Newfoundland and Labrador Grade 5
Made by a Grade 5 teacher in Newfoundland & Labrador.
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- Building Critical Inquiry Skills
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Curricular outcomes:
ELA- GCO 7
- Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form and genre. (RV - Reading and Viewing) Students will be expected to:
- 7.1 ask critical questions of texts
- 7.2 analyze intended messages in texts
ELA- Critical Literacy
- It involves the ability to read deeper into the content and to recognize and evaluate the stereotyping, cultural bias, author’s intent, hidden agendas, and silent voices that influence texts.
ELA- Information Literacy
- Students must be able to evaluate information from it. This involves detecting bias, differentiating between fact and opinion, weighing conflicting opinions, and evaluating the worth of sources. Information literacy also focuses on the ability to synthesize the information so that it can be communicated.
Social Studies- Integrated Concepts & Processes
- icp.3 make judgments based on appropriate criteria
Social Studies- Unit 1
- 1.1 explain how primary sources are used to construct historical knowledge
Science- GCO 2 (Skills)
- Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions
- 1.0 propose questions to investigate and practical problems to solve
- 15.0 identify and use a variety of sources and technologies to gather relevant information
- 20.0 evaluate the usefulness of different information sources in answering a question
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Critical Thinking & Evaluating Information
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form and genre. (RV - Reading and Viewing) Students will be expected to:
- Weather and Environment
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Curricular outcomes:
Science - Weather
- GCO 2 (Skills): Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions.
- 40.0 provide examples of how science and technology have been used to solve problems in their community and region
- GCO 4 (Attitudes) be sensitive to and develop a sense of responsibility for the welfare of other people, other living things, and the environment
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Environment & Climate Change
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- Inquiry activities/answer guides
- Numeracy activity/answers
- Indigenous Peoples
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Curricular outcomes:
ELA- GCO 3
- Students will be able to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience and purpose.
Social Studies- Unit 4: Decision Making
- 4.0 Students are expected to explain the diversity of First Nation and Inuit societies in what later became Canada (c. 1000-1400 CE).
- 4.1 locate and describe societies using geographic concepts
- 4.2 explain how human environmental interactions influenced societies
- 5.0 Students are expected to explain the decision-making practices used by First Nation and Inuit societies in the Atlantic region (c. 1000-1400 CE).
- 5.1 identify and describe examples of decision making
- 5.2 explain the social structures of societies
- 5.3 explain how social structure influenced decision-making
Social Studies- Unit 5: Interactions
- 6.0 Students are expected to analyse interactions between British and French settlers and First Nation and Inuit societies in the Atlantic region (c. 1650-1800 CE).
- 6.3 compare interactions that occurred between settlers and First Nations and Inuit
Social Studies- Unit 6: Continuity & Change
- 7.1 identify similarities and differences of past societies and present-day societies
- 7.2 determine the most significant similarity(ies) and difference(s) of past societies and present-day societies
- 7.3 predict how societies might change in the future
Science- GCO1 (STSE)
- 37.0 describe and compare tools, techniques, and materials used by different people in their community and region to meet their needs
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Life on Turtle Island
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
2. Cooperation & Colonization
- Literacy builder worksheet/answer guide
- Lesson worksheet/answers
- The Body’s Defence System & How Vaccine
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Curricular outcomes:
Technology Helps
Science- GCO 1 (STSE)
- 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.
- 29.0 demonstrate that specific terminology is used in science and technology contexts
- 31.0 describe examples of tools and techniques that have contributed to scientific discoveries
- 40.0 provide examples of how science and technology have been used to solve problems in their community and region
- 49.0 describe examples of technologies that have been developed to improve living conditions
Science- GCO 2 (Skills)
- Students will develop the skills required for scientific and technological inquiry, for solving problems, for communicating scientific ideas and results, for working collaboratively, and for making informed decisions
- 15.0 identify and use a variety of sources and technologies to gather relevant information
- 20.0 evaluate the usefulness of different information sources in answering a question
Science- Body Systems
- 67.0 describe how body systems help humans meet their basic needs
- 70.0 describe the role of the skin
- 71.0 describe the body’s defenses against infections
Social Studies- Unit 6: Continuity & Change
- 7.1 identify similarities and differences of past societies and present-day societies
- 7.2 determine the most significant similarity(ies) and difference(s) of past societies and present-day societies
ELA- GCO 7
- Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their knowledge of language, form and genre. (RV - Reading and Viewing) Students will be expected to:
- 7.1 ask critical questions of texts
- 7.2 analyze intended messages in texts
Applicable KBI lessons:
1. Germs, The Body’s Defense System, and How Vaccines Help
- Lesson worksheet/answers