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Ever wonder about France’s national holiday and why it is so important? This resource will explain it all to your students. No prep, informative in that it addresses a French community/country and brings in historical and cultural elements from that country. Great for homework, a class activity/assignment, or to assign to students going on holiday. Topics covered include: What is July 14th?, the adoption of July 14th, How it is celebrated in France, La Marseillaise, Symbols of France, an inquiry on King Louis XVI and his wife Marie-Antoinette, a commentary/discussion of some famous quotes dating from around the French Revolution, and a “would you rather” oral communication game. This resource is perfect for grade 6 immersion and up. It also works for grade 9 and up Core French.

This package is primarily intended for French Immersion. It can also work for Core French for the more advanced French learners, especially in the higher grades. This package is more than just a regular Saint-Valentine package. In this package I have not only created a set of reading activities with comprehension questions, but I have also made this as educational and multicultural as possible. I have included a history of Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day in Canada, different love days in Japan and South Korea, India, Russia and some former states of the Soviet Union, spring festivals in Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia, and love festivals and celebrations in Brazil and parts of the African continent. My comprehension/reflection section is made up of simple recall questions from the text, that build up onto opinion and critical thinking questions, and that include research questions so that students can further refine their research skills and deepen their knowledge. This package can be used as photocopies for shared-reading activities. It can be used in centres, as homework, or when teaching about different cultures that have helped shape Canada. The section on India and Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia can even be turned into an art activity in which students can create their own bracelets or amulets for friends and family. Lastly, the overall message of this package is that love can take a variety of different forms and that there are different types of love and different cultures have different (and similar) ways of expressing love.

This booklet is the second booklet of my conjugation series. It builds upon my Livret sur le Présent de l’indicatif. In this booklet, students will find simplified explanations of when we use the imparfait and how to figure out the imparfait of verbs. The booklet starts out with the basics of être and avoir and proceeds to the regular verbs in -er, their small variations, 2nd group verbs in -ir, irregular -ir verbs and the rest of the 3rd group of verbs. After each exercice section, there is a quiz. I do not always give the quiz as an actual “quiz” but I use it as a self-evaluation tool for the students. In the back, there is also an answer key to the exercises.

This French booklet is all about the Nutcracker- from the story to Tchaikovsky, to the ballet. This integrated unit is a cross-curricular one because it ties together French reading comprehension expectations with music and dance. It is the perfect booklet for the month of December or for any time when teachers are doing a dance or music unit (dances and music from various periods). Sections of this booklet include: an introduction to the Nutcracker the history of ballet The King of the Mice Tchaikovsky An exploration of key musical pieces in the ballet the Nutcracker in Canada List of characters and their descriptions (activity) Quiz with answers. In my grade 6 MFI French Immersion class (Ontario), I have divided students in groups. Each group got a section of the booklet and they had to read, answer the questions, research for more information and present. I have done this booklet in conjunction with my Fairy Tale project.

Here is my comprehensive Grade 6 Biodiversity unit. In it I go into the theory relating to biodiversity and the classification of living things. Students have comprehension questions that go with each section. They have the opportunity to use technology to further their research with my reflective questions. I have included 2 activities with rubrics and other mini-activities. The unit culminates with getting the students to write a letter to their MP regarding a pressing environmental issue of their choice.

Here is my comprehensive unit on Communities in Canada Past in Present for Grade 6. This unit, in line with the Ontario Grade 6 curriculum is thought provoking and meant to foster reflection and critical thinking on the part of the students. I have included a lot of discussion/reflection questions and opportunities for research. Weekly homework questions are provided at the end of the unit. In this unit, we look at concepts of identity, collective identity, community, contributions of various communities in Canada, immigration, racism and discrimination.

Here is my grade 6 ready to print science unit on Electricity. I have just completed this package with my grade 6 MFI classes and we had a lot of fun. This package is mostly theoretical. I use it to supplement our classroom experiments and I also use it to give students opportunities to further research topics in electricity. Overall, here are some of the topics that I have covered: atoms, what is electricity, circuits in series and in parallel, batteries, electromagnetism, a historic overview of electricity, the generation of electricity, and three tasks at the end accompanied with a common rubric. Suitable for EFI and MFI.

Here is my tried and tested Grade 6 French Immersion unit on flight. This ready-to-use unit includes a historical overview on flight, the theoretical aspects of flight, comprehension questions, reflection questions and research questions. I have included two research tasks that I get students to do (rubrics and checklists included), I have also included weekly homework questions. This unit is also sensitive to other cultures as I have tried to include historic figures from different cultures and times in my historical overview of flight. Overall, my students have greatly enjoyed this unit. I end this unit with a culminating project on flight that is also available at my TPT store.

This unit is based on the grade 6 Social Studies curriculum for Ontario (2013). I found the curriculum as being a little bit all over the placed and I went through great length in order to attempt to organize the curriculum in as logical and coherent of a way as I was able to. This unit has been tried and tested and has been written for the very multicultural group of students that I teach- all while keeping things relevant to Canada and lining up with the very broad curricular expectations. I embark on this unit by doing 2 graffiti activities, and by completing a KWL chart. I then go on to do a vocabulary study with the students and to discuss some broad preliminary questions in order to get the students thinking. I felt that some basic geographical knowledge was essential in discussing world affairs, so I do begin by touching on continents, oceans, countries, capitals and longitude and latitude. I then go on to discuss Canada’s role in the global arena and to discuss some international organizations that Canada is part of. We do touch on NGO’s as well. The unit further progresses by discussing trade, our trading partners and trade organizations. It concludes with a class-wide activity touching on where our products come from, as well as some issues related to the environment. At the end of the unit, there are weekly questions that the students are to research. These questions are taken out of the curriculum document. The package ends with two rubrics: one for the weekly questions and another for the completion of the package. There are a lot of opportunities for students to think critically and to research. I would ensure that students know how to successfully research things before giving them this package. My classes have always been fairly independent and on the stronger side, so these types of activities are perfect for them.