Grade 4 · Core French · Unit 9 of 9
Fransaskois, Métis and First Nations
French in Saskatchewan
What your child practises
Francophone, Métis and First Nations cultures in Saskatchewan: the Fransaskois, Michif, the sash, fiddle music and prairie words in French.
Saskatchewan Curriculum outcome: 4.C.1 · Francophone, First Nations and Métis cultures in Saskatchewan
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
How do you say wheat field in French?
🌾- une école de blé
- un champ de blé
- un lac de blé
un champ de blé
Hint: Un champ is a field.
Question 2
What does «Entrez, bienvenue» mean?
🚪- Thank you, friend.
- Come in, welcome.
- Sit down, please.
Come in, welcome.
Hint: Francophone people have lived in Saskatchewan for a long time, alongside First Nations and Métis peoples.
Question 3
What was a voyageur?
🛶- a canoeist who carried furs and goods in the fur trade
- a hockey goalie
- a train driver
a canoeist who carried furs and goods in the fur trade
Hint: Voyageurs paddled canoes along rivers and lakes.
Question 4
What does «la neige» mean?
❄️- the snow
- the wind
- the sun
the snow
Hint: Winters in Saskatchewan are snowy.
Question 5
Gravelbourg is a Saskatchewan town known for its…
⛪- tropical forests
- volcanoes
- French-speaking heritage
French-speaking heritage
Hint: Gravelbourg is one of several Saskatchewan communities with a long French-speaking history.
Question 6
What is the Conseil des écoles fransaskoises?
🏫- A hockey team
- A kind of farm
- Saskatchewan's French first-language school division
Saskatchewan's French first-language school division
Hint: The Conseil des écoles fransaskoises (CEF) runs French first-language schools across the province.