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Grade 5

French as a Second Language

How to Use These Resources

TVO Learn is designed to meet each student where they are on their learning journey. Learning Activities are comprehensive and require guided instruction from an adult, while Resources for Learning, Apply the Learning prompts and Vocabulary lists work well to reinforce specific skills or to enable independent exploration of a subject. Use these helpful tips to get the most from TVO Learn.

Curriculum Overview

In Grade 5 French as a second language students will gain the necessary skills for communicating in French for a variety of purposes. As beginning language learners, they will learn new vocabulary that will help them introduce their interests and hobbies, describe emotions, identify elements in the community, give directions, explore a variety of French-speaking communities, just to name a few.

Using reading, listening, speaking, and writing strategies, students are developing the ability to understand and interact for authentic purposes and real-life situations. When listening to oral French texts they will use prior knowledge to make predictions. Students are developing the ability to respond appropriately to questions about familiar topics in paired and small-group exchanges. Using graphic organizers, students will identify important information and make personal connections. When producing oral communication, they will prepare brief, rehearsed messages in French using familiar words and expressions while speaking with a smooth pace, appropriate intonation, and accurate pronunciation. Students will also gain an appreciation of culture in French-speaking communities in Canada by exploring various artists, festivals and traditions.

The expectations for FSL are organized into four distinct but interrelated strands:

  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing

Interested in learning more? View Curriculum PDF
For French resources, please visit idello.org

Learning Activities

Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.

Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.

Learning Activities
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Resources for Learning

Chosen by TVO educators, these resources support the curriculum outlined above. Review the below list of options along with the activities. Then, read, watch, listen or play to build understanding and knowledge.

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Complete the suggested activities using these resources and other TVO resources.

Apply the Learning

Choose from the following to consolidate learning across French as a Second Language

  • Create your own definitions for 20 of the words in the vocabulary list.
  • Create a scavenger hunt list using new vocabulary words of items you can find in your home. Include at least 10 items.
  • Review your written work. Are you spelling the words correctly/did you conjugate the verbs correctly?
  • Prepare a slideshow presentation with images about your ideal weekend. What would you do? Where would you go? Be creative!
  • In what ways do greetings change depending on if you're talking to a friend (informal) versus talking to a teacher (formal).
  • Review a resource or text of your choice and condifer the following questions: - What vocabulary is familiar to you? - What new vocabulary did you learn? - What was the goal of this resource/text?
  • Draw/select a picture of Le Carnaval de Québec. Describe the image. What activities happen at Le Carnaval de Québec?
  • Using a T-chart, compare Le Carnaval de Québec to a festival that you have attended. What are some similarities? What are some difference?
  • Research the weather forecast for a city in Québec. What is the weather forecast for today? What is the weather forecast for tomorrow?
  • Design a map of an imaginary town. Write at least three ways to get from one location to the next. What is the fatest route? What is the slowest? What is the most scenic route?

Vocabulary

Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practice spelling, research definitions, and find these vocabulary words when engaging with the TVO resources or completing learning activities.

Students should understand and be able to apply these words in context.

à côté

acheter

adorer

carte

chanter

continuer

cuisiner

danser

derrière

désirer

devant

donner

école

écouter

endroit

étudier

jouer

maison

parler

pleurer

porter

préparer

regarder

rue

téléphoner

tourner

traviller

visiter