Language Arts
French outcomes
Grade 1
Oral Communication:
Students listen to and understand the overall meaning of short messages on very familiar topics in authentic oral communication situations.
Students experiment with oral expression in French on very familiar topics in authentic communication situations.
Vocabulary:
Students use new words and make connections between oral and written language to understand and express themselves.
Phonological awareness:
Students manipulate words in sentences, as well as manipulate phonemes and syllables in spoken words.
Phonics:
Students explore letter-sound (grapheme-phoneme) correspondences in decoding and writing practice.
Text Organization:
Students notice features of various texts.
Text Comprehension:
Students use clues to make sense of messages in short texts on familiar topics.
Reading Fluency:
Students recognize letters and words with accuracy in short written texts.
Text Production:
Students produce and share texts that represent their ideas in a few sentences, referring to model sentences.
Grammar:
Students develop an understanding of and produce sentences in oral and written communication, referring to model sentences.
French outcomes
Grade 2
Oral Communication:
Students derive the overall meaning of messages on familiar topics in authentic oral communication situations.
Students express themselves orally in French on familiar topics by formulating basic sentences in authentic communication situations.
Vocabulary:
Students integrate new words into their vocabulary and learn spelling patterns to understand and express themselves.
Phonological awareness:
Students modify words and sentences orally by manipulating phonemes, syllables, and words.
Phonics:
Students apply their knowledge of grapheme-phoneme correspondences to decode, read, and write short texts.
Text Organization:
Students demonstrate an understanding of the overall meaning of messages in various short fiction and non-fiction texts.
Text Comprehension:
Students demonstrate an understanding of the overall meaning of messages in various short fiction and non-fiction texts.
Reading Fluency:
Students read words and sentences accurately and learn to read short written texts expressively.
Text Production:
Students produce and share fiction and non-fiction texts to express their ideas using several sentences, while experimenting with the text production process.
Grammar:
Students demonstrate understanding of the essential elements of basic sentences and use them to understand and express themselves in context, referring to model sentences as necessary.
