English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 1

Unit 1: Contextual and Functional Language

Functional English for real classroom and social situations — the two-column phrase/function inventory (Cycle One Contextual + Cycles Two-Three Functional), pitched for francophone learners.

• Discover: Uses common inquiries and statements
• Discover: Describes people/characters, objects
• Discover: Uses basic expressions of courtesy

• Discover: Uses vocabulary related to people

Unit 2: Strategies

Learner strategies — communication, learning, self-management and metacognitive moves that help a francophone learner keep going in English.

• Discover: Uses physical motion to compensate for a lack of language

• Discover: Acts out a response to show understanding and facilitate lea
• Discover: Decides to pay attention to a task and to ignore distractors
• Discover: Repeats, rehearses, regroups, integrates and assimilates wor
• Discover: Makes use of material resources targeted for the task

Unit 3: Cultural Elements and Cultural Products

Songs, rhymes, stories and cultural references from English-language cultures — the enjoyable, low-pressure input that builds a francophone learner’s ear for English.

• Discover: Stories
• Discover: Choosing rhymes
• Discover: Circle rhymes
• Discover: Sing-alongs

Unit 4: Text Components

Using the parts of a text to build meaning in English — connecting words, contextual cues, main ideas and events, at a controlled-vocabulary level.

• Discover: Orally identifies main events