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Parent guide · Grade 1 French · Unit 4

Lesson 4.2 Le Petit Déjeuner

Written for the parent. The Read aloud parts are written to your child; read them as they are. Do this parts are for you. Answers for you are marked Listen for.

At a glance

Time
3 sessions of 15–20 minutes
Goal
Name breakfast foods in French: le pain, le beurre, la confiture, le lait, le chocolat chaud. Ask politely with s’il te plaît and answer merci. Say the prayer line Give us this day our daily bread.
You need
  • A folded sheet of paper
  • Crayons
  • A sketchbook or plain paper, and crayons
  • A King James Bible
Print
Worksheet A · the lesson page (it also has a short video (1:37))

Steps

  1. Do this together: What did you eat for breakfast today? Today you learn what French children eat for breakfast, and how to ask for it politely.

  2. Read aloud: The story. In France, many children eat a simple breakfast: a piece of crusty bread called a baguette, with butter and jam, and a bowl of hot chocolate for dunking the bread. Every morning, someone in the family walks to the boulangerie, the bakery, to buy fresh bread, still warm. When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He told them to ask God, Give us this day our daily bread. Every loaf is a gift from God, and it is good to say merci to Him before we eat.

    Read aloud: How French sounds. In pain, the ain is hummed through the nose: PAN. In lait, the t is quiet: LAY. In s’il te plaît, the little hat on the î does not change the sound: seel tuh PLAY.

    Read aloud: Say it and move. Tear a pretend baguette: le pain! Spread butter: le beurre! Spoon jam: la confiture! Drink from a big bowl: le lait! Hold out your hand nicely: s’il te plaît! Bow your head: merci!

  3. Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.

    • le pain [luh PAN]: bread
    • le beurre [luh BUHR]: butter
    • la confiture [lah kohn-fee-TÜR]: jam
    • le lait [luh LAY]: milk
    • le chocolat chaud [luh shoh-koh-LAH SHOH]: hot chocolate
    • s’il te plaît [seel tuh PLAY]: please

  4. Show: You want the bread. What do you say?

    Say this: “Name the food: le pain.”

    Say this: “Add please: s’il te plaît.”

    Answer: Le pain, s’il te plaît.

    Show: Someone gives you milk. What do you say?

    Say this: “Say thank you.”

    Answer: Merci!

  5. Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.

    Ask: Say bread in French.

    Listen for: Le pain.

    Ask: Say milk in French.

    Listen for: Le lait.

    Ask: Say please to a friend in French.

    Listen for: S’il te plaît.

    3 more on the lesson page.

  6. Read aloud: Make a little French breakfast menu and play café.

    Steps:

    1. On the front, a parent writes Le Petit Déjeuner and you decorate it.
    2. Inside, draw bread, butter, jam, milk and hot chocolate.
    3. A parent writes the French names under each picture; trace them.
    4. Play café: one person orders with s’il te plaît, the other serves and the customer says merci.

    Tips for you:

    • Use toy food or real bread.
    • Take turns being the waiter.

    Done when your child can say:

    • My menu has five foods with French names.
    • I used s’il te plaît and merci.

  7. Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.

    1. Draw a breakfast table. A parent writes le pain, le beurre, la confiture and le lait. Write merci at the top.

  8. Read aloud: The long thin French loaf is called a baguette, which means a little stick or wand. French bakers bake millions of baguettes every day.

    • Saying the t in lait. It is quiet: LAY.
    • Forgetting merci. Every French table uses it.

  10. Sit at the table with toy or real food. Ask for something in French with s’il te plaît. The person who passes it waits for merci before letting go!

  11. Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”

    Listen for: Name breakfast foods in French: le pain, le beurre, la confiture, le lait, le chocolat chaud.; Ask politely with s’il te plaît and answer merci.; Say the prayer line Give us this day our daily bread.

  12. Give us this day our daily bread.

    Matthew 6:11 (KJV)

    In the French Bible of Louis Segond (1910), this verse reads: <i lang="fr">Donne-nous aujourd’hui notre pain quotidien;</i> Jesus taught us to ask God for our daily bread, notre pain quotidien. When we eat, we thank the One who gives it.

Spread over the week

3 sessions of 15–20 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

  1. Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
  2. Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
  3. Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.