Free resources to get your students talking!

Denise and I talk a lot about wanting the students to “own” the language we are teaching. To me, this means being able to respond spontaneously to the questions we practice in class, and even better, being able to come up with the question to ask someone else!

We use our Early Elementary French Partner Conversations Mega-Bundle (available in Spanish too!) as the main curriculum for our kindergarten and first grade classes, and we find it very important to go back and revisit previous lessons. These review cards have been so helpful, and we are happy to offer them to you for free, both here on our site and on TPT.

These cards allow students to practice the main topics of with the curriculum, but they can be a useful resource for any teacher looking to get their students conversing in the target language!

Here are two types of cards that we use:

Conversational practice cards

These cards have the main questions of the conversation on the front, and the beginning of the answer on the back as well as the English translation. Students can practice in pairs and review the main questions from the unit. It is helpful to hole-punch these cards and put them on a ring.

Vocabulary practice cards

These cards highlight the main question of the conversation with the English translation, and they provide the beginning of the response to prompt students. The images are provided to give the students ideas of how to respond to the question. It is a fun challenge for students to see if they can name all the options on the card!