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Curriculum Newsletter
September 2019-January 2020
GRADE ONE and TWO

Language Arts Language learning takes place in and across all subject areas. Oral language and listening skills are developed through: Classroom discussion Partner sharing Following instructions Songs, stories, poems and rhymes Reading skills will be developed through: Independent reading Reading with a partner Guided reading (reading with teacher guidance) Reading with older buddies Class read-alouds and discussions Reading strategies Writing skills will be developed through: Using pictures, words and sentences to represent ideas Personal stories and journal entries Creating collaborative classroom books Printing practice (top to bottom, left to right) Word study Phonics review (letter sounds) Instruction on decoding/segmenting (sounding out words) Spelling practice Word families (rhymes)

Math Grade 1 - Number Count by: 1s forward between any two given numbers • 1s backward from 20 to 0 • 2s forward from 0 to 20 • 5s and 10s forward from 0 to 100. Subitize 1 to 10 objects or dots. Represent numbers to 20, concretely, pictorially and symbolically. Explore basic addition and subtraction skills to 18 Grade 2 - Number Count 0 to 100 by: • 2s, 5s and 10s, forward and backward, using starting points that are multiples of 2, 5 and 10 respectively • 10s, using starting points from 1 to 9 • 2s, starting from 1. Identify odd and even up to 100. Use ordinal numbers (up to tenth). Represent and describe numbers to 100, concretely, pictorially and symbolically. Compare and order numbers up to 100. Explore addition and subtraction skills to 100 Patterns and Relations Describe, extend, compare, and create repeating and increasing patterns Sort using one/two attributes, and explain the sorting rule Shape and Space Sort 2D shapes and 3D objects, using one/two attributes, and explain the sorting rule. Describe, compare and construct 3D objects and 2D shapes Compare and identify 2D shapes as parts of 3D objects Statistics • Gather and record data about self and others to answer questions and solve problems

Social Studies Moving Forward from the Past Students will explore their personal and family histories by: Observing how they have changed and stayed the same through time (losing teeth, growing, learning new skills, new responsibilities) Observing how their families have changed and stayed the same through time (new members, moving, new experiences) Students will be introduced to historical thinking using key words such as: past, a long time ago and present	Science Students will learn about the 5 senses: Awareness of senses and how they are used to provide information Function of senses and how they are cared for Describing adaptations to limited sensory abilities Students will learn building skills through: Constructing objects and models of objects using a variety of materials Identifying the purpose of different components Problem solving
Physical Education Students will be work on fundamental movement and health skills through: Cooperative Games Scoops and Balls Ball Skills Volleyball Curling Students will have use of the gymnasium for daily physical education	Health and Life Skills Students will: Learn about the importance of following rules and routines Develop self-awareness Learn to communicate and solving problems – Peace Education Exploring their feelings and work on developing empathy Introduce the Zone of Regulations, green zone in control and ready to learn, yellow zone loss of some control and difficult to learn, red zone you have lost control and unable to learn and blue zone not feeling our best.
Technology The use of technology will be integrated across the curriculum.
Music - Miss Nair This term, students will learn a variety of songs and singing games to develop in-tune singing and explore the musical elements of beat, rhythm and pitch. We will begin to introduce musical notation through rhythmic values (ta – quarter note, titi – eighth note), and visual representation of high and low pitches. Students will develop their musicality through singing, movement, listening, performing and playing both pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments.	Art Students will explore elements of art such as: • Line • Colour • Composition Students will work with a variety of medium Markers Crayons Pencil Crayons Watercolours Oil Pastels Students will begin to analyze, evaluate and respond critically to art works by looking critically at: Their own art Art of classmates Art of professionals