Resources for French, Social Studies and other courses

Resources

Welcome! There are many resources for a variety of subjects, such as French Immersion, Core French, Geography, History, Science, English and Math. Students are encouraged to play games, read articles and watch videos in French when they are done their homework. They can also play some verb games that they will be tested on in the future. Enjoy!

Canadian Elementary Social Studies Links:

http://www.pearsoned.ca/highered/divisions/text/wright/links.html

GEOGRAPHY

To learn about Canadian provinces and territories, check out this link:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

HISTORY

Resources

Welcome! There are many resources for a variety of subjects, such as French Immersion, Core French, Geography, History, Science, English and Math. Students are encouraged to play games, read articles and watch videos in French when they are done their homework. They can also play some verb games that they will be tested on in the future. Enjoy!

FRENCH HOMEWORK HELP

Oxford Learning Barrhaven ( 613-823-1300 3171 Strandherd Dr #204, Nepean, ON K2J 5N1)

FREE HOMEWORK HELP:

Free Access to French Online Homework Help K-12

FSL Students (Core and Immersion) can get access to Voilà Live’s Virtual Immersion Campus. Every evening from Monday to Thursday students have access to live Ontario certified teachers online to practice their French and get homework help in French, English and Math. The Virtual Immersion Campus will be open Monday to Thursday from 5:00 pm. to 8:00 pm. for homework help and French practice.

For Parent/Student registration:

1. Visit http://voilalearning.com/en/free-online-tutoring/

2. Click on ‘My school board is registered.

3. Complete the form and use the code: OCDSB0.

4. You will receive a link to download the platform the next day. Learn more here.

FLS Tool Kit

Click on the link to download an awesome French as a Second Language tool kit. It has many common words and expressions translated from French to English. A great resource for home!

FSL Homework Toolbox/ Trousse pour devoirs

This is an FSL resource for parents and students in Ontario created by the Rainbow District School Board in partnership with the Ministry of Education. This resource includes a number of supports including:

audio files in English and French
video clips demonstrating instructional strategies
reference guide for specific topics
list of French language learning websites
general tips for learning French

FRENCH IMMERSION RESOURCES:

1) Websites with TV shows and games.
http://www.tv5monde.com/

https://www.idello.org/fr

https://video.telequebec.tv/

http://francolab.ca/

https://www.lesdebrouillards.com/

2) Corrections : bonpatron.ca pour corriger les fautes des élèves.

3) Exercises de vocabulaire: http://www.ortholud.com/exercices_de_vocabulaire_1.html est bon pour les personnes qui apprennent le français.

4) Un site de chansons :www.quebecpop.com « Le site de la Musique Populaire Francophone au Québec ».

Description du site : Il y a beaucoup d’information sur les chanteurs, comme les spectacles, les albums, les chroniques de disques et les reportages.

5) Un site de grammaire :http://www.letudiant.fr/quizz/thematique-orthographe-et-grammaire.html et https://www.francepodcasts.com/grammaire/

« Tests de culture générale : Orthographe, grammaire et vocabulaire » Description du site : -Il y a des « Tests de culture générale : Orthographe, grammaire et vocabulaire. »

6) Un site de vocabulaire :http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/vocabulaire-francais/exercices-avance

« Bonjour de la France: Vocabulaire ». Description du site : Il y a de l’information sur les genres musicaux, les mots familier des médias, répliques des cinémas.

7) Un site culturel: http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/CULTURE.HTM

« La culture québécoise ». Description : Il y a des expressions québécoises, des traditions et des coutumes des anciens Canadiens, de la poésie et ainsi de suite.

8) Un site pour la lecture: http://legrenierdebibiane.com/trouvailles/legendes/sommaire.html

«Légendes québécoises». Description du site : Il y a des légendes québécoises, comme «La Corriveau», «Le rocher de Cap Chat» et «Le pont

de Québec».

9) French grammar exercises: www.francaisfacile.com

10) Online Homework Help in French

11) Grammaire: https://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/fr/exercices_interactifs/?id=90

12) These interactive exercises go with the En bons termes course by Pearson Education. Could be good for general revision for intermediate and advanced students. http://wps.prenhall.com/ca_ph_parmentier_enbons_7/46/11982/3067569.cw/index.html

13) Indicatif present: http://avosplumes.org/students/

14) ( articles définis et indéfinis, verbes être et avoir au présent, verbes du 1/2/3 groupe au présent, verbes pronominaux au présent, le passé composé)

http://www.abcfrancais.com/cours/a1.php

15) (ponctuation, articles, noms, pronoms, adverbes, prepositions, verbes, sujets)

http://www.le-precepteur.net/francais/grammaire.php

16) Best Translator: https://www.deepl.com/translator#fr/en

17) Magazine Mon mag à moi du Centre franco https://numerico.cforp.ca/magazines/MMaM

FUN GAMES!

1) https://www.linguascope.com/

2) http://www.french-games.net/

3) Intermediate games: http://www.french-games.net/frenchtopics?level=secondary

4) http://www.digitaldialects.com/French_advanced.htm

5) http://www.bonjourdefrance.co.uk/learn-french-online/learn-french-with-games/choose-level4

6) https://www.language-gym.com/#!/workouts

7) Grammaire (difficile): http://www.didieraccord.com/Accord1/

8) Jeux amusants: https://bescherelle.com/thematiques-jeux/jeux-grande-section

9) Grammaire (phrase, l'adjectif, noms, homophones, adverbes, pronoms):

https://www.ortholud.com/exercices_de_grammaire_1.html

10) **Verbs that we will do this year (contains interactive grammar activities for various levels, as well as material for listening and reading)

http://frenchgrammartour.com/

More things of interest:

The GABFLE (Fr) blog has good listening material.

DailyFrenchPod (UK) has a selection of podcasts, spoken at a slow pace. A subscription is needed to access the whole site.

Quizlet (USA) has vocabulary flashcards to play games with. Not bad for personal student use.

20 Minutes Video Portal (Ch) has a searchable archive of news reports from Switzerland.

PodcastFrancaisFacile has podcast lessons.

TF1(Fr) , a major French TV company, has archived news clips you can stream, as well as live news, weather forecasts and so on. There is a good search facility.

TeacherTube has videos in French to watch. The quality is variable!

Hello-World (USA) has songs, games and interactive activities. Good for near beginners and low intermediate.

BBC (UK)). The GCSE Bitesize tasks, including practice listening tests, are very good.

The BBC French (UK) pages have crosswords, video and listening material, mainly situational in nature, but very professional.

GEOGRAPHY

Stop Disasters: http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/playgame.html

Click on link to Forces of Nature Interactive where you can create your own tornado!

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/forces-of-nature/

Unleash an Avalanche:

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/avalanche-interactive/

Then play the Stop Disasters game:

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

Many Canadian sites are listed on this site, such as Virtual museum, History, Images etc.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/008-2020-e.html

Canadian Elementary Social Studies Links:

http://www.pearsoned.ca/highered/divisions/text/wright/links.html

GEOGRAPHY

To learn about Canadian provinces and territories, check out this link:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

Jeux et devinettes

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/games.aspx?lang=Fr

HISTORY

http://www.tvokids.com/games/timetrackers

(Pick the video for "John A Macdonald")

http://www.2learn.ca/enjoy/canada/canada.asp?type=4

http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/qc/etiennecartier/game_cartier/index_e.html

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/french/index.aspx- Website for the Archives of Ontario. Has some great information regarding the History of Ontario and we will be using it during the school year in class.

http://www.civilisations.ca/accueil- Website for the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It has great information about Canadian History. It will soon be called the Canadian Museum of History.

http://www.beaux-arts.ca/fr/- Website for the National Gallery of Canada. It has excellent information for students about current exhibits, the permanent collection and Canadian Art History.

DPA

Link to a virtual classroom full of activities :

-https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQW0Vn0Md0702NL22Slk_Lwc7uK2K5SHkdDAbAVKoRu42GPpiUbPv7aXiMpKDHJizkAS9b_wZo3Rvu0/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.p1

MATH

Place Value Game (see if you can build a bigger number than the

computer!)

http://education.jlab.org/placevalue/

Tank Game using place value up to 100,000

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15

Fraction Game

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=18

Addition Attack!