Learning Outcomes

Our Learning Outcomes: Term 1

understand elapsed time and duration:
- apply concepts of time in real-life contexts and problem-based situations
understand number concepts to 1,000,000
- counting: multiples; flexible counting strategies; whole number benchmarks
- numbers to 1,000,000 can be arranged and recognized: comparing and ordering numbers, estimating large quantities,
- place value: 100,000s, 10,000s, 1,000s, 100s, 10s, and 1s; understanding the relationship between digit places and their value, to 1,000,000

understand and describe human rights and responses to discrimination in Canadian society
look at the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and understand the key rights and freedoms along with examples of each of the following:
- fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality, language and enforcement
distinguish between the different levels of government in Canada: municipal, provincial, territorial and federal.
summarize the responsibilities of government
- providing and administering services
- making laws
- collecting and allocating taxes

use conventions:
- common practices in punctuation (e.g., uses of the comma, quotation marks for dialogue, uses of the apostrophe in contractions); in capitalization in titles, headings, and subheadings; and in Canadian spelling
be aware of sentence structure and grammar
use paragraphing:
- develop paragraphs that have a topic sentence and supporting details

use oral language strategies
- focus on the speaker, ask questions to clarify, listen for specifics, express opinions, speak with expression, stay on topic, and take turns