French Immersion Elementary
L'Elémentaire - Cycle 2
The French Académie adheres to the educational framework set by the French Ministry of Education, categorizing each class from preschool to grade 5 into three cycles: Cycle 1 (preschool, pre-K, and K), Cycle 2 (Grades 1, 2 and 3), and Cycle 3 (Grades 4 and 5). The cycle system enables teachers to honor child's unique learning pace, providing the necessary time for mastery while also encouraging them to progress to the next steps when they're ready. Students are challenged according to their individual needs than their assigned grade level.
Cycle 2, referred to as "Cycle des apprentissages fondamentaux," includes students aged 6 to 9, from CP (Cours Préparatoire) to CE2 (Cours Élémentaire 2). The focus during this cycle is on developing language mastery, with the French language at its core to help students build strong reading and writing abilities. Through language learning, students make connections between various subjects and gain meaning from their education They are guided in completing foundational learning tasks and justifying their responses and methods. Regular memorization, activities fostering automaticity in essential skills, and comprehension tasks enable them to gradually engage with more complex concepts.
CP
Grade 1
CE1
Grade 2
CE2
Grade 3
Our Elementary grades adheres to the world-renowned French curriculum. The French curriculum is recognized by schools world-wide. France is the only country to maintain a national teaching system abroad maintained by a school network, Agence pour l'Enseignement Francais a l'Etranger (AEFE).
During the three years of the cycle 2, children discover and develop their learning in 8 areas: French, mathematics, modern languages, visual arts, music, sport, moral and civic education and "Questioning the world".
French Language
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Understand and express oneself orally;
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Read;
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To write;
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Understand how language works.
Mathematics
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Look for;
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Model;
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Represent;
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Reason;
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Calculate;
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Communicate.
Modern languages
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Understand speaking;
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Express oneself orally continuously;
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Take part in a conversation;
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To discover some cultural aspects of a foreign and regional living language.
Visual arts
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Experiment, produce, create;
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Implement an artistic project;
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Express oneself, analyze one's practice, that of one's peers; to establish a relationship with that of the artists, to open up to otherness;
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To find one's way in fields related to the visual arts, to be sensitive to the issues of art.
Music education
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Sing;
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Listening, comparing;
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Explore and imagine;
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Exchange, share.
Physical education and sports
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Develop motor skills and learn to express oneself using one's body;
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Appropriate methods and tools through physical and sports practice;
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Share rules, assume roles and responsibilities;
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Learn to maintain your health through regular physical activity.
Moral and civic education
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Respect others;
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Acquire and share the values of the Republic;
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Building a civic culture.
Questioning the world
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Practice scientific approaches;
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Imagine, realize;
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Appropriate tools and methods;
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Practice languages;
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Mobilize digital tools;
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Adopt ethical and responsible behavior.