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Quebec · Grade 5

Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5

  • Taught in French

Quebec’s Grade 5 French course.

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Units
5
Lessons
11
Skills
20
Provincial exam
None
Official curriculum
Québec Progression des apprentissages

Unit by unit

Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.

Unit 1 · 6 skills

Stratégies

Comprehension strategies

Production strategies

  • Organiser l’information sélectionnée à l’aide d’un outil (ex. : plan, réseau sémantique, diagramme ou tableau)

    1.6

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1.1
des intertitres
1.2
en repérant les signes qui délimitent la phrase (majuscule, point, pause, arrêt)
1.3
en organisant les informations à l'aide d'un outil (ex. : carte sémantique)
1.4
en faisant ressortir des informations implicites à partir des indices du texte ou de ses connaissances générales
1.5
en reformulant des informations dans ses propres mots
1.6
Organiser l’information sélectionnée à l’aide d’un outil (ex. : plan, réseau sémantique, diagramme ou tableau)

Watch out for

  • Believing you must plan the whole text in your head first — a production strategy lets you draft, then shape and correct in steps.
  • Applying « Organiser l’information sélectionnée à l’aide d’un outil » once and stopping, rather than looping back to check and improve what you produced.

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Unit 2 · 8 skills

Vocabulaire utilisé à l’oral et à l’écrit

Vocabulary for expressing needs

  • Using French for expressing needs

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about expressing needs (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.1

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Vocabulary for notions (time, space, quantity)

  • Using French for notions (time, space, quantity) (1)

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about notions (time, space, quantity) (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.2

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  • Using French for notions (time, space, quantity) (2)

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about notions (time, space, quantity) (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.3

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Vocabulary for giving information

  • Using French for giving information (1)

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about giving information (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.4

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  • Using French for giving information (2)

    I can grow my own set of French words for giving information and use them in a new situation of my choosing (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.5

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Vocabulary-building strategies

  • Using French for vocabulary-building strategies (1)

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about vocabulary-building strategies (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.6

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  • Using French for vocabulary-building strategies (2)

    I can use and produce French words and phrases about vocabulary-building strategies (on my own), at a A2 level.

    2.7

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Everyday expressions

  • Discovering French for everyday expressions

    I can notice and understand, with support, French words and phrases about everyday expressions (A2).

    2.8

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2.1
pour poser des questions simples et donner des réponses simples
2.2
le temps (ex. : aujourd’hui, jeudi, au printemps, à dix heures, à Noël, à la fin de la journée)
2.3
l’espace (ex. : sur, sous, à droite, à l’avant de, en face, à côté, derrière)
2.4
une information factuelle (ex. : la date, l’heure, le prix, la population)
2.5
une information factuelle
2.6
le préfixe (ex. : refaire, défaire)
2.7
le suffixe (ex. : fille, fillette)
2.8
Utiliser certaines expressions courantes

Watch out for

  • Expecting to memorise every new word in isolation — word-building strategies (families, cognates, context) are how the vocabulary actually grows.
  • Using « le préfixe » to guess a meaning and never verifying it, so a wrong guess gets fixed as if it were correct.
  • Using « le suffixe » to guess a meaning and never verifying it, so a wrong guess gets fixed as if it were correct.

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Unit 3 · 1 skill

Conventions de communication orale ou écrite

Graphic signs and punctuation

  • Utiliser l’apostrophe dans l’élision avec les mots appris en classe

    I can use and produce the French communication convention « Utiliser l’apostrophe dans l’élision avec les mots appris en classe » (on my own, A2).

    3.1

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3.1
Utiliser l’apostrophe dans l’élision avec les mots appris en classe

Unit 4 · 4 skills

Connaissances liées au texte oral ou écrit

Textual, visual and sonic organisation

  • Use: des intertitres

    I can use and produce how a French text is built — « des intertitres » — on my own (A2).

    4.1

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  • Discover: les intertitres

    I can notice and understand how a French text is built — « les intertitres » — with my teacher’s help (A2).

    4.2

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Elements of text coherence

  • en respectant l'intention donnée (ex. : informer, inciter à agir ou à réagir, exprimer des sentiments ou des émotions, divertir, se divertir, raconter)

    I can use and produce how a French text is built — « en respectant l'intention donnée (ex. : informer, inciter à agir ou à réagir, exprimer des sentiments ou des émotions, divertir, se divertir, raconter) » — on my own (A2).

    4.3

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  • Discover: les mots génériques/spécifiques

    I can notice and understand how a French text is built — « les mots génériques/spécifiques » — with my teacher’s help (A2).

    4.4

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The official wording · 4 outcomes
4.1
des intertitres
4.2
les intertitres
4.3
en respectant l'intention donnée (ex. : informer, inciter à agir ou à réagir, exprimer des sentiments ou des émotions, divertir, se divertir, raconter)
4.4
les mots génériques/spécifiques

Watch out for

  • Writing one long block like a chat message — French texts are organised into parts with markers that guide the reader.
  • Thinking coherence is just correct grammar — it is the thread that keeps one subject and clear links across sentences.
  • Leaving out « des intertitres », so the shape of the text is invisible to the reader.

Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit

Unit 5 · 1 skill

Connaissances liées à la phrase

Syntactic operations

  • un nom commun (ex. : ajout devant le nom d’un déterminant tel que un, une, des)

    I can notice and understand this part of the French sentence — « un nom commun (ex. : ajout devant le nom d’un déterminant tel que un, une, des) » — with my teacher’s help (A2).

    5.1

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The official wording · 1 outcomes
5.1
un nom commun (ex. : ajout devant le nom d’un déterminant tel que un, une, des)

The official curriculum

This page follows Quebec’s own curriculum for Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5.

Français, langue seconde, primaireQuébec Progression des apprentissages · quebec.ca · Read August 7, 2026

Study it in MapleMind

MapleMind teaches Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5 one skill at a time. Each skill gets a short lesson, practice as you go and a check worth up to three stars. It remembers where you stopped.

Mathematics, Secondary 3 in the MapleMind app on a tablet: its units, Unit 1 open, and the skills done so far with their starsMathematics, Secondary 3 in the MapleMind app on a phone: its units, Unit 1 open, and the skills done so far with their stars
Pictured: Mathematics, Secondary 3, another Quebec course, partway through Unit 1.

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Questions about Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5

What is Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5?

Quebec’s Grade 5 French course, taught in French: 5 units and 20 skills.

What units are in Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5?

1. Stratégies, 2. Vocabulaire utilisé à l’oral et à l’écrit, 3. Conventions de communication orale ou écrite, 4. Connaissances liées au texte oral ou écrit and 5. Connaissances liées à la phrase.

Is there a provincial exam for Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5?

No. Quebec gives no provincial exam for Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5.

What comes after Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5?

Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 6.

Can MapleMind help with Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5?

Yes. MapleMind teaches every skill of Français, langue seconde (Core), Grade 5, step by step, with practice and checks, and its tutor answers questions about any of them. It’s free with daily limits, on iPhone, Android and the web.

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