Grade 5 Core French: how to help at home
What your child learns in Grade 5 core french in the Saskatchewan Curriculum, and simple things to try at home.
The Big Ideas this year
- Communication Skills (5.CS.1–5.CS.4): Demonstrate understanding of oral French messages in a variety of simple multi-sentence statements, requests, instructions and questions. Exchange a variety of information on familiar topics through oral expression supported by occasional prompting. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and many isolated details of French expository, procedural or persuasive texts on familiar topics. (and 1 more outcomes)
- General Language Strategies (5.GL.1–5.GL.4): Use listening or viewing strategies in guided situations. Use speaking strategies for an oral presentation in guided situations. Use reading strategies for familiar French texts in guided situations. (and 1 more outcomes)
- Language Knowledge (5.LK.1): Demonstrate acquisition of French language concepts related to themes, including: numbers to 100 a range of regular –er verbs some irregular verbs…
- Culture (5.C.1): Compare elements of Francophone, First Nations, and Métis cultures in Canada.
Easy ways to practise core french at home
- Practise a few minutes a day: greetings, numbers, then simple sentences about yourself.
- Say your answers out loud in French, even if you are not sure. Speaking is how it sticks.
- Watch French videos with subtitles and spot words that look like English (cognates).
- Look up a Francophone festival or community in Canada and share one thing you learned.
What each unit covers
Salutations
Greetings, introductions and polite phrases: bonjour, comment t'appelles-tu?, merci, de rien, à bientôt.
Sounds and accents
French sounds (including nasal vowels), accents (é, è, ê, ç) and silent letters.
Numbers 0 to 30
Reading and saying numbers from 0 to 30, and giving small sums in French.
Masculine, feminine, plural
An introduction to gender (masculine and feminine) and number (singular and plural) in French nouns and adjectives.
Likes and dislikes
Saying what you like, love, prefer and dislike, and asking others the same.
Describing people and things
Simple descriptions of people and objects, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Francophone Canada
Where French is spoken across Canada, Francophone festivals and celebrations, and a connection between First Peoples and the French language.
Giving credit, showing respect
The ethics of plagiarism and cultural appropriation, at a Grade 5 level: name your sources and learn about cultures respectfully.
What the report card levels look like at home
- Beginning
- Just getting started with this idea. Short, regular practice with lots of support helps most.
- Approaching
- Understands parts of it and is building confidence. Keep practising the tricky parts.
- Meeting
- Has it! Meeting is the goal for every outcome. Mixed review now and then keeps it strong.
- Exemplary
- Applies it confidently, even in new or harder situations. Try challenge mode and real-life problems.
Your child’s teacher decides the level on the report card. Read the Saskatchewan report card guide.
Common questions
Practise a few minutes a day: greetings, numbers, then simple sentences about yourself. Say your answers out loud in French, even if you are not sure. Speaking is how it sticks. Keep sessions short, about 10 to 15 minutes, and stop on a success.
The Saskatchewan Curriculum Grade 5 core french units include salutations, sounds and accents, numbers 0 to 30, masculine, feminine, plural, likes and dislikes, describing people and things.
Free printable Grade 5 core french practice sheet
Questions from every unit, with an answer key.