French Early Level The Weather Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning Use language in a range of contexts and across learning Develop confidence.

French Early Level

The Weather

Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning • Use language in a range of contexts and across learning • Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the

language being learnt• Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and

languages • Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes • Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through

listening, watching and playing • Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal

information (e.g. name) • Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar

source• Actively take part in simple daily routine language • Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning• Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture

dictionaries

Vocabulary

Quel temps fait-il?

Please note: there are 6 different weather types listed but you may want to start with 3 and work your way up as learners progress. You could start with the 3 most likely in the season you are in and then add more as the seasons change!

Quel temps fait-il? What’s the weather like? Il fait beau It’s nice Il fait chaud It’s hotIl fait froid It’s coldIl fait gris It’s grey Il neige! It’s snowingIl pleut It’s raining

Quel temps fait-il?

Il fait beau!

Il fait chaud!

Il fait froid

Il fait gris

Il pleut

Il neige!

Embedding the language

Ask what the weather is like in French at the start of everyday along with the date.

While learning outdoors in differing weathers, I have described and recorded the weather, its effects and how it makes me feel and can relate my recordings to the seasons. SOC 0-12a

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Weather.

Quel temps fait-il?

• Look at the following weather pictures.

• Listen to the three different weathers in French.

• Can you choose which one best describes the picture?

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait beau!

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il neige!

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il pleut!

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait chaud!

Quel temps fait-il?

Oui! Il fait froid!

Quel temps fait-il? Fancy dress game.

• Select a range of props which match the different weather types (e.g. sunglasses, hat and scarf, warm coat, bucket and spade, umbrella etc.)

• Pupils sit in a circle with all items placed in the middle.

• One pupil goes to the centre. • All pupils chant, “Quel temps fait-il?”• Teacher (or pupil) calls a weather in French. • Pupil in the centre puts on an item of clothing

which matches that type of weather.

Weather snap!

• Pupils have different weather symbol cards on their desks/in a group

• Class ask the question “Quel temps fail-il?”• Teacher says a weather type and they have to

slap the card (or hold up the correct one!). • As they grow in confidence they can be asked

to individually choose a weather.

Quel temps fait-il? Charades

• Teacher teaches actions to each of the weather phrases e.g. shivering for cold, putting up an umbrella for rain etc.

• Class chant question “Quel temps fait-il?” • Teacher then says a weather phrase and class do the

mime as a group. • Pupils then take over saying the weather phrase. • Teacher then models miming a weather and pupils have to

guess which one it is. • Pupils then mime for others in class.

Songs and videos!

You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.

Quand il neige

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il fait beau, beau, beau, beauIl fait beau, beau, beau, beau

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il fait chaud, chaud, chaud, chaudIl fait chaud, chaud, chaud, chaud

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il fait gris, gris, gris, gris Il fait gris, gris, gris, gris

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il fait froid, froid, froid, froidIl fait froid, froid, froid, froid

Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Quel temps fait-il? Il neige,neige, neige, neigeIl neige,neige, neige, neige

Au revoir!