Les jours de la semaine

lundi

mardi

mercredi

jeudi

vendredi

samedi

dimanche

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Hands in air

Hands on head

Hands on shoulders

Hands in cross over chest

Hands stretch forward from elbows

Hands on knees

Arms folded

Song & actions – Frere Jacques tune

Les jours – chansonto the tune of ‘Frère Jacques’

lundi, mardi (x2)mercredi (x2)jeudi, vendredi (x2)

samedi, dimanche (x2)

What do you notice about all the words for days of the week in French?

lundimardi

mercredijeudi

vendredisamedi

dimanche

What do you think ‘di’ means?

lundimardi

mercredijeudi

vendredisamedi

dimanche

More words with the ‘i’ sound:

six

dix

souris

Côte d’Ivoire

il

Work with a partner to write down the days of the week in the right order on your

whiteboard!

lundi

mardi

mercredi vendredi

samedi

dimanche

jeudi

How did you do?

lundi

mardi

mercredi

vendredi

samedi

dimanche

jeudi

Les jours – chansonto the tune of ‘Frère Jacques’

lundi, mardi (x2)mercredi (x2)jeudi, vendredi (x2)

samedi, dimanche (x2)

This time let’s try it as a round!