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Experienced Certified Teacher. Taught in elementary, middle school, and high school. Current teaching assignment is Grade 4 with Core French. Significant experience in both French as a Second Language or FSL (French as an Additional Language - FAL) and Immersion programs, up to grade 11. Also taught grades 3-12 covering a variety of other subjects in Ontario.
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Preview of French Irregular Verbs Avoir, Etre, Aller, Faire Present Tense Worksheets

French Irregular Verbs Avoir, Etre, Aller, Faire Present Tense Worksheets

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TeachingFSL
Need worksheets to practice irregular verbs être, aller, avoir, faire in the present tense? This set of 2 worksheets is a fully editable Word document. I created this set of 15 fill-in-the-blank questions for 7th grade Core French class but it is also appropriate for other levels as well (i.e. grades 3-6 French Immersion, high school Core French, French I, or basic French classes), as review or when introducing the explicit grammar of these verbs for the first time. Part A - 15 fill-in-the-b
Preview of Personal Preferences Coat of Arms - French Presentation

Personal Preferences Coat of Arms - French Presentation

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TeachingFSL
Great September back to school activity to get your FSL students writing and/or speaking about themselves to allow you to assess their general level of French, as well as to get to know them as individuals. Students create a personal coat of arms based on their likes and preferences, and write a sentence about what each graphic represents. It includes opportunities for them to write about their friends, music, favourite foods and hobbies. Students will present their coat of arms to the class
Preview of Projet de danse / French Immersion Dance Creation Projet

Projet de danse / French Immersion Dance Creation Projet

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TeachingFSL
This package provides junior-intermediate French immersion Dance teachers with everything they need (aside from the music) to have students plan and perform an original group dance presentation, demonstrating what they know about the elements of dance. It includes many suggested Success Criteria from the four sections of the achievement chart for the Ontario Arts curriculum. Choose what makes sense for your own class and focus, and refer to these for writing report card comments. Teachers wi
Preview of FRENCH Back to School Game:  Jenga®-style Conversation Starters

FRENCH Back to School Game: Jenga®-style Conversation Starters

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TeachingFSL
This back to school (la rentrée) themed listening and speaking (oral communication) activity incorporates the game Jenga® in the French classroom. This resource is NOT suitable for use with TpT’s new Digital Layer feature. It includes 3 sets of 27 questions for students to talk about their personal preferences, likes, dislikes and other opinions related to back-to-school. The three sets offer differentiation opportunities for the teacher, as well as providing an option best for students just
Preview of French Quiz - Irregular Verbs Etre, Aller, Avoir, Faire

French Quiz - Irregular Verbs Etre, Aller, Avoir, Faire

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TeachingFSL
French Quiz - Present Tense of irregular verbs être, aller, avoir, faire. This product now includes an editable Word document with 3 versions of the quiz. This one-page quiz totals 20 marks and includes two sections; one to indicate the meaning of each of these verbs in the infinitive form, another fill-in-the-blank section to assess students' ability to conjugate these four irregular verbs in the present tense. The second section has the questions grouped to allow the student to focus on one
Preview of Projet de Biodiversité | Carte d'identité pour une espèce | Sciences

Projet de Biodiversité | Carte d'identité pour une espèce | Sciences

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TeachingFSL
For the grade 6 Science unit on Biodiversity in Ontario, I created a project to allow French Immersion students to show what they’ve learned about the characteristics of living things and their classification. They pick a species, do research, and then make an ID card (using technology options available to you, or just plain white paper or manila tag). Have students present their Species ID Card to the whole class, or instructions are included for how I had them present to one another in
Preview of French Halloween Writing Lesson | Impératif | Magic Potion Recipe

French Halloween Writing Lesson | Impératif | Magic Potion Recipe

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TeachingFSL
This French Magic Potion recipe writing activity is an ideal lesson or assignment around Halloween. It can also accompany a Haunted House or wizard & sorcery unit, or even as an interesting spin within a more typical food unit. This French as a second language writing task is designed to practice using the imperative verb form (l'impératif), but you could easily adapt it for younger grades by substituting the infinitive form instead. A list of useful verbs is included, as well as creepy an
Preview of Introduction aux tableaux - Art dramatique

Introduction aux tableaux - Art dramatique

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TeachingFSL
Cette ressource inclut une leçon de l'art dramatique (Les Tableaux) et l'explication d'une tâche de créer un série de tableaux en groupe afin de raconter une histoire déjà familière à la classe. Ceci comprend: un fichier PowerPoint (texte et images non-modifiable, les animations déjà préparées) pour présenter l’activité et expliquer qu’on peut faire pour bien réussir avec la création en groupe des tableauxune version PDF de cette présentationles critères d’évaluation (une page qui contient 2 co
Preview of French Pets Supply Lesson | Animaux domestiques | Animal de compagnie

French Pets Supply Lesson | Animaux domestiques | Animal de compagnie

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TeachingFSL
Teaching a junior or intermediate French unit on pets? Need to be away? This lesson can be used by a non-French speaking substitute teacher! This Pet Description PowerPoint file for a substitute teacher to lead includes a link to an 8-minute video about describing pets including simple details, and 10 pet photo slides, introducing various relevant animal body parts to use as a follow-up oral activity. It will have your students using the French they've already recently learned plus new vocabul
Preview of French J'ai Qui A Chain Game - School Expressions & Items

French J'ai Qui A Chain Game - School Expressions & Items

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TeachingFSL
This game is intended for use with your Core French or Extended French class to practice French school vocabulary. This product contains five completely different versions to suit different class sizes, from 15 to 35+! (I have had a class of 39 students once.) Four of the versions are bilingual, while one (with 30 cards) uses just French and images to increase the target language practice. The game is an oral activity where you distribute the cards to students and everyone pays attention as yo
Preview of Affiches pour les postes d'APQ dans la salle de classe

Affiches pour les postes d'APQ dans la salle de classe

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TeachingFSL
These DPA posters (daily physical activity, or activité physique quotidienne, aka APQ in Ontario) are great as stations in the Core French or French Immersion classroom, as well as for brain breaks or as part of your physical education curriculum. You'll find 18 cards to print (sized 8.5 x 11 inches) or to project and use to set up stations around the perimeter of the room or along a hallway. Whether you're a homeroom #FrImm Teacher, a rotary teacher, or a specialized FI Phys Ed teacher, this re
Preview of Summarizing Activity | Un Monstre à Paris (French animated movie)

Summarizing Activity | Un Monstre à Paris (French animated movie)

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TeachingFSL
This full-film length activity for the movie A Monster in Paris (French version - Un Monstre à Paris) will be enjoyed by your Core French, Extended French or Immersion class. Use it to have students practice making predictions, inferences, and generating questions (both for clarification, and to "wonder", inquiry-style) to enhance their listening and media understanding and comprehension. It includes:teaching notes and proposed timingspecific French Curriculum connections for Ontario FSL teac
Preview of La Guerre des tuques - film animé: Raconter & faire les prédictions

La Guerre des tuques - film animé: Raconter & faire les prédictions

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TeachingFSL
This simple four-page movie activity can be left with Intermediate or Senior Core French students, or Junior French Immersion students with a non-francophone supply teacher. It can also be something to do as a fun and engaging yet curriculum-appropriate activity during snow days, trip days, or the week before winter break or March break. The movie "Snowtime" aka "La guerre des tuques" is available to buy here, or here if you don't own it already. (This is NOT an affiliate link!) Allow stu
Preview of L'aéroport, l'avion, le voyage | Mur de mots (French Airport Travel Word Wall)

L'aéroport, l'avion, le voyage | Mur de mots (French Airport Travel Word Wall)

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TeachingFSL
This is a set of French word wall cards that I created for a primary French immersion dramatic center with an airline theme. It contains 27 cards (including alternate Québecois vs more "standard French" versions) each with the word in French, article for nouns, and an image to support comprehension and enable the students to use the vocabulary more easily while imagining authentic travel experiences, discussions about airplanes, or during travel-unit focused role plays. This also includes a two-
Preview of French Breakfast Chat Mats | Tapis de conversation au thème du (petit) déjeuner

French Breakfast Chat Mats | Tapis de conversation au thème du (petit) déjeuner

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TeachingFSL
Teaching about breakfast foods in your action oriented A1-A2 level French class? Use these 2 Chat Mats (with 19 versions included in all!) to get your students talking about what they like to eat for the first meal of the day - whether you call it "déjeuner" or "petit déjeuner." This is a mostly NON-EDITABLE PowerPoint file (which can also be imported into Google Slides). The editable portion is explained in the teaching notes (space for culturally relevant breakfast options to be inserted that
Preview of French Date Weather Chat Mats | Tapis de conversation du temps et la date

French Date Weather Chat Mats | Tapis de conversation du temps et la date

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TeachingFSL
Teaching your French students to say the date and weather in your A1 level French class? Use these 2 Chat Mats to get your students saying the date and answering questions about the weather (la météo ou le temps). This is a NON-EDITABLE PDF file that includes brief teaching notes. You can use it for writing support as well after students are familiar with the content. If you like this product, please leave me feedback that will earn you credits toward future TpT purchases. For any suggestions
Preview of Halloween themed conversation starters - Jenga®-style French game

Halloween themed conversation starters - Jenga®-style French game

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TeachingFSL
This Halloween themed listening and speaking (oral communication) activity incorporates the game Jenga ® in the French classroom. It includes 27 questions for students to talk about their personal preferences, likes, dislikes and other opinions related to this holiday. You will need one or several Jenga-style games for students to use this oral activity (based on students reading the question matching the block they have picked before replacing it on the tower they are building) in groups within
Preview of French Colors Colours Couleurs Digital Listening Game IEP Audio Activity

French Colors Colours Couleurs Digital Listening Game IEP Audio Activity

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TeachingFSL
This is a self-correcting, non-editable PowerPoint game to be used as a Core French resource to help your students practice listening to the French vocabulary for colors (les couleurs). IEP-friendly! The PowerPoint is designed to ask the student to try again for any incorrect answer. There are two versions included, in a zipped file. The first version includes blanc, noir, rouge, bleu and jaune. The second version includes gris, brun, orange, rose, vert and violet. Both encourage the student
Preview of French Numbers 0 to 9 Chiffres Digital Listening Game IEP Audio Activity

French Numbers 0 to 9 Chiffres Digital Listening Game IEP Audio Activity

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TeachingFSL
This is a self-correcting, non-editable PowerPoint game to be used as a Core French resource to help your students practice listening to the single digit numbers 0-9 (zero to nine). IEP-friendly! The PowerPoint is designed to ask the student to try again for any incorrect answer. There are two versions included, in a zipped file. The first version has the French word for the number (digit) written on each question slide. The second version lacks that, encouraging the student to rely just on the
Preview of Halloween Math Task Cards Addition Subtraction including Tenths Grade 4

Halloween Math Task Cards Addition Subtraction including Tenths Grade 4

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TeachingFSL
Want an engaging way to assess where your grade 4 or 5 students are with their addition and subtraction skills? This differentiated, ready-to-print and slice into Task Cards addition and/or subtraction resource including numbers through ten thousands with decimal tenths is exactly what you need. Whether you teach 4th grade Math in Ontario or use this as a 5th grade review, this product will be challenging enough for both your gifted students and students working at or slightly below grade lev
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Experience

Experienced Certified Teacher. Taught in elementary, middle school, and high school. Current teaching assignment is Grade 4 with Core French. Significant experience in both French as a Second Language or FSL (French as an Additional Language - FAL) and Immersion programs, up to grade 11. Also taught grades 3-12 covering a variety of other subjects in Ontario.

Teaching style

High academic expectations, lots of support and practice in a variety of scaffolded ways to meet different learners' needs and styles. Fun, with real life/authentic connections where possible! Tech integration where it makes sense to do so, or as options for students. Always changing, always evolving, always learning... and proud of it.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Social media accounts featured in Professionally Speaking, Ontario College of Teachers' magazine. Initiatives led by me have been shared though my province's elementary teacher union blog and in other professional publications. Frequent PD Presenter.

My own education history

Ontario Certified Teacher Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Arts French Specialist Teaching Qualifications ESL and Special Education Teaching Qualifications Adult Instuction Certificate Technical Writing College Certificate

Additional biographical information

Check out my blog at https://www.TeachingFSL.com/