Ressources de Lecture / French reading resources

Ressources de lecture/French Reading resources


French Reading websites that encourage independent reading in French:


This site has various genres of stories that your child can listen to or read along.

Directions: Upon arrival at http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/ , students should click on the "Albums et histoires" section or the "Contes et légendes" section (to get started), and listen/read a story of his/her choice, then click on "voir plus" (at the bottom of the screen) and click on: "Jouer" and they can follow the prompts to answer questions about the story.

Aux eleves: tu peux lire ou écouter des livres sur ce site. Il y a des genres de livres variés avec des belles illustrations!


Directions: Upon arrival at https://jeunesse.short-edition.com/, students should choose a story that he/she would like to read (to get started). They will have the choice to listen to or read the story to themselves.

Aux eleves: tu peux lire ou écouter des livres sur ce site. Il y a des genres de livres variés avec des belles illustrations!


    • French website for educational videos in French, with quiz to take after viewing:

https://fr.brainpop.com/

French Brainpop has just become FREE for all users, and it includes a series of videos (all in French!) that students can view, then take a quiz after viewing.


    • French magazines for students in French, with quiz to take after viewing:

Below, you will find the links to my Google drive folders where I have copied French magazines for kids. Please note that the magazines are not current (but free!).

To access the folders, click on the links below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-eEZkiYHA4HSnZXbWw5QUNKTXM?usp=sharing

Description of the magazines:

Le Petit Quotidien - easier reading level and topics of interest for ages 6-10.

Les Fiches du Petit Quotidien - information cards on different topics.

Website: http://www.lepetitquotidien.fr/


Mon Quotidien - more advanced readers and topics of interest for ages 10-14.

Les Fiches de Mon Quotidien - information cards on different topics.

Website: http://www.monquotidien.fr/


* For both of the magazines above, you can go to their website and read/download a copy of the previous year's magazine for each day. Some current articles will also be available.


  • French Reading website that encourages independent reading in French ("rental program!"):

This site works like Netflix, but for French books! Physical books AND Audio/digital books are available! The selection includes some titles that can be found in the Scholastic Liste de Lecture fliers as well as titles I have seen in French bookstores in Paris:

Tes parents peuvent t'abonner sur ce site pour emprunter des livres chaque mois. Il y a beaucoup de choix:

http://www.lespetitslivres.com/