French

The curriculum used is the “Accelerated Integrative Method of Language Learning” found in the Histoires en Action curriculum. This method is also known as the “Gesture Approach.” The basic classroom vocabulary and a dramatic play are taught through gestures. The students will perform the play, usually with an accompanying song and dance. Toward the end of the year, they will begin reading the play aloud as a class and doing written activities such as filling in the blank to begin their exposure to the written language. The vocabulary introduced in preschool-four and kindergarten is reviewed periodically in first grade. After first grade, rote memorization through songs, etc. is not generally employed, but the vocabulary from those early years is used in the classroom as part of weekly interaction with students in French.

The curriculum used is the “Accelerated Integrative Method of Language Learning” found in the Histoires en Action curriculum. This method is also known as the “Gesture Approach.” The basic classroom vocabulary and a dramatic play are taught initially through gestures. Students are then given the play and practice reading the play as a class. Students are then divided into groups. Each student has a role and learns to read their part from the text. The students will perform the play, usually with an accompanying song and dance. They will also have written activities to do, such as questions to answer, sentences to illustrate with drawings, matching exercises, etc. After 1st grade, rote memorization through songs, etc. is not generally employed, but the vocabulary from those early years is used in the classroom as part of weekly interaction with students in French.

The curriculum used is the “Accelerated Integrative Method of Language Learning” found in the Histoires en Action curriculum. This method is also known as the “Gesture Approach.” The basic classroom vocabulary and the play are taught initially through gestures. Students are then given the play and practice reading the play as a class. Students are then divided into groups. Each student has a role and learns to read their part from the text. The students will perform the play, usually with an accompanying song and dance. They will also have written activities to do, such as questions to answer, sentences to illustrate with drawings, and matching exercises.

The curriculum used is the “Accelerated Integrative Method of Language Learning” found in the Histoires en Action curriculum. This method is also known as the “Gesture Approach.” The basic classroom vocabulary and the play are taught initially through gestures. Students are then given the play and practice reading the play as a class. Students are then divided into groups. Each student has a role and learns to read their part from the text. The students will perform the play, usually with an accompanying song and dance. They will also have written activities to do, such as questions to answer, sentences to illustrate with drawings, and matching exercises.