French Level 1 - Block A
What’s Included:
This “Block A” class covers Lessons 1-10 in our FLY Level 1 Curriculum. In each Lesson, students will learn 10 vocabulary words, a question/answer dialogue segment, and a cultural fact. Subjects included in Lessons 1-10 are:
• Alphabet
• Greetings & People
• French-speaking Countries
• Numbers to 20
• Feelings
• Colors
• Parts of the body
• Calendar
Total Vocabulary Words Introduced: 100
Total Dialogue Segments Introduced: 21
Continuing Learning Options:
FLY’s Level 1 Curriculum includes a total of 40 Lessons. This Block A covers Lessons 1-10. After finishing Block A, your student can continue on to Block B to cover Lessons 11-20 of the FLY Level 1 Curriculum.
Participants must be entering grades 5 to 8.
French Level 1 - Block B
Pre-requisite for this class is French Level 1 - Block A
What’s Included:
This “Block B” class covers Lessons 11-20 in our FLY Level 1 Curriculum. In each Lesson, students will learn 10 vocabulary words, a question/answer dialogue segment, and a cultural fact. Subjects included in Lessons 11-20 are:
• Weather & Seasons
• Clothes & Shopping
• Food
• Home & Restaurant Dining
• Numbers to 100
Total Vocabulary Words Introduced: 100
Total Dialogue Segments Introduced: 20
Continuing Learning Options:
FLY’s Level 1 Curriculum includes a total of 40 Lessons. This Block B covers Lessons 11-20. After finishing Block B, your student can continue on to Block C to cover Lessons 21-30 of the FLY Level 1 Curriculum.
Participants must be entering grades 5 to 8.
French Level 1 - Block C
Pre-requisite for this class is French Level 1 - Block B
What’s Included:
This “Block C” class covers Lessons 21-30 in our FLY Level 1 Curriculum. In each Lesson, students will learn 10 vocabulary words, a question/answer dialogue segment, and a cultural fact. Subjects included in Lessons 21-30 are:
Total Vocabulary Words Introduced: 100
Total Dialogue Segments Introduced: 20
Continuing Learning Options:
FLY’s Level 1 Curriculum includes a total of 40 Lessons. This Block C covers Lessons 21-30. After finishing Block C, your student can continue on to Block D to cover Lessons 31-40 of the FLY Level 1 Curriculum.
Participants must be entering grades 5 to 8.
French Level 1 - Block D
Pre-requisite for this class is French Level 1 - Block C
What’s Included:
This “Block D” class covers Lessons 31-40 in our FLY Level 1 Curriculum. In each Lesson, students will learn 10 vocabulary words, a question/answer dialogue segment, and a cultural fact. Subjects included in Lessons 31-40 are:
Total Vocabulary Words Introduced: 100
Total Dialogue Segments Introduced: 20
Continuing Learning Options:
FLY’s Level 1 Curriculum includes a total of 40 Lessons. This Block D covers Lessons 31-40. After finishing Block D, your student can continue on to Spanish Level 2 Block A to cover Lessons 1-10 of the FLY Level 2 Curriculum.
Participants must be entering grades 5 to 8.
French Level 2 - Block A
Pre-requisite for this class is French Level 1
What’s Included:
This “Block B” class covers Lessons 11-20 in our FLY Level 2 Curriculum. In each Lesson, students will learn 3-10 new vocabulary words, a grammatical concept and cultural fact. The FLY Level 2 Curriculum builds on the words and dialogues students learned in Level 1 and provides the tools to creatively communicate in their new language. Subjects included in Lessons 11-20 are:
Continuing Learning Options:
FLY’s Level 2 Curriculum includes a total of 40 Lessons. This Block B covers Lessons 11-20. After finishing Block B, your student can continue on to Block C to cover Lessons 21-30 of the FLY Level 2 Curriculum.
Participants must be entering grades 5 to 8.
Welcome to FLY French!
FLY is excited to offer an introduction to French for middle school students, grades 5-8
We now offer auto-installment payments for multiple session purchases! Take advantage of the savings by selecting multiple blocks at registration!
Technical Requirements:
1. Device (personal computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone) with a camera and speaker
2. FLY uses Canvas for classwork and Microsoft Teams for live classes
Total Weekly Time Commitment: 2-hours
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL LISTED TIMES ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).
Each Lesson takes about 1-hour of student time. Since this Block meets twice a week, students will learn two Lessons a week and will have 2-hours of work total per week.
Activities & Live Class:
Established in 1995, Foreign Language for Youth ("FLY") is a non-profit 501c3 organization that teaches Spanish, French, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese to students grades K-8. For 25 years, FLY taught in-person classes in 70% of the school districts throughout Puget Sound. In March 2020, FLY transitioned our curriculums to online and expanded our remote class offerings to students across the United States.
- FLY Parent
Please contact Foreign Language for Youth (FLY) if you have any questions.