As part of grade 1 courses, students will integrate several aspects of the French language through lessons and diversified exercises. Studying in class and at home will reinforce their learning and autonomy. At the end of this program, students will have a good command of the basic elements of the French language.
Reading
- Introduction to Letters - Syllables - Words
- Reading a text
- Improve reading speed
- Inferences
- Cut out / simplify words - syllables
- Reading syllables
- Simple reading
- The letter D
- Understanding of words
- –oi and -wa sounds
- Reading sentences – pronunciation
- Syllables - TR PR PL BL BR DR VR
- Days of the week
- Reading sentences
- The meaning of sentences
Spelling
- Pictures and words
- Consonants - TR PR PL BL BR DR VR
- Syllables
- Writing new words
- Vocabulary – animals
- M in front of m-b-p-exercise - discover and understand the rule
- The gender of nouns
- Write the numbers in letters
- Numbers from 1 to 100 in letters
- ou, on, an, in, and ui sounds
- Word recognition
- Words
- The sentence
Grammar
- Numbers from 0 to 20
- Personal pronouns HE (il) or SHE (elle)
- Word families
- Article determiners
- Determiners – singular articles
- Personal pronouns
- Subject personal pronouns
- The nature of the words (class - family of words)
- Reading
- The sentence
- Types of sentences
- Type of determiners
- The subject group and the pronoun
- The qualitative adjective
- The subject of the sentence
- Qualitative adjectives
- Possessive determiners
- The noun, determiner and adjective
- Negation
- The interrogative sentence
- Finding the verb
- Colours
- Sentence structure
- Synonyms and homonyms
- Gender and number
- Noun and verb
- Noun and adjective
Vocabulary
- Add the missing syllable – le – la – li – lo – lu
- Word search - animals
- Grouping words
- Vocabulary to learn – animals
- Vocabulary - African animals word searches
- Word etiquette
- Words of the same family
- Small word tools
- Synonym and homonym
- Antonym
- Learn new small words – 1 syllable
Conjugation
- Introduction of the PRESENT of the verbs TO BE (ÊTRE) and TO HAVE (AVOIR)
- Personal pronouns – poster
- The verb TO HAVE (AVOIR) in the present tense
- The present tense of verbs in -ER - 1st group
- The verbs TO GO (ALLER) – TO SAY (DIRE)
- Action verbs
- The verbs of the second group in the present tense (-IR)
- The verbs TO DO/MAKE (FAIRE) - TO GO (ALLER) in the present tense
- Personal pronouns
- The conjugated verb and the infinitive
- Present tense of indicative
- Personal pronouns
- Present tense of indicative - the verbs VENIR – VOIR
- Conjugation - verbs of the first group – arrow words
- The future simple tense (verbs of the first group)
- The verb
Reading comprehension
- Introduction to reading comprehension
- Introduction to reading strategy
- Introduction to the study of texts
Dictation
- Bi-weekly dictation
Dialog
- Dialog
- French greetings and farewells
Homework
- Weekly reading assignments
- Weekly writing assignments
Videos
- Weekly French videos to watch at home (short cartoons)
