grade 4's from Ms.Kutertan's class
I am the Core French teacher for the grade 4 students in Ms.Kutertan's class, and I am also their Dance and Drama teacher for one period a week.
Here is the link to the Ontario Curriculum for Core French if you want to read it in more detail.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/fsl18-2013curr.pdf
Learning French is no longer focused on learning grammar at certain grades, and will ideally take place through a more communicative approach that stresses authentic conversation. New vocabulary and grammar will obviously be taught, but the French teacher now has more flexibility when it comes to what to teach students during daily lessons without being tied to teaching from a specific plan or program. The concept is that this will lead to greater learning because the French teacher can adapt to the learning needs and styles of students within each class and plan and adapt instruction to those factors. I have been trying to teach according to this concept for the past few years since the new curriculum was introduced while still being mindful of the aspects of some older approach that work in some situations.
Here is my planned sequence of units for the upcoming school year, with links to extra resources to support learning at home :
1. INTRODUCTION : basic conversational French
2. LES ANIMAUX DE COMPAGNIE : different types of pets
3. LES HÉROS : how to describe the special attributes of superheroes and everyday heroes
4. LES PAS - describing various dance moves and actions
5. DANS UNE ÎLE : various features and habitats on a tropical island