Newfoundland and Labrador Grade 7
Made by a Grade 7 teacher in Newfoundland & Labrador.
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- Science
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Curricular outcomes:
Science- Essential Graduation Learnings (EGL)
- Citizenship: Graduates will be able to assess social, cultural, economic, and environmental interdependence in a local and global context.
Science- GCOs
- Science, Technology, Society & the Environment
- Students will develop an understanding of the nature of science and technology, of the relationships between science and technology, and of the social and environmental contexts of science and technology.
- Attitudes
- Students will be encouraged to develop attitudes that support the responsible acquisition and application of scientific and technological knowledge to the mutual benefit of self, society, and the environment.
Science- Interactions Within Ecosystems
- 304-1 explain how biological classification takes into account the diversity of life on Earth.
- 304-2 identify the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in a local ecosystem, and describe both their diversity and their interactions
- 306-3 describe interactions between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
- 306-4 identify signs of ecological succession in a local ecosystem
Science- Heat
- 113-8 make informed decisions about applications of science and technology, taking into account personal and social advantages and disadvantages
Science- Earth’s Crust
- 110-3 identify major shifts in scientific world views 110-4 describe examples of how scientific knowledge has evolved in light of new evidence
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Diversity of Living Things
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Social Studies
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Curricular outcomes:
Social Studies- Literacy Through Social Studies
- The social studies program will help students become culturally sensitive and effective cross-cultural communicators.
Social Studies- Culture & Diversity
- Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives
Social Stuides- Economic Empowerment
- 7.2.1 Investigate the various ways that economics empowers or disempowers people
- 7.2.2 Analyse how commodities that lead to economic empowerment have changed
Social Studies- 3 Political Empowerment
- 7.3.1 Evaluate the conditions of everyday life for diverse peoples living in British North America in the mid-1800s, including Aboriginal peoples, African-Canadians, and Acadians
Social Studies- 4 Cultural Empowerment
- 7.4.1 Explain how the expansion and development of Canada during the 1870s and early 1880s affected its various people and regions
- 7.4.3 Analyse the degree of empowerment and disempowerment for Aboriginal peoples in present day Atlantic Canada during this period
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- English Language Arts (ELA)
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Curricular outcomes:
ELA- Reading in the Content Areas (RCA)
- When interacting with information that is unfamiliar to students, it is important for teachers to monitor how effectively students are using strategies to read and view texts:
- Analyze and think critically about information
- Determine importance to prioritize information
- Engage in questioning before, during, and after an activity related to a task, text, or problem
- Make inferences about what is meant but not said.
ELA- GCO 4
- Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual text.
- 4.1 identify and select texts that meet their needs and interests
- 4.3 identify a variety of reading and viewing processes and strategies to construct meaning from texts
ELA- GCO 5
- Students will be expected to interpret, select, and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources, and technologies.
- 5.2 recognize the need for a variety of reliable information from various sources
- 5.3 locate and select information from a variety of sources
- 5.4 experiment with a variety of effective inquiry approaches and strategies
ELA- GCO 7
- Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form and genre.
- 7.1 recognize that texts can be biased
- 7.2 recognize the need to question a text’s language, form, and genre
- 7.3 explore the tools text creators use to achieve different purposes
- 7.4 describe the impact that text form, content, and structure have on meaning
- 7.5 demonstrate an awareness that values and personal experiences influence understanding of and critical responses to text
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Video worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
2. Navigating the World of Online (Mis)Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- When interacting with information that is unfamiliar to students, it is important for teachers to monitor how effectively students are using strategies to read and view texts: