Part 1 of this series.
Part 2 of this series.
My second grader shall henceforth be called R.
Learning to Read/Phonics:
I realized right away this year that, although capable of speaking and understanding French, she couldn’t read it at all.
Therefore, I started her off in this book from La librairie des écoles, which is super. If you want to hear more about this book, I wrote about it in part 2 of this series. It really is a great book and you can preview it here.
Copywork (le rallye copie):
For cursive she is doing this book, same as M2. For English copywork she is doing a different book. When she is done Championnat en cursive I plan to start her on France-style cursive.
Extra Reading:
I love the series Toujours Parfait by Scholastic. Unfortunately, they seem to be out of print now, which is very sad! We read Le petit chaperon rouge and Cendrillon so many times!
Luckily for me, my local library has a large selection of these books. If you are in Canada, your library might have them, too! You can view the collection here (for now). I took a look at what’s available on Scholastic Canada in the premières lectures category, and frankly none of them look as good as the Toujours Parfait series. 🙁 The “Je peux lire” series is also out of print! Wtf scholastic??
I wish there were a series like the Bob Books in French. If there is a series like that, I want to know about it! Drop a comment or send me a message!
Extra French reading and writing:
Every school day I usually give R a couple of fun French worksheets to do for practicing reading simple words and writing simple sentences. I get most of these from Teachers Pay Teachers. French Buzz has a lot of worksheets that are seasonal, so I can print off specific ones for fall, winter, etc. I like picture and sentence matching, cut and paste vocabulary, je lis et dessine/colorie, and scrambled sentences. At this age I believe that repetition is important, so I make her do the same types of vocabulary and sentences over and over. Here are some examples:
The above are from La classe de Mme Anne.
These are also from La classe de Mme Anne.
Guys, I really like Teachers Pay Teachers! You can find great French immersion resources there. I am not even paid to say that!
I have a couple other workbooks that I photocopy from time to time for R (just to switch things up on occasion):
When she is done her schoolwork I often let her go on Boukili.
Grammar:
Like M1 and M2, she is doing Étude de la langue CP from La librairie des écoles. You can read what I wrote about it in part 2.
Spelling:
She is doing En route pour la dictée with M2, which I wrote about in part 2. Because I didn’t start her on cursive until this year, she had trouble with some parts of the worksheets at first, but now she is starting to be able to read and write in cursive.
Catechism:
Along with my kindergartener, she is doing the first year book from Les Trois Blancheurs. R loves catechism class, because the kids get a chocolate chip for every answer they get write, and 2 chocolate chips if they get it perfectly right. We do catechism two mornings per week. We do not bother with the workbooks that go along with this series, because we just don’t have time for that. I like having catechism as an oral subject.
For science, history, Bible, saints, poetry, composer, and artist study, she is doing the same as her older sisters, as I described in part 1. Since she is only in grade 2, her assignments are easier than for her older sisters.
She also really enjoys listening to French audio books on Bayam.
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