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Using a French pictionary, students completed the handout below.

Dictionnaire En Francais

                                                       STATE OF MAINE'S LEARNING RESULTS

MODERN AND CLASSICAL  LANGUAGES

B. Reading, Listening and Viewing for Understanding  PreK-2

     Students will develop reading, listening and viewing skills so they can obtain and interpret information.  Students will be able to:

3. Respond, in the second language, to simple texts, in that language, by utilizing a variety of activities, e.g. picture clues, letter-sound associations or simple sentences.
 

The dictionary provided picture clues to help students complete the English translation.

Students researched in a French Children's Dictionary to find the following information.

French Word Page It’s On French Sentence What it means in English
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French Dictionary Lesson Plan
GRADES: 1 and 2

OBJECTIVES: To familiarize students with the contents of a French dictionary.

Using a French picture dictionary, students will choose a French word, write it down,  write the page on which they found it,  and what they think it means in English.

MATERIALS:

French dictionary

handout

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:

1. Working cooperatively, students will use their handout to do the dictionary activities.

2.First, they'll choose a French word and write it down.

3. Next, they write down the page the word is on.

4. Then they'll copy the sentence in the dictionary that explains their word.

5. As a group they'll decide and write what they think the word means in English.

ASSESSMENT: Rubric for Cooperative Learning