| A | B |
|---|
| apprendre | to learn |
| la bibliothèque | the library |
| la bourse | the scholarship |
| le bureau | the desk, the teacher's desk, the office |
| le cahier | the notebook |
| le carnet | the small notebook |
| le classeur | the loose-leaf notebook, file cabinet, the file folder |
| le collège | the middle school/junior high |
| le collégien/ la collégienne | the middle-school/junior-high student |
| la conférence | the lecture |
| le cours | the course |
| la craie | the chalk |
| le crayon | the pencil |
| le crayon de couleur | the colored pencil |
| le crayon gras | the crayon |
| la crèche | the daycare center |
| le devoir | the homework |
| le directeur/la directrice | the elementary-school principal |
| l'école (f) | the school |
| l'écolier(m)/l'écolière(f) | the elementary-school student |
| l'élève (m/f) | the secondary-school student |
| encourager | to encourage, to praise |
| l'encre | the ink |
| enseigner | to teach |
| l'épreuve | the test |
| le contrôle | the evaluation (the test) |
| être inscrit(e) au tableau d'honneur | to be on the honor roll |
| l'exercice (m) | the exercise |
| faire une demande | to apply |
| la gomme | the eraser (not blackboard) |
| s'inscrire | to register (for classes) |
| le chiffon | the blackboard eraser (the rag) |
| l'instituteur(m)/l'institutrice | the elementary-school teacher |
| le jardin d'enfants | the kindergarten |
| la lecture | the reading |
| le livret scolaire/le carnet scolaire | the report card |
| le lycée | the high school |
| le lycéen/ la lycéenne | the high-school student |
| le maître/la maîtresse | the elementary-school teacher |
| la matière | the (school) subject |
| la note | the grade (e.g. A, B,C) |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| un examen | a major test like the SATs |
| le professeur | the high-school/university teacher |
| le proviseur | the high-school principal |
| le pupitre | the student desk |
| rater, échouer | to fail |
| la règle | the rule, the ruler (used for measuring) |
| la retenue | the detention |
| réussir | to pass (an exam, a test) |
| la salle de classe | the classroom |
| sécher un cours | to cut a class |
| le stylo | the pen |
| le surveillant | the monitor |
| le tableau (noir) | the chalkboard |
| la terminale | the last year of lycée |
| le tableau d'affichage | the bulletin board |
