The Gift of Language and Culture - Grade Three

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Grade Three Objectives

Time Allotment	Instructional Approaches:	Common Essential Learnings:
Nursery to Grade 9 Core Language Program 45 minutes minimum daily.	Direct Instruction Indirect Instruction Independent Study Experiential Learning Interactive Instruction	C – Communication N – Numeracy PSVS – Personal, Social Values and Skills TL – Technological Literacy IL – Independent Learning CCT – Critical and Creative Thinking

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Daily Routine	15 minutes per day @teachers discretion	Students will review daily routine activities: greetings, calendar (days of the week, months, numbers), verbs, and weather terms. Students will develop oral language skills in sequential order using visuals from the Dr. Greymorning Accelerated Second Language Acquisition Method	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Wall calendar, Sight Word List (Commands, Verbs), Number Chart,	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, CCT, N, IL
Numeracy 10’s to 50 Time Money	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn oral numerals counting by tens to fifty and have written skills from one to twenty. Students will learn money terms and time concepts.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Experiential Learning Interactive Instruction	Posters (NLSD, LLIRB), 10’s chart Money , Booklet (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, TL, N, CCT
Colours	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review the terms for primary colours and learn other colours: inanimate and animate objects.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Experiential Learning Interactive Instruction	Animate Colours (NLSD), Inanimate Colours (NLSD), Colour Poster (LLIRB)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, TL
Family	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will review first person possessive and extend knowledge of terms of immediate family members to second person possessive.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Role Play Experiential Learning	Kinship Book (NLSD), wahkohtowin (SICC), Family Tree Chart, Posters from SICC	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, TL
Classroom Objects	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend knowledge of terms for basic classroom objects: coloured pencils, erasers, ruler, paper, paint and paint brushes.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Classroom Objects Flashcards	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, CCT, N, IL

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Body	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn basic parts of the body in oral form and written form. Students will be introduced to parts of the body in the second person possessive.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Books, Songs, Flashcards, Posters	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Clothing	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review clothing terminology in the first and second person possessive. Students will be able to write clothing terminology.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Clothing Book (NLSD), Clothing Poster (SICC)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Food	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will be able to write the food groups and specific food items. Students will learn other food terminology.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice	Pictures and posters, Food samples, Books, Songs	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Household Items parts of the building	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review previous knowledge and learn the terminology for parts of the building.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Classroom building parts, Flashcards, Books, Songs	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Animals domestic farm	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will be able to say and write terms for domestic and farm animals.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Pictures and posters of familiar animals, Flashcards	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Birds	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will be able say and write the terms for local birds.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Pictures, Posters	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Fish local	eight – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend their knowledge of fish: sauger and grayling.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Pictures, Posters	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Astronomical	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend their knowledge of terms related to the topic: northern lights, morning star and north star.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Nursery rhymes Songs, Legends, Pictures	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Occupations	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review and reinforce the terminology of relevant and local occupations. Students will be introduced to the written form of the terminology.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Pictures, Human Resources, Occupations Book (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Landforms	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review local landforms and community references. Students will be introduced locatives to landforms.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Field Trip	Resource Vocabulary Booklet (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Trees	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will be introduced to terminology for trees	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Field Trip	Poster of trees, Flashcards	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Place Names	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review terms for local areas and names of communities in their region	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk	Map, Resource Vocabulary Booklet (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C,PSVS, IL
Buildings	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend their knowledge of terms of buildings in their communities.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher talk	Map, Resource Vocabulary Booklet (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Transportation	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the different uses for each land transportation method.	Direct Instruction Drill and Practice	Flashcards, Books, Resource People	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Health Unit	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn practical conversational dialogue related to the topic.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role play	Nursery rhymes and songs.	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Special Events winter festival treaty day cultural activities	eleven – 45 minute periods	Students will participate in practical conversational dialogue related to the terminology of events and activities.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play Field Trip Experiential Learning	Winter Festival Video, Human Resources	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL

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