Grade 3 French Immersion
7 units matched to the BC Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Big Ideas
- Making connections between personal experiences and the experiences of others can help us to better understand and respond to a message.
- Texts present cultural elements that allow us to experience or understand different viewpoints.
- The structure and textual cues, as well as the words, all help to convey the message.
- Fairy and folk tales illustrate universal aspects of human life.
- Every language has a system of rules that distinguishes it from other languages.
Units
Unit 1
Je me, tu te, il se
Reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nous, vous) with everyday routines like se laver and se coucher.
Learning standard: Language elements: reflexive personal pronouns
Unit 2
Et, mais, ou, avec
Joining ideas into longer sentences with coordinating conjunctions and simple prepositions.
Learning standard: Language elements: complex sentences joined by coordinating conjunctions and simple prepositions (et, mais, ou, avec)
Unit 3
Ne… pas
The negative form ne… pas, including n' before a vowel sound.
Learning standard: Language elements: affirmative and negative forms, including ne… pas
Unit 4
Le futur proche
Talking about what is about to happen with aller + a verb, and telling past from future.
Learning standard: Language elements: verb moods and tenses (present, near future, introduction to past tenses)
Unit 5
Les pluriels en -x
Plural spellings: -eau/-eu/-ou nouns add an x, and -al nouns become -aux.
Learning standard: Spelling conventions: plural nouns ending in “x”
Unit 6
Préfixes et suffixes
Using prefixes and suffixes (re-, dé-, in-, -ette, -eur, -ier) to work out the meaning of new words.
Learning standard: Language elements: word roots, prefixes and suffixes
Unit 7
L'idée principale
Reading a short text and telling the main idea apart from smaller details.
Learning standard: Identify the main idea in oral, written or visual texts
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