Take out your notebooks, it’s time for dictation. In his spelling plan – formalized on Thursday January 12 – the Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye recommends that CM1 and CM2 teachers take dictation to their students every day. He thus intends to fight against the drop in the level of French of the pupils, who […]
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CM2 dictation: what are the most common mistakes?
“Evening was falling. Mom and Dad worried, wondering why their four boys hadn’t come home. “The kids must have gotten lost,” Mama said. If they haven’t found their way home yet, we’ll see them arrive home very tired. – Why not call Martine? She may have seen them! No sooner said than done ! At […]
Les dicos d’or: the French language in decline among young people
This Thursday, May 19, the 3rd edition of the campus dicos d’or is held, a vocabulary competition for French-speaking middle school and high school students. Organized by the magazine Read and the Voltaire Foundation, and supported by the general delegation for the French language and the languages of France, it highlights the importance of vocabulary […]
Inclusive writing: Jean-Michel Blanquer bans the use of the midpoint at school
Why add complexity and instability to a language that children already have a hard time learning? This is the question that underlies a circular, published Thursday, May 6 in the official bulletin of national education, and which formally prohibits the use of the midpoint, a form of inclusive writing. This text recalls that, in the […]