Elementary School French Activboard Activities

Classroom management in a middle school Core French classroom can be dicey! That's why I engage my students as much as possible to keep em' on their toes! Prof du jour is a part of my everyday routine, where a different student each day is given the opportunity to lead the discussions with their peers and to give them confidence in French. Sit back and watch the magic!

This isn't just a run-of-the-mill calendar! My Prof du jour is at the command desk and interacts with their peers and the Google Slides. Here are some activities that my Grades 4, 5 and 6 students actively use found in this document:

• Complete Calendar (drag & drop icons) for SEPTEMBER 2024 - JUNE 2025.

• Weather, time of day, days of the week, and terms like "yesterday," "today," and "tomorrow."

• Two versions available: One has the Sunday start and another has the Monday start, depending on how you prefer to view your calendar with your students.

• A Wheel Decide question prompter (which you can edit by removing or adding questions your students are working on).

• An "I SPY" prompter (a favorite in ALL of my classes).

• A "GUESS WHO?" prompter.

• A Franco DJ Music activity (great for explaining why they like/dislike something with sentence starters).

In addition to the calendar: This resource provides 27 fresh and fun ideas that can be easily incorporated into your lessons, designed to give students the opportunity to step into the role of "Prof du jour" and lead their peers in interactive activities.

These activities are perfect for students in Grades 4 to 8 and will foster an engaging, positive classroom atmosphere where students feel comfortable practicing their French language skills. Whether you want to boost participation, improve active listening, or simply add some energy to your class, these ideas are versatile and adaptable to different classroom dynamics. With no prep required, they can be used spontaneously to keep students on their toes and excited to take part.

How This Resource Benefits Your Classroom:

• Student-Led Learning: Gives students the opportunity to take ownership of their learning by stepping into the "Prof du jour" role, building leadership skills and confidence.
• Encourages Speaking & Participation: Each activity is designed to maximize speaking opportunities, ensuring every student gets a chance to practice conversational French in a supportive environment.
• Promotes Active Listening: Activities challenge students to listen closely to their peers, reinforcing vocabulary, comprehension, and communication skills.
• Engaging & Fun: The activities use a mix of movement, music, games, and questions to keep students engaged and motivated to participate.
• No Prep Required: All activities are spontaneous and flexible, allowing you to use them anytime without prior preparation.
• Supports a Judgment-Free Environment: By allowing students to lead, the classroom becomes a space where students feel comfortable making mistakes and learning from one another without pressure.

What’s Included:

In addition to your yearly calendar with interactive daily slides, this resource provides a list of 30 easy-to-implement activities, including:

• Question & Answer Games (e.g., "Would You Rather?" or "Rapid Fire") that encourage quick thinking and verbal responses in French.
• Movement-Based Activities (e.g., "Jacques a dit" or "Stand If…") that combine physical activity with language practice, making learning active and engaging.
• Memory & Listening Challenges (e.g., "True or False" or "What's Missing?") that help students sharpen their listening skills while reinforcing key vocabulary and phrases.
• Vocabulary Boosters (e.g., "Category Challenge" or "French Word of the Day") that encourage students to think creatively and expand their language knowledge.
• Visual & Creative Tasks (e.g., "Quick Draw" or "Pictionary") that blend art and language, offering a break from traditional speaking activities while still reinforcing comprehension.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible & Adaptable: Each activity can be adapted to suit your classroom’s needs, whether you're working with beginners or more advanced learners.
• Encourages Positive Risk-Taking: By giving students the chance to lead, this resource helps them become more comfortable with speaking French in front of their peers, promoting a positive learning environment.
• Sparks Joy in Learning: These activities add an element of fun to your Core French lessons, breaking up the routine and keeping students engaged and excited to participate.
• Great for Class Warm-Ups or Wrap-Ups: Use these quick, easy activities at the beginning or end of class to energize your students or reinforce what they’ve learned.
• Perfect for All Levels: Whether you're teaching a class of beginners or more experienced students, the activities can be adjusted to suit various language proficiencies.

How to Use:

Simply choose an activity, explain it briefly to the "Prof du jour," and let them take the lead. Each activity is designed to be intuitive and easy to facilitate, so even without notice, the student leader can jump into their role confidently. You can rotate the "Prof du jour" daily or weekly, giving every student the opportunity to shine and grow in their speaking abilities.

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Numbers 1 - 60 FRENCH Listening Comprehension distance learning with 60 cards to get your students practicing this the numbers 1 - 60 in French on their computers or tablets. A very simple exercise to assess knowledge, learn or practice the numbers 1 - 60 in French. Students listen and click on the right number. Great for French immersion schools as everything is in French. You can easily project these or use on a smart board for a class exercise. Try the cards in the preview to see for yourself what this resource looks like.

Bon apprentissage!!

There are so many ways you can use these Boom task cards. Here are a few ideas:

➯ Do a race with all your students, see who finishes first and has the least mistakes.

➯ Project on the screen and have students respond and open discussion.

➯ Use the cards for small group work, tutoring sessions or for test review.

➯ Have your students practice at home.

Included:

✯ 60 Interactive Boom cards

✯ Click the right answer

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You are buying Boom Cards: cloud-based digital resources. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (released in the last three years). Free player apps are also available. Not sure if your browser is modern enough? Try free Boom Cards deck first.

To use Boom Cards, YOU MUST OPEN AT LEAST A FREE Boom Learning ACCOUNT (just like you have to have a Google account to use Google resources). Click the links inside the product .pdf to redeem your Boom Cards and create an account (or add to your account if you already have one). Free accounts include the ability to generate student progress reports for 5 students and to make up to 5 DIY decks. Free accounts include the ability to assign Boom Cards to unlimited students (without progress reports) using the Fast Play pin option available in the Library."

"If you are new to Boom Learning, you will receive a 90-day free premium upgrade that includes student progress reports for up to 150 students. At the end of the 3 month period, you will be invited to purchase the upgrade. If you do not, you will be moved to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.

If you do not upgrade, you can continue using your purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play.

Check out our other Boom card decks

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more, I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Your middle schoolers will enjoy playing this twist on the classic game of Guess Who!

14 Slides are included in this activity:

• An explanation on how to use this resource in whole group, small group or independent.
• 6 Slides to prompt practicing the structures "As-tu" and "Es-tu" as well as examples.
• A printable "placemat" to help remind students of the vocabulary and structures.
• 7 Slides with Guess Who? Boards. 6 feature real humans, and one is cartoonish. People shown are culturally diverse and provide your students with an authentic, diverse visual representation.

This gamified experience works great for your "Prof du jour," as a substitute activity, as a filler activity -- or to celebrate a good day. I hope you love it!

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For goodness sakes, don't forget to have fun!

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Boom Cards ENGLISH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Listening Comprehension Distance Learning

ENGLISH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Listening Comprehension Distance Learning with 50 cards to get your students practicing the most important Fruit and vegetables on their computers or tablets. A very simple exercise to assess knowledge, learn or practice the most useful fruit and veggies in ENGLISH. Students listen and click on the right fruit. Great for ESL classrooms or homeschooling. You can easily project the boom cards or use on a smart board for a class exercise. Try the cards in the preview to see for yourself what this resource looks like. This resource also includes 50 Fruit and veggies Flash cards on a PDF to study or play games in class as well as the list or words in French with their English translation.

Bon apprentissage!!

There are so many ways you can use these Boom task cards and the Flash cards. Here are a few ideas:

➯ Do a race with all your students, see who finishes first and has the least mistakes.

➯ Project on the screen and have students respond and open discussion.

➯ Use the cards for small group work, tutoring sessions or for test review.

➯ Have your students practice at home.

➯ You can use the flash cards to play a guessing game (taboo without the taboo words)

Included:

✯ 50 Interactive Boom cards

✯ 50 Flash cards in ENGLISH

✯ 1 Vocabulary list

"What are you buying?

You are buying Boom Cards: cloud-based digital resources. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (released in the last three years). Free player apps are also available. Not sure if your browser is modern enough? Try free Boom Cards deck first.

To use Boom Cards, YOU MUST OPEN AT LEAST A FREE Boom Learning ACCOUNT (just like you have to have a Google account to use Google resources). Click the links inside the product .pdf to redeem your Boom Cards and create an account (or add to your account if you already have one). Free accounts include the ability to generate student progress reports for 5 students and to make up to 5 DIY decks. Free accounts include the ability to assign Boom Cards to unlimited students (without progress reports) using the Fast Play pin option available in the Library."

"If you are new to Boom Learning, you will receive a 90-day free premium upgrade that includes student progress reports for up to 150 students. At the end of the 3 month period, you will be invited to purchase the upgrade. If you do not, you will be moved to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.

If you do not upgrade, you can continue using your purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play."

Check out our other Boom card decks

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more, I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

➯ Just click here to follow my store!

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

⚜Sign up for my newsletter receive free gifts weekly!

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⚜Test your students current level in French

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⚜Visit my blog

Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

Boom Cards FRENCH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Listening Comprehension Distance Learning

FRENCH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Listening Comprehension Distance Learning with 50 cards to get your students practicing the most important Fruit and vegetables on their computers or tablets. A very simple exercise to assess knowledge, learn or practice the most useful fruit and veggies in French. Students listen and click on the right fruit. Great for French immersion schools as everything is in French. You can easily project the boom cards or use on a smart board for a class exercise. Try the cards in the preview to see for yourself what this resource looks like. This resource also includes 50 Fruit and veggies Flash cards on a PDF to study or play games in class as well as the list or words in French with their English translation.

Bon apprentissage!!

There are so many ways you can use these Boom task cards and the Flash cards. Here are a few ideas:

➯ Do a race with all your students, see who finishes first and has the least mistakes.

➯ Project on the screen and have students respond and open discussion.

➯ Use the cards for small group work, tutoring sessions or for test review.

➯ Have your students practice at home.

➯ You can use the flash cards to play a guessing game (taboo without the taboo words)

Included:

✯ 50 Interactive Boom cards

✯ 50 Flash cards in FRENCH

✯ 1 Vocabulary list in French and English

"What are you buying?

You are buying Boom Cards: cloud-based digital resources. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (released in the last three years). Free player apps are also available. Not sure if your browser is modern enough? Try free Boom Cards deck first.

To use Boom Cards, YOU MUST OPEN AT LEAST A FREE Boom Learning ACCOUNT (just like you have to have a Google account to use Google resources). Click the links inside the product .pdf to redeem your Boom Cards and create an account (or add to your account if you already have one). Free accounts include the ability to generate student progress reports for 5 students and to make up to 5 DIY decks. Free accounts include the ability to assign Boom Cards to unlimited students (without progress reports) using the Fast Play pin option available in the Library."

"If you are new to Boom Learning, you will receive a 90-day free premium upgrade that includes student progress reports for up to 150 students. At the end of the 3 month period, you will be invited to purchase the upgrade. If you do not, you will be moved to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.

If you do not upgrade, you can continue using your purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play."

Check out our other Boom card decks

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more, I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

➯ Just click here to follow my store!

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

⚜Sign up for my newsletter receive free gifts weekly!

⚜Visit my French teacher blog

⚜Test your students current level in French

⚜French Teachers Café Facebook Page

⚜Follow my YouTube channel with 200+ French video lessons

⚜Follow me on Pinterest

⚜Visit my blog

Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.

Boom Cards Numbers 1 - 20 FRENCH Listening Comprehension Distance Learning

Numbers 1 - 20 FRENCH Listening Comprehension distance learning with 20 cards to get your students practicing this the numbers 1 - 20 in French on their computers or tablets. A very simple exercise to assess knowledge, learn or practice the numbers 1 - 20 in French. Students listen and click on the right number. Great for French immersion schools as everything is in French. You can easily project these or use on a smart board for a class exercise. Try the cards in the preview to see for yourself what this resource looks like.

Bon apprentissage!!

There are so many ways you can use these Boom task cards. Here are a few ideas:

➯ Do a race with all your students, see who finishes first and has the least mistakes.

➯ Project on the screen and have students respond and open discussion.

➯ Use the cards for small group work, tutoring sessions or for test review.

➯ Have your students practice at home.

Included:

✯ 20 Interactive Boom cards

✯ Click the right answer

• IMPORTANT Newsflash:

At this time and through June of 2020, Boom Learning is giving a FREE Ultimate membership to all teachers impacted by the Coronavirus shut-downs and social distancing measures

⟹ Click here to claim a free Boom membership.

"What are you buying?

You are buying Boom Cards: cloud-based digital resources. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (released in the last three years). Free player apps are also available. Not sure if your browser is modern enough? Try free Boom Cards deck first.

To use Boom Cards, YOU MUST OPEN AT LEAST A FREE Boom Learning ACCOUNT (just like you have to have a Google account to use Google resources). Click the links inside the product .pdf to redeem your Boom Cards and create an account (or add to your account if you already have one). Free accounts include the ability to generate student progress reports for 5 students and to make up to 5 DIY decks. Free accounts include the ability to assign Boom Cards to unlimited students (without progress reports) using the Fast Play pin option available in the Library."

"If you are new to Boom Learning, you will receive a 90-day free premium upgrade that includes student progress reports for up to 150 students. At the end of the 3 month period, you will be invited to purchase the upgrade. If you do not, you will be moved to a free account. You may upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time.

If you do not upgrade, you can continue using your purchased Boom Cards with Fast Play."

Check out our other Boom card decks

Check out my new Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more, I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

➯ Just click here to follow my store!

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

⚜Sign up for my newsletter receive free gifts weekly!

⚜Visit my French teacher blog

⚜Test your students current level in French

⚜French Teachers Café Facebook Page

⚜Follow my YouTube channel with 200+ French video lessons

⚜Follow me on Pinterest

⚜Visit my blog

Want to get TeachShare credit to use on future purchases? Go to "My Purchases" and log in. Next to purchases there is a link to provide feedback. Click this link and you will be taken to a page where you can give a rating and leave a comment for the product. When you give feedback TPT gives you credits that you can use toward future purchases.