1st-3rd Grade (Cycle 2)

Reading skills are taught in French in the first grade. More extensive English instruction begins in the second grade. This gives students the opportunity and time to learn the process of reading in one language before introducing a second. Reading skills will transfer from one language to another. The goal of reading in both languages is to develop the skills and desire to read, and ultimately the love of reading.

Reading and writing are two inseparable activities that continually reinforce each other in Cycle 2. The production of writing with its different functions (expression, communication, memorization) is fundamental to all subjects.

Students are taught in Cycle 2 how to identify the working principles of language. Language, grammar, and spelling are ways to improve speech, reading, and writing. These gradually pave the way for mastering the French and English languages.

During Cycle 2, oral-language activities promote good pronunciation, clear articulation, and proper intonation. Speaking activities are designed to help students organize their thoughts, transmit information, describe or explain a point of view, question or ask for an explanation, and formulate comments. Students learn to develop arguments to take part in debates.

• Knowledge of numbers up to 1,000
• Understanding of place value (ones, tens, hundreds)
• Understanding of numbers in their numeric and written form (3 and three)
• Understanding of relationships between numbers such as doubles and halves
• Develop mental arithmetic procedures: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Master the technique of addition and subtraction with and without carrying

• Learn and practice mental calculation techniques.

• Learn to develop different strategies to solve problems.

• Recognize, describe, and reproduce simple solids and geometrical shapes including squares, rectangles, triangles, and other polygons
• Use the calendar and calculate duration of time
• Use common units of the metric system

The world around us provides the context for lessons intended to help children develop their knowledge of space, time, and the environment

The multicultural setting of French International provides students with the opportunity to learn about rules and being part of a group, and respect others and their points of view. They gradually acquire responsible behavior and become more autonomous.

Students are encouraged to discover works of art, grasp artistic processes and develop their sensitivity and creative capabilities.

Physical education develops the student physically, socially, cognitively, and emotionally through a wide variety of activities. These include collective, individual, and expressive activities.

Students learn to ask questions more precisely about how the world works. They use a hands-on approach to the scientific method to observe, predict, and measure their familiar environment.

Through library and information technology, students gain skills needed in all academic areas. They develop the basic skills necessary to access and use information.