Interactive French Calendar for 2021
Monday, January 04, 2021
Happy New Year!
I hope you had a restful holiday break. As much as I am glad to be back in a regular routine, I would much rather be in-class instead of teaching virtually. Alas, 2021 has different plans for us. So, it's time to dust off some old Google Slides and when a fellow teacher asked for a January version of my interactive calendar, I realized I hadn't yet shared this on my blog. I first saw an awesome English version of this on Jamboard created by the talented @MrsJankord and thought it was absolutely brilliant, I needed to make my own version en français. However, Google Slides is more my jam.
For now, I have created a calendar and a weather board. Because it is a Google Slide deck, the manipulatives only work in edit mode, not presentation or view only mode.
In class, I would have the students tell me what to do and I would make the changes. As an alternative now they were are temporarily teaching virtually, you could select a student of the day and grant them temporary access to the file, or share in Google Classroom and make a copy for each student.
If you would like to make a copy for classroom use, click here. To update the numbers on the calendar once January is over, simply navigate to SLIDE - EDIT MASTER and edit the numbers in each cell on the Calendar layout.
UPDATE: I've swapped the text boxes containing the months and the days with pictures so they are easier to move.
And by popular demand, I’m sharing a calendar for février, mars, avril, mais et juin! (Click on the images below to grab a copy.)
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| février 2021 |
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| mars 2021 |
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| avril 2021 |
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| mai 2021 |
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| juin 2021 |
If you prefer a calendar that starts on Monday, le voici:
Check out my latest blog post for the NEW and improved interactive calendar and weather board for September 2021!
Don't forget to check out these popular blog posts for French teachers:
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35 COMMENTS
Diana, you have made my teaching day!!! Merci for this
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks for saying so! C'est mon plaisir!
DeleteHi Diana,
ReplyDeleteLove your interactive French calendar. I have been using it with multiples grades daily. Thank you so much! Just wondering if you will you be making/posting a February one?
Thanks,
Monique
Salut, Monique!
DeleteI have just updated the post to include one for February. 😃
Merci beaucoup!
DeletePas de problème!
DeleteMerci beaucoup Diana! J'espérais que le mois de février soit ici! MERCI!
ReplyDeleteIl n'y a pas de quoi, Shanna!
DeleteHello Diana,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and your work. Your slides are simple and visually appealing. The content of your site is excellent and I'm grateful to have the opportunity to learn many of the suggestions you make.
I have a question regarding the weather slide. Is it possible to make a copy of it? I've tried to click on it, but perhaps we're not supposed to copy it? I wanted to put it with the beautiful March calendar. Thank you again for sharing and providing great information for French teachers.
Susan Severin
Hi Susan,
DeleteThank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate the feedback.
Originally, I had the weather board on the January calendar which people could copy and paste onto any other slide deck if they wanted to. Now I've gone back and added it to every calendar and I've also created a separate doc that has just the weather board. Click on the picture with the blue sky to access a copy or you can download the updated version of the March calendar.
Bonne journée!
Love your calendars! Any chance you'll be making one for April that starts on lundi?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I just posted the alternate version which you can find above. Cheers!
DeleteThank you for the calendar. It's very well done and helpful.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your feedback! Glad you find it helpful. :)
DeleteHi there,
ReplyDeleteDo you have a calendar for May 2021? The one you posted is actually for June.
Thank you so much!
Thanks so much for flagging! I've just added the calendar for May.
DeleteThank you so much! Very much appreciated. As a teacher beginning my career in a couple days, I find your resources so useful. MERCI MILLE.
DeleteI'm so glad to hear you find them useful. Congratulations and best of luck as you begin this amazing journey!
DeleteHi Diana,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate these calendars. I needed something visual to use during remote learning in January and stumbled upon your site. Thank you for adding May and June!!
Why, thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear you find them useful!
DeleteBonjour Diana,
ReplyDeleteThank you for an inspiring presentation ot the OMLTA Conference this week!
Your session, just as your blog, was a treasure trove of ideas.
Thank you for sharing your hard work with such generosity! You help us raise the bar in French classes across the province.
Bonjour!
DeleteAnd... wow! What a super sweet note! Messages like this remind me of the reasons why I do what I do. I am so happy you are able to find ideas you can use and thank you for joining me at OMLTA!
Bonjour Diana,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful calendars. I just wanted to let you know how useful they are, I use them every day in classes 1-5. Thank you so much! I just went to make a copy of the May one and realized there isn't one that starts on Monday's instead of Sunday. Will you be adding one?
Merci mille,
Monique
Bonjour, Monique!
DeleteThanks for your truly kind words! I have just posted the alternate calendars for May and June.
Bonne journée!
Hi, sorry to bug you again. Just wanted to let you know that the May one v.2 uploaded is the one that starts on sunday and the June one says Access Denied.
DeleteBonne journée à vous aussi!
Oh là là! Comme je suis folle! I think I fixed it all now. Silly me!
DeleteMerci beaucoup!
DeleteMerci beaucoup pour le partage! ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhen will you publish calendars for August-December 2021 that start on Mondays.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your inquiry. I took time off this summer but I did just finish the September calendar and updated it with a fresh new look.
DeleteThank you so much. Your calendars have been so helpful this past year. I was wondering if you were planning on making them for this upcoming school year too :)
ReplyDeleteHi Nathalie, I some took time off this summer but I did just publish the September calendar and updated it with a fresh new look. (See my latest blog post.)
DeleteLove your interactive French calendar. I just wanted to let you know how useful they are, I use them every day in classes 1-5. Thank you so much! I tried to update the numbers on the calendar like you mentioned above "simply navigate to SLIDE - EDIT MASTER and edit the numbers in each cell on the Calendar layout." I was unsuccessfully. Will you be posting a September Interactive Calendar? It would be greatly appreciated by me. Thank you
ReplyDeleteHi there! When I first published this post, I was sharing the January calendar which many people did not know how to edit so the remaining calendars were not editable. You can use the January calendar to edit the number. I did just publish the September calendar and updated it with a fresh new look. (See my latest blog post.)
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