GRADES 1 – 3


LANGUAGE ARTS

Listening, Viewing and Speaking
• Listen and view attentively and critically, as well as speak purposefully and articulately in situations that serve different purposes and involve a variety of audiences.

Reading and Literature
• Learn and effectively apply a variety of reading strategies for comprehending, interpreting and evaluating wide range of texts including fiction, non-fiction, classic, and contemporary works.

Writing and English Language
• Use mechanical and grammatical conventions in written compositions.

Composition
• Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of composition and the writing process.

Research Skills
• Gather and use information for research purposes
• Able to identify a topic and then select and utilize the appropriate sources (print and non-print) needed to investigate the topic. With an understanding of how to use a library and common reference materials, students can access information and cite sources used. When selecting information to be used, students can adequately summarize and organize the information into broad categories.

MATHEMATICS

Mathematical Reasoning
• Use mathematical knowledge and a variety of mathematical inquiry and reasoning skills to solve problems using various strategies and forms of mathematical communication.

Number Sense and Operations
• Demonstrate a sense of numbers and apply an understanding of number systems and operations when counting, computing, estimating, and problem solving.

Measurement
• Understand and apply basic and advance concepts of measurement to compare, convert, and solve problems involving linear measurement, weight, volume, temperature, time, and money.

Geometry
• Understand and apply basic and advance geometric concepts and methods to analyze, interpret, represent and solve problems involving points, lines, planes and space.

Patterns, Functions, and Algebra
• Understand and apply basic and advanced concepts of algebra to explore, describe and model patterns, relationships and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs.

Data Analysis, Probability, and Statistics
• Understand and apply basic and advance concepts of data collection, analysis probability, and statistics.

Technology
• Appropriately select and use technology (including instruments, computers, and networks) to access information, process ideas, and communicate results.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Grade 1 Canada Province Studies – Beginning Maps and Globes, Families around the World
• Grade 2 Alberta: Journey Across Canada
• Grade 3 World History and You

SCIENCE

Grade 1
• Colors Senses
• Plants Seasons
• Building Things

Grade 2
• Exploring Liquids
• Buoyancy and Boats
• Magnetism
• Hot / Cold
• Crawling and Flying Animals

Grade 3
• Rocks and Minerals Testing Materials an Designs
• Animal Life Cycles Building with a variety of materials
• Hearing / Sound


RELIGION

Grade 1
• Born of the Spirit, Catholic Kids Net, Faith and Life

Grade 2
• Born in the Spirit, Catholic Kids Net, Faith and Life

Grade 3
• Born in the Spirit, Catholic Kids Net, Faith and Life


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Health and Lifestyle
• Fitness
• Activity Skills
- Dance
- Games
- Individual
- Gymnastics

GRADES 4 - 5


ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS

• Learn and effectively apply a variety of reading strategies for comprehending, interpreting and evaluating a wide range of texts including fiction, non-fiction, classic, and contemporary works.
• Reading Skills.
• Word recognition and vocabulary.
• Spelling and phonics.
• Reading comprehension.
• Literature.
- Use reading strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and texts (eg: fairy tales, short stories, fables, legends, tall tales, adventure stories, humorous stories, myths, mythology, fantasy, mystery, epics, historical fiction, realistic fiction, chapter books, novels, biographies, auto-biographies, expository text, poetry, prose).
• Make inferences.
• Identify various literary techniques.
• Use mechanical and grammatical conventions in written compositions.
• Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of composition and the writing process.
• Gather and use information for research purposes.


MATHEMATICS

• Number concepts
- Number sense 0 – 10,000
- Number operations
• Patterns and relations
• Variables and equations
• Measurement
• 3 D and 2 D shapes
• Transformations
• Statistics and Probability


SOCIAL STUDIES

Grade 4 Focus: Alberta
Alberta: Its People in History
Alberta: A Comparative Study with Quebec

Grade 5 Focus: Canada
Canada: Its Geography and People
Early Canada: Exploration and Settlements
Canada’s Links with Other Countries
SCIENCE

Grade 4 Waste and our World
Wheels and Levers
Building Devices and Vehicles that Move
Light and Shadows

Grade 5 Electricity and Magnetism
Mechanisms using Electricity
Classroom Chemistry
Weather Watch
Wetland Ecosystem


RELIGION

Grade 4 Faith and Family 4, Born in the Spirit 4
Grade 5 Faith and Life 5, Born in the Spirit 5


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Health and Lifestyle
• Fitness
• Activity Skills
- Dance
- Games
- Individual
- Gymnastics


GRADE 6


ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS

• Students read, independently, a range of texts and talk about interests and preferences. They show understanding of significant ideas, themes, events and characters and begin to make use of an appropriate vocabulary when referring to texts. Students recognize and express explicit meaning and begin to be aware of some implicit meaning and attitudes when making inferences and deductions. Students begin to talk about author’s intention and give personal responses, supporting these with reference to the text. They locate and use ideas and information, ant they are able to use technology to support their writing and research.
• Reading skills.
• Word recognition and vocabulary.
• Spelling and Phonics.
• Reading comprehension.
• Literature.
- Describe the motivation of major and minor characters in a selection.
- Recognize, analyze and evaluate an author’s use of literary elements.
- Understand the relationships among story elements.
- Analyze classic and contemporary literature selections.
• Use a variety of criteria to evaluate information.
• Use mechanical and grammatical conventions in written compositions.
• Develop the ability to make and shape text in order to communicate meaning in written language, appropriate to the context, purpose reader, and audience.
• Handwriting.
• Mechanics, grammar and usage.
• Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of composition and the writing process.
- Students compose independently at this stage. The ideas are often sustained and developed, making use of appropriate detail and vocabulary to enhance meaning. The writing demonstrates and ability to use appropriate form and style and shows an awareness of audience. Syntax and punctuation are used with increasing proficiency and more complex words are included in students’ own writing, and they are spelled correctly. The writing process is done with greater independence. Students plan, revise, and redraft to improve accuracy and enhance meaning. Handwriting is clear and legible.
• Composition.
• Writing Skills
• Gather and use information for research purposes
- Conduct research in the library and on the computer, independently using supplied databases and guided Internet tools. Periodicals, almanacs, and other special references are becoming more widely used at this level. The ability to take notes using and outline format and writing from an outline is developing. Students are able t compare and contrast, summarize and paraphrase, and evaluate many of the resources found.


MATHEMATICS

In mathematics, Grades 6 students the following critical components are used to describe mathematics in a broad way in order to establish connections among the Mathematic Strands.
• Change – identification of changing quantities.
• Constancy – defining aspects of stability, symmetry, steady state, and conservation.
• Dimension – measurement concepts of size and scale.
• Number – an intuitive understanding number sense and meaning of number operations improves mental math.
• Pattern – a systematic understanding of patterns underlying all math concepts.
• Quantity – a system of coding measure and ordering things.
• Relationships – the connections between and among things
• Shape – central to geometry and number networks
• Uncertainty – chance, errors and data measurement

Grade 6
• Number concepts
- Number sense 0 – 10,000
- Proper fractions
• Number operations
• Patterns and relations
• Variables and equations
• Measurement
• 3 D and 2 D shapes
• Transformations
• Statistics and Probability


SOCIAL STUDIES

Grade 6 Focus: Meeting Human Needs
Local Government
Greece: An Ancient Civilization
China: A Pacific Rim Nation


SCIENCE

Grade 6
• Air and Aerodynamics
• Flight
• Sky Science
• Evidence and Investigation
Trees and Forests


RELIGION

Grade 6 Faith and Life 6, Born in the Spirit 6

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