Grade 3 French Immersion
7 units matched to the Ontario Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Overall expectations
- In immersion, French is the language we learn in, so listening and speaking grow every day.
- Reading French texts of many kinds builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
- Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.
- Understanding how French works helps us choose the right words, tenses and sentence structures.
- Learning in French connects us with Francophone communities in Canada and around the world.
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.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 2
Et, mais, ou, avec
Joining ideas into longer sentences with coordinating conjunctions and simple prepositions.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 3
Ne… pas
The negative form ne… pas, including n' before a vowel sound.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 4
Le futur proche
Talking about what is about to happen with aller + a verb, and telling past from future.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 5
Les pluriels en -x
Plural spellings: -eau/-eu/-ou nouns add an x, and -al nouns become -aux.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 6
Préfixes et suffixes
Using prefixes and suffixes (re-, dé-, in-, -ette, -eur, -ier) to work out the meaning of new words.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 7
L'idée principale
Reading a short text and telling the main idea apart from smaller details.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
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