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Teachers discuss CEFR-inspired classroom practices around a table with papers.

FSL planning, teaching, and assessment that support the integration of oral communication, reading, and writing within a CEFR-inspired, action-oriented approach.

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September 2013 | Co-planning Guided by Student Learning (Core French Elementary)

Tasks inspired by the action-oriented approach often require students to interact through speaking, listening, reading and/or writing, in order to accomplish a tangible goal.

September 2013 | Modelling (Core French Elementary)

The team designs a task based on the action-oriented approach. They anticipate success criteria for the task and begin planning.

September 2013 | Shared and Guided Practice (Core French Elementary)

The classroom teacher continually integrates speaking, listening, reading and writing activities as students build their skills in expressing and justifying their point of view.

September 2013 | Independent Practices and Interviews (Core French Elementary)

The discussions are characterized by linking the criteria (established in the planning session) with evidence shared through the observations.

September 2013 | Teacher Moderation for Learning (Core French Elementary)

In this second visit of the pilot team to the Grade 10 Immersion class, students are continuing to work towards producing a persuasive text in the form of a formal […]

September 2013 | Co-learning: The Action-Oriented Approach and the Task-Based Approach

In this video, members of the FSL team meet to deconstruct examples of student work in progress.

September 2013 | Co-planning (Immersion, Secondary)

In this video, the FSL team analyses samples of Grade 5 student work prior to co-planning a lesson.

September 2013 | Observation - Oral Communication (Immersion, Secondary)

In this video, the classroom teacher models comprehension and organization strategies using a mentor text and by thinking aloud.

September 2013 | Debriefing the Lesson

In this video, the classroom teacher continues a lesson based on the Gradual Release of Responsibility (GRR) model.

September 2013 | Observation - Integrating Oral Communication, Reading and Writing

The video begins with students engaging in independent practice. The teacher uses strategic grouping in order to maximize interaction between students as they gain confidence and improve their language skills.

September 2013 | Teacher Moderation for Learning (Immersion, Secondary)

In this video, the FSL team moderates some of the oral samples from Video 10 (Observation – Integrating Oral Communication, Reading and Writing).