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PLANT UNIT (SCIENCE (Big Ideas (Kindergarten (Plants (and animals) have…
PLANT UNIT
SCIENCE
Big Ideas
Kindergarten
- Plants (and animals) have observable behaviours
- Daily and seasonal changes affect all living things
Grade 1
- Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment
Curricular Competencies
Kindergarten
- Demonstrate a curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world
- Observe and objects and events in a familiar contexts
- Ask simple questions about familiar objects and events
- Make exploratory observations using their senses
- Make simple measurements using non-standard units.
- Share observations and ideas orally
- Express and reflect on personal experiences of place
Grade 1
- Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world
- Observe objects and events in familiar context
- Make simple predictions and familiar objects and events
- Make and record observations
- Experience and interpret the local environment
- Compare observations with predictions through discussion
- Compare observations with those of others - Communicate observations and ideas using oral and written language, drawing, (or role-play)
Content
Grade 1
- Names of local plants (and animals)
- Structural features of living things in the local environment
- The knowledge of First Peoples (plants)
Kindergarten
- Basic needs of plants (and animals)
- Adaptations of local plants (and animals)
- Local First Peoples uses of plants (and animals)
- Living things make changes to accommodate daily and seasonal cycles
SOCIAL STUDIES
Curricular Competencies
KIndergarten
- Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
- Sequence objects, images, or events, and distinguish between what has changed and what has stayed the same (continuity and change)
Grade 1
- Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
- Sequence objects, images, or events, and distinguish between what has changed and what has stayed the same (continuity and change)
Content
Kindergarten
- People, places, and events in the local community, and in local First Peoples communities
Grade 1
- natural and human-made features of the local environment
- relationships between a community and its environment
Big Ideas
Grade 1
- Healthy communities recognize and respect the diversity of individuals and care for the local environment.
- We shape the local environment, and the local environment shapes who we are and how we live.
KIndergarten
- Our communities are diverse and made of individuals who have a lot in common.
- Stories and traditions about ourselves and our families reflect who we are and where we are from.
ARTS EDUCATION
Content
Kindergarten
- Processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools and techniques to support arts activities.
- With creating, experiencing, or sharing in a safe learning environment
Grade 1
- Visual arts: elements of design: line, shape, texture, colour; principles of design: pattern, repetition
- Processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools and techniques to support arts activities
Big Ideas
Kindergarten
- Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play
- People connect to others and share ideas through the arts.
Grade 1
- Engagement in the arts creates opportunities for inquiry through purposeful play
- People connect to others and share ideas through the arts.
Curricular Competencies
Kindergarten
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual, using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
- Reflect on creative processes and make connections to other experiences
- Express feelings, ideas, stories, observations, and experiences through the arts
- Describe and respond to works of art
- Experience, document and share creative works in a variety of ways
Grade 1
- Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual, using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
- Reflect on creative processes and make connections to other experiences
- Express feelings, ideas, stories, observations, and experiences through the arts
- Describe and respond to works of art
- Experience, document and share creative works in a variety of ways
LANGUAGE ARTS
Content
Kindergarten
- Reading strategies
- Oral language strategies
- Metacognitive strategies
- Writing process
Grade 1
- Reading strategies
- Oral language strategies
- Metacognitive strategies
- Writing process
Big Ideas
Kindergarten
- Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
- Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
- Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
- Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
Grade 1
- language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
- Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
- Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
- Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
Curricular Competencies
Kindergarten
- Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaning
- Use sources of information and prior knowledge to make meaning
- Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to stories and other texts to make meaning
- Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding
- Use language to identify, create, and share ideas, feelings, opinions, and preferences
Grade 1
- Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaninG
- Use sources of information and prior knowledge to make meaning
- Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to stories and other texts to make meaning
- Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding
- Use language to identify, create, and share ideas, feelings, opinions, and preferences
- Show awareness of how story in First Peoples cultures connects people to family and community
MATHEMATICS
Big Ideas
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Grade 1
- Concrete graphs help us to compare and interpret data and show one-to-one correspondence.
Curricular Competencies
Kindergarten
- Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving
- Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions
- Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic form
Grade 1
- Use reasoning to explore and make connections
- visualize to explore math concepts
- Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic form
Content
Kindergarten
- concrete or pictorial graphs as a visual tool
- likelihood of familiar life events
Grade 1
- concrete or pictorial graphs as a visual tool
- likelihood of familiar life events using comparative language