This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts 1. It includes sections on the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment, connections to other areas of study, and references. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for ELA and aims to support student achievement of the province's goals of education.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts for grade 2. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, grade 2 outcomes and indicators, assessment strategies, and connections to other subject areas. The purpose is to provide provincial requirements and guidance for teaching ELA to grade 2 students in Saskatchewan.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts grade 5. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment strategies, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol and aims to develop students' literacy, thinking, identity, social responsibility, and engagement as lifelong learners.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts 5. It includes sections on the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment, connections to other subject areas, and references. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for ELA and aims to support students in becoming lifelong learners, developing a sense of self and community, and becoming engaged citizens.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts 5. It includes sections on the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment, connections to other subject areas, and references. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for ELA and aims to support student achievement of the province's educational goals.
The document provides materials for a course to prepare students in Costa Rica for the country's English graduation exam, including:
- 14 lesson plans covering topics like sports, food, art, democracy, and careers
- Practice tests and materials to help students improve their reading comprehension, grammar, and test-taking skills
- The authors thank the individuals and organizations who helped create the guide to support Costa Rican students in expanding their educational opportunities.
This Memorabilia 2018-19 is a memory booklet prepared by students. It has collections of poems, film reviews, photos, short stories and other data about the activities carried out at Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
REPORT on OUTREACH PROGRAMME: FEB – MARCH 2017Dilip Barad
The Department of English (MKBU) has carried out three activities as outreach programme during the said time. This report presents brief overview of the activities carried out under the banner of this programme. It also presents the outcome of outreach activities with feedback from stakeholders.
This document discusses the English language and people. It covers the history and origins of the English nationality and people from the early Middle Ages through modern times. It also discusses the global dispersion of English communities through migration to places like the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. Finally, it examines the development and current status of the English language, including its classification, history, geographical distribution and technical linguistic characteristics like phonology, grammar and vocabulary.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts for grade 2. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, grade 2 outcomes and indicators, assessment strategies, and connections to other subject areas. The purpose is to provide provincial requirements and guidance for teaching ELA to grade 2 students in Saskatchewan.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts grade 5. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment strategies, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol and aims to develop students' literacy, thinking, identity, social responsibility, and engagement as lifelong learners.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts 5. It includes sections on the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment, connections to other subject areas, and references. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for ELA and aims to support students in becoming lifelong learners, developing a sense of self and community, and becoming engaged citizens.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan curriculum for English Language Arts 5. It includes sections on the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aims and goals of ELA, characteristics of an effective ELA program, outcomes and indicators, assessment, connections to other subject areas, and references. The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol for ELA and aims to support student achievement of the province's educational goals.
The document provides materials for a course to prepare students in Costa Rica for the country's English graduation exam, including:
- 14 lesson plans covering topics like sports, food, art, democracy, and careers
- Practice tests and materials to help students improve their reading comprehension, grammar, and test-taking skills
- The authors thank the individuals and organizations who helped create the guide to support Costa Rican students in expanding their educational opportunities.
This Memorabilia 2018-19 is a memory booklet prepared by students. It has collections of poems, film reviews, photos, short stories and other data about the activities carried out at Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
REPORT on OUTREACH PROGRAMME: FEB – MARCH 2017Dilip Barad
The Department of English (MKBU) has carried out three activities as outreach programme during the said time. This report presents brief overview of the activities carried out under the banner of this programme. It also presents the outcome of outreach activities with feedback from stakeholders.
This document discusses the English language and people. It covers the history and origins of the English nationality and people from the early Middle Ages through modern times. It also discusses the global dispersion of English communities through migration to places like the United States, Canada, Australia and elsewhere. Finally, it examines the development and current status of the English language, including its classification, history, geographical distribution and technical linguistic characteristics like phonology, grammar and vocabulary.
This document summarizes research on pro-social values, volunteering, and employability among youth in Southeast Europe. Three related studies were conducted:
1) A telephone survey of 975 youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina found low rates of volunteering (14%) and employment (30%). Volunteers reported higher pro-social values and employability.
2) A pilot study surveyed 51 work camp volunteers, finding participation significantly improved employability and pro-social outcomes.
3) A larger study surveyed 330 work camp volunteers, comparing Southeast European and international volunteers. It found most volunteers gained in pro-social values, though impacts varied between camps. Overall, work camps effectively promote volunteering.
This document provides an overview of principles for effective language teaching. It discusses three main categories of principles: cognitive principles, social principles, and socio-linguistic principles. For cognitive principles, it examines theories of automaticity of acquisition and meaningful learning. It argues that both are important, contradicting each other, and that meaningful learning which associates new concepts with existing knowledge is key. The document also provides brief introductions to the other principle categories and chapters that will further explore language teaching methods, paradigms, curriculum design, and classroom management strategies.
The document is the 7th edition of the Study Skills Handbook published by Hull University Business School, which provides guidance to students on developing academic skills needed for university-level study such as time management, note-taking, reading skills, writing assignments, and presentations. The handbook acknowledges those who contributed to its development and production. It includes 14 chapters covering various study skills topics and an appendix on English grammar.
This booklet is documentation of various activities carried out by students during academic year 2019-20. It also has graphical presentations of usage of library books and students quantified performance in co-curricular activities. It also documents creative writings, poems, paintings, photographs etc of the students. The memorabilia 2020 is written, compiled and edited by the students of the Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
This document summarizes a research project that aimed to develop an educational animation using culturally relevant content to teach mathematics concepts to primary school students in Kenya. The researcher created an animation on a standard 2 mathematics topic using digital cut-out animation techniques. 120 students viewed the animation and completed a questionnaire to assess their comprehension and skill acquisition. Analysis found a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores, indicating that students were able to learn from the animation. The research sought to explore effective design of animated learning materials, illustrate the cognitive effects of such materials in a mathematics classroom, and develop a model for creating culturally relevant educational animations in Kenya.
Gender and Sexuality in English Language Education. Focus on PolandŁukasz Pakuła
This document discusses gender and sexuality issues in English language education, with a focus on Poland. It addresses what gender means, including biological sex, social construction, and gender identity. It also discusses sexuality, heteronormativity, and representation of gender and sexuality in textbooks and classroom interaction. Key issues covered include gender differences and similarities, masculinities and femininities, and educational disadvantage related to gender and sexuality. The study aims to explore these issues in Polish English language classrooms and textbooks to better understand how gender and sexuality are represented and discussed.
This document outlines the 2009 Saskatchewan curriculum for Physical Education 7. It includes an introduction and discusses the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of K-12 physical education, characteristics of an effective physical education program, grade-specific curricular outcomes, assessment of student learning, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is intended to help students develop positive attitudes toward active living, gain confidence in physical skills, and support personal, social, cultural, and environmental growth through 150 minutes per week of physical education instruction.
Thesis: The Effect Of 3rd Standard (NPST): Knowledge Of Islamic Values And Et...Pakistan
The Effect Of 3rd Standard (NPST): Knowledge Of Islamic Values And Ethical Values/Social Life Skills On Student’s Personality At Elementary Level by Aisha Bano
teaching english language learners the good newsHéctor Polo
This document provides guidance for organizing and operating effective church-based English as a Second Language (ESL) ministries. It discusses how to recruit and train volunteers, determine class schedules and locations, recruit students, and incorporate biblical teachings. The document contains chapters on student placement, teaching methods, lesson planning, vocabulary, pronunciation, communication activities, cultural understanding, and faith sharing. The overall aim is to use ESL instruction as an outreach tool to introduce students to the gospel message.
This document provides an overview and guide to technical writing for engineers. It discusses what technical writing is, including its key attributes such as being factual, objective, and directed to specific readers. It outlines reasons for writing such as to convey information to others and benefit one's career. The document also covers performing technical studies, developing a writing strategy, choosing appropriate document types, criteria for good technical writing, elements of writing style, and using illustrations to support written content. The intended audience is engineers seeking to improve their technical writing skills and knowledge.
This document provides information about the 2013 NSTA STEM Forum & Expo taking place from May 15-18 in St. Louis, Missouri. It outlines the keynote speaker, panel discussions and topics to be covered, as well as preK-12 educator workshops and presentations. Additionally, it provides details on registration, travel accommodations, venue information, and a program schedule. The forum aims to highlight developing partnerships and creating sustainable preK-12 STEM curricula, instruction, and programs.
“Workshop on the use of didactic teaching aids for english classes, for teach...Josenglish Ramos
This document provides a summary of a final project report for a workshop on using didactic teaching aids for English classes for teachers in integrated school systems in El Salvador. The project was developed by three students to obtain their Bachelor of Arts in English degree. It describes the justification, objectives, scope, and execution of the workshop, which aimed to train teachers on using audiovisual and instructional resources to improve English language teaching. The workshop covered various teaching techniques and topics through dynamic sessions and created an instructional booklet.
This thesis examines acculturation strategies, acculturative stress, and academic performance in first-year Chinese international students at an American college. The literature review discusses theories of acculturation and acculturative stress, and analyzes how factors like language proficiency, cultural distance, social integration, and pre-existing individual variables relate to acculturative stress and academic impacts. The methodology section describes the research questions, design, population sampling, data collection/instruments, and data analysis plan to examine relationships between acculturation strategies, acculturative stress, and GPA. The results chapter provides descriptive statistics and tests assumptions and covariates before addressing the two research questions.
This document summarizes a study on English loanwords in Vietnamese. It includes sections on the declaration of original research, acknowledgements, abstract, table of contents, and literature review. The study aims to explore the usage of English loanwords in Vietnamese, their characteristics and differences. It examines why certain English words are used in the Vietnamese language and analyzes the overall presence of "Vietlish" or mixed English-Vietnamese. The methodology involves collecting data on English loanwords from Vietnamese newspapers and magazines. Key findings will analyze the frequency of loanwords by field and reason for usage, as well as the representation of "Vietlish" in the Vietnamese language. Recommendations are made to improve understanding and appropriate use of English borrowings.
This document summarizes the key discussions and outcomes of a three-day UNESCO experts meeting on climate change education in small island developing states (SIDS) held in Nassau, Bahamas in September 2011. The meeting brought together over 100 experts from SIDS in the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean regions to discuss challenges of climate change for education systems in SIDS and the role of education in adaptation. Key recommendations included that quality climate change education is needed to empower communities to address climate change and live sustainably, through educational programs that prepare communities for natural disasters and incorporate indigenous knowledge and sustainable lifestyles. Education also needs to highlight the unique cultural and natural heritage of SIDS which contributes to building community resilience.
Fet business studies gr 10 12 - we_b#c0fcCeltia Tladi
This document provides the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies for grades 10-12 in South Africa. It outlines the background and purpose of CAPS and the National Curriculum Statement. It addresses time allocation for Business Studies and the general aims of the South African curriculum. The document also provides an overview of the topics covered per grade per term and annual teaching plans for grades 10-12. It describes the assessment policies and procedures for Business Studies.
This document outlines the 2009 Saskatchewan curriculum for Physical Education 7. It includes an introduction and discusses the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of K-12 physical education, characteristics of an effective physical education program, grade-specific curricular outcomes, assessment of student learning, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is intended to support students in developing positive attitudes toward active living, gaining confidence as skillful movers, and promoting personal, social and community growth through 150 minutes of physical education instruction per week.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan Kindergarten curriculum. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, and effective program components. It also provides outcomes and indicators for subject areas like arts education, English language arts, health education, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies. The curriculum is designed to incorporate principles of early learning, actualize features of early childhood education, and use reflection to support student learning through play and inquiry.
This document outlines the Québec Education Program for the Contemporary World subject in social sciences. It introduces the program and discusses its goals of helping students understand the complex modern world and develop critical thinking skills to participate as citizens. The program takes geographic, historical, economic and political perspectives to interpret problems and issues across societies. It focuses on developing two competencies - interpreting contemporary world problems and taking positions on issues - using research and critical analysis.
This document outlines the national curriculum for Advanced Pakistan Studies for grades 11-12 in Pakistan. It aims to promote awareness of Pakistan's geography, history, culture, politics, and economy among youth. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics related to Pakistan over two years of study. It is organized into standards for different subject areas and benchmarks for each standard. The goals are to help students become responsible, tolerant citizens and prepare them for the challenges facing Pakistan. Teaching methods and assessment strategies are also discussed.
NLC23 - Grade 8 Consolidation English Lesson Plan - Final.pdfLenBorbe
This document provides lesson plans for an English consolidation camp for grade 8 students. It includes 30 lesson plans that are designed to review and reinforce concepts and skills from the grade 8 English curriculum through classroom activities and questions. Each lesson plan follows the same five-part structure: 1) a short review of prior learning, 2) stating the lesson purpose, 3) language practice, 4) an activity involving reading a text and answering questions, and 5) a conclusion. The lessons focus on consolidating students' knowledge of narratives, recounts, expositions, explanations, information texts, and persuasive texts.
This document summarizes research on pro-social values, volunteering, and employability among youth in Southeast Europe. Three related studies were conducted:
1) A telephone survey of 975 youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina found low rates of volunteering (14%) and employment (30%). Volunteers reported higher pro-social values and employability.
2) A pilot study surveyed 51 work camp volunteers, finding participation significantly improved employability and pro-social outcomes.
3) A larger study surveyed 330 work camp volunteers, comparing Southeast European and international volunteers. It found most volunteers gained in pro-social values, though impacts varied between camps. Overall, work camps effectively promote volunteering.
This document provides an overview of principles for effective language teaching. It discusses three main categories of principles: cognitive principles, social principles, and socio-linguistic principles. For cognitive principles, it examines theories of automaticity of acquisition and meaningful learning. It argues that both are important, contradicting each other, and that meaningful learning which associates new concepts with existing knowledge is key. The document also provides brief introductions to the other principle categories and chapters that will further explore language teaching methods, paradigms, curriculum design, and classroom management strategies.
The document is the 7th edition of the Study Skills Handbook published by Hull University Business School, which provides guidance to students on developing academic skills needed for university-level study such as time management, note-taking, reading skills, writing assignments, and presentations. The handbook acknowledges those who contributed to its development and production. It includes 14 chapters covering various study skills topics and an appendix on English grammar.
This booklet is documentation of various activities carried out by students during academic year 2019-20. It also has graphical presentations of usage of library books and students quantified performance in co-curricular activities. It also documents creative writings, poems, paintings, photographs etc of the students. The memorabilia 2020 is written, compiled and edited by the students of the Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.
This document summarizes a research project that aimed to develop an educational animation using culturally relevant content to teach mathematics concepts to primary school students in Kenya. The researcher created an animation on a standard 2 mathematics topic using digital cut-out animation techniques. 120 students viewed the animation and completed a questionnaire to assess their comprehension and skill acquisition. Analysis found a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores, indicating that students were able to learn from the animation. The research sought to explore effective design of animated learning materials, illustrate the cognitive effects of such materials in a mathematics classroom, and develop a model for creating culturally relevant educational animations in Kenya.
Gender and Sexuality in English Language Education. Focus on PolandŁukasz Pakuła
This document discusses gender and sexuality issues in English language education, with a focus on Poland. It addresses what gender means, including biological sex, social construction, and gender identity. It also discusses sexuality, heteronormativity, and representation of gender and sexuality in textbooks and classroom interaction. Key issues covered include gender differences and similarities, masculinities and femininities, and educational disadvantage related to gender and sexuality. The study aims to explore these issues in Polish English language classrooms and textbooks to better understand how gender and sexuality are represented and discussed.
This document outlines the 2009 Saskatchewan curriculum for Physical Education 7. It includes an introduction and discusses the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of K-12 physical education, characteristics of an effective physical education program, grade-specific curricular outcomes, assessment of student learning, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is intended to help students develop positive attitudes toward active living, gain confidence in physical skills, and support personal, social, cultural, and environmental growth through 150 minutes per week of physical education instruction.
Thesis: The Effect Of 3rd Standard (NPST): Knowledge Of Islamic Values And Et...Pakistan
The Effect Of 3rd Standard (NPST): Knowledge Of Islamic Values And Ethical Values/Social Life Skills On Student’s Personality At Elementary Level by Aisha Bano
teaching english language learners the good newsHéctor Polo
This document provides guidance for organizing and operating effective church-based English as a Second Language (ESL) ministries. It discusses how to recruit and train volunteers, determine class schedules and locations, recruit students, and incorporate biblical teachings. The document contains chapters on student placement, teaching methods, lesson planning, vocabulary, pronunciation, communication activities, cultural understanding, and faith sharing. The overall aim is to use ESL instruction as an outreach tool to introduce students to the gospel message.
This document provides an overview and guide to technical writing for engineers. It discusses what technical writing is, including its key attributes such as being factual, objective, and directed to specific readers. It outlines reasons for writing such as to convey information to others and benefit one's career. The document also covers performing technical studies, developing a writing strategy, choosing appropriate document types, criteria for good technical writing, elements of writing style, and using illustrations to support written content. The intended audience is engineers seeking to improve their technical writing skills and knowledge.
This document provides information about the 2013 NSTA STEM Forum & Expo taking place from May 15-18 in St. Louis, Missouri. It outlines the keynote speaker, panel discussions and topics to be covered, as well as preK-12 educator workshops and presentations. Additionally, it provides details on registration, travel accommodations, venue information, and a program schedule. The forum aims to highlight developing partnerships and creating sustainable preK-12 STEM curricula, instruction, and programs.
“Workshop on the use of didactic teaching aids for english classes, for teach...Josenglish Ramos
This document provides a summary of a final project report for a workshop on using didactic teaching aids for English classes for teachers in integrated school systems in El Salvador. The project was developed by three students to obtain their Bachelor of Arts in English degree. It describes the justification, objectives, scope, and execution of the workshop, which aimed to train teachers on using audiovisual and instructional resources to improve English language teaching. The workshop covered various teaching techniques and topics through dynamic sessions and created an instructional booklet.
This thesis examines acculturation strategies, acculturative stress, and academic performance in first-year Chinese international students at an American college. The literature review discusses theories of acculturation and acculturative stress, and analyzes how factors like language proficiency, cultural distance, social integration, and pre-existing individual variables relate to acculturative stress and academic impacts. The methodology section describes the research questions, design, population sampling, data collection/instruments, and data analysis plan to examine relationships between acculturation strategies, acculturative stress, and GPA. The results chapter provides descriptive statistics and tests assumptions and covariates before addressing the two research questions.
This document summarizes a study on English loanwords in Vietnamese. It includes sections on the declaration of original research, acknowledgements, abstract, table of contents, and literature review. The study aims to explore the usage of English loanwords in Vietnamese, their characteristics and differences. It examines why certain English words are used in the Vietnamese language and analyzes the overall presence of "Vietlish" or mixed English-Vietnamese. The methodology involves collecting data on English loanwords from Vietnamese newspapers and magazines. Key findings will analyze the frequency of loanwords by field and reason for usage, as well as the representation of "Vietlish" in the Vietnamese language. Recommendations are made to improve understanding and appropriate use of English borrowings.
This document summarizes the key discussions and outcomes of a three-day UNESCO experts meeting on climate change education in small island developing states (SIDS) held in Nassau, Bahamas in September 2011. The meeting brought together over 100 experts from SIDS in the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean regions to discuss challenges of climate change for education systems in SIDS and the role of education in adaptation. Key recommendations included that quality climate change education is needed to empower communities to address climate change and live sustainably, through educational programs that prepare communities for natural disasters and incorporate indigenous knowledge and sustainable lifestyles. Education also needs to highlight the unique cultural and natural heritage of SIDS which contributes to building community resilience.
Fet business studies gr 10 12 - we_b#c0fcCeltia Tladi
This document provides the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement for Business Studies for grades 10-12 in South Africa. It outlines the background and purpose of CAPS and the National Curriculum Statement. It addresses time allocation for Business Studies and the general aims of the South African curriculum. The document also provides an overview of the topics covered per grade per term and annual teaching plans for grades 10-12. It describes the assessment policies and procedures for Business Studies.
This document outlines the 2009 Saskatchewan curriculum for Physical Education 7. It includes an introduction and discusses the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, aim and goals of K-12 physical education, characteristics of an effective physical education program, grade-specific curricular outcomes, assessment of student learning, and connections to other subject areas. The curriculum is intended to support students in developing positive attitudes toward active living, gaining confidence as skillful movers, and promoting personal, social and community growth through 150 minutes of physical education instruction per week.
This document outlines the 2010 Saskatchewan Kindergarten curriculum. It includes the core curriculum, broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies, and effective program components. It also provides outcomes and indicators for subject areas like arts education, English language arts, health education, mathematics, physical education, science, and social studies. The curriculum is designed to incorporate principles of early learning, actualize features of early childhood education, and use reflection to support student learning through play and inquiry.
This document outlines the Québec Education Program for the Contemporary World subject in social sciences. It introduces the program and discusses its goals of helping students understand the complex modern world and develop critical thinking skills to participate as citizens. The program takes geographic, historical, economic and political perspectives to interpret problems and issues across societies. It focuses on developing two competencies - interpreting contemporary world problems and taking positions on issues - using research and critical analysis.
This document outlines the national curriculum for Advanced Pakistan Studies for grades 11-12 in Pakistan. It aims to promote awareness of Pakistan's geography, history, culture, politics, and economy among youth. The curriculum covers a wide range of topics related to Pakistan over two years of study. It is organized into standards for different subject areas and benchmarks for each standard. The goals are to help students become responsible, tolerant citizens and prepare them for the challenges facing Pakistan. Teaching methods and assessment strategies are also discussed.
NLC23 - Grade 8 Consolidation English Lesson Plan - Final.pdfLenBorbe
This document provides lesson plans for an English consolidation camp for grade 8 students. It includes 30 lesson plans that are designed to review and reinforce concepts and skills from the grade 8 English curriculum through classroom activities and questions. Each lesson plan follows the same five-part structure: 1) a short review of prior learning, 2) stating the lesson purpose, 3) language practice, 4) an activity involving reading a text and answering questions, and 5) a conclusion. The lessons focus on consolidating students' knowledge of narratives, recounts, expositions, explanations, information texts, and persuasive texts.
This document from UNESCO provides an overview of open and distance learning trends, policies, and strategies. It discusses the growth of open and distance learning due to factors like the need for skills upgrading and advances in technology. The document defines open and distance learning and its components. It outlines major contributions in areas like general education, teacher education, vocational training, and higher education. Current global and regional trends in open and distance learning are also examined, including the increasing role of the internet and web-based education. UNESCO's initiatives in building capacity and promoting international cooperation in this field are also highlighted.
This document from UNESCO provides an overview of open and distance learning trends, policies, and strategies. It discusses the growth of open and distance learning due to factors like the need for skills upgrading and advances in technology. The document defines open and distance learning and its components. It outlines major contributions in areas like general education, teacher education, vocational training, and higher education. Current global and regional trends in open and distance learning are also examined, including the increasing role of the internet and web-based education. UNESCO's initiatives in building capacity and promoting international cooperation in this field are also highlighted.
This document provides an overview of an English textbook for 1st year secondary students in Chile. It includes the following key details:
- The textbook is divided into 5 units covering topics relevant to teenagers' lives. Each unit includes reading and listening lessons.
- The objectives are to engage students through interesting topics, introduce current language, encourage independent learning, and provide regular review opportunities.
- In addition to the student book, the course includes a teacher's book and an accompanying CD. The student book provides instructions, activities, self-assessments and end-of-unit reviews.
- The goal is to make English learning appealing by relating it to students' lives and interests, while gradually increasing language skills and knowledge
Educators' views of children have evolved from seeing children as empty vessels to be filled to recognizing children as competent learners. When educators view children as capable, they create environments that reflect children's interests and support holistic growth. This allows children to explore, problem solve, and build relationships as they construct their own understandings of the world.
This document provides the English standards for levels 1st through 9th in Honduras. It includes 5 blocks of standards: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities. Each block contains 1 or more components with accompanying standards and indicators for what students should know and be able to do at each sub-level. The standards are meant to guide teachers' monthly lesson planning and evaluate the educational process to ensure consistency and alignment between levels. The document aims to facilitate quality teaching and learning in English.
This document provides a curriculum guide for Mandarin Chinese language courses at the 10, 20, and 30 levels. It outlines the rationale for learning Mandarin Chinese, which includes developing communication skills, cultural awareness, and career opportunities in a globalized world where Mandarin is widely spoken. The guide describes how the Mandarin program aims to develop students' communicative competence through a task-based approach. It also explains how the program incorporates the Common Essential Learnings and is aligned with Saskatchewan's core curriculum framework. Sample units are provided for each course level to illustrate the planning and instructional approaches recommended in the guide.
This document outlines the Ontario curriculum for grades 1-8 arts education. It discusses the importance of arts education for students' intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development. The arts allow students to think creatively and critically and help them gain understanding of diverse perspectives. The curriculum aims to develop students' artistic literacy and ability to communicate ideas through dance, drama, music, and visual arts. It addresses curriculum expectations, approaches, roles and responsibilities, and considerations for effective arts programming and assessment.
This project aims to improve the accuracy of Irish language use throughout the school environment of Gaelscoil Phort Láirge, starting in the playground. The school will develop age-appropriate phrasebooks with simple phrases for junior classes becoming more advanced at each grade level. These phrasebooks will be built upon during the year. The school is an Irish-medium school where Irish is the main language of instruction. However, teachers have noted inaccuracies in students' Irish despite efforts in the classroom. The project aims to equip students with appropriate language to communicate confidently and accurately in Irish during playground activities. The desired outcome is to hear more Irish around the school with an emphasis on accurate and rich language use.
This thesis examines referral and placement outcomes of English Language Learner (ELL) students in schools using Instructional Consultation (IC) Teams. The study analyzed archival data from 838 student cases, of which 12% were ELL, across five school districts. Results showed statistically significant differences between ELL and non-ELL students in initial referrals to IC or other prereferral teams as well as referrals to Individualized Education Program (IEP) Teams. Initial referral concerns also differed significantly between the groups. IC Teams were found to be more effective than other prereferral teams at decreasing special education referrals for both ELL and non-ELL students. The results provide a foundation for further research on at-risk
Andover Public Schools: Bright Spot Profile 2019Sheldon Berman
The Andover Public Schools have undertaken a shift towards personalized learning over the past several years. They began by developing a digital learning program and strategic plan to guide their efforts. Some key strategies they have implemented include responsive classrooms, project-based learning, and using student feedback surveys to personalize the learning environment and curriculum access. They have focused on equity of opportunity and teacher empowerment. Assessment data indicates their personalized learning approaches are working to improve student achievement and engagement. The district views their efforts as ongoing work to continuously improve and better meet student needs.
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This document outlines competencies that students in Utah should develop at various grade levels from pre-K through postsecondary education. It includes 16 competencies organized under categories such as academic mastery, wellness, civic and financial literacy, digital literacy, communication, critical thinking, and more. For each competency, it provides brief descriptions of the skills and abilities students should demonstrate at each grade level, culminating in the skills expected of lifelong learners after postsecondary education.
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1. Language arts (Elementary school) - Saskatchewan - Curricula. 2. Competency-
based education - Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Curriculum and E-Learning. Humanities Unit.
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5. Acknowledgements
The Ministry of Education wishes to acknowledge the professional contributions and advice given by Elementary
Level teachers and consultants in the following First Nations tribal council and Saskatchewan school divisions:
• Holy Trinity Roman Catholic School Division
• Battleford Tribal Council
• Prairie South School Division
• Saskatchewan Rivers School Division
• South East Cornerstone School Division
• Sun West School Division.
The Ministry of Education also wishes to thank many others who contributed to the development of this
curriculum including:
• University faculty members
• Other educators and reviewers.
The curriculum is based on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol (WNCP) The Common Curriculum
Framework for English Language Arts (Kindergarten to Grade 12) (1998).
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6.
7. Introduction
English language arts (ELA) is a Required Area of Study in
Saskatchewan’s Core Curriculum. The purpose of this curriculum is to
outline the provincial requirements for Grade 1 English Language Arts.
Time Allotment
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education has established a provincial
policy for the amount of time that must be allocated to language
arts instruction at each grade level. The required minutes for English
language arts allotted to Grade 1 is 560 minutes per week.
Curriculum Content
This curriculum provides the intended learning outcomes that Grade 1
students are expected to achieve in English language arts by the end
of the year. Indicators are included to provide the breadth and depth
of what students should know, understand, and be able to do in order
to achieve the outcomes.
The learning experiences planned for students will support student
achievement of the provincial Goals of Education through attending to
the Broad Areas of Learning for Saskatchewan and the Cross-curricular
Competencies described on the following pages.
The English language arts curriculum provides:
• direction for supporting student achievement of the Broad Areas
of Learning and the Cross-curricular Competencies
• the K-12 aim and goals for English language arts in Saskatchewan
• the characteristics of an effective English language arts program
• Grade 1 English Language Arts outcomes and indicators
• sample assessment and evaluation criteria for determining student
growth and achievement in relation to the outcomes in English
language arts
• connections with other areas of study.
Additional support resources will appear online.
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8. Core Curriculum
Core Curriculum is intended to provide all Saskatchewan students
with an education that will serve them well regardless of their choices
after leaving school. Through its components and initiatives, Core
Curriculum supports student achievement of the Goals of Education
for Saskatchewan. For current information regarding Core Curriculum,
please refer to Core Curriculum: Principles, Time Allocations, and
Credit Policy on the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education website.
For additional information related to the various components and
initiatives of Core Curriculum, please refer to the Ministry website at
www.education.gov.sk.ca/policy for policy and foundation documents
including the following:
• Understanding the Common Essential Learnings: A Handbook for
Teachers (1988)
• Objectives for the Common Essential Learnings (CELs) (1998)
• Renewed Objectives for the Common Essential Learnings of Critical
and Creative Thinking (CCT) and Personal and Social Development
(PSD) (2008)
• The Adaptive Dimension in Core Curriculum (1992)
• Policy and Procedures for Locally-developed Courses of Study (2004)
• Connections: Policy and Guidelines for School Libraries in
Saskatchewan (2008)
• Diverse Voices: Selecting Equitable Resources for Indian and Métis
Education (2005)
• Gender Equity: Policies and Guidelines for Implementation (1991)
• Instructional Approaches: A Framework for Professional Practice
(1991)
• Multicultural Education and Heritage Language Education Policies
(1994)
• Classroom Curriculum Connections: A Teacher’s Handbook for
Personal-Professional Growth (2001).
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9. Broad Areas of Learning
There are three Broad Areas of Learning that reflect Saskatchewan’s
Goals of Education. K-12 English language arts contributes to the Goals
of Education through helping students achieve knowledge, skills, and
attitudes related to the following:
Lifelong Learners Related to the following Goals of
Education:
Students who are engaged in constructing and applying English
• Basic Skills
language arts knowledge naturally build a positive disposition towards
• Lifelong Learning
learning. Throughout their study of English language arts, students
• Positive Lifestyle
gain understandings, skills, and strategies to become more competent
and confident language users.
Sense of Self, Community, and Place Related to the following Goals of
Education:
To learn English language arts, students need not only to use the
English language but also to interact with each other. Through the • Understanding and Relating to
English language arts, students learn about themselves, others, and Others
the world around them. They use language to define who they are and • Self-concept Development
• Spiritual Development
to explore who they might become. They use language to interact and
to respond effectively with others and to build community.
Engaged Citizens
Related to the following Goals of
In the English language arts, students learn how language can Education:
empower them to make a difference in their personal, peer, family,
• Career and Consumer Decisions
and community lives. Language gives them a sense of agency and an
• Membership in Society
ability to make a difference in their community and the world in which
• Growing with Change
they live.
Cross-curricular Competencies
The Cross-curricular Competencies are four interrelated areas
containing understandings, values, skills, and processes which
are considered important for learning in all areas of study. These
competencies reflect the Common Essential Learnings and are
intended to be addressed in each area of study at each grade level.
Developing Thinking
Learners construct knowledge to make sense of the world around K-12 Goals for Developing Thinking:
them. They develop understanding by building on what is already • thinking and learning
known. This key competency concerns the ability to make sense of contextually
information, experiences, and ideas through thinking contextually, • thinking and learning creatively
critically, and creatively. English language arts is inquiry-based, and • thinking and learning critically
students use their language and thinking skills to explore a range of
topics, issues, and themes.
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10. Developing Identity and Interdependence
K-12 Goals for Developing Identity The ability to act autonomously in an interdependent world requires
and Interdependence: an awareness of the natural environment, of social and cultural
• understanding, valuing, and
expectations, and of the possibilities for individual and group
caring for oneself accomplishments. It assumes the possession of a positive self-
• understanding, valuing, and concept and the ability to live in harmony with others and with the
caring for others natural and constructed worlds. Achieving this competency requires
• understanding and valuing understanding, valuing, and caring for oneself and for others, and
social, economic, and understanding and valuing social and environmental interdependence
environmental interdependence and sustainability. English language arts requires students to explore
and sustainability ideas and issues of identity, community, social responsibility, diversity,
and sustainability. Students study texts and ideas about personal and
philosophical; social, historical, and cultural; imaginative and literary;
communicative; and environmental and technological topics.
Developing Literacies
K-12 Goals for Developing Literacies: Literacies provide many ways, including the use of various language
• constructing knowledge related systems and media, to interpret the world and express understanding
to various literacies of it. Literacies involve the evolution of interrelated skills, strategies,
• exploring and interpreting the and knowledge that facilitate an individual’s ability to participate fully
world through various literacies and equitably in a variety of roles and contexts – school, home, and
• expressing understanding and local and global communities. To achieve this competency requires
communicating meaning using developing skills, strategies, and knowledge related to various
various literacies. literacies in order to explore and interpret the world and communicate
meaning. English language arts requires students to use different
literacies, including language literacy, effectively and contextually to
represent ideas and understanding in multiple, flexible ways.
Developing Social Responsibility
K-12 Goals for Developing Social Social responsibility is how people positively contribute to their
Responsibility: physical, social, and cultural environments. It requires the ability to
• using moral reasoning participate with others in accomplishing goals. This competency
• engaging in communitarian is achieved through using moral reasoning processes, engaging in
thinking and dialogue communitarian thinking and dialogue, and taking action. Socially
• taking action responsible learners contribute to their physical, social, and cultural
environments. In English language arts, students explore their social
responsibility and work toward common goals to improve the lives of
others and the natural and constructed worlds.
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11. K-12 Aim and Goals of English Language
Arts
The K-12 aim of the Saskatchewan English language arts curricula is
to help students understand and appreciate language, and to use it
confidently and competently in a variety of situations for learning,
communication, work, life, and personal satisfaction.
The K-12 goals are broad statements identifying what students are
expected to know and be able to do upon completion of study in a
particular subject (e.g., English language arts). The K-12 goals of the
Saskatchewan English language arts curricula are to:
Comprehend and Respond (CR) – Students will develop their abilities
to view, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of
contemporary and traditional grade-level-appropriate texts in a variety
of forms (oral, print, and other media) from First Nations, Métis, and
other cultures for a variety of purposes including for learning, interest,
and enjoyment.
Compose and Create (CC) – Students will develop their abilities to
speak, write, and use other forms of representation to explore and
present thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a
variety of purposes and audiences.
Assess and Reflect (AR) – Students will develop their abilities to assess
and reflect on their own language skills, discuss the skills of effective
viewers, listeners, readers, representers, speakers, and writers, and set
goals for future improvement.
Figure 1. K-12 Aim and Goals of English Language Arts
Social Studies
Physical Health
Education Identity and
Education
Thinking
Interdependence
Comprehend
and Respond Sense of Self,
Community, and Place
Compose Language Arts
Arts Lifelong Engaged
and Create
Learners Citizens Education
Assess and
Re ect
Social Literacies
Responsibility
Mathematics Science
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12. An Effective English Language Arts
Program
An English language arts program is effective when it is purposeful,
dynamic, fulfilling, and authentic. This curriculum invites and
challenges educators to think about education, schooling, and
English language arts as it might be rather than the way educators
might know it to be. How can schooling and English language arts be
more purposeful, dynamic, fulfilling, and authentic? How can it help
students become competent, confident users of the English language
and, at the same time, become knowledgeable about themselves, their
community, and the world as a whole in a deep and meaningful way?
How can it help them find fulfillment, be socially responsible, and act
in ways that will make their community and world better places? How
can it help students become effective self-directed, self-regulated,
strategic, and collaborative learners to meet the demands of personal,
social, work, and global life in the 21st century?
“When a learner makes connections and learning takes place, it is
because of focused teaching ....” (Fullan, Hill, & Crévola, 2006, p. 34).
Focused teaching requires:
• a detailed map of what is expected that students will know and be
able to do, clearly stated in outcomes and associated indicators
• a set of powerful and aligned assessment and evaluation tools tied
to the outcomes
• a detailed knowledge of how best to teach to these learning
outcomes in the classroom, including explicit teaching strategies
and methods and classroom routines.
(Fullan, Hill, & Crévola, 2006, pp. 36-37)
This curriculum is designed to be the starting point for instructional
planning. It includes the philosophical underpinnings of the area
of study and provides the knowledge (i.e., factual, conceptual,
procedural, metacognitive, or a combination of these) that students
are expected to know, understand, and be able to do at the end of
Grade 1. A careful analysis of the outcomes supports teachers in
determining the types of evidence that they might look for to assess
whether students have achieved these outcomes. This knowledge
supports teachers in designing and/or choosing assessment and
evaluation tools to monitor and report on student learning in English
language arts. It is the starting point that will allow English language
arts teachers “to develop and deepen students’ understanding of
important ideas and a process in the discipline[s] equipping them
to transfer their learning in meaningful and effective ways, and
cultivating lifelong habits of mind” (Wiggins & McTighe, 2007, p. 13).
An effective English language arts program is rooted in research-based
practice that specifies what is and is not effective in teaching English
language arts (see next page).
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13. Table 1. What ELA Is Versus What ELA Is Not
What ELA Is What ELA Is Not
Appreciating children as active learners and accepting Seeing children as passive vessels to be filled and
them as competent co-learners who can socially and believing that learning is received from outside
culturally construct knowledge with adults sources and is to be recapitulated
Helping children actively seek to understand the Telling children what knowledge they need to know
world around them and to learn about life and but not having them use it or apply it
language
Using visual, multimedia, oral, and written Using only print resources with a fictional emphasis
communication competently, appropriately, and for a limited range of purposes (usually isolated to a
effectively for a range of purposes school task)
Recognizing the central role of language in Letting printed books, isolated activities, and
communicating, thinking, and learning worksheets drive the program
Setting meaningful and relevant contexts for teaching Giving isolated language activities and using
and learning including connections to students’ unrelated texts
experiences, knowledge, and personal and cultural
identity
Helping students know what and why they are Having only teacher awareness of the outcomes and
learning and doing something (i.e., outcomes, not sharing them with students
indicators, and exemplars)
Teaching and learning for “deep understanding” Asking and answering solely teacher-directed
(including using questions for deeper understanding questions
as a focus)
Making meaning of ideas or information received Answering knowledge/comprehension questions,
(when viewing, listening, and reading) individually, after reading print texts
Creating meaning for themselves and others Using only limited forms of communicating, usually
(when speaking, writing, and using other forms of writing
representing)
Using a variety of strategies (e.g., Before, During, and Following only teacher-directed skills and strategies
After) depending upon the task and spending time on isolated skill and drill
Engaging in inquiry learning Doing a project or, if time permits, a series of activities
to bring closure
Reflecting on own learning and literacy Assuming that the responsibility for learning and
literacy lies with the teacher
Through a “deep” understanding of this curriculum (Fullan, Hill, & Crévola, 2006) and knowing when to use
effective instructional, assessment, and classroom-management strategies based on sound research (Marzano,
2007), English language arts teachers can help all students become competent and confident language users.
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14. An Effective English Language Arts Program:
• provides meaningful contexts that address “big ideas” and
questions for deeper understanding
• focuses on grade-specific outcomes to achieve the K-12
aim and goals of the program
• focuses on language and helps students understand how
it works
• teaches students through powerful cognitive and
communication strategies
• includes a range of texts (oral, print, and other media)
• encourages student inquiry, social responsibility, and self-
reflection
Provides Meaningful Contexts and Questions for
Deeper Understanding
An effective ELA program provides meaningful contexts for students
to learn about language. The English language arts program is
designed for students to develop their language skills and strategies
and become competent and confident users of all six language arts
strands through many opportunities to view, listen, read, represent,
speak, and write in meaningful contexts.
If students are to become lifelong learners, develop a sense of self and
connection to others, and become engaged citizens and achieve the
Cross-curricular Competencies and the outcomes for English language
arts, students require meaningful, authentic contexts for learning.
Students need many opportunities to explore questions and concerns
about themselves and the world.
The following contexts provide a focus for language learning and
give students an opportunity to explore “big ideas” (i.e., overarching
understandings) that have enduring values beyond the classroom:
• A personal and philosophical context gives students
opportunities to explore their identity and their self-concept.
Fostering the learning spirit inside each student comes from the
heart and mind connection that is revealed through each student’s
reflection on personal feelings, self-image, influential life forces,
ideas, belief systems, values, and ways of knowing. Who am I, what
is my place, and where am I going? What does the future hold for
me?
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15. • A social, cultural, and historical context gives students
opportunities to explore relationships with others, community,
culture, customs, multiple ways of knowing, national and
international events and issues, and the history of humanity.
What are my rights and responsibilities in communities, cultures,
and economies? How and who am I in relation to communities,
cultures, and economies? How am I defined by these relationships?
• An imaginative and literary context gives students opportunities
to use their intuition and imagination to explore alternative worlds
and possibilities; different types of classical and contemporary
genres including fantasy, science fiction, and humour; and
particular authors. How do I use my imagination and intuition
and that of others to understand and relate to people, the
community, the world, and society in a positive way? How do I
foster imaginative ideas of self and others? How do I use intuitive
hunches to support creative problem solving or inquiry?
• A communicative context gives students opportunities to
explore different methods, forms, and issues related to language,
communication, and the mass media. How do I make sense of and
communicate with the world? How do I support communication
with differing audiences? How do I know if communication is
effective?
• An environmental and technological context gives students
opportunities to explore the natural and constructed worlds
including the land, the sky, animals, the sea, space, technologies,
and environmental and technological issues. How do I describe,
analyze, and shape the world around me? How does that natural
and technological world affect and shape me?
Each English language arts unit of study can be related to and How we envision literacy makes a
developed under one or more of these broader contexts. Each context difference. If we see it as meaning
is to be explored at each grade. Each context provides opportunities making and not meaning making
for integration with topics of study in other subject areas. plus inquiry, we fail to envision
all that literacy might be. If we
Teachers in Grade 1 should plan a minimum of five units for the year, see literacy as language and not
basing at least one unit on each of the five contexts. Table 4 gives an language plus other sign systems, we
overview of possible unit themes and topics, and questions for deeper also fail to envision all that literacy
understanding for each context. might be.
In addition to considering the five contexts, Elementary Level English (Harste, 2000, p.1)
language arts teachers need to think about the types of units to plan.
Language arts units, designed around the themes and topics within
each context, can ensure that the outcomes for the language strands
are achieved in meaningful ways. Minimal guidelines are provided for
each type of unit.
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16. Table 2. Types of Units
Type of Unit Number of Units per Year
Multi-genre Thematic 3 (minimum)
Multi-genre Inquiry and/or Interdisciplinary 1 (minimum)
Author or Genre Study 1 (maximum)
A multi-genre thematic unit is built around a theme or topic from
one of the contexts and includes a range of prose fiction and non-
fiction, poetry, plays, and other texts. This is the most common type of
English language arts unit because it allows teachers to vary activities
within a broad theme or topic to suit the differing ability levels of
students while supporting their achievement of outcomes for their
respective grade. A minimum of three multi-genre thematic units is
recommended.
Through the inquiry or research A multi-genre inquiry and/or interdisciplinary unit is usually built
process, students satisfy their natural around a theme or topic that is related to an important question(s) for
curiosity and develop skills and inquiry and research. The emphasis in an inquiry unit is on “finding out”
strategies for lifelong learning. the answers to a question or questions that the students have about
the theme or topic and then using the inquiry process to guide their
(Western Canadian Protocol for activities in the unit. When the unit is interdisciplinary, it considers
Collaboration in Basic Education, and addresses outcomes from English language arts and other area(s)
1998, p. 33) of study. A minimum of one inquiry/interdisciplinary unit per year is
recommended. Any multi-genre thematic or author/genre study unit
can become an inquiry unit.
An author or genre study unit focuses on the works of a specific
author or illustrator or on a specific genre (e.g., poetry). Because of the
limited texts used in an author or genre study, a maximum of one per
year is recommended.
Planning Units of Study in an Effective English
Language Arts Program
Table 3. Essential Aspects of Units
Units of Study Essential Aspects
Units provide meaningful • Questions for deeper understanding that
contexts and foci for students address the ideas and issues students
to explore the topics and need to think about throughout the unit.
texts that are important to • Strategies to explore and express
young people everywhere. students’ thoughts, ideas, feelings, and
Units in English language arts experiences as well as to inquire and to
allow students not only to learn to use the English language and
learn how language works in its conventions. Oral, written, and other
meaningful situations but also texts explore the issues and provide
to develop the disposition opportunities to apply viewing, listening,
for learning for life, a sense of reading, representing, speaking, and
self and connection to others, writing knowledge and skills.
and, as engaged citizens, a • Individual as well as co-operative projects
capacity to make a difference invite inquiry and bring closure and
in the community. personal agency to student explorations.
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17. An effective English language arts program also provides
opportunities to explore “big ideas” (e.g., extinction versus the topic of
dinosaurs) and to consider questions for deeper understanding.
Questions for deeper understanding are used to initiate and guide a
unit and give students direction for developing deep understandings
about a topic or issue under study. It is essential to develop questions
that are evoked by student interests and have potential for rich
and deep learning. The process of constructing questions can help
students to grasp the important disciplinary or transdisciplinary ideas
that are situated at the core of a particular curricular focus or context.
These broad questions will lead to more specific questions that can Effective Questions for Deeper
provide a framework, purpose, and direction for the learning activities Understanding:
in a lesson, or series of lessons, and help students connect what they • Cause genuine and relevant
are learning to their experiences and life beyond school. inquiry into the key ideas and
Effective questions for deeper understanding in English language core content
arts are the key to initiating and guiding students’ investigations and • Provide for thoughtful, lively
discussion, sustained inquiry, and
critical thinking, problem solving, and reflection on students’ own
new understanding as well as
learning. Questions such as the following are examples of questions
more questions
that will move Grade 1 students toward deeper understanding: • Require students to consider
• Who am I? alternatives, weigh evidence,
support their ideas, and justify
• What does it mean to be me?
their answers
• What choices are right for me? • Stimulate vital, ongoing
rethinking of ideas, assumptions,
• How do I want others to see me?
or prior lessons
• What “power” do I have to cause or promote change? • Spark meaningful connections
Effective questioning is essential for teaching and student learning with prior learning, personal
experiences, and ways of knowing
and should be an integral part of planning in English language arts.
• Naturally recur, creating
Questioning should also be used to encourage students to reflect on
opportunities for transfer to other
their own learning. The following chart identifies the five contexts situations and subjects.
for English language arts and suggests some possible questions for
deeper understanding and some possible unit topics or themes for (Adapted from Wiggins & McTighe,
2005, p. 110)
each context.
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18. Table 4. Questions for Deeper Understanding and Some Supporting Resources: Grade One
English Language Arts Contexts Sample Questions for Deeper Possible Unit Topics and Themes
Understanding
Personal and Philosophical Who am I? What does it mean to be With a Friend (Collections 1, Early
me? Who am I as a person? What Yellow, 4)
Children need to believe in their own
choices are right for me? How do I Time to Play (Collections 1, Emergent, 3)
self-worth and to feel that they have
want others to see me? What “power”
control over the things that happen Other:
do I have to cause or promote change?
to them. Children need to look inward All About Me
and focus on self-image and self- In My World
esteem. They need to reflect on self
and life, and on their beliefs and values
and those of their society.
Social, Cultural, and Historical What are some cultural traditions Ways to Go (Collections 1, Early Green, 1)
that our families celebrate and why? I’m Busy (Collections 1, Early Yellow, 1)
Children need to look outward and
In what ways are families similar and Ride a Rainbow (Cornerstones 1, d)
examine their relationships with
different? What makes a family special?
others, their community, and the Other:
What is a family?
world. Children also need to consider New Friends
the social and historical context. They What is a friend? What things make Families and Homes
need to explore their connections a person a good friend? How can we
in families, schools, groups, and help our friends? What does respect
communities and to understand the look, sound, feel like in my culture?
diverse needs and wants of others. Why do we need transportation?
Children need to show concern for How many ways can we travel? What
other people in their relationships, kind of vehicles help us get to where
groups, and communities. we want to go? How can we make
transportation safe for us and good for
the environment?
Why do we work? What kinds of jobs
do people do? What is involved in the
different jobs people do? With whom
do they work, and how do they help
others? What work would I like to do?
Why?
Imaginative and Literary Why do we tell stories? What do stories Once Upon A Time (Collections 1, Early
do for us? What is a true story? What Yellow, 5)
Children need to consider imaginary
is a make-believe story? What was the Too Silly! (Collections 1, Emergent, 4)
worlds and possibilities as well as a
problem in the story, and how was the
range of literary genres and authors. Other:
problem solved? Storytelling
What type of characters are in stories? True Stories
Who are the clever characters in Family Stories
folktales? If you were a character in
these folktales, what would you have
done? If you could create a perfect
world, what would it look like?
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19. English Language Arts Contexts Sample Questions for Deeper Possible Unit Topics and Themes
Understanding
Communicative Why do we need to communicate? One in the Sun (Collections 1, Emergent, 1)
Up the Hill (Collections 1, Emergent, 2)
Children need to consider the role How do you communicate with your
It Looks Like ... (Collections 1, Early
of communication in their lives and family, friends, teacher, people in your
Green, 2)
the technologies and strategies school?
Where Do Words Go? (Collections 1, Early
that help people become effective How are messages created, sent, and Yellow, 2)
communicators. Children need the received? What special words describe
skills to interact effectively with others. Other:
how we feel?
Signs and Symbols
Where do words go when we talk?
Environmental and Technological What plants and animals do we find Out On the Playground (Cornerstones 1, a)
in our house, in our classroom, on our Look Around (Cornerstones 1, b)
Children need to explore the elements
playground, in our yard, in our gardens, Busy Days (Cornerstones 1, c)
of the natural and constructed worlds
on the farm, in the country? Ride a Rainbow (Cornerstones 1, d)
and the role of technology and
Around My Place (Collections 1, Early
related developments in their society. Why do we need plants and animals?
Green, 3)
Children need to explore the needs What do plants need?
Under My Hood (Collections 1, Early
and characteristics of living things; Why is it important to care for and Yellow, 3)
properties of objects and materials; the respect plants and animals?
five senses; and daily seasonal changes. Other:
What role does weather have in our Daily and Seasonal Changes
daily and seasonal lives? How does Living Things
weather affect us? How do we keep Materials and Our Senses
ourselves healthy and safe in different
kinds of weather?
How do our senses (I see, I hear, I
smell, I taste, I feel) help us learn about
weather, plants, animals, and our
natural and constructed worlds?
What would you like to learn more
about the natural and constructed
worlds? From what are common
objects made?
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20. Focuses on Grade-specific Outcomes
An effective English language arts program focuses on grade-specific
curriculum outcomes. Student learning outcomes describe what
students will learn in a particular discipline over a specific time frame
(e.g., Grade 1). Outcomes specify the skills, knowledge, and attitudes
that students are expected to know, understand, and be able to
demonstrate.
Critical Characteristics of Outcomes and Indicators
Outcomes:
• focus on what students will learn rather than what teachers will
teach
• specify the skills, strategies, abilities, understandings, and
knowledge students are expected to be able to demonstrate
• are observable, assessable, and attainable
• are grade and subject specific
• are supported by indicators which provide the breadth and depth
of expectations
• are written using action-based verbs
• identify the most important understandings and abilities to be
developed in the specific grade level
• guide course, unit, and lesson planning.
Indicators:
• are a representative list of what students need to know and/or be
able to do in order to achieve an outcome
• represent the breadth and depth of the outcomes.
Note: Additional and/or alternative indicators may be developed, but
they must be reflective of and consistent with the breadth and depth
that is defined by the given indicators.
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21. English Language Arts Goals and Outcomes Overview
Each of the three goals for English language arts has a set of outcomes for the specific grade level. The following
are the outcomes for Grade 1 ELA.
Comprehend and Respond (CR). Students will develop their abilities to view, listen to, read, comprehend,
and respond to a variety of contemporary and traditional grade-level-appropriate texts in a variety of
forms (oral, print, and other media) from First Nations, Métis, and other cultures for a variety of purposes
including for learning, interest, and enjoyment.
CR1.1 Comprehend and respond to a variety of grade-level texts (including contemporary and traditional visual,
oral, written, and multimedia) that address:
• identity (e.g., All About Me)
• community (e.g., Friends and Family)
• social responsibility (e.g., Conservation) and relate to own feelings, ideas, and experiences.
CR1.2 View and comprehend the explicit messages, feelings, and features in a variety of visual and multimedia
texts (including pictures, photographs, simple graphs, diagrams, pictographs, icons, and illustrations).
CR1.3 Listen to and comprehend a variety of texts (including a book read aloud, a person speaking, and
directions) to retell the sequence and key points (who, what, when, where, why, and how).
CR1.4 Read and comprehend grade-appropriate texts (including narratives, informational texts, scripts, and
poems) by relating the sequence (i.e., beginning, middle, and end), the key points (who, what, when, where,
why), and the problems and solutions.
Compose and Create (CC). Students will develop their abilities to speak, write, and use other forms of
representation to explore and present thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a
variety of purposes and audiences.
CC1.1 Compose and create a range of visual, multimedia, oral, and written texts that explore and present
thoughts on:
• identity (e.g., Feelings)
• community (e.g., Neighbourhood)
• social responsibility (e.g., Plants and Trees).
CC1.2 Represent key ideas and events, in a logical sequence and with detail, in different ways (including
dramatization, pictures, sounds, physical movement, charts, models, and drawings).
CC1.3 Speak clearly and audibly about ideas, experiences, preferences, questions, and conclusions in a logical
sequence, using expression and dramatization when appropriate.
CC1.4 Write and share stories and short informational texts about familiar events and experiences in a minimum
of five sentences.
Assess and Reflect (AR). Students will develop their abilities to assess and reflect on their own language
skills, discuss the skills of effective viewers, listeners, readers, representers, speakers, and writers, and set
goals for future improvement.
AR1.1 Identify, with teacher guidance, what good viewers, listeners, readers, representers, speakers, and writers
do.
AR1.2 Set and monitor, in consultation with the teacher, goals for more effective viewing, listening, reading,
representing, speaking, and writing experiences.
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22. Focuses on Language
Good language and literacy skills lay Language and language study are at the centre of the Elementary
the foundation for social, academic, Level English language arts program. The study of the English
economic, personal, and national language arts (viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking,
success. and writing) and of the elements and conventions associated with
(Jamieson & Tremblay, 2005, p. 1) each language cueing system (i.e., pragmatic, textual, syntactic,
semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other) enables
students to understand and appreciate language and to use it in a
variety of situations for communication, for learning, and for personal
satisfaction.
An effective English language arts program that develops students’
facility with language provides students with opportunities to:
• learn to use language in a variety of meaningful ways, considering
and determining their audience, purpose, and situation
• learn about language as a necessary tool for thinking and
communicating effectively, considering the cues and conventions
of language
• learn through language by applying their knowledge of language
in their viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and
writing experiences.
Language study is an integral part of an English language arts
program. Students in each grade are expected to understand the
concepts related to the language cues and conventions. As students
view, listen, read, represent, speak, and write, they are expected
to apply the concepts as students construct and communicate
meaning in their English language arts program and in their daily
communication.
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23. Table 5. Key Language Cues and Conventions for Grade 1
Language Cue or Convention Comprehend and Respond Compose and Create
When viewing, listening, or reading, When speaking, writing, or using
Grade 1 students: other forms of representing, Grade 1
students:
Pragmatic Identify a purpose for viewing, Use common social greetings and
listening, and reading. expressions (e.g., “Thank you”); use
Pragmatics is the study of how people
language appropriate to situation.
choose what and how to communicate
from a range of possibilities available in
the language and how the receiver will
be affected by these choices.
Textual Recognize different text forms Create simple stories of several
Ideas and information are organized in (including poem, story, fairy tale, sentences; organize main idea with
oral, written, and other formats. Textual informational text) and some of their two or more related details.
cues and conventions include the form structures and features (e.g., title,
page number, sequence, description,
or structure and elements of a text.
problem/resolution); recognize the
difference between fiction and non-
fiction.
Syntactic Understand sentence structure and Use and write simple complete
predictable word order (e.g., I sentences often with six or more words
Syntax is the predictable structure of
can . . . , I can . . . ); recognize a complete (in speech, 6.8; in writing, 6.0 by June);
a sentence and the ways words are
combined to form phrases, clauses, and sentence and its end punctuation; use understand and use conventions of a
punctuation (including period and sentence (including word order, capital
sentences. Syntax includes classes of
comma) to help understanding. letters at the beginning of a sentence,
words (e.g., verbs) and their functions
period at the end of a statement).
(e.g., subjects).
Semantic/Lexical/Morphological Recognize 100 of the most commonly Choose and use words to add interest
used words in print; use context, visual or to clarify; use conventional spellings
The lexicon of a language includes
cues (e.g., pictures and illustrations), of high-frequency words; recognize
all the words or vocabulary of that
and sound patterns (e.g., rhyming the difference between invented and
language that are used or understood
words); recognize common antonyms conventional Canadian spelling; form
by a particular person or groups.
and synonyms. correctly the plural of single-syllable
Words can also be studied for their
words (e.g., dog/dogs); use capitals
meaningful parts or morphemes.
for the pronoun I, names, days of the
week, and months; spell name and
high-frequency words such as are, and,
I, from, was, that, the, they, with, you, ....
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24. Language Cue or Convention Comprehend and Respond Compose and Create
When viewing, listening, or reading, When speaking, writing, or using
Grade 1 students: other forms of representing, Grade 1
students:
Phonological/Graphophonic Count phonemes and segment or Use phonics (including letter/sound
blend phonemes at the beginning relationships and patterns in words)
Graphophonics is the study of the
of words containing one, two, and to spell unfamiliar words; sound
relationship between the symbols and
three phonemes to make new words; out (elongating) and represent all
sounds of a language and includes
recognize and use the alphabet; substantial sounds in spelling a word;
letter or sound relationships and
recognize letter/sound relationships use a mixture of conventional and
patterns.
and patterns in words; identify all temporary spelling for three- and four-
consonant sounds in spoken words; letter short vowel words.
use phonics to help decode individual
words including using basic phonetic
analysis and consonant sounds in
some blends and digraphs (e.g., bl, br,
th, wh) in regular one-syllable words;
recognize rhyming words; recognize
features of words including word
patterns and differences.
Other Cues and Conventions Recognize key features such as Use simple gestures, volume, and
captions, illustrations, colours, sizes, tone of voice to communicate ideas
Other cues and conventions are also
and movements in different types of and needs; hold pencils, crayons, and
found in communication acts and
texts. markers with a comfortable and correct
include such elements as graphics,
grip; use correct letter and number
layout, colour, sound, movement, font
formation (capitals and small letters);
choices, and handwriting.
leave spaces between words; use
pictures, charts, graphs, and physical
movement to show what is learned.
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25. Uses Critical and Powerful Learning Strategies
An effective ELA program teaches students how to use critical and powerful learning strategies. In order to
achieve the English language arts outcomes, students need to learn and use a range of language skills and
strategies. Effective language arts teachers employ a range of instructional approaches to help students move
from teacher-supported and guided lessons to independent learning that requires varied instructional methods
and strategies to help students learn these language skills and strategies. Teachers model and discuss key
procedural and metacognitive strategies for language learning and thinking. Students need to learn how to
select and to use strategies before, during, and after viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and
writing.
If students are to be successful in English language arts, they need to learn and use thinking and learning skills
and strategies on their own. In order to help students gain control over a repertoire of key skills and strategies,
the skills and strategies need to be explicitly taught and practised using a model such as the following:
• Introduce and explain the purpose of the skill or strategy.
• Demonstrate and model its use.
• Provide guided practice for students to apply the skill or strategy with feedback.
• Allow students to apply the skill or strategy independently and in teams.
• Reflect regularly on the appropriate uses of the skills or strategies and their effectiveness.
• Assess the students’ ability to transfer the repertoire of skills or strategies with less and less teacher
prompting over time.
(Wiggins & McTighe, 2007, pp. 97-98)
Table 6. Important Cognitive Strategies for Comprehending and Responding (CR) Goal
Phase Strategy
Before Activating and building upon prior knowledge and experience
Previewing text
Setting a purpose
Anticipating the author’s or creator’s intention
During Making connections to personal knowledge and experience
Using the cueing systems to construct meaning from the text
Making, confirming, and adjusting predictions and inferences
Constructing mental images
Interpreting visuals (e.g., illustrations, graphics, tables)
Identifying key ideas and supporting ideas
Self-questioning, self-monitoring, and self-correcting
Drawing conclusions
Adjusting rate or strategy to purpose or difficulty of text
After Recalling, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing
Interpreting (identifying new knowledge and insights)
Evaluating author’s/creator’s message(s)
Evaluating author’s/creator’s craft and technique
Responding personally, giving support from text
View, listen, read again, and speak, write, and used other forms of representing to deepen
understanding and pleasure
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26. Table 6. (Continued) Important Cognitive Strategies for Comprehending and Responding (CR) Goal
Additional Viewing:
Strategies for • Think Aloud (Davey, 1983)
Comprehending • View, Pause, Predict, and Think Aloud
and Responding
• Collaborative Viewing Guide (Wood, 1994)
• Directed Viewing-Thinking Activity (DVTA)
• Picture Walk (Richards & Anderson, 2003)
• Viewing Guides
Listening:
• TQLR (Tune In, Questions, Listen, and Review) (SRA, 2000)
• ACTION (Attention, Concentrate, Think, Interpret, Organize, and Note) (Sebranek & Kemper, 1995)
• Listen-Think-Pair-Share (McTighe & Lyman, 1992)
• Listen-Draw-Pair-Share (McConnell, 1992)
• DLTA (Directed Listening-Thinking Activity) (Stauffer, 1975)
• LAPS (Listen, Ask, Picture, and Summarize) Strategy (Matchullis & Mueller, 1996)
• Listening Guides
Reading:
• Modelled Reading
• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading
• Paired Reading
• KWL, K-W-L Plus (Carr & Ogle, 1987)
• Preview/Connect/Predict (Robb, 2006)
• List/Group/Categorize (Robb, 2006)
• B-D-A (Before, During, and After) Strategy (Laverick, 2002)
• Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DRTA) (Stauffer, 1975)
• Reciprocal Reading (Palincsar & Brown, 1986)
• ReQuest (Manzo, 1969; Vacca & Vacca, 1999)
• QtA (Question the Author) (Beck, McKeown, Hamilton, & Kucan, 1997)
• QARs (Question Answer Relationships) (Raphael, 1986)
• Mapping It Out (Hoyt, 2000)
• Justifying My Opinions (Hoyt, 2000)
• Open-mind Portraits (Tompkins, 2004)
• Coding the Text (Harvey & Goudvis, 2000)
• Think Alouds (Davey, 1983)
• Reading Guides
• Discussion Circles
• Grand Conversations (Eeds & Wells, 1989)
• Literature Circles (Daniels, 1994)
• Reader’s Workshop
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27. Table 7. Important Cognitive Strategies for Composing and Creating (CC) Goal
Phase Strategy
Before Considering the task or prompt or finding a topic
Activating prior knowledge and considering experiences
Considering purpose and audience
Considering and generating specific ideas and information that might be included
Collecting and focusing ideas and information
Planning and organizing ideas for drafting
During Creating draft(s) and experimenting with possible product(s)
Using language and its conventions to construct message
Experimenting with communication features and techniques
Conferring with others
Reflecting, clarifying, self-monitoring, self-correcting, and using “fix-up” strategies
After Revising for content and meaning (adding, deleting, substituting, and rethinking)
Revising for organization (reordering)
Revising for sentence structure and flow
Revising for word choice, spelling, and usage
Proofreading for mechanics and appearance (including punctuation and capitalization)
Conferring with peers, teacher, and others
Polishing, practising, and deciding how work will be shared
Sharing, reflecting, and considering feedback
Additional Strategies for Speaking:
Composing and Creating • Talking Circles
• Think, Pair, Share/Square (McTighe & Lyman, 1992)
• Instructional Conversations (Goldenberg, 1993)
• TAPS (Total Group, Alone, Partner, and Small Group) (Gregory & Chapman, 2002)
• Grouptalk (Whipple, 1975; Moffett & Wagner, 1992)
Writing:
• Modelled Writing
• Shared Writing/Language Experience (Van Allen, 1976)
• Interactive Writing
• Guided Writing
• Pattern Writing
• Discuss/Brainstorm/Web
• KWL
• Think-Pair-Share-Write (Robb, 2006)
• Asking the 5Ws and H (who, what, where, when, why, and how)
• Writing Frames
Other Forms of Representing:
• Discuss/Brainstorm/Web
• Asking the 5Ws + H
• Representing Task Sheet
• Talking Drawings (Wood, 1994)
• Sketch to Stretch (Harste, Short, & Burke, 1988)
• Read/View/Listen, Talk, Act, Draw, Write (Cox, 1999)
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28. Includes a Range of Texts
In order for students to achieve the outcomes stated in this curriculum,
students need to have access to a wide range of high-quality learning
resources in visual, oral, print, multimedia, and electronic formats. The
lists of learning resources that support this curriculum identify core
and additional learning resources to support the English language
arts program and student achievement of the learning outcomes
designated for this grade level. Resources that have been evaluated
for curriculum fit are listed on the Ministry of Education website. An
effective English language arts program:
• provides learning resources that help students achieve the
curriculum outcomes
• balances a variety of texts including print, non-print, human,
electronic, and virtual resources
• offers resources that are current, relevant, credible, and
representative of many viewpoints that reflect the perspectives,
cultures, and ways of knowing of First Nations, Métis, and other
cultures
• presents the cultural, literary, and artistic heritages of societies,
past and present
• responds to students’ interests and supports independent reading
and inquiry
• fosters opportunities for inquiry learning.
Grade 1 students should have access to picture books, pattern books,
chapter books, non-fiction, children’s classics, poetry, folk tales, and
traditional narratives. Refer to the ministry website for a listing of
various grade-appropriate texts that Grade 1 students might explore.
Encourages Inquiry, Social Responsibility, and
Self-reflection
An effective English language arts program provides opportunities
for student inquiry, encourages social responsibility, and invites self-
reflection.
Inquiry is a philosophical stance Inquiry learning provides students with opportunities to build
rather than a set of strategies, knowledge, abilities, and inquiring habits of mind that lead to deeper
activities, or a particular teaching understanding of their world and human experience. The inquiry
method. As such, inquiry promotes process focuses on the development of compelling questions,
intentional and thoughtful learning formulated by teachers and students, to motivate and guide inquiries
for teachers and children. into topics, problems, and issues related to curriculum content and
(Mills & Donnelly, 2001, p. xviii) outcomes.
Inquiry is more than a simple instructional strategy. It is a philosophical
approach to teaching and learning, grounded in constructivist
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29. research and methods, which engages students in investigations
that lead to disciplinary and transdisciplinary understanding. Inquiry
builds on students’ inherent sense of curiosity and wonder, drawing
on their diverse backgrounds, interests, and experiences. The process
provides opportunities for students to become active participants in
a collaborative search for meaning and understanding. Students who
are engaged in inquiry:
• construct deep knowledge and deep understanding rather than
passively receiving information
• are directly involved and engaged in the discovery of new
knowledge
• encounter alternative perspectives and differing ideas
that transform prior knowledge and experience into deep
understandings
• transfer new knowledge and skills to new circumstances
• take ownership and responsibility for their ongoing learning and
mastery of curriculum content and skills.
(Adapted from Kuhlthau, Maniotes, & Caspari, 2007)
Inquiry learning is not a step-by-step process but rather a cyclical
process, with parts of the process being revisited and rethought as a
result of students’ discoveries, insights, and co-construction of new
knowledge. Figure 2 represents this cyclical inquiry process.
Figure 2. Constructing Understanding Through Inquiry
Curriculum Outcomes What are the things we wonder
about and want to know more about?
What questions do we have about
the deeper mysteries or aspects of life?
Interpret
Collaborate Conclude
Analyze
Plan Investigate
Re ect and Re ect and
Revise How are we going to proceed? Revise
Explore Create
Observe Synthesize
Acknowledge Sources Document Processes Resources
What have we discovered and how
will we show our deeper understanding?
How are we going to use what we have
discovered (e.g., apply, act,
implement)?
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30. Inquiry prompts and motivates students to investigate topics within
meaningful contexts. The inquiry process is not linear or lock-step
but is flexible and recursive. As they become more comfortable with
the process, experienced inquirers will move back and forth among
various phases as new questions arise.
Well-formulated inquiry questions are broad in scope and rich in
possibilities. Such questions encourage students to explore, observe,
gather information, plan, analyze, interpret, synthesize, problem solve,
take risks, create, conclude, document, reflect on learning, and develop
new questions for further inquiry.
Teachers and students can begin their inquiry at one or more
curriculum entry points; however, the process may evolve into
transdisciplinary integrated learning opportunities, as reflective of the
holistic nature of our lives and interdependent global environment.
An important part of any inquiry process is students’ reflection on
their learning and the documentation needed to assess the learning
and make it visible to students. Student documentation of the inquiry
process in English language arts may take the form of reflective
journals, notes, drafts, three-dimensional models, works of art,
photographs, and video footage.
Social responsibility encourages students to extend their learning
beyond the classroom into the local, national, and international
community. It invites students to consider how individuals or groups
can shape the future in a positive way or address an issue, question,
challenge, or problem that is important. Each unit at each grade level
in English language arts offers opportunities to challenge students
to consider what particular local, national, or global issues, questions,
challenges, or problems are important and to consider what students
might do to make their community or the world a better place.
Social responsibility challenges students to address the important or
compelling questions for deeper understanding posed in a unit. In any
English language arts unit, teachers and students can plan and create a
project to support efficacy.
Social responsibility can help students:
• Become complex thinkers by encouraging them to synthesize
their learning and apply it to their community, country, and/or
international world.
• Become more aware of the interconnectedness of all things and
the reciprocal relationships between themselves and their local
and international community.
• Become more independent by using the language skills and
strategies that students are learning in ELA beyond the classroom.
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31. • Become more motivated by choosing individual or group projects
related to each unit.
• Become contributors to their community and the world beyond
that community.
• Become more collaborative and respectful as they work with
others to address the questions, issues, and problems considered
in the unit.
• Become agents of change.
• Become socially responsible.
Student self-reflection helps students take ownership of their own
learning and become more self-directed and self-confident. The
Assess and Reflect K-12 goal in English language arts expects students
to consider what they know and have learned, the progress and
achievements made, and the goals they need to set to improve. Using
tools such as learning logs and diaries, discussion, questionnaires,
reflective writing, and portfolios, students can reflect on their learning
both as a team and as individuals. Through self-reflection, students
can determine their current and future learning needs and set goals
for growth. Using Bloom’s taxonomy of questioning, teachers can help
students become self-reflective and self-directed:
• What did I do? (Remember/Knowledge)
• What knowledge, skills, and strategies did I use to complete the
task? (Understand/Comprehension)
• What steps did I take to achieve this? (Application)
• What challenges or problems did I encounter, and how did I
address these? (Analysis)
• What are my strengths, and what would I like to learn more about,
or what skills and strategies do I want to develop? (Evaluation)
• How can I use this new knowledge and these new skills and
strategies? (Create)
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32. Outcomes and Indicators
Focus: Making Connections among Oral Discourse, Written Communication, and Other
Forms of Representing
Comprehend and Respond (CR) - Students will develop their abilities to view, listen to, read, comprehend,
and respond to a variety of contemporary and traditional grade-level-appropriate texts in a variety of
forms (oral, print, and other media) from First Nations, Métis, and other cultures for a variety of purposes
including for learning, interest, and enjoyment.
Outcomes Indicators
CR1.1 Comprehend and a. View, listen to, read, and respond to a variety of texts including
respond to a variety of First Nations and Métis resources that present different viewpoints
grade-level texts (including and perspectives on issues related to identity, community, and
contemporary and traditional social responsibility.
visual, oral, written, and
b. Make and share connections among texts, prior knowledge, and
multimedia) that address:
personal experiences (e.g., family traditions).
• identity (e.g., All About Me)
c. Relate aspects of stories and characters from various texts to
• community (e.g., Friends
personal feelings and experiences.
and Family)
• social responsibility (e.g., d. Show awareness of the experiences and ideas of other persons
Conservation) and relate encountered through texts.
to own feelings, ideas, and e. Describe characters, the way they might feel, and the way
experiences. situations might cause them to feel.
f. Show respect for own culture and the various cultures, lifestyles,
and experiences represented in texts including First Nations and
Métis cultures.
CR1.2 View and comprehend a. Identify and locate the key information in pictures, charts, and
the explicit messages, feelings, other visual forms (e.g., photographs, physical movement, icons)
and features in a variety including traditional and contemporary First Nations and Métis
of visual and multimedia resources and performances.
texts (including pictures,
b. Select and use the appropriate before, during, and after strategies
photographs, simple graphs,
when viewing.
diagrams, pictographs, icons,
and illustrations). c. Use applicable pragmatic, textual, syntactic, semantic/lexical/
morphological, graphophonic, and other communication cues
and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when
viewing.
d. Recognize the commonalities in works by the same illustrator.
e. View a video version of a print book and discuss how the two
versions are the same and different.
f. Distinguish between daily life and life depicted in television shows,
cartoons, and films.
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CR1.2 continued g. Recognize feelings portrayed in visual and multimedia texts,
including pictures, photographs, diagrams, pictographs, and icons.
h. View and demonstrate understanding that visual texts are sources
of information including ideas and information about First Nations,
Métis, Inuit peoples, and other cultures.
CR1.3 Listen to and a. Listen and respond appropriately to a range of oral
comprehend a variety of communications including selected works of children’s literature
texts (including a book read and traditional and contemporary First Nations and Métis stories.
aloud, a person speaking, b. Select and use the appropriate before, during, and after strategies
and directions) to retell the when listening.
sequence and key points (who,
c. Use applicable pragmatic, textual, syntactic, semantic/lexical/
what, when, where, why, and
morphological, graphophonic, and other communication cues
how).
and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when
listening.
d. Retell stories (including oral traditions shared by Elders and
Knowledge Keepers) by relating the sequence of story events by
answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.
e. Listen to texts and retell the most important information (e.g., who,
what, when, where, why, and how).
f. Listen courteously and attentively to understand the meaning and
intent of others.
g. Demonstrate attentiveness and comprehension as a listener
through body language and facial expressions (e.g., nodding in
agreement).
h. Listen to carry out directions with four to six simple steps.
CR1.4 Read and comprehend a. Read and interpret own writing, experience charts, labels, symbols,
grade-appropriate texts and print in environment.
(including narratives, b. Select and use the appropriate before, during, and after strategies
informational texts, scripts, when reading.
and poems) by relating the c. Use applicable pragmatic, textual, syntactic, semantic/lexical/
sequence (i.e., beginning, morphological, graphophonic, and other communication cues
middle, and end), the key and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when
points (who, what, when, reading.
where, and why), and the
problems and solutions. d. Distinguish between fiction and non-fiction.
e. Read aloud with fluency, expression, and comprehension any text
that is already familiar and is at an independent reading level.
f. Identify the sequence of an informational text and respond to who,
what, when, where, why, and how questions.
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34. Outcomes Indicators
CR1.4 continued g. Read and follow one-step, two-step, and three-step written
instructions.
h. Retell the central ideas of simple expository and narrative
passages (including contemporary and traditional First Nations
and Métis stories), identify and describe where and when stories
take place, the characters in a story (and their feelings), and the
story’s beginning, middle, and end, as well as the problem and the
solution.
i. Read and re-read “just-right” texts independently for a sustained
minimum 10-15 minute period daily for enjoyment and to improve
fluency (30-60 wcpm orally) and comprehension.
j. Begin to utilize silent reading.
Compose and Create (CC). Students will develop their abilities to speak, write, and use other forms of
representation to explore and present thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a
variety of purposes and audiences.
Outcomes Indicators
CC1.1 Compose and create a a. Use words, symbols, and other forms, including appropriate
range of visual, multimedia, technology, to express understanding of topics, themes, and issues
oral, and written texts that related to identity, community, and social responsibility.
explore and present thoughts
b. Dictate to another person and compose stories that tell personal
on:
feelings, ideas, experiences, opinions, observations, and reactions.
• identity (e.g., Feelings)
c. Create stories, explanations, poems, and dramatizations using
• community (e.g.,
known patterns and later developing own patterns.
Neighbourhood)
• social responsibility (e.g., d. Create stories and short informational texts of several sentences
Plants and Trees). to communicate ideas and information about self, others, and the
natural and constructed environments.
e. Use inquiry to explore a question or topic of interest related to the
themes and topics being studied:
• Discuss personal knowledge and understanding of a topic to
discover research interests and needs.
• Use the language of inquiry (e.g., “I want to find out if ...”, “I
know ...”).
• Ask questions to satisfy personal curiosity on a topic and
discuss information needs.
• Ask and answer questions to help satisfy group curiosity and
information needs on a specific topic.
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