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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 |
Concepts/Topics |
Length |
Objectives |
Instructional Approaches |
Resources |
Evaluation |
CEL’s |
| Daily Routine | 15 minutes per day @teachers discretion |
Students will be introduced to and review daily routine activities: greetings, weather terms, commands and three verbs each day. | 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 | fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn rote counting from one to ten. | Direct Instruction
Drill & Practice
Interactive Instruction
Problem Solving
Teacher Talk
Total Physical Response |
Posters (NLSD, LLIRB), Number lines
Matching sheets, Songs (Brian MacDonald), Calendar,
Woodland Cree Lessons CD ROM(SICC) |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes
Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, IL, TL, N, CCT |
Colours |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will recognize and be able to say the inanimate and animate colours: black, green, yellow, red, blue and white. | Direct Instruction
Drill & Practice
Teacher Talk |
Animate Colours (NLSD), Inanimate Colours
(NLSD), Colour Poster (LLIRB), Woodland Cree Lessons CD ROM(SICC) |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes
Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, IL, TL |
Family |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the terms of the immediate family members using first person possessive. My mother, my father, my brother, my sister and my younger sibling. | Direct Instruction
Drill & Practice
Teacher Talk
Role Play |
Kinship Book from NLSD, Woodland Cree
Lessons CD ROM(SICC), Wall Chart (family tree), Posters from SICC |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes
Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, IL, TL |
Concepts/Topics |
Length |
Objectives |
Instructional Approaches |
Resources |
Evaluation |
CEL’s |
Body |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn Cree terminology for basic parts of the body in the first person possessive: head, hair, eye(s), ear(s), nose and mouth. |
Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response |
Song and book: niskîsikwa, nitôn, nikot
from NLSD |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL, CCT |
Clothing |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn clothing terminology: jacket, shoe(s), hat, mitt(s), pants and shirt. | Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response | Clothing Book (NLSD), Clothing Poster (SICC) |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL |
Food |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn basic food items: eggs, bread, milk, fruit and meat. | Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response | Pictures and poster of the food groups (Health Offices), Food samples |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL, CCT |
Animal |
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the terms for the following baby animals: bear, rabbit, dog and cat. | Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play | Pictures and posters of familiar animals |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL |
Birds |
five – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the generic term for birds, chicken and ducks. | Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play | Pictures and posters of familiar animals |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N |
Fish
|
five – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the generic term for fish. | Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play | Pictures and posters of familiar animals |
On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist | C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N |
Culture Activities |
five – 45 minute periods | Students will be introduced to familiar culture activities: fishing, respect, sharing and story telling | Teacher talk Direct Instruction | Story books chants songs finger plays, games | On-going
Anecdotal Notes
Participation |
C, PSVS, N |
