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...
Enseigner et pratiquer la fusion à travers des jeux
Happy Sunday! My aim was to talk about Texte dictée today, but... of course, I forgot to take pictures of them at school this week! So, they will have to wait for next week. Instead, I want to talk to you about how I teach my students blending - la...
Comment gérer vos fiches de lecture
I've been talking all about guided reading lately! If you are just joining me now, click here to read the rest of my posts! And don't forget - if you love free stuff, subscribe below to my newsletter and get access to my exclusive FREE French resource library! Running records...
What my guided reading block looks like
Bonjour! I have been talking a bit about what guided reading looks like in my classroom lately. Last week on my blog, I talked about how I sort my students into their guided reading groups. But once you have your groups together... what exactly should you be doing with them?!...
Putting my guided reading groups together
Bonjour! I am coming up to the end of our second term, and despite the plethora of snow days, being on work to rule here in Nova Scotia since December, protests and a (one-day) strike, I have been thinking a lot about guided reading lately. Work to rule means that...
La lecture guidée en maternelle – How to Teach Your Students to Look at the First Letter
Teaching students to read is a complicated process! There are sooo many things that need to be happening in their little brains in order for them to become successful, independent readers. We need our students to both learn and use a whole bunch of problem-solving strategies in order to figure out...
French rhyme time
Hi! In getting ready for back to school, I have been compiling all of my guided reading games and activities (getting organized is my big goal for this year!). Last week, I talked about some ways that I practice counting syllables with my students. Another big skill that K and...
How to make sure your French Primary Students Master Syllables
Imagine you are doing guided reading with one of your best maternelle students. They are reading along, their little voice getting stronger and more confident with every sentence, when all of a sudden, they reach a new word. A new word, BUT a word that just contains sounds they know...
La lecture guidée en maternelle – Guided Reading in a French Primary Classroom
Has this ever happened to you? You're sitting at your guided reading table, with a group of sweet students who are gung-ho and eager to learn to read. You spend 10-15 minutes painstakingly teaching them a new strategy to help them read new words on their own (look at the...