Grade by Grade
Québec · Grade 2

English Language Arts

Language of instruction in English-language schools (for students eligible for English instruction).

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

C1To read and listen to literary, popular and information-based texts

Read-alouds and shared reading of picture books, nursery rhymes and simple information texts; cueing systems to make meaning

C2To write self-expressive, narrative and information-based texts

Writing journals, lists, cards and simple stories; invented and conventional spelling of common words; capitals and end punctuation

C3To represent her/his literacy in different media

Looking at and making simple media texts (posters, pictures)

C4To use language to communicate and learn

Talking in class to share ideas, ask questions and work with others