French Colours Lesson and Activities | Paper and Digital

Introduce les couleurs or French colours with this lesson and activities in your beginner French class. These lessons can be used any time, even without French speaking skills and are perfect to leave with your English-speaking substitute teacher!

This resource is part of our Introductory French Full Year Bundle.

This introductory French resource includes:

• a complete lesson plan that includes reading, writing, listening and speaking activities written in English to practice pronouncing French colours. Instructions for how to modify the lessons are included in the plan.
• background information about French and how to explain it to students for non-native French speakers or teachers who are new to teaching French.
• opportunities for students to read, speak, listen and write in French.
• ten flexible activities so you can pick and choose what you want to use or the ones your students need.
• student reference pages that you can post in the classroom or keep in student notebooks. Students will create these.
• a simple assessment activity for students to practice reading and writing.
• student pages with instructions written in English and French.
• answer keys and suggested answers.
• photographs of student examples.
• a set of colour word wall words so you can use them as a reference throughout the school year.
• a digital version for most of the activities. The digital version contains loose text that can be read by your assistive technology, but we cannot guarantee it will pronounce the text with the correct accent. To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link in that file.

Ninja Note: This lesson is not intended for French Immersion classes. It is meant to be used with students who can already read and write in English. It helps if your students are familiar with the names of the colours in English.

This lesson was designed to align with:

• the Alberta Program of Studies FSL for Grade 4-6.

These lessons support:

• any upper elementary French class, FSL Class or Core French class with students who can already read and speak basic English.
• Canadian French (specifically Alberta French). See the note below.

Check out some of the other resources in our Introductory French Bundle:

• French Alphabet
• Introductory Vocabulary (Greetings and Leave Takings)
• Colours
• Numbers to 100
• Telling Time and Reading Clocks
• Calendar
• Subject Pronouns (je, tu, nous, vous, il, elle, ils, elles)
• Posing Questions
• Commands
• Determiners (le, la, l', les, une, un, des)
• the full year includes a sequence guide.

We also have plenty of other French resources for your classroom:

• French Class Sub Plans
• French Class Learning Objectives Poster
• French Idioms
• French Class Bellringers
• French Canadian Celebrations

Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link in that file.

Have a question? Before contacting us, check our Frequently Asked Questions page.

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Les textes en français de ce document sont écrits d’après les rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Paris, 1990). Pour plus d’informations veuillez consulter le site suivant: www.orthographe-recommandee.info

The French texts in this document are written using the new French spelling recommended by the Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Paris, 1990). For more information please consult the following website: www.orthographe-recommandee.info