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Language features, structures, and conventions: phonemic and phonological awareness
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There are more than 100 starting points where you can connect a Big Idea, Curricular Competency and Content to an example lesson topic and activity utilizing part of the BC Digital Classroom Collection.
Read > Know It! > Classics
activity - Explore Read, Know It! and Classics sections - all support this idea.
lesson topic
Exploring Read Aloud Texts and Media Features
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Use play and other creative means to discover foundational concepts of print, oral, and visual texts
core competency
I statements
Classics > Nursery Rhymes and Songs
activity - Explore and discuss concepts having common auditory experiences with songs and rhymes. Using the new vocabulary, individually or in pairs create short rhymes or songs.
lesson topic
Explore a Variety of Songs and Rhymes
curricular competency
Explore artistic expressions of themselves and community through creative processes
content
Students are expected to know the following elements in the arts including music: beat/pulse, rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics
core competency
I statements
Know It! > Me, Myself, and I > Parts of the body, Inside my body, Muscles
activity - Explore body parts and how they work together. Play action games/songs with body parts. Discuss how they interact and work together. Note: this resource does not include male and female body parts.
lesson topic
Learning About Body Parts and Functions
curricular competency
Describe the body's reaction to participating in physical activity in a variety of environments
content
Names for parts of the body, including male and female private parts' names
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level A > What's That
activity - Read the story, then read the pictures. Can you identify any 2D or 3D shapes in the pictures? (e.g. bus=rectangle, soccer ball=circle)
lesson topic
Exploring Attributes of Objects in Our World
curricular competency
Connecting and reflecting: Connect mathematical concepts to each other and make mathematical connections to the real world
content
Single attributes of 2D shapes and 3D objects
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level A > Seasons
activity - Read Seasons and see additional images at bottom - Compare printed season information with personal experience.
lesson topic
Comparing Book Knowledge to Personal Knowledge
curricular competency
Questioning and predicting: demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world
content
Weather changes, seasonal changes
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level D > Working it out
activity - Read Working it Out and see additional images/videos on bottom.
lesson topic
Solving Problems Peacefully
curricular competency
Acknowledge different perspectives on people, places, issues, and events in their lives (perspective)
content
Needs and wants of individuals and families
core competency
I statements
big idea
Addition and subtraction with numbers to 10 can be modelled concretely, pictorially, and symbolically to develop computational fluency.
Know It! > People at work > Mail Carrier
activity - Read People at work-mail carrier, and explore what it means to buy stamps. Practice "buying" stamps by trading 10, making computations to 10, coin denominations of $.01, $.05, $.10. Write letters and "mail" them to each other using class created stamps.
lesson topic
Our Community Mail Carrier and Buying Stamps
curricular competency
Connect mathematical concepts to each other and make mathematical connections to the real world
content
Financial literacy: Values of coins and monetary exchanges."Money is a medium of exchange"
core competency
I statements
Classics > Nursery Rhymes and Songs
activity - Students explore nursery rhymes and develop actions for one to share with the class.
lesson topic
Nursery Rhymes: Playing with Language, Rhythm, and Rhyme
curricular competency
Communicating and documenting: Experience, document, perform, and share creative works in a variety of ways
content
Elements in the arts, including but not limited to: dance, body, space, dynamics, time, relationships
core competency
Creative Thinking
I statements
I can get new ideas or build on other people’s ideas, to create new things within the constraints of a form, a problem, or materials.
big idea
Healthy communities recognize and respect the diversity of individuals and care for the local environment.
Know It! > People at Work, Watch > People
activity - Review the books and videos and help students make connections to people in their lives who fill those roles.
lesson topic
People in Our Community
curricular competency
Explore different perspectives on people, places, issues, and events in their lives (perspective)
content
Characteristics of the local community that provide organization and meet the needs of the community
core competency
I statements
Read > Trek's Travels > Trek Learns About Numbers, Shapes, Sounds, Size, and Texture
activity - Explore several of Trek's books dealing with properties of matter. Explore in partners the features and properties of objects within the classroom.
lesson topic
Learning Descriptions for Properties
curricular competency
Planning and conducting: Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions
content
Specific properties of materials connected to the function of the materials
core competency
I statements
Watch > Health
activity - Watch several videos on aspects of health. Students share how they act and stay healthy in their family.
lesson topic
Well-being
curricular competency
Mental well-being: Identify and describe practices that promote mental well-being
content
Caring behaviours in groups and families
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level A > The Kite Savers
activity - Choose a story to read together. Individually or in pairs read another story, practice retelling, or create a new 'Taffy' story.
lesson topic
Learning About Stories
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Recognize the structure and elements of story
content
Story/text: Elements of story
core competency
I statements
Kids > Games > Puzzles and Quizzes
activity - Play the "Water Wiz" game as a class, make connections to self and find ways to save water at school and at home.
lesson topic
Water is a Limited Resource
curricular competency
Processing and analyzing data and information: Observe objects and events in familiar contexts
content
Water is a limited resource
core competency
I statements
Classics > Story Corner > (Hare and Tortoise)
activity - Listen and read a story, talk about the language and meaning in the story, and develop class plays with students role playing the characters in the story as the teacher reads the story aloud.
lesson topic
Reading Classics and Role Playing Characters in Stories
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Use age-appropriate reading, listening, and viewing behaviours and strategies to make meaning from texts
content
Strategies and processes: Reading strategies, oral language strategies, metacognitive strategies, writing processes
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level A > The Bus Ride
activity - Read various stories and review direct number concepts as well as size and shape comparisons.
lesson topic
Counting, Sequencing, One to One Correspondence with Numbers and Objects
curricular competency
Develop, construct, and apply mathematical understanding through role play, inquiry, and problem solving
content
Change in quantity using pictorial and symbolic representation
core competency
I statements
Read > Welcome to Reading > Level D > Lending a Hand
activity - Review several stories in Level D. Share ways people help each other.
lesson topic
Exploring Stories About People
curricular competency
Explain why people's beliefs, values, worldviews, experiences, and roles give them different perspectives on people, places, issues, and events (perspective)
content
How people's needs and wants are met in communities
core competency
Communication
I statements
I can understand and share information about a topic that is important to me.
big idea
Daily participation in physical activity at moderate to vigorous intensity levels benefits all aspects of our well-being.
Science Projects > Your Body > What's your breathing rate needs?
activity - Students develop self-awareness of breathing rate. Breathing rate is related to level of exertion. Have students develop a scale of exertion based on their breathing rate while doing different activities.
lesson topic
What's Your Breathing Rate?
curricular competency
Apply methods of monitoring exertion levels in physical activity
content
Ways to monitor physical exertion levels
core competency
I statements
Ecosystems > Ecology > Food Chains and Webs
activity - Explore the unit together to consider the experiment to study how plants use sunlight to produce new plant material.
lesson topic
Ecoystems
curricular competency
Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate curiosity about the natural world
content
Energy needed for life
core competency
Social Responsibility
I statements
I can participate in classroom and group activities to improve the classroom, school, community, or natural world.
Search > Cinco de Mayo
activity - Share books from the Celebrate series such as Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Fiestas, Music and Dance.
lesson topic
Explore Arts in Cultures
curricular competency
Exploring and creating: Explore relationships among cultures, communities, and the arts
content
A variety of local works of art and artistic traditions from diverse cultures, communities, times, and places
core competency
I statements
Search > Health > More Information
activity - Explore the article, and the More Information section with additional topics, websites, and games.
lesson topic
Learning From Health Connections
curricular competency
Describe ways to access information on and support services for a variety of health topics
content
Strategies for accessing health information
core competency
I statements
Science Projects > Plants > What do seeds need to germinate?
activity - By completing a controlled experiment, you can examine the findings. (Don't provide the discussion answers to students.).
lesson topic
Design an Experiment Considering Probable Outcomes
curricular competency
Reasoning and analyzing: Develop mental math strategies and abilities to make sense of quantities
content
Measurement, using standard units (linear, mass, and capacity)
core competency
I statements
big idea
Learning about indigenous peoples nurtures multicultural awareness and respect for diversity.
Timelines > World History > Canadian History > Explore three timelines
activity - Explore several existing timelines. Have students create a sticker for an important cultural event to place on a class timeline. Students create a timeline for Key Aboriginal dates such as: the Indian Act, Charter of Rights and Freedoms then share in small groups.
lesson topic
Exploring Culture Events Over Time
curricular competency
Sequence objects, images, and events, and explain why some aspects change and others stay the same (continuity and change)
content
Aspects of life shared by and common to peoples and cultures
core competency
Social Responsibility
I statements
I can participate in classroom and group activities to improve the classroom, school, community, or natural world.
big idea
Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
Search > Culture
activity - Explore the variety of resources including pictures, videos, books, and magazine articles. Work with students to read and gather information from each form of text.
lesson topic
Reading Text, Images, and Video
curricular competency
Identify how differences in context, perspectives, and voice influence meaning in texts
content
Language features, structures and conventions: features of oral language, paragraph structure, sentence structure and grammar conventions
core competency
I statements
Passport to the Internet > Ticket Booth > My Face (or Instant Pigeon)
activity - Explore creation of a MyFace mock account and and learn how to keep personal information safe online.
lesson topic
Healthy Use of the Internet
curricular competency
Describe and assess strategies for responding to discrimination, stereotyping, and bullying. Describe and apply strategies for developing and maintaining positive relationships
content
Strategies for responding to bullying, discrimination, and violence
core competency
Personal Awareness
I statements
I can make choices that benefit my well being and keep me safe in my community, including my online interactions.
big idea
The pursuit of valuable natural resources has played a key role in changing the land, people, and communities of Canada.
Search > "Fur Trade" Canada
activity - Review Fur Trade, Colonialism, and Exploration. Identify impacts these had on local environment, local culture, developing economy of Canada, and providing resources to Europe. Choose an article and evaluate information about the ethical decisions that were made and the resulting impact on First Nations populations.
lesson topic
Natural Resources
curricular competency
Make ethical judgments about events, decisions, and actions that consider the conditions of a particular time and place (ethical judgment)
content
The fur trade in pre-Confederation Canada and British Columbia
core competency
I statements
Explore > Arts
activity - Explore the variety of forms and artistic expressions. Choose one form to demonstrate or describe in small groups.
lesson topic
Survey of Arts
curricular competency
Explore relationships among cultures, societies, and the arts
content
A variety of regional and national works of art and artistic traditions from diverse cultures, communities, times, and places
core competency
I statements
big idea
Analyzing data and chance help us to compare and interpret. Probability experiments develop an understanding of chance.
World of Animals > Choose Animal type > Choose an animal > Select Compare Animals > Choose second animal
activity - Identify two items to compare. Have students look at the features to compare the numerical and visual data.
lesson topic
Comparison
curricular competency
Connect mathematical concepts to each other and make mathematical connections to the real world
content
Number concepts to 10,000
core competency
I statements
Matter > States of Matter > Solids Liquids and Gases
activity - Review lesson set for Solids, Liquids, and Gases, then follow instructions for a safe experiment.
lesson topic
Matter
curricular competency
Planning and conducting: Suggest ways to plan and conduct an inquiry to find answers to their questions
content
Solids, liquids, and gases as matter
core competency
I statements
big idea
Multicellular organisms have organ systems that enable them to survive and interact within their environment.
Explore Topics > Environment
activity - Explore media related to the environment. Take a nature walk and use new vocabulary in activities.
lesson topic
Environment
curricular competency
Processing and analyzing data and information: Experience and interpret the local environment
content
Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness in the environment
core competency
I statements
big idea
Exploring text and story helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
Select Publications (Magazines) > Search for topic of personal interest
activity - Choose a magazine of personal interest, and read the magazine/article. Share text connections with a peer.
lesson topic
Exploring Text
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to text and develop understanding of self, community, and world
content
Story/text: Form, function, and genre of texts, features of written text, perspective/point of view
core competency
I statements
Search > Money > Books > Everything Money
activity - Read and share experiences with money, currency, and bartering. Discuss forms of recognized value within the school: token economy, earning time outside, etc.
lesson topic
Money as Value
curricular competency
Use reasoning and logic to explore and make connections
content
Financial literacy monetary calculations, including making change with amounts to 1000 dollars and developing simple financial plans
core competency
I statements
Publications > Primary Search > Kayak > 2008 > Issue 23
activity - Assign groups of students different articles within the Sept/Oct 2008 Kayak Magazine. Using the Jigsaw method have groups share what they learned with other groups.
lesson topic
Immigration
curricular competency
Take stakeholders' perspectives on issues, developments, and events by making inferences about their beliefs, values, and motivations
content
The changing nature of Canadian immigration over time
core competency
Critical Thinking
I statements
I can ask open-ended questions and gather information.
big idea
Understanding ourselves and the various aspects of health helps us develop a balanced lifestyle.
Living Things > Human Body > Digestive, Urinary, and Endocrine Systems
activity - Learn about the digestive system and relate it to making healthy choices, including food choices.
lesson topic
Digestive, Urinary, and Endocrine Systems
curricular competency
Analyze and describe the connections between eating, physical activity, and mental well-being
content
Food choices to support active lifestyles and overall health
core competency
I statements
Select > Dictionnaire Visuel
activity - Explore familiar themes, look for patterns in types of words and their structures. Switch to English view to verify vocabulary understanding.
lesson topic
Vocabulary Building
curricular competency
Identify key information in slow, clear speech and other simple texts
content
Vocabulary and structures for expressing personal information and simple descriptions
core competency
I statements
big idea
Complex global problems require international cooperation to make difficult choices for the future.
Search > "Student Activism", narrow to a global issue relevant to students
activity - Students explore search results on student activism. Connect learning to a second search on a global issue such as 'Climate Change' to narrow search terms to a topic or aspect of interest or passion. Sample student Inquiry question - How can we work together globally to make a global impact?
lesson topic
Students Making a Difference
curricular competency
Differentiate between short- and long-term causes, and intended and unintended consequences, of events, decisions, and developments (cause and consequence)
content
International cooperation and responses to global issues
core competency
Critical Thinking
I statements
I can reflect on and evaluate my thinking, products, and actions.
Choose Databases to include Middle Search Plus > Publications (Top left menu bar) > Middle Search Plus > Search "Allons-Y"
activity - Students read articles of interest to gain knowledge and learn use of language.
lesson topic
Explore French Magazine Stories
curricular competency
Employ basic strategies to increase understanding of texts
content
Vocabulary and structures to describe family, pets, friends, and community member, vocabulary and structures related to hobbies and topics of interest
core competency
I statements
Select Publications (top left menu bar) > Search for Magazine titles of personal interest
activity - Choose and read a magazine of personal interest. Find an article of particular interest to share with a peer and highlight why this topic is personally meaningful.
lesson topic
Passion-based Reading
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Construct meaningful personal connections between self, text, and world
content
Story/text: Form, function, and genre of texts, features of written text, perspective/point of view
core competency
I statements
Matter > Mixtures and Solutions
activity - Complete Mixtures and Solutions lesson. Review suggested experiment and work with class to develop another experiment with the same desired results.
lesson topic
Heterogenous Mixtures
curricular competency
Planning and conducting: Explore and pose questions that lead to investigations
content
Heterogeneous mixtures
core competency
I statements
big idea
Dance, drama, music, and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
Search > Music > Related Information Tab
activity - As a warm up or flipped activity, students explore a variety of instruments, terms, and sounds, including the concepts of notation.
lesson topic
Music as Language
curricular competency
Reasoning and reflection: Research, describe, interpret, and evaluate how artists (dancers, actors, musicians, visual artists) use processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, techniques, and environments in the arts
content
Purposeful application of elements/principles to create meaning in the arts, including but not limited to music: i.e. beat/pulse, metre, duration, rhythm, tempo, etc.
core competency
I statements
Find it by > Interactive Maps > State/Province/Region
activity - Students choose a province, read the article, and develop mathematical questions that use specific provincial information for the class to solve.
lesson topic
Know Canada
curricular competency
Engage in problem-solving experiences that are connected to place, story, and cultural practices relevant to the local community
content
Whole number percentages and percentage discounts
core competency
I statements
big idea
Religious and cultural practices that emerged during this period have endured and continue to influence people.
Search > "Ancient civilizations religion"
activity - Have students explore three articles on religion. Identify features of religion in ancient civilizations including spiritual beliefs, myths, stories, and knowledge.
lesson topic
Belief Systems
curricular competency
Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions
content
Origins, core beliefs, narratives, practices, and influences of religions, including at least one indigenous to the Americas
core competency
I statements
big idea
Synthesizing the meaning from different texts and ideas helps us create new understandings.
Search > Electromagnetic
activity - Search for Electromagnetic, and review an article from each category of Magazine, News, Biographies, and Books. Extend with inquiry of how to make stronger versions than created in the provided experiment.
lesson topic
Qualities of Text Sources
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Recognize and appreciate how different forms, structures, and features of texts reflect different purposes, audiences, and messages
content
Strategies and processes: Metacognitive strategies
core competency
Creative Thinking
I statements
I build on others' ideas and add new ideas of my own, or combine other people's ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. & I deliberately learn a lot about something (e.g., by doing research, talking to others or practising) so that I am able to generate new ideas or ideas just pop into my head.
Search > Electromagnetic
activity - Search for Electromagnetic, and review an article from each category of Magazine, News, Biographies, and Books. Extend with inquiry of how to make stronger versions than created in the provided experiment.
lesson topic
Electricity and Magnetism
curricular competency
Evaluating: Identify possible sources of error and suggest improvements to their investigation methods
content
Electricity - generated in different ways with different environmental impacts & Electricity - used to generate magnetism
core competency
I statements
big idea
We can apply mathematics to inquiry questions and use it to communicate information and data.
Choose Databases to include Middle Search Plus > Search > ' JN "Scholastic Math" AND' and other related terms such as quadrants
activity - Using the Search within Publication feature using JN " ", identify articles that connect with current mathematical lessons, such as Transformations using this article: Tracking Space Trash.
lesson topic
Math Snipits
curricular competency
Explore, apply, and connect concepts to each other, to other disciplines, and to the real world
content
Combinations of transformations, including points in four quadrants
core competency
I statements
Choose Databases to include Middle Search Plus > Publications (Top left menu bar) > Middle Search Plus > JN "Bonjour"
activity - Students select an article of interest to read. In pairs share their likes, dislikes, preferences based on what they have read. (See also Mary Glasglow links for articles read aloud).
lesson topic
Reading with Purpose
curricular competency
Understand increasingly complex key information and supporting detail in slow, clear speech and simple texts
content
Vocabulary and structures to express reasons for likes, dislikes, and preferences
core competency
I statements
big idea
Physical literacy and fitness contribute to our success in and enjoyment of physical activity.
Search > Health
activity - Review article, rewrite as a class to incorporate more areas including anxiety and depression.
lesson topic
Being Healthy
curricular competency
Identify factors that influence healthy choices and explain their potential health effects
content
Signs and symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression
core competency
I statements
big idea
Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and make connections to others and to the world.
Search > Storytelling
activity - Review several articles and ask critical questions of the source, impact and perspectives. Discuss language tools (ie: metaphor or personification) as used to tell stories. Compare and contrast local or personal stories to the features and examples of storytelling researched. Students develop a story (based on personal experience) to share orally.
lesson topic
Storytelling
curricular competency
Recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples' perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
content
Language features, structures, and conventions: features of oral language
core competency
I statements
big idea
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of personal, social, cultural, historical, and environmental contexts in relation to the arts.
Search > Art Therapy > Choose first result
activity - Investigate how art therapy can help those with mental and physical disabilities improve their lives.
lesson topic
Mental Health
curricular competency
Research how art therapy is used to help those with mental or physical difficulties improve their quality of life
content
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through arts activities and experiences
core competency
I statements
Search > Depression and Anxiety
activity - Research the symptoms and causes of depression and anxiety in their society and find some ways of decreasing their occurrence in the student population of their school.
lesson topic
Mental Health
curricular competency
Recognize the signs and symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression in themselves and others. Find ways to alleviate the symptoms
content
Communicate their understanding of personal awareness and responsibility
core competency
I statements
Search > Radio Waves
activity - Students investigate the news and biographies related to radio waves. Bring the new knowledge to the conversation of transmitting energy through waves or particles.
lesson topic
Radio Waves
curricular competency
Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
content
Types and effects of electromagnetic radiation
core competency
I statements
big idea
We can apply mathematics to inquiry questions and use it to communicate information and data.
Advanced Search > Set Lexile > Search > 3D printing
activity - Students review 3D printing articles and relate to 3D graphing. What equations are used for 3D printers' movements?
lesson topic
3D Modeling
curricular competency
Communicating and representing: Communicate in a variety of ways to explain, clarify, and justify mathematical ideas
content
Construction, views, and nets of 3D objects
core competency
I statements
Publications > JN "Chez Nous" > Choose two articles
activity - In partners, students choose to read two articles. Each student retells one story while the other checks the text and supports with additional details.
lesson topic
Retelling Stories
curricular competency
Gain a different perspective through understanding and retelling of stories
content
Common elements of stories
core competency
I statements
big idea
Changing ideas about the world created tension between people wanting to adopt new ideas and those wanting to preserve established traditions.
Change database to limit in EBSCOHost to only - European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
activity - Search for topics such as colonialism, imperialism, world, and discovery within the specific database to provide time perspectives.
lesson topic
The New World
curricular competency
Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, and events by considering prevailing norms, values, worldviews, and beliefs (perspective)
content
Exploration, expansion, and colonization
core competency
I statements
big idea
Synthesizing the meaning from different texts and ideas helps us create new understandings.
Topics > Current Events
activity - Search for a current event such as "Water Rights", and review an article from each category of Magazine, News, Biographies, Primary Source, and Books. Develop a summary that highlights a variety of perspectives on the topic.
lesson topic
Pulling Multiple Sources Together
curricular competency
Comprehend and connect: Access information and ideas for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate their relevance, accuracy, and reliability
content
Strategies and processes: Metacognitive strategies
core competency
I statements
Power Search > Topic Finder > Search > Industrial Revolution
activity - Explore "Industrial Revolution" of specific keywords through the 'Topic Finder' to narrow down themes related to a specific 'revolution'. The students then present their findings in small groups made up of different revolutions with the task of identifying how they became the catalyst to change in a society.
lesson topic
Industrial Revolution
curricular competency
Make reasoned ethical judgments about controversial actions in the past and present, and whether we have a responsibility to respond (ethical judgment)
content
Political, social, economic, and technological revolutions
core competency
I statements
Search > Conflict Resolution
activity - Have the students read through the article and summarize the evolution of a conflict and the steps on how to resolve it. In groups the students then develop skits acting out their conflict and its resolution through the knowledge they have gained.
lesson topic
Conflict Resolution
curricular competency
Healthy relationships can help us lead rewarding and fulfilling lives
content
Influences of physical, emotional, and social changes on identities and relationships
core competency
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
I statements
I can take some responsibility for my physical and emotional well-being.
Search > Atoms and Atomic Theory
activity - From the material develop a timeline of the evolution of our understanding of the atom based on the models and empirical data. Relate the effect of this knowledge on society through ethical discussions.
lesson topic
Developing Atomic Knowledge
curricular competency
Evaluating: Evaluate the validity of and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled
content
An element's properties are related to the arrangement and energy of its electrons and to its atomic size
core competency
I statements
big idea
We can apply mathematics to inquiry questions and use it to communicate information and data.
Publications > JN "Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School"
activity - Teacher Resource - Review monthly publication for integration with timely outside world connections to curriculum areas.
lesson topic
Applying Mathematics
curricular competency
Explore, apply, and connect concepts to each other, to other disciplines, and to the real world
content
Numerical and spatial reasoning, logic, and patterns to solve puzzles and games
core competency
I statements
Publications > JN "Ca Va?"
activity - Choose articles of interest to read from the back issues of the magazine Ca Va and look for patterns in the different ways that tenses are used in the article. Organize these patterns into a table and give at least one example.
lesson topic
Reading for Pleasure
curricular competency
Use a growing variety of strategies to construct meaning
content
Elements of a variety of common texts, common elements of stories, past, present, and future timeframes
core competency
I statements
big idea
The arts provide opportunities to gain insight into the perspectives and experiences of people from a variety of times, places, and cultures.
Search name of Canadian artists such as "Group of Seven"
activity - The students research the societal influences of an artists and the effect of these influences on their art. The students then use these influences to create a work of art of their own.
lesson topic
Influence of Society on Art
curricular competency
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through artistic experiences
content
Personal and social responsibility associated with creating, experiencing, and responding to visual art
core competency
I statements
big idea
The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one's identity, others, and the world.
Power Search > Topic Finder > Search for a topic
activity - Using Topic Finder narrow down a search by refining keywords. Review articles from different sources for bias and manipulation.
lesson topic
Evaluating Information
curricular competency
Comprehend and Connect: Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources and evaluate its relevance, accuracy, and reliability
content
Text features and structures: bias and manipulation
core competency
I statements
Search > Alexis Rockman > "There's Science to His Art"
activity - Have the students read the interview with Alexis Rockman to learn how he incorporated science in his art.
lesson topic
Science and Art
curricular competency
Apply knowledge and skills from other areas of learning in planning, creating, interpreting, and analyzing artistic creations
content
The influence and interconnectedness of the Arts with social, cultural, historical, and political movements
core competency
I statements
big idea
World views lead to different perspectives and ideas about developments in Canadian society.
Search > 'Canada AND injustice' or 'Canada AND oppression'
activity - Explore issues from several sources. Report back to class with a focus of comparing the topic over the years. Categorize the accuracy and reliability of the source types (news, reference, academic), then compare to personal and familiar historical accounts (highlighting bias, half-truths, perspective).
lesson topic
Global View of Canada
curricular competency
Compare and contrast continuities and changes for different groups during this time period (continuity and change)
content
Discriminatory policies and injustices in Canada and the world, such as the Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and internments
core competency
I statements
Search > Thermal Energy (or similar)
activity - Delve deeply into an aspect of energy that is of personal interest. Students become experts on a topic to be shared after a long term research opportunity.
lesson topic
Energy
curricular competency
Questioning and predicting: Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
content
Energy: the law of conservation of energy, potential energy and kinetic energy, thermal energy, energy transformations, energy production, energy use, and the impacts of energy use in the local area, Aboriginal perspectives on energy
core competency
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big idea
Understanding the factors that influence our health empowers us to take actions to improve it.
Search > Depression in Adolescents then Refine Results > Source Type > Academic Journals
activity - Review articles on well-being, such as depression, and create a public service announcement through poster or video.
lesson topic
Community Well-being
curricular competency
Social and Community Health: Create strategies for promoting the health and well-being of the school and community
content
Signs and symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression
core competency
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Publications > Masterfile Premier > "Mathematics Teacher" > Search within Publication > Search "AND trigonometric"
activity - Teacher Resource: Review 42 articles on "trigonometric" to bring in outside world examples of the application of trigonometric ratios
lesson topic
Mathematical Discussions
curricular competency
Communicating and Representing: Use mathematical vocabulary and language to contribute to mathematical discussions
content
Primary trigonometric ratios
core competency
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big idea
Acquiring Information: Retrieve, process, and adapt information from Spanish-language resources to complete meaningful tasks.
Choose Databases to include Middle Search Plus > Publications > Middle Search Plus > Search > Que Tal
activity - Reading for information in Spanish.
lesson topic
Reading for Information
curricular competency
Select, process, and adapt information required to complete a specific task
content
Application: interpret main ideas and details to support task, prioritize, and compare information
core competency
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Advanced Search > Choose Database (Canadian Reference Centre) > Select Language French Only > Francophone Society
activity - Research a topic relevant to this or another subject but using solely articles 'en francais'.
lesson topic
Searching in French
curricular competency
Locate and explore a variety of online media in French
content
Contributions of Francophone Canadians to society
core competency
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Search > "Muscles Sport"
activity - In groups of two, students research a group of muscles and associated sports injuries. They then present their findings to the class.
lesson topic
Muscles
curricular competency
Human anatomy and physiology: Identify and describe how muscles produce movement in different parts of the body and how to train those muscles
content
Muscular system
core competency
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Search > Climate Change
activity - Explore a global topic that targets resources from many countries and world views.
lesson topic
Perspectives
curricular competency
Comprehend and Connect: Recognize and identify the role of personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts
content
Language features, structures, and conventions: persuasive techniques
core competency
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Search > Suspended ceilings
activity - Have the students read the article on how to install a suspended ceiling. Have them choose a space in the school and draw up a plan on how to install the celling, including a scale diagram.
lesson topic
Math and Home Improvement
curricular competency
Communicating and Representing: Communicate mathematical thinking in many ways
content
3D objects (views and scale diagrams)
core competency
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Search > "Probability and Statistics"
activity - Review Topic Overview provided. Identify applications of probability and statistics within scientific environments. Develop a model or method of sharing the numbers through concrete, pictorial, or symbolic means.
lesson topic
Probability and Statistics
curricular competency
Communicating and Representing: Represent mathematical ideas in a variety of ways
content
Applications of probabilities and statistics in the real world
core competency
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big idea
Demographic patterns and population distribution are influenced by physical features and natural resources.
Search > Tofino and Clayoquot
activity - Students review the timeline, then in groups read specific chapters. Larger groups (ensuring all chapters are covered) connect to discuss the change in use and perspective of the location. Extend by exploring the roles and perspectives of the Aboriginals, Explorers, Europeans, Settlers, Chinese, Japanese, Colonization, Catholics, Canadian interests.
lesson topic
Tofino and Clayoquot
curricular competency
Make reasoned ethical judgements about controversial actions in the past or present, and determine whether we have a responsibility to respond (geographical value judgements)
content
Relationships between cultural traits, the use of physical space, and impacts on the environment, including First Peoples' cultures
core competency
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
I statements
I can explain what my values are and how they affect choices I make. &I can tell how some important aspects of my life have influenced my values.
Choose Databases to include Middle Search Plus > Publications > Middle Search Plus > Search Ahora
activity - Students work in groups to read and then paraphrase an article in a series of cartoon panels or illustrations. Students focus on highlighting evidence that they are able to identify main events, include accurate supporting detail, and create logical sequences.
lesson topic
Reading for Information
curricular competency
Demonstrate in a variety of visual, oral, and written forms an understanding of the main ideas and significant details in the information
content
Summarization/presentation: organize information to explore a topic, e.g., popular media, impact of technology, currency
core competency
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big idea
Developing proficiency in French opens up career, travel, personal growth, and study abroad opportunities.
Choose Databases to include Canadian Reference Centre > Publications*(Top left menu) > Choose Canadian Reference Centre database > Search for "L'Actualite", "Decormag", "Coup de Pouce" or "Elle"
activity - Using the database search for the French language magazine "Decormag" have the students find articles that contain keywords supplied by the teacher and that are of interest to the students.
lesson topic
Authentic French Texts
curricular competency
Locate and explore a variety of authentic texts in French
content
A range of increasingly complex vocabulary and sentence structures for conveying meaning; describing a diverse range of personal lifestyles and relationships that shape our society
core competency
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big idea
The visual arts reflect the interconnectedness of the individual, community, history, and society.
Search > Artistic movements
activity - Students choose a movement in Art that resonates with them. They research the society and culture of the time to gain a better understanding of the influences the movement had on the artists from that movement.
lesson topic
Art and Society
curricular competency
Explore and engage in the reciprocal relationship between the visual arts, cultures, and society
content
Contributions of innovative visual artists from a variety of movements, contexts, time periods, and cultures
core competency
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Search > Potential and Kinetic Energy Experiments
activity - Have the students work through experiment 2: "Using Energy: Building a roller coaster".
lesson topic
Garden Hose Roller Coaster
curricular competency
Processing and analyzing data and information ; Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence
content
1D Momentum: law of conservation of momentum
core competency
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Search > Atomic models
activity - Using the article, have the student build a timeline that shows how our models of atomic structure have changed as we have gained knowledge on the atomic building blocks and the properties of the atoms.
lesson topic
Science in a Historical Context
curricular competency
Evaluate the validity and limitations of a model or analogy in relation to the phenomenon modelled
content
Atoms and molecules: model of the atom; the subatomic structure of atoms, ions and isotopes; quantum mechanical model
core competency
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Search > Respiration
activity - As preparation for learning about respiration in classroom activities, students explore articles on respiration relating to several species.
lesson topic
Respiration
curricular competency
Questioning and Predicting: Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions, including increasingly abstract ones, about the natural world
content
Cells are the basic unit of life: cellular respiration and photosynthesis
core competency
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big idea
Indigenous peoples are reclaiming mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being despite the continuing effects of colonialism.
Search > Coloni* Canada (* as wildcard for colonial, colonization, colonized etc.)
activity - Students review the material on the impact on Canada from Colonialism and the purpose of residential schools as a tool to colonize. Add to the conversation the local historical impacts of colonization.
lesson topic
Colonialism
curricular competency
Assess and compare the significance of interconnections between people, places, events, and developments at a particular time and place, and determine what they reveal about issues in the past and present (significance)
content
Resilience and survival of indigenous peoples in the face of colonialism
core competency
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
I statements
"I understand that my identity is made up of many interconnected aspects (such as life experiences, family history, heritage, peer groups)"
big idea
Global Warming and Climate Change: Human activities have caused changes in the global climate system.
Topic Finder > Climate change
activity - Students explore a self-directed topic of interest such as climate change.
lesson topic
Interconnected Global Systems
curricular competency
Processing and Analyzing Data and Information: Use knowledge of scientific concepts to draw conclusions that are consistent with evidence
content
Global warming and climate change: impacts on society, mitigation, and personal choices
core competency
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big idea
Differential calculus develops the concept of instantaneous rate of change of one quantity in relation to another.
Search > Calculus
activity - Before starting the unit on limits the students research how calculus is used in society.
lesson topic
Calculus and Society
curricular competency
Communicating and Representing: Explain and justify mathematical ideas
content
Applications of derivatives
core competency
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Search > Observing chemical reactions
activity - Students research the way technology has advanced how we study chemical reactions, including slow-motion cameras, lasers, infrared spectroscopy.
lesson topic
Technology and Chemistry
curricular competency
Evaluating: Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed
content
Reaction kinetics: reaction mechanism
core competency
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Search > Music's impact on the brain
activity - Have the students find ways in which music impacts how we think and feel. Have them think of ways the music they are learning can help other community members.
lesson topic
Music and the Brain
curricular competency
Reflect on the music-making process and make connections to learning and experiences
content
The role of performers and audiences in a variety of contexts
core competency
I statements
big idea
Appreciation of Francophone culture allows us to understand and explore global issues with greater awareness.
Search > Francophone issues
activity - Students search for French language articles that relate the Francophone culture in Canada and around the world to local and global issues.
lesson topic
Francophone Culture
curricular competency
Locate and explore a variety of authentic texts in French
content
Register and language etiquette
core competency
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Search > Game Theory
activity - Students use the World Book to research "game theory" and how it is used in society to make informed decisions.
lesson topic
Game Theory
curricular competency
Reasoning and analyzing: Use tools or technology to analyze relationships and test conjectures
content
Odds, probability, and expected value
core competency
I statements
Search > Political Parties
activity - Students read and review various forms of writing and the structures they use to shape their message or meaning.
lesson topic
Language and Form Shape Meaning
curricular competency
Comprehend and Connect: Evaluate how literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact
content
Strategies and processes: metacognitive strategies
core competency
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Search > Learn To Identify Cats
activity - After reading or listening to the NPR report "A Massive Google Network Learns To Identify 'Cats'" have the students use the ideas of set theory and conditional statements to develop a system of identifying cats or dogs.
lesson topic
Machine Learning
curricular competency
Develop, demonstrate, and apply conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas
content
Set theory and conditional statements
core competency
I statements
big idea
Circular Motion: a result of a centre seeking force: can describe/predict the motion of objects on Earth and in the Universe.
Search > Gravity Assist
activity - Students research the way that spacecraft are sent to other planets through the gravity assist method.
lesson topic
Gravity Assist
curricular competency
Evaluating: Consider the changes in knowledge over time as tools and technologies have developed
content
Circular motion and gravitation: law of conservation of energy applications - gravitational potential energy
core competency
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Choose Databases to include Primary Search > Publications > Primary Search > Search "Jack and Jill"
activity - Students choose from the 95 'Health' magazines available to develop a personal top 3 list of healthy choices with the greatest impact on their future.
lesson topic
Healthy Choices
curricular competency
Identify and describe the relationship between healthy eating, overall health and performance in fitness activities
content
Sources of health information, including professional documents, health and fitness magazines, and advertisements
core competency
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