French: lesson 4: reading with understanding

 Today year 5 practised their song and listened to a video about a family ordering breakfast in France. After listening to the video and practising breakfast vocabulary, they then had a go at reading and looking for certain words to help them translate an English sentence, using a dictionary where necessary.



















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