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This week, why not try the following carousel ideas for learning the numbers in and out of order from 1-12. This is particularly useful in Y3 if children have had no previous experience of learning the numbers in the target language but also useful as a revision and could focus on numbers 10-20 instead for example or multiples of 10 but you may need more dice for activity 3.

Children work in groups of 5. You would need an hour for this lesson, for shorter lessons reduce the number of activities.

Children rotate around the 5 different activities, spending around 10 minutes on each activity.

Activity one – Take 12 paper cups/tubs/ and write the numbers in the target language on cups or labels. Children first of all arrange them in order then take it in turns to throw ping pong balls into the cups. They then say the number in the TL and in English and add up their scores.

Activity two – Matching cards: 12 cards with the numeral on and 12 cards with the number written in the target language. Children work to match them up. Then they turn the cards face down and take it in turns to find a match. The process can be repeated.

Activity three – Dice game: Take it in turns to throw two dice, say the number in the target language thrown. There are then 11 cards with simple sentences on matching cards to correspond to the number thrown linked to previous learning. (As there are two dice the lowest score is 2)
Examples: 2: Je m’appelle…… 3: J’ai 7/8 ans…. 4: J’ai un chat… 5: J’ai un chien…6: J’aime le chocolat….7: Je n’aime pas les frites…. 8: J’adore les pommes… 9: J’ai un lapin…10: J’ai une tortue… 11: J’ai un hamster.. 12: J’aime les bonbons.

Activity four: Hoop game: Set up 4 hoops in a line labelled with 1, 2, 3, 4, children take it in turns to throw 4 bean bags into the hoops. They say the number in the target language as they throw the bean bag into each hoop and then add up the total and say in the target language.

Activity five: Number cards in target language on the table 1-12 muddled up and multilink cubes. Children place the correct number of cubes next to each number card and say it in French. Then have a sheet with the numbers in the target language and visual images that the children have to match up with a pencil and a ruler.

Start and finish the lesson with a number song such as (French) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsc3qLMaCu8

Or Alain le Lait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY

Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydJr1Is8xI

Gracias! Merci!
Sam and Kay

Sam Henderson-Tucker
Subject Leader and SLE for Primary Languages
Molescroft Primary School
St Leonard’s Road
Beverley
HU17 7HF
01482 861762