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Alberta Grade 5

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Made by a Grade 5 teacher in Alberta. 

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Click on the overarching curriculum themes below to see the curriculum outcomes that match KBI educational content. The full Grade 5 Alberta Curriculum Connections document is here.

Having a Critical Lens

Curricular outcomes:

ELA

  • General Outcome 2- Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts. 
    • 2.1 Use strategies and cues 
    • 2.2 Respond to texts 
    • 2.3 Understand forms, elements and techniques
    • 3.1- discuss the types and sources of information appropriate for topic, audience, form, purpose and point of view

Science- General Outcome

  • 5–1 Design and carry out an investigation, using procedures that provide a fair test of the question being investigated.

Social Studies- Research for Deliberative Inquiry

  • 5.S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking: 
    • analyze significant local and current affairs from a variety of sources, distinguishing between fact and opinion 
    • evaluate ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
    • recognize that information serves different purposes and that data from electronic sources may need to be verified to determine accuracy or relevance for the purpose used  
  • 5.S.7- Students will apply the research process:
    • draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question 
    • cite references as part of research 

 

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

Celebrating Our Roots

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies- 5.2 Histories & Stories of Ways of Life

  • 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context: 
    • recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC) 
    • acknowledge oral traditions, narratives and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and history (CC, I, TCC)
    • acknowledge the roots of Francophone identity and presence in Canada (CC, I, TCC)
    • acknowledge British influence and presence in Canada (CC, I, TCC)
    • acknowledge the contributions made by diverse cultural groups to the evolution of Canada (CC, I, TCC)
    • recognize how changes in society can affect identity (CC, I) 
  • 5.2.2 examine, critically, the ways of life of Aboriginal peoples in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: 
    • What do the stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples tell us about their beliefs regarding the relationship between people and the land? (I, CC, TCC, LPP) 
    • How are the Aboriginal cultures and ways of life unique in each of the western, northern, central and eastern regions of Canada? (I, CC, TCC) 
    • How were the natural environment and geography of each region of Canada determining factors of the diversity among Aboriginal groups (e.g., languages, symbolism)? (LPP, TCC) 
    • What was the significance of the potlatch to the identity of the Aboriginal peoples of the Northwest Coast? (I, CC, LPP) 
    • In what ways do anthropology and archaeology contribute to our understanding of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples? (CC, LPP, TCC) 

Social Studies- 5.3 Canada: Shaping an Identity

  • 5.3.1 appreciate how changes impact citizenship and identity: 
    • recognize how economic and political changes impact ways of life of citizens (C, ER, I, PADM) 
  • 5.3.2 assess, critically, the changes that occurred in Canada immediately following Confederation by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues: 
    • Why were Aboriginal peoples excluded from the negotiations surrounding Confederation? (TCC, PADM)

ELA

  • 3.1- Plan & Focus, summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them
    • General Outcome 5.1- Respect Others & Strengthen Community
    • Use language to show respect
    • Celebrate events and accomplishments
    • Relate texts to culture

 

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Life on Turtle Island

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers

 

2. Cooperation and Colonization

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers

 

Respecting Our Environment

Curricular outcomes:

Social Studies – Physical Geography of Canada 

  • 5.1.1 Students will value Canada’s physical geography and natural environment:
    • appreciate how the land sustains communities and the diverse ways that people have of living with the land (GC, LPP)
    • demonstrate care and concern for the environment through their choices and actions (GC, LPP)

Science- Weather Watch

  • 5–9 Investigate relationships between weather phenomena and human activity

Science- Wetland Ecosystems

  • 5–10 Describe the living and nonliving components of a wetland ecosystem and the interactions within and among them

 

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Environment & Climate Change

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers
  • Inquiry activities/answer guides
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

2. Classifying Living Things

Unit Plan Overview

  • Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Numeracy activity/answers

 

A Healthy Life

Curricular outcomes:

Health

  • W–5.1 examine the impact of physical activity, nutrition, rest and immunization on the immune system 
  • W–5.8 promote safety practices in the school and community

Social Studies- 5.2 Histories & Stories of Ways of Life

  • 5.2.1 appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context: 
    • recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC) 
    • acknowledge oral traditions, narratives and stories as valid sources of knowledge about the land and diverse Aboriginal cultures and history (CC, I, TCC)

 

Applicable KBI lessons:

1. Germs, The Body's Defense System, & How Vaccines Help

Unit Plan Overview

  • Lesson worksheet/answers
  • Video worksheet/answers

 

 

Last modified: 
Nov 17, 2023