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What is Alphagraphe?
What is Alphagraphe?
Alphagraphe is a science-based progression to teach the alphabetic principle in French as a mother tongue or in an immersion context. It was created by Michèle Minor-Corriveau, speech-language pathologist and researcher and Alex-Andrée Madore, school psychologist.
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Most consonants make the same sound in French and English. Vowels are more difficult, and are discussed at length, because they have different sounds in both languages and even make different sounds within English alone (ie. short and long vowel sounds)!
The following document contains the key word and action that helps the students remember the sound for each letter. These are the English actions, but please keep in mind that most consonant sounds are the same in English and French.
If you find that your child requires a picture cue to remember the sounds the letters when reading or writing, the following document may be of use. These are the pictures that we have posted in class for each letter. These images come a program entitled AlphaGraphe.
Going a little further!
Both languages have combo sounds. These are sounds that are produced by more than one letter (ie. th in English, on in French). These combos have their own stories and actions as well! Once your child has mastered single letter sounds, these combined sounds will become an important part of sounding out words with accuracy.
Here's a game!
To improve your child's retention of these letter sound connections while having fun, silently do the action for one of the letters, and have your child guess which letter you're miming, then switch roles! Once your child has mastered that skill, you can put the letter actions together to spell out a short work! (ie. cat, dog, like, bat, dad etc.)
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