Grade 5French
What your child actually learns this year
Every strand and every topic in the Grade 5 French curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.
1Listening and SpeakingHalf the bank, and the strand the other two rest on: the sounds of French, then saying the nine themes back.
Phonological Awareness – Greetings and Introductions
3 skillsThe sounds of French greetings, heard and then repeated: asking a name and giving your own.
Imitative Speaking – Family
3 skillsNaming the people in a family out loud.
Imitative Speaking – My Surroundings
3 skillsThe classroom and the home, named in French.
Imitative Speaking – Time
3 skillsThe parts of the day, and what happens in each.
Imitative Speaking – Fun and Enjoyment
3 skillsGames, play and what a child likes doing.
Imitative Speaking – Foods and Drinks
3 skillsFood and drink at the table, asked for and offered.
Imitative Speaking – My Body
3 skillsThe parts of the body, and what each is for.
Phonological Awareness – Weather and Environment
3 skillsThe sounds and the words for weather, heard and repeated.
Imitative Speaking – Getting Around
3 skillsDirections, and putting things where they belong.
2ReadingThe same nine themes on the page: reading aloud first, then reading with guidance.
Reading Aloud – Greetings and Introductions
3 skillsThe greetings in print, read out.
Reading Aloud – Family
3 skillsFamily words in print, read out.
Guided Reading – My Surroundings
3 skillsA short text about the classroom and home, read with help.
Reading Aloud – Time
3 skillsThe times of day in print, read out.
Guided Reading – Fun and Enjoyment
3 skillsA short text about play, read with help.
Reading Aloud – Foods and Drinks
3 skillsFood words in print, read out.
Guided Reading – My Body
3 skillsA short text about the body, read with help.
Guided Reading – Weather and Environment
3 skillsA short text about the weather, read with help.
Guided Reading – Getting Around
3 skillsA short text about directions, read with help.
3WritingThe smallest strand, nine topics of guided writing, and where spelling and the accents begin to count.
Guided Writing – Greetings and Introductions
3 skillsWriting a greeting and your own name correctly.
Guided Writing – Family
3 skillsWriting about the family, with the right articles.
Guided Writing – My Surroundings
3 skillsWriting about the classroom and home.
Guided Writing – Time
3 skillsWriting about the parts of the day.
Guided Writing – Fun and Enjoyment
3 skillsWriting about what a child enjoys.
Guided Writing – Foods and Drinks
3 skillsWriting about food and drink.
Guided Writing – My Body
3 skillsWriting about the body.
Guided Writing – Weather and Environment
3 skillsWriting about the weather.
Guided Writing – Getting Around
3 skillsWriting a direction or an instruction.
Why you can take this page at face value
Straight from the KICD design
The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 5 French curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.
Nothing here is a sample
Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.
Marked by a machine, written by a person
Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.
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