ELEMENTARY FRENCH

MADAME GEROVAC

                        Bonjour et bienvenue à la classe de français!
 

Grade 2

In Grade 2, students are introduced to the Alex and Zoe series (level 1).

The concepts introduced during term one include:

-greetings
-introducing oneself
-telling one’s age
-telling if one has brothers or sisters
-pets
-expressing what one has
-identifying objects
-school subjects
-colours
-talking about oneself
-expressing what one is doing
-activities
-wild animals
-talking about one’s needs, wishes and desires
-birthdays and gifts

Grade 3

Students in grade three continue with the Alex and Zoe series (level 2).

Term one will focus on the following themes:

-greetings
-introductions
-asking and telling one’s age
-telling what one possesses
-what one likes to do and what one knows how to do
-giving information.
-asking and telling time
-the actions performed when getting ready in the morning
-school and school subjects
-the family
-the months of the year

Grade 4

Students in grade four will follow the Horizons 1 program.

Language Topics and Communication Goals for term one include:

-how to ask questions

-adjectives

-numbers 31-50

-making introductions

-talking about ourselves

-being polite

Grade 5

Students in grade 5 will follow the Horizons 2 program.

Language Topics and Communication Goals for term one include:

-irregular adjectives

-the position of adjectives

-describing people and things

-talking about yourself, where you live and what you like to do

Grade 6

The grade 6 students will study from the Horizons 3 program.

Language Topics and Communication Goals for term one include:

-numbers: hundreds and thousands

-adverbs

-asking and explaining how to do something

-expressions of quantity

-the verb prendre

-making plans to do something

Grade 7

The grade seven students will study from the Junior 2 program.

Term One topics include:

-C'est/Ce sont

-pronouns

-classroom communication

-the definite articles

-the indefinite articles

-the negative

-possessive adjectives

-prepositions of place

-vocabulary related to the home

Grade 8

The grade eight students will study from the Junior 3 program.

Term One topics include:

-verbs in the present tense

-review of the formation of "passé composé"

-making presentations

-making descriptions

-showing respect

-the gender of adjectives

-inversion

-possessive adjectives

-demonstrative adjectives

-the tonic pronouns

Extensions for Outside the Classroom

In order to become more fluent in French, it is important that we expose our students as much as possible to the French language. There are many things you can do at home to strengthen your child’s learning.

• Encourage them to watch a movie in French! Many DVDs include French language versions.
• Watch French TV - the TFO television channel is a good option.
• And let’s not forget to read! The Mississauga Central Library has a great French book selection that is available to students.
• Use the Internet - The following are useful websites for access to games, activities, dictionaries and grammar concepts.
 

Useful Websites

Verbs
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/org/ARTFL/forms_unrest/inflect.query.html
 
Grammar rules and French dictionary
http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/ductionary/
 
French-English dictionary
http://www.olf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/gdt.html
 
What French sounds like
http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/french1.html
 
Online activities
http://pbskids.org/caillou_french/
http://www.lespetitestounes.ca/bienvenue.html
http://fslactivities.sd61.bc.ca/ 

Online games

http:www.tfo.org/cfmx/tfoorg/tfo/a_propos_de_tfo/sites_tfo/index.cfm?s=9
http://www.jeuxpourenfants.org/
http://www.lescale.net/

http://www.tomlitoo.com/

Show listings and programming schedules

http://www2.tfo.org/cfmx/tfoorg/tfo/