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2011/12 SPECIALIST OVERVIEW: Units & Assessments
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KINDERGARTEN
Central Idea:
People celebrate in many ways
Lines of inquiry:

What people celebrate

The features of
celebrations
.
We will discuss and
share over the months
some different ways of
celebrating famous
events. Some
activities will include
card making, songs,
decorations etc.
Cards, posters,
pictures illustrating the
kids doing these.
GRADE 1
Central Idea:
Every family has a history.
Lines of Inquiry:
 Different family groups
 Significant events that are
important to a family
 How our personal
histories are the same and
different
We will review simple
vocabulary related to the
concept of family. We
will create a family tree
with their own relative’s
names with pictures/
drawings.
Family tree
GRADE 2
Central idea: Healthy Choices
play an important role in how
our bodies work.
Lines of Inquiry:

The nutrients our
bodies need

What happens
inside our bodies
when we eat and
drink

Making healthy
food and drink
choices
We will classify
different food into
groups, we will
learn these groups
in French, do some
exercises about it,
see what is a
healthy diet/ way of
life and they will try
to create their own
healthy menu.
Pyramid poster/
healthy menus
GRADE 3
Central idea:
The performing arts allow
people to entertain, move and
educate audiences.
Lines of Inquiry:
 Different types of
performing arts
 The purpose of a
performance and how the
audience can interpret it.
 How different cultures use
performance
We will talk about
performing arts; ask
them what kind of
performing arts they
know.
Create/ Play a theater
piece?
GRADE 4
Central idea: The visual arts
provide us with the opportunity
to reflect on, extend and enjoy
creativity.
GRADE 5
No integration.
Lines of inquiry:
 Examples of visual arts
throughout history
 The art that we connect with
and appreciate
 Our ability to use art as
inspiration in order to
develop our skills
 Our ability to use our skills to
express ourselves artistically
We will talk about
different forms of
visual art, then
choose a French
artist from a varied
selection, research
on his life and his
work. We will write
a biography, and
describe a painting,
according to lines,
light & colour.
French artist posters
(biography)/ oral
presentation.
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First
Period
Stand
Alone
Writing: horizontal and
vertical lines. Diagonal
lines. Curves. Broken
lines. Curls.
Maths: count to 4.
Numbers 1 to 4. The
number and the
quantity 5. Symmetry.
Reproduce some
rhythms.
Reading: decode a
message. Recognize
the days of the week.
Recognize some
words. Story.
Discovery: the body
the water.
.
Written form: a, o, é,
l, I, v, m, u, f, s, ch, e,
r, p, o, open o, d, y- I, j
Language
construction: nouns,
le/la, verb, 3rd singular
person of a verb,
subject/verb, the
pronoun ‘je’ (‘I’).
Invariable words: puis,
sur, de, déjà.
Grammar: words and
the sentence.
Sentences and the
text interrogative/
exclamatory forms.
Punctuation. Verb.
Conjugation:
past/present/future.
The verb changes.
Spelling: words and
syllables.[o] [k] [ʒ] [g]
[s].
Vocabulary: alphabet.
Alphabetical order.
Dictionary.
Writing:. Report.
Poetry.
Grammar: text
structure, a sentence,
and different types of
sentences,
interrogative form,
exclamatory form,
imperative form, and
punctuation.
Conjugation:
past/present/future,
find the verb in a
sentence, find the
infinitive form, the
present of to be, to
have, to go.
Spelling: from oral to
writing, [s], gu/ge,
a/as/à, es/est/et.
Vocabulary:
alphabetic order,
dictionary.
Writing: postcard,
invitation letter, wishes
letter, the recipe.
Grammar: the
sentence, different
types of sentences,
minimal and nonminimal sentence,
negative form, and
punctuation.
Conjugation: how to
find the verb, past,
present, future,
different verbs groups,
the infinitive form,
radical and endings.
Spelling: the sound
[s], [e], est or et, son
or sont, on or ont,
sounds
dans/entendre/inconn
u/simple.
Vocabulary:
dictionary, words
families.
Writing: the letter, the
beginning of a
narrative.
Grammar: word’s
nature and function,
different types of
sentences, groups in
a sentence, subject
group, punctuation.
Conjugation: past,
present, future,
simple/composed
tenses, present and
its use: to have and
to be, present of the
1st and 2nd groups,
present of the verbs
ending in
elet/eter/cer/ger.
Spelling:
pronunciation and
spelling, dieresis and
accents, a or à, ou or
ou, on and ont, son
and sont, et, es, and
est, ce and se, s’est
and c’est, c’etait and
s’etait.
Vocabulary: the
dictionary, levels of
language, the
meaning of a word in
the context.
Writing: the diary, the
interview.
Second
Period
Stand
Alone
Reading: counting the
syllables. Identical
syllables. Alphabet.
Recognize some
syllables. Create a
word. Story.
Maths: number and
quantity 6/7/8. Add a
quantity. Solve a
problem.
Writing: reproduce a
pattern. Letters I and
u, e and o, a and d.
Discovery: animals
and their habitat.
Written form: n, é, è-ê,
t, un-1, et-é, c, b,z,
est, es, ia-io-iè-h,
capital and small
letters, me-te-se, le-lalui.
Language
construction; negative
form, la/une,
subject/verb/complem
ent, verb at the 3
singular persons,
un/une, et, animals
names,
masculine/feminine
nouns, things name,
verb ‘to be’ at the 2
singular persons,
people’s names, first
name, pronouns.
Invariable words; à,
alors, tôt, du, car, làbas, comme, même,
par.
Grammar: common
and proper nouns.
Nominal group.
Determiners.
Feminine and
masculine of nouns.
Singular and plural of
nouns.
Conjugation:
pronouns. Verb
infinitive form.
Spelling: [z] [t] [d] [p]
[b] [k] [g] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʒ].
Words in ro/or/la/al.
words in –elle, -ette,
-esse.
Vocabulary: prefix
suffix.
Writing:. Identity card,
comic’s dialog.
Grammar: affirmative
and negative
sentences,
shorten/long
sentences, nominal
group/ verbal group,
verb/subject
agreement, and
adverbs.
Conjugation: present
of the verb in –er, verb
in –ir, present perfect
of the verb in –er, -ir,
to have, to be, to go.
Spelling: il/ille/y, ai/ei,
accents, ou, ce/se,
ces/ses.
Vocabulary: words
families, composed
words, to group the
words, lexical field.
Writing: poetic games,
my portrait.
Grammar: 2 groups
composing a minimal
sentence, subject
group (a verb several
subjects, one subject
several verbs), linkers:
cause, consequence,
opposition.
Conjugation: present,
its use, to have, to be,
1st group, and 2nd
group.
Spelling: the sound
[k], [gz], [ks], final
letter, to choose
between ce/se,
ces/ses, ou/où, and
homonyms.
Vocabulary: prefixes,
suffixes, composed
words.
Writing: a location
description, a
character portrait.
Grammar:
subject/verb
agreement,, subject
personal pronouns,
verbal group, linkers:
cause and
consequence.
Conjugation: present
of the 3rd group of
verbs, present of the
verbs ending in
yer/guer, the
imperfect and its use.
Spelling:
quell/quels/quelle/qu
elles/qu’elle,
dans/d’en,
quand/qu’en/quant,
words in [e] [te] [tje]
Vocabulary: words
families, prefixes,
and suffixes.
Writing: documentary
articles, newspaper
article.
Third
Period
Stand
Alone
Maths: geometrical
shapes. The number
and quantity 9/10.
Quadrillage.
Writing: letters c and
g, n and m, t and l.
Reading: different
writing styles. The
composition of a word.
Discovery: day and
night time. Vegetal
life.
Written form: hard ggue, gui-gué-guèguê, les-des, mes-tes,
ses, ils-ent, il-elle, fr-flpr, pl-vl,vr, an-am, enem,am-amm, an-ann,
ce-cé-cè, cê-ci-cy, onom, omm-onn, ge-gégè, gê-gi-gy, oi, unum.
Language
construction: il
va+infinitve form,
ingular/plural, verb at
the 3rd plural person,
maculine, feminine
pronouns, adjectives,
3rd person of plural,
demonstratives,
possessives, ‘on’ (we),
plural subject/verb.
Invariable words:
guere, si, dehors, trop,
avant, après, dans, ici,
non, en, d’abord,
longtemps.
Grammar: nominal
group + adjective.
Adjective: singular/
plural, feminine/
masculine. Affirmative
and negative forms.
Conjugation: present
of verb in –er, present
of to be to have to go.
Spelling: words in
dr/tr/cr/gr. How to
write the [e] and [ɛ]
sounds.
Vocabulary:
dictionary. Antonyms.
Words families.
Writing:.rules. story.
Grammar:
subject/verb
agreement,
determiners and
nouns,
common/proper
nouns, adjective,
noun’s complement.
Conjugation: imperfect
of to have and to go,
future of 1st/2nd
groups, future of to be,
to have, to go, the
near future.
Spelling: past
participle in é or
infinitive in er,
invariable words, to
choose between leur
and leurs, to choose
between on or ont,
son or sont.
Vocabulary: to say
‘smaller’, the contrary,
from adjective to
noun, from verb to
noun,
Writing: animal
portrait, games’ rules.
Grammar: the verbal
group, direct/indirect
object, and subject
complement, personal
pronoun.
Conjugation: present
of the 3rd group of
verbs, imperfect and
its use.
Spelling: the
agreement in the
nominal group.
Vocabulary: a word
can have different
meanings, acronyms,
contraries, literal/
pictured meaning.
Writing: advertisement
poster, building
worksheet.
Grammar:
complement personal
pronouns, nominal
group, attributive
adjective, noun
complement,
pronouns and
determiners.
Conjugation: the near
future and the future,
historic future, simple
past, review of the
simple tenses.
Spelling: personal
pronouns, si/s’y,
ni/n’y, nominal
group’s agreement,
color adjectives,
numeral adjectives.
Vocabulary:
composed words,
acronyms, from the
adjective to the noun,
from the verb to the
noun, words coming
from a foreign
language.
Writing: song, theater
text.
Fourth
Period
Stand
Alone
Writing: the letters b
and h, p and j, r and s,
v and w, y and z.
Maths: numbers 1 to
10. Understand a
double instruction.
Trace an itinerary
subtraction initiation.
Reading: the sound u
words and their
meaning. Words
strating with the same
sound. Associate
identical elements.
Discovery: daily life
objects. Materials.
Street’s risks.
Written form: K, qu-q,
ai, ei, gn, ou, in-im, erez-ed, e-è, au-eau, s
between two vowels,
eu-oe-oeu, ill.
Language
construction: who?
When? What?, ‘to
have’ at the 3 singular
persons, ‘us’, future 3
singular persons, 1st
group of verbs at the
present tense,
interrogative form,
tout/tous/toutes
(every).
Invariable words: très,
mais, au, ou, jamais,
chez, vers, beaucoup,
a cause de/du, enfin.
Grammar: simple and
complex sentences.
Subject and verb.
Subject group and
verbal group.
Conjugation: present
of to do, to say, to
come, future of verb in
er, to be and to have.
Spelling:
[ɑ]̃[ɔ]̃[ɛ][̃wɛ][̃j]
sounds,
Vocabulary:
synonyms.
Homonyms.
Writing:. Guess
writing. The end of a
story.
Grammar: Gender:
masculine/feminine,
number:
singular/plural,
agreement in the
nominal group, subject
pronouns, linkers.
Conjugation: imperfect
of the 3rd verb group,
present and future of
to come, imperfect
and present perfect of
venir, present and
future of to do,
imperfect and present
perfect of to do,
present and future of
to see.
Spelling: m before
m,b,p, words ending
with tion/sion,
soundless letter at the
end, soundless or
aspirated H, verbs in
ier/uer/ouer, verbs in
cer/ger/yer.
Vocabulary: to
understand a word in
its context, acronyms.
Writing: comics,
sketch.
Grammar: determiners
and nouns, attributive
adjective, noun
complement, relative
clause, demonstrative,
possessive, undefined
pronouns.
Conjugation: the
future, present perfect:
its use, auxiliaries to
be or to have,
imperative.
Spelling: pronoun with
verb agreement, to
choose between
la/l’as/l’a, to choose
between leur/leurs,
agreement of the past
participle (to have).
Vocabulary: from the
adjective to the noun,
from the verb to the
noun, language’s
levels.
Writing: poetic text,
report.
Grammar: relative
clause,
demonstrative/posse
ssive/undefined
pronouns, and
subject attribute,
adverbial phrase.
Conjugation: perfect
past, passive form,
and pronominal
verbs.
Spelling: perfect past
agreement, past
participle in er/ é,
is/u, it/ut, to choose
between d’on/don’t,
sans/s’en,
quelque/tout/meme.
Vocabulary:
synonyms,
homonyms,
contraries,
comparative,
superlative,
proper/figured
meaning.
Writing: the
summary, the
reading report.
Fifth
Period
Stand
Alone
Maths: complete a
quantity. As much as.
Compare sizes.
Addition’s initation.
Reading: story. Find
the sounds. Find the
intruder. Letters and
sounds. Rimes.
Understand a
sentence. Identical
words.
Writing: write a short
word. Captions. Place
a word in a sentence.
Discovery: recognize
the seasons. Move on
a map.
Written form: ph, ç,
oin, ss between 2
vowels, ge, gea-geo,
ain-aim-ein, aill-ouill,
euill-oeill, eill, ail-ouil,
euil-oeil-eil, tion-sion,
ien-ienn, x, w, y
between 2 vowels, the
alphabet.
Language
construction: simple
past, contraries,
imperative form,
condition, and
mine/yours/his/hers.
Invariable words:
dessus, encore,
plus/moins, pourquoi,
toujours, pendant,
peut-être, combine,
tard/tôt.
Grammar: verb and
subject
agreement.words to
say where and when.
Adverbs. Linkers.
Conjugation:
composed past.
Imperfect.
Spelling: m before m,
b, p. [ɲ][œ][ɥi][wa]
sounds.
Vocabulary: familiar
words. Expressions to
describe somebody.
Writing:. Portrait. Text.
Grammar:
indirect/direct object,
removable/ movable
complement,
pronouns le/la/l’/les.
Conjugation: imperfect
and present perfect of
to see, present and
future of to take,
imperfect and present
perfect of to take,
present and future of
can and want,
imperfect and present
perfect of can and
want, present and
future of to say and to
leave, imperfect and
present perfect of to
say and to leave,
imperative.
Spelling: feminine
nouns ending with la
vie, la rue, le tiroir,
l’armoire, la fée, la
santé, une moitié, la
hauteur, le voyageur,
le travail, le soleil,
l’écureuil, le ciment,
lentement.
Vocabulary:
homonyms, level of
language,
comparison.
Writing: tale, story.
Grammar: adverbial
complement, complex
sentence, nature and
function of words,
linkers: time and
place.
Conjugation: past
historic and its use, 3rd
verbs group at the
past historic, simple
and composed tenses,
conditional,
subjunctive.
Spelling: past
participle in é or
infinitive in er, to
choose between
s’etait/s’est,
c’est/c’etait, words
ending by ail, eil, euil,
aille, eille, euille.
Vocabulary: lexical
field, technical words,
words origin, words
coming from a foreign
language.
Writing: dialog in the
narrative, detective
narrative.
Grammar: adverb,
complex sentence,
subordination,
coordination,
relative/completive
clauses, linkers:
time/place.
Conjugation: past
perfect, imperative,
conditional,
subjonctive.
Spelling: who as a
subject of the relative
clause, to choose
peu/peut/peux, plus
tot/plutot, adverbs in
amment/emment to
distinguish the past
participle from the
verbal adjective.
Vocabulary: lexical
fields, vocabulary
techniques, pictured
expressions.
Writing: the following
part of a narrative,
science-fiction
narrative.