What is Mon magazine?

Your child recently brought home from school a copy of Mon Magazine. Normal, since his or her teacher has decided to do La Dictée P.G.L., an educational project that helps children improve and value their mastery of the French language, initiates them to international realities, and raises their awareness on environmental protection.

How does the project work?

Your child’s teacher has handed out a copy of Mon Magazine to each pupil. This workbook contains all the educational activities that will be done in class. All have been designed by experienced educators to help children assimilate a considerable amount of new knowledge. They are interesting, diversified and adapted to all teaching levels, both for French and FSL classes. Grouped by school levels, the vocabulary words will let your child learn in a rich, significant, and stimulating context and prepare for the first, warm-up dictation.

How can I help my child make the most of this educational project?

You can help your child practice and learn his vocabulary words, direct him or her to our interactive educational portal, Terrain de jeux, and you can have fun together doing the family activities. Online audio and printable dictations are also available.

In class, teachers will explain to their pupils the workbook activities that will help them learn the vocabulary words. Afterwards, dictations will help them memorize and understand these newly learned words.

Children’s involvement in the mission of the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation

Upon registering for La Dictée P.G.L., schools receive, free of charge, all the educational material needed for the project, and commit to making a contribution to the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation to help finance its programs in support of basic education for children and adult in French-speaking Africa and Haiti.

What is the Parents’ Document?

If you child has brought back the Parents’ Document, your school has chosen to send the Foundation a set contribution. No fundraiser is involved. The school has agreed to send the Foundation a set contribution of $3 per pupil registered in the project. This contribution will be taken from the school’s own budget.

What is the Parents’ Workbook?

If your child has brought home the Parents’ Workbook, the school has elected to hold a fundraiser, the Cueillette du partage P.G.L., a simple activity of sharing and solidarity. The fundraiser is based on a sponsored dictation. To motivate them for this altruistic project, children will ask their family, friends and neighbours to pledge a set amount of money for each word they write correctly in the sponsored dictation. For example, if you pledge to give your child 10 cents per word and your child correctly writes 25 words, you will give him a total of $2.50. Alternately, you could also offer a set amount to encourage his or her efforts, whatever the number of correctly written words. Children are encouraged to set their own personal goals to motivate them to perfect their French. Please note that it is important to provide complete contact information for all sponsors since the Foundation will issue an income tax receipt for pledges over $25. Your child will then bring back his or her envelope to school. Once all pledges have been collected and tallied, the school will send the Foundation a cheque. The school can also decide to keep half of the amount raised by the children and send the other half to the Foundation.

You and your child’s efforts will help the Foundation to provide school supplies to children in underprivileged countries, to build new schoolrooms and to support teachers in French-speaking Africa and Haiti.

For more information on this project, please contact us by phone at  514-28... or, toll free, at  1-800-3..., or by email at: dictee@fondationpgl.ca.

Thank you for believing in our project. Thank you for helping us write a better world for all.

More about the mission and activities of the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation

Project timeline

Please note that teachers can modify this timeline to suit their particular needs and schedules.

DATE                                ACTIVITY
December and January    Preparation period
Late January                    Warm-up dictation in class
February 2-6                    Sponsored dictation
February 2-13                  School finals
February 27 – March 31   Regional finals
May 17, 2009                    La Grande Finale internationale

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