Mme B's Classroom

At the beginning of each year, your administration will ask you to submit your long range plan for each subject that you are teaching. Some subjects practically write themselves, like Science or History/Social Studies, but others like Literacy and Math, take a lot more time to put together. The good news is, once it’s completed, you have a great reminder of what you are doing next and roughly when you plan on doing it.

If you are teaching French in Ontario, you will note that the curriculum expectations for French Second Language are a little more vague than the other subjects. This is to accomodate any new-to-Canada students, amongst other reasons. This does mean, however, that you are in total control of what is taught in the classroom. This can be both a positive and negative experience. I, personally, find this amount of grace to be a little overwhelming and I like to have clear guidelines as to what the students should be learning each year, to have them prepared to the years ahead. Thankfully, I have taught French core for grades 3-8 over the last few years and I have amassed a wealth of resources and understanding of what the average Ontario English-stream student is capable of learning at the various grade levels.

You will see that most of this Long Range plan applies to all grades. While you won’t be teaching the exact content in Grade 3 as well as Grade 8, the concepts will remain the same but we are building on the expectations and outcomes of these themes/topics. Near the end of the year, the concepts change over to more age appropriate content, but this too can be adapted to the students proficiency levels, as they are already modified for the age level.

This super simple Long Range Plan is void of specific Religious holidays, as not all classrooms observe them. There are Seasonal themes and acknowledgements for Winter Holidays around the world, as well as French Communities throughout Canada and around the world. Mothers Day and Fathers Day have been actively avoid in this LRP as well, but can easily be inserted where the teacher sees fit.

Every month shows a theme, example activities for each strand (Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing) and an example final assessment. There is also a break from the routine in April, where the younger students will be learning about Springtime, Family and Animals, and the older students will have more age appropriate content like Geography, physical and personal traits, groceries and La Maison.