suggestions work towards the Literacy Objectives in the Framework and will further develop children's reading and writing skills. The puzzle pages reinforce the language further in a fun way, and could also be used for homework.

Gute Idee is an invaluable time-saving resource for primary school German teachers that will help you to cover many of the objectives of the Framework for Modern Foreign Languages. Designed with the non-specialist in mind, Gute Idee provides key vocabulary, word and picture matching cards, activity sheets and puzzle pages for 20 popular primary school topics. Use the suggestions given or develop your own games with these flexible sheets. German has never been this easy - just choose your game, copy the sheets and play! Sentence building sheets for each topic provide top tips for extending the vocabulary. Use them and soon your pupils will be happily conversing in German with confidence.

100+ Fun Ideas for Teaching French Across the Curriculum helps to bring French to life and make it meaningful, by linking it to other subjects using a Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. The practical, easy-to-use ideas make it easy to integrate language learning across the curriculum. By incorporating French into maths, science, history, geography, ICT, etc, your language learning will complement and enhance learning in other subjects, rather than compete with them for crucial teaching and learning time. Telling you that 'six fois sept gal 42' is much more exciting than just practising time tables! With the help of this book, soon your pupils will be able to tell you 'Oui, c'est exact' if their science predictions were correct or enjoy being able to 'envoyer un document' (send a document) in ICT.

French Festivals and Traditions, KS3 is an invaluable and time-saving resource for Key Stage 3 teachers, providing intercultural ideas for every month of the year. For each festival and tradition, you will find:Background informationKey vocabularyDetailed lists of possible teaching activitiesPhotocopiable sheetsIdeas range from making cards and writing poems, to playing games and cooking traditional recipes.Festivals and traditions range from Mardi Gras (Carnival Day) and La rentrée (new school year) to Role models for children and Symbols of France.Analysis grids that show where and how the Intercultural Strand of the Framework for Modern Languages is covered, both by objective and year group.Finally, this book provides detailed plans for holding your own 'French Day' at school to raise the profile of MFL and enthuse both staff and children.The activities contained in French Festivals and Traditions, KS3 are especially designed for KS3 (Years 7-9; 11-14 year olds). If you are a KS2 (Years 3-6; 7-11 year olds) teacher, please order the KS2 version which contains more age-appropriate activities.