GRADE
Grade I
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 100; representing and ordering whole numbers to 50; establishing the conservation of number; representing money amounts to 20¢; decomposing and com- posing numbers to 20; establishing a one-to-one correspondence when counting the elements in a set; counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s; adding and subtracting numbers to 20.
Measurement
Measuring using non-standard units; telling time to the nearest half-hour; developing a sense of area; comparing objects using measurable attributes; comparing objects using non-standard units; investigating the relationship between the size of a unit and the number of units needed to measure the length of an object.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Sorting and classifying two-dimensional shapes and three- dimensional figures by attributes; recognizing symmetry; relating shapes to other shapes, to designs, and to figures; describing location using positional language.
Patterning and Algebra
Creating and extending repeating patterns involving one attribute; introducing the concept of equality using only concrete materials.
Data Management and Probability
Organizing objects into categories using one attribute; collecting and organizing categorical data; reading and displaying data using concrete graphs and pictographs; describing the likelihood that an event will occur.
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures
Understanding Matter and Energy: Energy in Our Lives
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Daily and Seasonal Changes
Grade II
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 100; representing money amounts to 100¢; decomposing and composing two-digit numbers; investigating fractions of a whole; counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 25’s; adding and subtracting two-digit numbers in a variety of ways; relating equal-sized groups to multiplication and relating sharing equally to division.
Measurement
Measuring length using centimetres and metres; telling time to the nearest quarter-hour; measuring perimeter, area, mass, and capacity using non-standard units; describing and establishing temperature change; choosing personal referents for the centimetre and the metre; comparing the mass and capacity of objects using non-standard units; relating days to weeks and months to years.
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Distinguishing between attributes that are geometric properties and attributes that are not geometric properties; classifying two-dimensional shapes by geometric properties (number of sides and vertices); classifying three-dimensional figures by geometric properties (number and shape of faces); locating a line of symmetry; composing and decomposing shapes; describing relative locations and paths of motion.
Patterning and Algebra
Identifying and describing repeating patterns and growing and shrinking patterns; developing the concept of equality using the addition and subtraction of numbers to 18 and the equal sign; using the commutative property and the property of zero in addition to facilitate computation.
Data Management and Probability
Organizing objects into categories using two attributes; collecting and organizing categorical and discrete data; reading and displaying data using line plots and simple bar graphs; describing probability, in simple games and experiments, as the likelihood that an event will occur
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Movement
Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties of Liquids and Solids
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
Grade III
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 1000; representing money amounts to $10; decomposing and composing three-digit numbers; investigating fractions of a set; counting by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, 25’s, and 100’s; adding and subtracting three-digit numbers in a variety of ways; relating one-digit multiplication, and division by one-digit divisors, to real-life situations
Measurement
Measuring distance using kilometres; telling time to the nearest 5 minutes; identifying temperature benchmarks; measuring perimeter using standard units; measuring mass in kilograms and capacity in litres; measuring area using grid paper; comparing the length, mass, and capacity of objects using standard units; relating minutes to hours, hours to days, days to weeks, and weeks to years
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Using a reference tool to identify right angles and to compare angles with a right angle; classifying two-dimensional shapes by geometric properties (number of sides and angles); classifying three-dimensional figures by geometric properties (number of faces, edges, and vertices); relating different types of quadrilaterals; naming prisms and pyramids; identifying congruent shapes; describing movement on a grid map; recognizing transformations
Patterning and Algebra
Creating and extending growing and shrinking patterns; representing geometric patterns with a number sequence, a number line, and a bar graph; determining the missing numbers in equations involving addition and subtraction of one- and two-digit numbers; investigating the properties of zero and one in multiplication
Data Management and Probability
Organizing objects into categories using two or more attributes; collecting and organizing categorical and discrete data; reading and displaying data using vertical and horizontal bar graphs; understanding mode; predicting the frequency of an outcome; relating fair games to equally likely events
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Movement
Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties of Liquids and Solids
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Air and Water in the Environment
Grade IV
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 10 000; representing money amounts to $100; developing the concept of place value to tenths; representing and comparing fractions using fractional notation; adding and subtracting three-digit numbers in a variety of ways; multiplying and dividing two-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers; relating halves, fifths, and tenths to decimals
Measurement
Measuring length using millimetres; measuring time intervals to the nearest minute; determining elapsed time; measuring mass in grams and capacity in millilitres; measuring volume using concrete materials; determining area and perimeter relationships for rectangles; comparing the mass and capacity of objects using standard units; relating years to decades and decades to centuries
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Identifying geometric properties of parallelograms; classifying two-dimensional shapes by geometric properties (number of sides, angles, and symmetry); identifying a straight angle, a right angle, and half a right angle; classifying prisms and pyramids by geometric properties; constructing three-dimensional figures in a variety of ways; describing location using a grid system; performing and describing reflections
Patterning and Algebra
Relating the term and the term number in a numeric sequence; generating patterns that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and reflections; determining the missing numbers in equations involving multiplication of one- and two-digit numbers; using the commutative and distributive properties to facilitate computation
Data Management and Probability
Collecting and organizing discrete data; reading and displaying data using stem-and-leaf plots and double bar graphs; understanding median; com- paring two related sets of data; predicting the frequency of an outcome; investigating how the number of repetitions of a probability experiment affects the conclusion drawn
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Habitats and Communities
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Pulleys and Gears
Understanding Matter and Energy: Light and Sound
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Rocks and Minerals
Grade V
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 100 000; representing money amounts to $1000; developing the concept of place value to hundredths; comparing and ordering fractional amounts with like denominators; adding and subtracting decimal amounts to hundredths; multiplying two-digit whole numbers by two-digit whole numbers; dividing three-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers; relating simple fractions to decimals.
Measurement
Measuring time intervals to the nearest second; determining elapsed time; measuring temperature; converting from metres to centimetres and from kilometres to metres; relating the 12-hour clock to the 24-hour clock; developing and applying area and perimeter relationships for a rectangle; relating capacity and volume; developing and applying the volume relationship for a right rectangular prism
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Distinguishing among polygons and among prisms; identifying acute, right, obtuse, and straight angles; measuring angles to 90° with a protractor; constructing triangles; constructing nets of prisms and pyramids; locating objects using the cardinal directions; performing and describing translations
Patterning and Algebra
Representing a pattern using a table of values; predicting terms in a pattern; determining the missing numbers in equations involving addition, subtraction, multi- plication, or division and one- or two-digit numbers; investigating variables as unknown quantities; demonstrating equality using multiplication or division in equations with unknown quantities on both sides.
Data Management and Probability
Collecting and organizing discrete and continuous data; displaying data using broken-line graphs; sampling data from a population; understanding mean; comparing two related sets of data; representing probability using fractions
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Human Organ Systems
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
Understanding Matter and Energy: Properties of and Changes in Matter
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy and Resources
Grade VI
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering numbers to 1 000 000; developing the concept of place value to thousandths; comparing and ordering fractional amounts with unlike denominators; estimating 10%, 25%, 50%, and 75% of a quantity; adding and subtracting decimal amounts to thousandths; multiplying and dividing four-digit whole numbers by two-digit whole numbers; multiplying and dividing decimals to tenths by whole numbers and two-digit by two-digit whole numbers; dividing three-digit whole numbers by one-digit whole numbers; applying order of operations in expressions without brackets; relating simple fractions, decimals, and percents
Measurement
Measuring quantities using metric units; converting from larger to smaller metric units, including square metres to square centimetres; developing and applying area relationships for a parallelogram and a triangle; developing and applying the volume relation- ships for a triangular prism; determining and applying surface area relationships for rectangular and triangular prisms; relating square metres and square centimetres
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Classifying quadrilaterals by geometric properties; sorting polygons by lines of symmetry and by rotational symmetry; measuring angles to 180° with a protractor; constructing polygons; representing figures using views and isometric sketches; performing and describing rotations; plotting points in the first quadrant
Patterning and Algebra
Representing patterns using ordered pairs and graphs; describing pat- tern rules in words; calculating any term when given the term number; investigating variables as changing quantities; solving equations using concrete materials and guess and check Data
Data Management and Probability
Collecting and organizing discrete and continuous data; displaying data using continuous line graphs; selecting appropriate graphical representations; using continuous line graphs and mean to compare sets of data; finding theoretical probabilities; predicting the frequency of an outcome based on the theoretical probability
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Biodiversity
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Flight
Understanding Matter and Energy: Electricity and Electrical Devices
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Space
Grade VII
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering decimals (to hundredths), fractions, and integers; representing squares and square roots; dividing whole numbers by simple fractions and decimals; adding and subtracting simple fractions and integers; multiplying and dividing decimal numbers to thousandths by one-digit whole numbers; applying order of operations in expressions with brackets; relating fractions, decimals, and percents; solving problems involving whole-number percents and unit rates
Measurement
Converting between metric units, including converting between square centimetres and square metres; developing the area relationship for a trapezoid; developing and applying the formula for the volume of a prism; determining and applying surface-area relationships for prisms; relating millilitres and cubic centimetres
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Constructing parallel, perpendicular, and intersecting lines; sorting and classifying triangles and quadrilaterals by geometric properties; constructing angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors; investigating relationships among congruent shapes; relating enlarging and reducing to similar shapes; comparing similar and congruent shapes; performing and describing dilatations; tiling a plane; plotting points in all four quadrants
Patterning and Algebra
Representing linear growing patterns; representing patterns algebraically; modelling real-life relationships involving constant rates graphically and algebraically; translating phrases, using algebraic expressions; finding the term in a pattern algebraically when given any term number; solving linear equations using concrete materials or inspection and guess and check
Data Management and Probability
Collecting and organizing categorical, discrete, and continuous data; displaying data in relative frequency tables and circle graphs; identifying bias in data; relating changes in data to changes in central tendency; making inferences based on data; investigating real-world applications of probability; determining the theoretical probability of two independent events
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Interactions in the Environment
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Form and Function
Understanding Matter and Energy: Pure Substances and Mixtures
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Heat in the Environment
Grade VIII
English
Oral Communication
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading
- Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning
- Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy
- Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics
Number Sense and Numeration
Representing and ordering rational numbers; representing numbers using exponential notation; solving multi-step problems involving whole numbers and decimals; multiplying and dividing fractions and integers; multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of ten; applying order of operations in expressions with brackets and exponents; solving problems involving percents to one decimal place and percents greater than 100; solving problems involving rates and proportions
Measurement
Converting between cubic centimetres and cubic metres and between millilitres and cubic centimetres; developing circumference and area relationships for a circle; developing and applying the formula for the volume of a cylinder; determining and applying surface-area relationships for cylinders
Geometry and Spatial Sense
Sorting quadrilaterals by geometric properties involving diagonals; constructing circles; investigating relationships among similar shapes; determining and applying angle relationships for parallel and intersecting lines; relating the numbers of faces, edges, and vertices of a polyhedron; determining and applying the Pythagorean relationship geometrically; plotting the image of a point on the coordinate plane after applying a transformation
Patterning and Algebra
Representing the general term in a linear sequence, using one or more algebraic expressions; translating statements, using algebraic equations; finding the term number in a pattern algebraically when given any term; solving linear equations involving one- variable terms with integer solutions using a “balance” model Data
Data Management and Probability
Collecting categorical, discrete, and continuous data; organizing data into intervals; displaying data using histograms and scatter plots; using measures of central tendency to compare sets of data; comparing two attributes using data management tools; comparing experimental and theoretical probabilities; calculating the probability of complementary events
Science
Understanding Life Systems: Cells
Understanding Structures and Mechanism: Systems in Action
Understanding Matter and Energy: Fluids
Understanding Earth and Space Systems: Water Systems
Grade IX
English Academic
Oral Communication
- Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading and Literature Studies
- Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
- Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Reading with Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Studies
- Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics Academic
Number Sense and Algebra
- Operating with Exponents
- Manipulating Expressions and Solving Equations
Linear Relations
- Using Data Management to Investigate Relationships
- Understanding Characteristics of Linear Relations
- Connecting Various Representations of Linear Relations
Analytic Geometry
- Investigating the Relationship Between the Equation of a Relation and the Shape of Its Graph
- Investigating the Properties of Slope
- Using the Properties of Linear Relations to Solve Problems
Measurement and Geometry
- Investigating the Optimal Values of Measurements
- Solving Problems Involving Perimeter, Area, Surface Area, and Volume
- Investigating and Applying Geometric Relationships
Science Academic
Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems
Physics: The Characteristics of Electricity
Chemistry: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Earth and Space Science: The Study of the Universe
English Academic
Oral Communication
- Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading and Literature Studies
- Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
- Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Reading With Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Studies
- Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics Applied
Number Sense and Algebra
- Solving Problems Involving Proportional Reasoning
- Simplifying Expressions and Solving Equations Linear Relations
- Using Data Management to Investigate
Relationships
- Determining Characteristics of Linear Relations
- Investigating Constant Rate of Change
- Connecting Various Representations of Linear
- Relations and Solving Problems Using the Representations
Measurement and Geometry
- Investigating the Optimal Values of Measurements of Rectangles
- Solving Problems Involving Perimeter, Area, and Volume
- Investigating and Applying Geometric Relationships
Science Applied
Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems
Physics: The Characteristics of Electricity
Chemistry: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds
Earth and Space Science: The Study of the Universe
Grade X
English Academic
Oral Communication
- Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading and Literature Studies
- Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
- Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Reading with Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Studies
- Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics Academic
Quadratic Relations of the Form y = ax 2 + bx + c
- Investigating the Basic Properties of Quadratic Relations
- Relating the Graph of y=x 2 and Its Transformations
- Solving Quadratic Equations
- Solving Problems Involving Quadratic Relations Analytic Geometry
- Using Linear Systems to Solve Problems
- Solving Problems Involving Properties of Line Segments
- Using Analytic Geometry to Verify Geometric Properties
Trigonometry
- Investigating Similarity and Solving Problems Involving Similar Triangles
- Solving Problems Involving the Trigonometry of Right Triangles
Solving Problems Involving the Trigonometry of Acute Triangles
Science Academic
Biology: Tissues, Organs, and Systems of Living Things
Physics: Light and Geometric Optics
Chemistry: Chemical Reactions
Earth and Space Science: Chemical Reactions
English Academic
Oral Communication
- Listening to Understand: listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes.
- Speaking to Communicate: use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading and Literature Studies
- Reading for Meaning: read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, informational, and graphic texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
- Understanding Form and Style: recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning.
- Reading with Fluency: use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
Writing
- Developing and Organizing Content: generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
- Using Knowledge of Form and Style: draft and revise their writing, using a variety of literary, informational, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- Applying Knowledge of Conventions: use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Studies
- Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts.
- Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning.
- Creating Media Texts: create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflecting on Skills and Strategies: reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
Mathematics Applied
Measurement and Trigonometry
- Solving Problems Involving Similar Triangles
- Solving Problems Involving the Trigonometry of Right Triangles
- Solving Problems Involving Surface Area and Volume, Using
Imperial and Metric Systems of Measurement
Modelling Linear Relations
- Manipulating and Solving Algebraic Equations
- Graphing and Writing Equations of Lines
- Solving and Interpreting Systems of Linear Equations Quadratic
Relations of the Form y = ax 2 + bx + c
- Manipulating Quadratic Expressions
- Identifying Characteristics of Quadratic Relations
- Solving Problems by Interpreting Graphs of Quadratic Relations
Science Applied
Biology: Human Tissues, Organs, and Systems
Physics: Light and Applications of Optics
Chemistry: Chemical Reactions and Their Practical Applications
Earth and Space Science: Earth’s Dynamic Climate