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50 French Brain Teasers

Students name French picture words and blend their sounds to discover a new word. Fifty rebus puzzles include drawing spaces and a full answer key.
Grades
Grades 5–12
Pages
11
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Oct 08, 2021

Subject
Foreign Languages, French
Topic
French rebus puzzles, French vocabulary
Resource types
Games, Worksheets
Answer key
Included

Product description

From the author

50 fun Brain Teaser Riddles for French Words!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify French vocabulary words from pictures and pronounce them aloud

  • Blend French picture-word sounds with other picture, letter or number clues together to form and spell a new word

Teaching tips

  • Model a puzzle aloud before independent work.

  • Review unfamiliar picture vocabulary with the class.

  • Ask students to say the blended word before writing and drawing it.

Skills covered

  • French phonological blending — combining the spoken sounds of two or three known words to produce a new word (e.g., 'seau' + 'six' = 'saucisse').

  • French vocabulary recognition — naming everyday objects, foods, and animals from pictures.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do all the puzzles combine exactly two words?

The number and type of clues vary. Many puzzles use two pictures; others include a third clue, a letter or a number. There is not a three-clue puzzle on every page.

Are the fifty puzzles solved somewhere in the file?

Yes — the final page lists the solved word for every puzzle, organized by page.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Rebus puzzle

  • French vocabulary

  • Sound blending

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