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Language Arts Literacy (Jr)

Literacy and Social Studies, History and Geography
This project identifies the links between language literacy skills and social studies, history and geography with a focus on critical literacy. Writing and oral language is also highlighted. Approaches for integrating texts and media texts for each grade and strand of the (2013) revised Social Studies, History and Geography curriculum are included.

Grade 4 Literacy, Heritage & Identity

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This series of lesson ideas uses a fictional story Hana’s Wedding (from the anthology of stories in the book On A [Read More]

Grade 4 Literacy, People & Environments

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This series of lessons will provide Grade 4 students with opportunities to better understand the challenges and sol [Read More]

Grade 5 Literacy, Heritage & Identity

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Teachers will use Thomas King’s book A Coyote Columbus Story to explore a First Nations perspective on the arriva [Read More]

Grade 5 Literacy, People & Environments

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In the Grade 5 People and Environments strand, teachers will use a newspaper article about the Idle No More movemen [Read More]

Grade 6 Literacy, Heritage & Identity

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Teachers will use picture books to guide students to discover reasons why different groups of people came (and stil [Read More]

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