French First Level Colours

First Level Significant Aspects of Learning Use language in a range of contexts and across learning Continue to develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the language being learnt Develop an awareness and understanding of patterns and sounds of language Begin to develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languages Appreciate and understand the value of language learning Recognise familiar written words when listening Explore how gesture, expression and emphasis are used to help understanding. Listen, recognise and respond to familiar voices in short, predictable conversations Understand and respond to familiar spoken vocabulary Actively take part in daily routines Listen and join in with stories, song or poem Enjoy engaging with simple and familiar texts on my own and with others using resources to support learning Participate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role plays Take part in simple, paired conversations about themselves giving simple opinions and asking simple questions

Vocabulary Colours Aim to teach at least 5 of the colours at Early Level initially and build up as pupils progress towards 1st. C’est de quelle couleur? What colour is it? C’est It is bleu blue blanc white rouge red vert green jaune yellow rose pink noir black gris grey violet purple marron brown Tu aimes le bleu? Do you like blue? J’adore I love J’aime I like Je n’aime pas I don’t like Je déteste I hate

For Early/First Level, start with about 5 only and work your way up to all the colours!

Introducing vocabulary You can try this as an alternative to introducing vocabulary. Make colour cards for and give each group/pair a set. Ask them to listen to the colour and look at the word and then hold up the colour they think it is.

Ecoutez et regardez les couleurs en français…

Choississez Choississez means choose la couleur

bleu

orange

violet

blanc

rouge

vert

rose

gris

noir

marron

jaune

C’est de quelle couleur? What colour is it?

C’est bleu

C’est blanc

C’est rouge

C’est vert

C’est jaune

C’est rose

C’est noir

C’est orange Note that you pronounce the T on the end of C’est when it’s followed by a vowel!

C’est gris

C’est violet

C’est marron

Tu aimes quelles couleurs? Which colours do you like? The following slides are 1st Level Vocabulary

Tu aimes le bleu? Do you like blue? The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the question.

J’adore le bleu! The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. J’adore le vert!

J’aime le jaune. The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. J’aime le rose.

Je n’aime pas le rose. The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. Je n’aime pas le violet

Je déteste l’orange! The colour can be swapped for any other colour to change the answer e.g. Je déteste le violet

Embedding the language tip Use French colours for cooperative groups – les rouges, les bleus etc. Ask pupils “c’est de quelle couleur?” when reading stories, creating art work etc.

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.

C’est de quelle couleur? Look at the colours and ask the class, “C’est de quelle couleur” for each of them. The pupils should then respond with C’est____ and the correct colour.

C’est vert!

C’est rouge

C’est jaune

C’est marron

C’est noir

C’est bleu

C’est rose

C’est violet

C’est blanc

Brain Training – Les Couleurs

Brain Training! Challenge: say the colour that the word is written in, and not the word itself!

rouge

noir

vert

rose

gris

bleu

jaune

marron

bleu

orange

rouge

blanc

vert

rouge

jaune

noir blanc

jaune

marron

bleu

vert

blanc

gris

rouge

orange

rouge

violet

bleu

jaune

noir

blanc

gris

rouge

violet

Apportez-moi… For this activity, put pupils into rainbow groups by giving each pupil a card which is either blue, red, green or yellow and asking them to form a group with 4 colours. They can also say their colour as they are moving around the class. Ask them to introduce themselves using Bonjour etc. Then teacher asks a different colour each time to bring them an object of a colour. E.g. La personne rouge, apportez moi un objet bleu!

Apportez-moi Apportez-moi un objet means “Bring me an object” Pupils work in teams/cooperative groups Teacher calls out “Apportez moi un objet” and adds a colour onto the end e.g. Apportez-moi un objet bleu The pupils must race to give the teacher something that colour. You can ask pupils to then say what colour it is e.g. C’est rouge. Pupils can also then take a turn of asking others to “Apportez-moi un object….!”

Des groupes arc en ciel Teacher gives a coloured card to all pupils with either one of yellow, blue, red or green. Pupils then have to organise themselves into groups by asking the question, “C’est de quelle couleur?” and saying their own colour (the question is optional depending on class!). There should be an equal (as much as is possible) number of each colour card in the class so that the pupils are in groups with one of each colour.

Des introductions en groupe. Bonjour Ça va? Je m’appelle… Ma couleur préférée c’est le…. Teacher gives a coloured card to all pupils with either one of yellow, blue, red or green. Pupils then have to organise themselves into groups by asking the question, “C’est de quelle couleur?” and saying their own colour (the question is optional depending on class!). There should be an equal (as much as is possible) number of each colour card in the class so that the pupils are in groups with one of each colour.

Apportez-moi un objet…. Apportez-moi means bring me. The teacher asks one colour of person in each group to bring here un object and then adds a colour. Each team gets a point for whatever the deliver of that object.

Qu’est-ce qui manque? Qu’est-ce qui manque? means what’s missing? Pupils look at the colours on the following slides, close their eyes, teacher moves the slide on and one colour will disappear. Pupils then open their eyes and have to say which colour is missing. You can then get pupils to do the same activity in their groups.

Regardez les couleurs. Fermez les yeux. Ouvrez les yeux. Qu’est-ce qui manque means What is missing? Qu’est-ce qui manque?

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est bleu! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est rose! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est rouge! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est orange! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est noir! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est vert! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est blanc! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est violet! Choississez means choose

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est marron!

Choississez means choose

Oui, c’est gris!

A vous maintenant! To you now! Pupils can now place this in groups.

Mettez les cartes au centre de la table To you now!

Trois personnes ferment les yeux Three people in the group close their eyes.

Une personne enlève une carte One person removes a card.

Ouvrez les yeux! Open your eyes.

Qu’est-ce qui manque? What’s missing. The others should then try and guess!

Mettez les cartes au centre de la table Put the cards back into the centre of the table.

Ecoutez la couleur… The teacher says a colour.

Frappe la couleur sur la table! Pupils have to slap the colours as they hear them.

Tu aimes quelle couleur? Asking the class their opinions on colours. Finish the sentence on each slide. You can play this as corners by putting up opinions in corners of the room and then asking pupils to move to an area of the room which matches their opinion of that colour.

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Tu aimes…? J’adore J’aime Je n’aime pas Je déteste Each slide has a colour card, use this to ask the class to ask the question and then choose an answer. Either J’adore le jaune, j’aime le jaune, je n’aime pas le jaune, je déteste le jaune. Je n’aime pas Je déteste

Class colour survey Pupils can practice asking Tu aimes…+ a colour by surveying each other around the class. This can then be linked to creating a graph, tally marks etc. Tu aimes quelle couleur? Means which colour do you like? And could be used as a title for a graph. Combien de personnes aiment le jaune? = How many people like yellow

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 supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Arc en ciel The French version of the rainbow song, sung to the same tune.

Rouge et jaune et rose et vert, Orange, violet et bleu. Je connais les couleurs, Toutes les couleurs De mon arc en ciel Je connais les couleurs (I know the colours), toutes les couleurs (all the colours) De mon arc en ciel (of my rainbow)

Je connais les couleurs, et et et et et Je connais les couleurs, Toutes les couleurs De mon

Song without the words

Léon le caméléon (with a nice reggae tune). Some of the vocabulary: Quel polisson = how naughty! Où est Léon? = Where is Leon? Comme = Like e.g. Comme un cochon – like a pig

ICT Resources online You will find a bank of sample ICT 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 supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings. Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

L’institut français Les deux petites souris http://www.ifecosse.org.uk/Resources-for-P5-P7.html?lang=en Scroll down page to find resources.

Languages online http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ On this site, click on Français on the left hand side and you will see les couleurs listed under Primary.

Au revoir!