Science of Reading

With speaking a second language boosting brain power, helping you concentrate better, and teaching children how to express an idea in more than one way, supporting children in their pursuit of a second language is a no-brainer.  But if you’re anything like me (and countless other French teachers), you’re constantly

If you’ve been looking French phonological awareness activities, you’ve come to the right place! When you’re planning your small group phonics instruction, it’s easy to feel like you’re running out of ideas. I want to pass along some of my favourite activities for French literacy centres so you can explicitly

I’ve talked before about how to set up your French sound wall, but what do you do once it’s put together? And why are they so important to your literacy instruction? The last thing you want to do is put it up in your classroom and then never use it.

Over the last few years, there have been some shifts in how we teach reading, and reading best practices. I wish I’d known more about the importance of phonological awareness, French decodable readers, etc. and less about the 3-cueing system 10 years ago. Teaching reading is one of the hardest

Teaching rhyming words in French might seem like fun and games, but it’s actually an essential skill to learn in first grade or when learning a second language! Rhyming is a part of phonological awareness, which allows students to break down and manipulate words. Teaching French rhyming words is essential

Writing is probably one of the most challenging subjects to teach, and the same applies to teaching French writing! Luckily, there are some resources and tools you can use to help your beginner French students begin writing in French. Orthographic Mapping Orthographic mapping involves creating relationships between phonemes (sounds) and