Core French, Grade 4

Unit 1: La production orale et l'ecoute

Oral production and listening: understanding simple spoken French through active listening, showing comprehension, producing short clear spoken texts, and using speech acts to interact and express yourself - all modeled first by the teacher at the Grade 4 entry level.

• Active listening strategies
• Showing you understood (non-verbal)
• Answering simple questions about what you heard

• Strategies for speaking clearly
• Using speech acts to interact and express yourself

Unit 2: La lecture et le visionnement

Reading and viewing: using strategies to construct meaning from a simple text, understanding a variety of simple texts, reading familiar texts aloud with fluency, and making cultural connections with the francophone world - starting with the Acadians of our own Island.

• Reading strategies to build meaning
• Understanding a variety of simple texts
• Linking a simple text to my own life

• Reading familiar text aloud with fluency
• Meeting Acadian Prince Edward Island

Unit 3: L'ecriture et la representation

Writing and representing: using strategies to guide your writing, and writing a variety of simple texts on familiar topics - all following the teacher's model at the Grade 4 entry level.

• Strategies to guide my writing
• Writing a variety of simple texts
• Writing a short functional text