Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Communicating in French fosters a sense of belonging to the Francophone community
e.g., classroom, school
.
As our vocabulary increases, so does our ability to make ourselves understood.
Our ability to communicate in a new language improves as we take risks in that language.
Readers must not only decode words, but also understand the meaning of a text.
Texts follow specific structures, depending on their type
informational, narrative, etc.
.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
communication strategies:
- active listeningthe recipient is physically and intellectually engaged, and reacts to what is heard
- turn-taking in a conversationwaiting one’s turn to speak, raise one’s hand, etc.
- expressions of courtesy and greetingsbonjour, au revoir, merci, Madame, Monsieur, est-ce que je peux, etc.
cultural elements
elements of a story:
- characters
- settings
- events
text organization:
- structure of a storybeginning, middle and end
- structure of an informational textthematic organization
- text elementspage, cover, image, diagram, layout, etc.
phonemic awareness:
- phonemesthe smallest unit of sound in a language (e.g., the “ch” sound)
- syllables
- rhymes
writing conventions:
- uppercase and lowercase letters
- spaces between words
- punctuationperiod
language elements:
- adjectivesdescriptive adjectives for people, objects and events
- simple affirmative sentencessubject, verb, complement
- formulation of questions using “est-ce que”
- present indicative of action verbs
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Exploring and Reflecting
Recognize Francophone and Aboriginal cultural elements in a text
oral, written, visual
Recognize frequently encountered words
Deconstruct a sentence into word groups to enhance comprehension
Grasp the overall meaning of a text
oral, written, visual
in order to be able to retell it in one’s own words
Make predictions and connections based on a text
oral, written, visual
Identify the elements of a story
Use text elements
page, cover, image, diagram, layout, etc.
to understand a text
Make the distinction between an informational text and a narrative text
Creating and Communicating
Speak about oneself and one’s daily life
Interact with others in a respectful manner, adapting behaviour to the interlocutor
Read
shared and guided reading, etc.
simple sentences, decoding the words, pronouncing them correctly and following punctuation conventions.
Take the initiative of asking questions of the teacher and peers
Reproduce simple sentence structures in oral self-expression
Write simple sentences using words that follow spelling patterns and conventions of syntax