If you remember my blog post last week, I took a few moments to talk about why giving our students time to practice decoding (reading sound by sound) and encoding (writing sound by sound) is so important for primary students. Understanding decoding and encoding helps with reading skills, phonemic awareness...
Four French Stories Your Students Will Love This Spring
We all know that reading French stories aloud to your students is an excellent way for them to become familiar with the French language—not just the words, but also the nuances of pronunciation and intonation. However, did you know that re-reading a read aloud multiple times can bring even more...
A Simple Blending Activity to Add to Your French Phonics Routine
Let’s talk about blending French sounds a bit today with this engaging blending activity! It’s no secret that, in order to learn to read, our students need to learn how to take a few sounds, string them together, and “say them fast” to turn them into words. It’s also no...
How to Boost Comprehension as Your French Primary Students Decode
Let's talk about reading decoding and comprehension today. Now that the Science of Reading is becoming more and more popular, and we are learning more about how our students’ brains work as they learn to read, we know that we need to better teach our French primary students to decode....
How to Use French Decodable Books to Teach Your Students to REALLY Read
Have you ever had this problem while using levelled, non- decodable books during guided reading with your French primary students? Your students are reading along, using their sight word knowledge, and then they get to the end of the sentence. There, they see a huge word that is something that...
The Best Kind of Word Searches for Early Readers
As a kid, I loved all kinds of word games, word searches, activity packs, etc. I would spend HOURS filling out books full of them. I am so excited to see my four year old daughter begin to enjoy them, too. That is why I decided to make these special...
Take Home Reading Bags Rotating: How to NOT Lose Your Mind!
My first year teaching, I remember switching out the guided reading books in my students’ take home reading bags was the BANE of my existence. Every Monday, I would try to find an activity my students could do independently that would take enough time for me to take out their...
Teach French Reading Skills Using Son composé Blending Books
Let's talk a bit about teaching our French primary students important French reading skills (not guessing skills!!) today. Remember this blog post from last year, where I talked about my vowel sound blending books and routine? Those books have been such a hit with my students! I know they’ve been...
Retelling the Story – How to Help Your French Primary Students
Today, I want to talk a little bit about retelling a story, and some ideas for helping our French primary students learn that skill. But first, let's talk feedback and data for a second, and how you can use that to help guide your teaching. My school has the Reading...
How to Use French Vowel Sound Blending Books to Help Your Students Read
Can you believe it -- it's already May! That means the end of the school year is almost here -- it's home stretch time Before the end of the year, I wanted to take a minute to share one of my FAVOURITE resources that came out of Covid times......