Grade 5 Core French
8 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Oral Communication: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact. Explore, extend, and clarify thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
- Reading and Viewing: Read, Comprehend, Respond, Interpret. Select, read, and view a range of fiction and non-fiction texts.
- Writing and Representing: Create Simple Texts. Communicate reflections on thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings.
Units
Unit 1
Salutations
Greetings, introductions and polite phrases: bonjour, comment t'appelles-tu?, merci, de rien, à bientôt.
Skill descriptor: Oral Communication: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 2
Sounds and accents
French sounds (including nasal vowels), accents (é, è, ê, ç) and silent letters.
Skill descriptor: Oral Communication: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact · listening to understand a message in French
Unit 3
Numbers 0 to 30
Reading and saying numbers from 0 to 30, and giving small sums in French.
Skill descriptor: Oral Communication: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 4
Masculine, feminine, plural
An introduction to gender (masculine and feminine) and number (singular and plural) in French nouns and adjectives.
Skill descriptor: Writing and Representing: Create Simple Texts · creating clear French texts for a purpose
Unit 5
Likes and dislikes
Saying what you like, love, prefer and dislike, and asking others the same.
Skill descriptor: Oral Communication: Speak, Listen, Communicate, Interact · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 6
Describing people and things
Simple descriptions of people and objects, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Skill descriptor: Writing and Representing: Create Simple Texts · creating clear French texts for a purpose
Unit 7
Francophone Canada
Where French is spoken across Canada, Francophone festivals and celebrations, and a connection between First Peoples and the French language.
Skill descriptor: Reading and Viewing: Read, Comprehend, Respond, Interpret · French texts that represent a variety of francophone cultures
Unit 8
Giving credit, showing respect
The ethics of plagiarism and cultural appropriation, at a Grade 5 level: name your sources and learn about cultures respectfully.
Skill descriptor: Reading and Viewing: Read, Comprehend, Respond, Interpret · French texts that represent a variety of francophone cultures
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