Quebec · Grade 2
English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2
Quebec’s Grade 2 English language course, from Contextual and Functional Language to Text Components.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 6
- Skills
- 9
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Québec Progression des apprentissages
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 3 skills
Contextual and Functional Language
Interacting orally in familiar situations
Consolidating English: Uses common inquiries and statements
Skill 1.1
Consolidating English: Uses cheers
Skill 1.2
Reinvesting understanding of texts
Consolidating English: Uses vocabulary related to people
Skill 1.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- 1.1
- Uses common inquiries and statements (e.g. Finished? Red pencil? That’s correct.)
- 1.2
- Uses cheers (e.g. Hooray! Good job! Beautiful!)
- 1.3
- Uses vocabulary related to people (e.g. friends, mom/dad, girl/boy)
Unit 2 · 3 skills
Strategies
Communication strategies
Consolidating English: Uses physical motion to compensate for a lack of language
Skill 2.1
Learning and self-management strategies
Consolidating English: Acts out a response to show understanding and facilitate lea
Skill 2.2
Consolidating English: Repeats, rehearses, regroups, integrates and assimilates words
I can re-use “Repeats, rehearses, regroups, integrates and assimilates words and expressions” fluently in new English contexts (A1).
Skill 2.3
The official wording · 3 outcomes
- 2.1
- Uses physical motion to compensate for a lack of language
- 2.2
- Acts out a response to show understanding and facilitate learning
- 2.3
- Repeats, rehearses, regroups, integrates and assimilates words and expressions
Unit 3 · 2 skills
Cultural Elements and Cultural Products
Cultural elements and products
Consolidating English: Stories
I can enjoy a longer English story and talk about my favourite part (A1).
Skill 3.1
Consolidating English: Ball bouncing rhymes
I can chant an English ball-bouncing rhyme and keep the beat with a ball (A1).
Skill 3.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- 3.1
- Stories (e.g. Mouse’s First Halloween, Red Is Best, The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
- 3.2
- Ball bouncing rhymes
Key ideas
Keep sharing English stories for pleasure — now the learner can handle a longer book and say a little about it in English.
Re-reading favourites still helps: the learner now predicts and says more of the words along with you.
After the story, chat about it: ‘Who was your favourite? What happened? Did you like the end?’.
Ball-bouncing rhymes match a chant to the bounce of a ball — one bounce per beat keeps the English rhythm going.
The steady bounce paces the words, so the learner can say the whole rhyme without rushing.
Watch out for
- Enjoying and talking about the story is the goal, not reading every word perfectly — keep the story fun.
- The learner can answer in a word or short phrase; a full sentence isn’t required to show they enjoyed and followed it.
- The chant is tied to the bounce — losing the beat, not saying a word wrong, is what breaks a bouncing rhyme.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 1 skill
Text Components
Understanding how a text works
Consolidating English: Orally identifies main events
I can retell the main events of a story in order in English (A1).
Skill 4.1
The official wording · 1 outcomes
- 4.1
- Orally identifies main events
Key ideas
Retell just the big events of a story in the order they happened — the learner can now do a few in a row.
Link them with order words: ‘First…, then…, after that…, at the end…’.
Start from the pictures if needed, then try the retell without them.
Watch out for
- Getting the order wrong changes the story — the events must be retold in the sequence they happened.
- A retell is the main events only, not every detail — pick out the key moments.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Quebec’s own curriculum for English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2.
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Questions about English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2
What is English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2?
Quebec’s Grade 2 English language course: 4 units and 9 skills, from Contextual and Functional Language to Text Components.
What units are in English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2?
1. Contextual and Functional Language, 2. Strategies, 3. Cultural Elements and Cultural Products and 4. Text Components.
Is there a provincial exam for English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2?
No. Quebec gives no provincial exam for English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2.
What comes after English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2?
English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 3.
Can MapleMind help with English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 2?
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