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French Colors — Les Couleurs

Third graders learn the names of colors in French — rouge, bleu, vert, jaune — so they can describe the colorful world around them in a new language.

Grade 3Les Couleurs35 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name colors in French.
  • ✓Match color words to colors.
  • ✓Describe objects.
  • ✓Use colors to speak.
Essential Question

The world is full of color — and now you can name those colors in French! What are rouge, bleu, and vert, and how do you use color words?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Couleurs Explorer

Project this and tap each color. Have students learn the French word for each color of the rainbow.

🌈 Explore les couleurs — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Quelle Couleur!

5 min

The world is full of color — how do we name colors in French?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Point to classroom colors.
  • Ask how to say them.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Les Couleurs

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Couleurs Explorer.
  • Present each color.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Repeat.
  • Practice.
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Practice — Practice

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Match colors to words.
  • Point and name.
  • Color a picture.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Point.
  • Color.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name object colors in French.
  • Say “le/la ___ est ___.”
  • Ask about a color.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Describe.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a color.
  • Say what it means.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Explain it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand color words.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe things by color.

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Connections 3.1

Connect to colors learned in art.

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Comparisons 4.1

Compare color words across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Color-word swatch cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ means ___.”
  • Point to real colors.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with rouge and bleu.
  • Use color swatches.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more colors.
  • Describe objects by color.
  • Play “I spy” in French.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎨Color swatches
  • 💻The Couleurs Explorer
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🖼️A picture to color
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

rougeredbleubluevertgreenjauneyellownoirblackblancwhiteorangeorangecouleurcolor
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What color is “rouge”?
Red.
QUESTION 2
How do you say “blue” in French?
Bleu.
QUESTION 3
What does “vert” mean?
Green.

Reflect: color hunt.

Have students find objects around them and name their colors in French — like “la chaise est bleue” (the chair is blue). A printable couleurs sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: blanc, bleu, couleur, jaune, noir, orange, rouge, vert
  1. red
  2. color
  3. orange
  4. black
  5. yellow
  6. white
  7. blue
  8. green

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What color is “rouge”?
  2. How do you say “blue” in French?
  3. What does “vert” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) rouge · 2) couleur · 3) orange · 4) noir · 5) jaune · 6) blanc · 7) bleu · 8) vert
Part B: 1) Red. 2) Bleu. 3) Green.