“La politesse” is such an important component to our classroom environment. It is so important to spend time with students throughout the year working on appropriate behaviours and learning to be polite in French. Here are some ideas to introduce your French Immersion students to vocabulary around politeness using two French texts and fun visual cues.
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READ ALOUDS
One of the things I love about David Shannon’s books is the simplicity of language. Early French immersion students can understand what is happening in the story without fully understanding all the words!
The book, Non, David!
After a discussion about all the things David shouldn’t do, try pairing the book with a book from my collection.
“J’ai de bonnes manières” features a variety of children modelling good manners. Like all of my readers, the book features simple language that is perfect for early learners!
Many of the emergent readers in my store come with colourful big book. Use the big book version to share the book with your class. Simple language means that students can easily repeat after you in shared reading activities. The illustrations provide a perfect cue to the meaning of the text. No colour printer? The big book also comes in a black and white version that you can use for students to colour!
After reading both text, compare bad manners vs good manners!
I have my students divide a paper in half and write “oui” on one side and “non” on the other. They can draw a pictures comparing someone not showing good manners and someone using their manners! We will eventually add text to our drawings but at this stage I will be pulling them in smaller groups to support their limited vocabulary.
Once students have a good understanding of the text, use the black and white half page version for them to practice reading both at home and at school! Students love to share their learning and having the smaller version is great to send home!
My “J’ai de bonnes manières” package also includes the resources to make a class book. Each student contributes an idea for one way they show good manners. Each page is combined together to make one book! Place it in your class library and you will find that students enjoy looking at each other’s work!
LES CLÉS DE POLITESSE
The “keys of politeness” is another tool that I use to practice vocabulary. Cut out the words that you want to teach and place them on a binder ring. These become flashcards that we practice to learn the key vocabulary words. Alternatively, you can use the keys to create a bulletin board display. These keys are a subscriber exclusive and are available when you subscribe to my newsletter by following the link below.
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