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Bonne semaine arc-en-ciel!
Bonne semaine arc-en-ciel!
Voici une histoire qui te rappelle d'être toi même.
This story has some tricky vocabulary in it, but don't let that stop you from enjoying the beautiful pictures, and letting the French flow over you! Try to pick out the words you recognize, and see if you can follow along with the story as she reads. The pictures will help you with this!
The story is about a crow (corbeau) who wants to be liked by three little birds that it hears playing nearby. Trying to be someone it is not doesn't work, and it turns out that being itself is the way to find happiness.
Read Alouds from Mme O and others
Read Alouds from Mme O and others
Start the video above at minute 16:15 to hear the author tell you his inspiration for the book, or 20:30 to hear him read Capitaine Static. This is a book series, so if you love it, check out the others :).
Promising YouTube channels for French stories and songs.
Promising YouTube channels for French stories and songs.
Please note that I do not own these channels, and can't vouch for all of their videos; however, these are some sources I check when looking for stories or songs to share with our students.
The tutorials linked here show you how to navigate to the audiobook and ebook pages, and how to switch the language to French on some of the pages where it's a bit less intuitive.
On the district eLibrary site, there are tons of resources, including Audiobooks, ebooks, and magazines.
Sites offering books in French:
Sites offering books in French:
Audiobooks:
Audiobooks:
Audible
Indigenous Storybooks
Tumble Book Library
Ebooks:
Ebooks:
African Storybook
Epic
Global Story Books
ICDL
Indigenous Storybooks
Storybooks Canada
Tumble Book library
Scholastic have also started posting free French resources (similar to the "Learn at Home" platform highlighted on our district eLibrary website) on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Ed.Scholastic/
This YouTube channel has animated books read aloud at a slow pace, with leveled books, and subtitles that highlight each word as it's read. It is made for French language learners.
Please note that I have not vetted all of the books on this channel.
These two following YouTube channels seems to have a lot of lovely short nursery rhymes and songs made for primary students. Please note that I have not vetted their entire collections.
Promising Book Suggestion Lists by grade or reading level
Promising Book Suggestion Lists by grade or reading level
There are some good suggestions here, but as with everyone, it really helps to be interested in what you're reading! I would recommend Googling selections to see if there's a preview of the book. On a French page that option might be called "Lire un extrait" or "Feuilleter le livre." Please note that I do not own these pages, and the content may change at any time. Please always be careful with sites by unknown authors.
Book suggestions for beginner and intermediate French learners.
This Canadian book series releases lovely leveled books in Inuktut, French, and English. Their French books are excellent for French Immersion learners.
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