FSLGRA - FSL Global Read Aloud

We, the organizers of the French as a Second Language Global Read Aloud (FSLGRA) , are so excited to begin planning for the 2026 edition - and we need your expertise! 📣 Have you discovered an engaging French book for your FSL classroom this year?  Whether you actually taught it, your students discovered it and enjoyed it, or you just came across it in a book store or a publisher's booth doesn't matter! No matter whether you're teaching Core French/FSL, Extended French, or French Immersion, regardless of if it's in a public or a private school, we’re looking for your submissions of high-interest, accessible texts that support and develop today’s diverse FSL learners. Nominate a book today using the the form below! This is a chance to contribute to one of the most innovative French classroom literacy initiatives and help shape authentic oral reading experiences for students across Canada and beyond this coming October-November. Further opportunities for collaboration an...

Are you ready to start reading? We start on a short week due to a holiday, so if you get a little bit behind at any point, that's totally okay! If you and your class choose to read ahead, just keep in mind - no spoilers please in what you opt to share on social media or when collaborating with other classes.  If you haven't already signed up , please take a minute to do that now.  For those who did sign up and wanted to share their contact information with other teachers taking on the same book(s), please look for an email from me ("madameaiello") later this weekend. Below you'll find the schedule for each of the categories.

( le français suit ) I'm so incredibly pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 open vote for the FSLGRA 2025! Thank you so much to those of you who took the time to nominate a book, and/or to vote on our short lsits of books this year.  The winners are... 1. Roman (secondaire) On ne dit pas sayonara - Antonio Carmona 2. Mini-roman (intermédiaire) Najma dans les étoiles - Farah Alibay 3. Albums (niveau moyen) Ce n'est pas mon dégat - Andrée Poulin La poche secrète - Peggy Janicki Monica-Claire au Festival du Voyageur - Ginette Fournier 4. Albums (niveau primaire) Une famille, c'est une famille - Sara O'leary Ils ne veulent pas jouer avec moi !!! - Andrée Poulin Henri le colibri -  Christèle Piché Save the date! Monday, October 13 (or Tuesday October 14 in the USA, due to a school holiday) is when we'll start introducing the chosen books for the category that best suits your class's level and interests.  Collaborative planning can begin whenever people are rea...

Et voilà, enfin!  J'imagine que vous avez aussi hâte que moi à savoir les titres choisis pour la liste de présélection du FSLGRA de 2025 Quels albums et livres est-ce que nous lirions en octobre et novembre?  Ces quatre listes incluent un nombre de livres qui seront engageants et amusants pour tous nos lecteurs et toutes nos lectrices à n'importe quel niveau. Je crois que chaque titre nous offre un point de départ intéressant pour les discussions et les activités ludiques captivantes pour nos apprenants du français partout.  Le vote est ouvert jusqu'au minuit le 13 juin, 2025. La lecture interactive du FLS, version 8, prendra lieu dès le 13 octobre, 2025 jusqu'à la fin de novembre. (Mais comme toujours, le niveau et profondeur de participation est à vous de décider - le projet et l'apprentissage pourra bien durer plus long que ça ou vous pourriez simplement utiliser un album parmi le 3 d'un niveau plus jeune ou moins expérimenté. Vous êtes bien sûr toujours inv...

It's here!  I hope you are as excited as I am to read through the list of potential books for this October's French as a Second Language Global Read Aloud. These short lists include a variety of books that we think will be engaging and serve as a kick-off to memorable collaborative learning for our French as an Additional Language learners, wherever they may be located and at whatever experience level they are currently learning. The vote is open until June 13 at midnight! We will be active with the FSLGRA main event from October 13, 2025 through to the end of November (but how much you participate is up to you - the event could last longer than that or you might only do 1-2 picture books out of a group. The beauty is that YOU decide what works best for you and your students in the fall). Please click the VOTE link at the bottom of any of the four pages of the PDF  linked in the image above. I invite you to vote for just one level, or as many of the categories about which you...

Once again, the organizers of the FSL Global Read Aloud have begun to prepare for the next round of the FSLGRA for 2025. What wonderful French books, accessible for our French language learners, have you recently discovered or used in your own classroom or home? We're looking for books at a variety of FSL reading levels (ranging from very beginner to teenaged French Immersion student) that meet the following criteria:  recently published and available to purchase accessible to French as an additional language students not already used as an #FSLGRA selection engaging and responsive to diverse cultures, identities, and issues ideally not translated from English, nor popular with youth as an English translation Here's the Google form link where you can nominate your latest favourite title, whether it's a picture book, a Graphic Novel or a short novel.  Nominations are due by the evening of Sunday April 27, 2025. You may nominate more than one book, if you have multiple great...