• O: Oral
  • R: Reading
  • RP: Representing
  • V: Viewing
  • W: Writing

Unit 1What Is a Story?

Lesson Instructional Focus / Specific Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Let’s Talk
Vocabulary / O1.1: Contribute relevant ideas and information from personal experiences to group language activities
R/V2.2: Engage in a variety of shared and independent listening, reading, and viewing experiences, using oral, print, and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as legends, video programs, puppet plays, songs, riddles, and informational texts
R 2.1: Figure out, predict, and monitor the meaning of unfamiliar words to make sense of reading, using cues such as pictures, context, phonics, grammatical awareness, and background knowledge
R 4.1: Develop categories of words associated with experiences and topics of interest
Let’s Read: Narrative
“The TurnipGarden” / R2.2: Retell the events portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts in sequence
R2.3:Identify main characters, places, and events in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W3.3: Categorize related ideas and information using a variety of strategies, such as finding significant details and sequencing events in logical order
Try It Out: Narrative
“Pancake Surprise “ / O5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R2.2: Identify favourite kinds of oral, print, and other media texts
R2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relations among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.3: Identify main characters, places, and events in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Narrative
“Hamster Chase” / O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.3: Identify main characters, places, and events in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W2.4: Create narratives that have beginnings, middles, and ends; settings; and main characters that perform actions
Try It Out: Narrative
“The Wild, Woolly Child” / O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.3: Identify main characters, places, and events in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
R2.2:Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
RP2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Listen: Make Connections while You Listen
“The Bear” / O 2.1: Use knowledge of how oral and written language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning
O2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
O 5.1: Ask for and provide clarification and elaboration of stories and ideas
Let’s Write: Choose a Big Idea / R2.1: Identify the main idea or topic and supporting details of simple narrative and expository texts
W/RP3.3: Categorize related ideas and information using a variety of strategies, such as finding significant details and sequencing events in logical order
W/RP 1.1: Use a variety of forms of oral, print, and other media texts to organize and give meaning to experiences, ideas, and information
Let’s Look at Media: Identify Purpose and Audience
“Tell a Book By Its Cover” / O5.2: Stay on topic during class and group discussions
V2.1: Preview book covers and titles; look for familiar words, phrases, and story patterns to assist with constructing and confirming meaning
V2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
V 1.1: Express or represent ideas and feelings resulting from activities or experiences with oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Read: Make Connections
“It’s Not My Fault!” / O1.2: Connect own ideas and experiences with those shared by others
R2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
R 1.1: Express or represent ideas and feelings resulting from activities or experiences with oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Make Connections
“The Blink-Off” / O2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements and drawing conclusions
R 2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
O 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Make Connections
“Oonga Boonga” / O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
W/RP 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Make Connections
“I Wanna Iguana” / O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
W 3.3: Produce oral, print, and other media texts with introductions, middles, and conclusions
Unit Assessment / O2.2: Engage in a variety of shared and independent listening, reading, and viewing experiences, using oral, print, and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as legends, video programs, puppet plays, songs, riddles, and informational texts
R2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W1.2: Find more information about new ideas and topics
W 2.4: Create narratives that have beginnings, middles, and ends; settings; and main characters that perform actions
  • O: Oral
  • R: Reading
  • RP: Representing
  • V: Viewing
  • W: Writing

Unit 2 Animals

Lesson Instructional Focus / Specific Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Let’s Talk
Vocabulary / O 1.1: Contribute relevant ideas and information from personal experiences to group language activities
R/V 2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
R/V 2.1: Figure out, predict, and monitor the meaning of unfamiliar words to make sense of reading, using cues such as pictures, context, phonics, grammatical awareness, and background knowledge
R/V 4.1: Develop categories of words associated with experiences and topics of interest
Let’s Read: Visualize
“How Big?” / O4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
W 3.1: Recall and follow directions for accessing and gathering ideas and information
Try It Out: Visualize
“Odd Birds” / O 4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
O 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
R 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
W 2.4: Add descriptive words to elaborate on ideas and create particular effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Visualize
“Jump or Jiggle” / O 4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
O 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
R 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
W 2.4: Add descriptive words to elaborate on ideas and create particular effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Visualize
“How Polar Bears Hunt” / O 4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
R 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
W/RP 1.1: Use a variety of forms of oral, print, and other media texts to organize and give meaning to experiences, ideas, and information
Let’s Read: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
“All About Frogs” / O 4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
R 2.1: Identify the main idea or topic and supporting details of simple narrative and expository texts
R 2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W 3.2: Find information on a topic using a variety of sources, such as simple chapter books, multimedia resources, computers, and elders in the community
W 3.3: Categorize related ideas and information using a variety of strategies, such as finding significant details and sequencing events in logical order
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
“Owls” / O 2.1: Read aloud with fluency, accuracy, and expression
O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
R 2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 4.3: Present ideas and information by combining illustrations and written texts
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
“A Long Winter Sleep” / O 1.1: Contribute relevant ideas and information from personal experiences to group language activities
R 2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W3.2: Use given categories and specific questions to find information in oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Identify Characteristics of Information Reports
“Animal Groups” / O 2.1: Read aloud with fluency, accuracy, and expression
O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
R 2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Listen: Visualize While You Listen
“Mice” / O 2.1: Use knowledge of how oral and written language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning
R 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
R 2.2: Retell the events portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts in sequence
W/RP 2.2: Express thoughts or feelings related to the events and characters in oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Look at Media: IdentifyCharacteristics of Trading Cards
“Animal Trading Cards” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
R/V3.4: Share, with familiar audiences, ideas and information on topics
R/V 2.3: Recognize that ideas and information can be expressed in a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 2.2: Model own oral, print, and other media texts on familiar forms
Let’s Write: Add Details to Your Writing / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
W 3.1: Ask questions to focus on particular aspects of topics for own investigations
W4.2: Identify adjectives and adverbs that add interest and detail to stories
Try It Out: Reading Like a Writer
“Animals in Inuit Life” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R3.1:Ask questions to determine the main idea of oral, print, and other media texts
R 4.2: Identify adjectives and adverbs that add interest and detail to stories
R 2.2: Retell the events portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts in sequence
Unit Assessment / O 4.3: Show enjoyment and appreciation during listening and viewing activities
R 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
W 4.2: Identify adjectives and adverbs that add interest and detail to stories
W/RP 4.3: Present ideas and information by combining illustrations and written texts
  • O: Oral
  • R: Reading
  • RP: Representing
  • V: Viewing
  • W: Writing

Unit 3 Celebrate Traditions

Lesson Instructional Focus / Specific Outcomes
Launching the Unit
Let’s Talk
Vocabulary / O 1.1: Contribute relevant ideas and information from personal experiences to group language activities
R/V 2.2: Connect situations portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts to personal and classroom experiences
R/V5.1: Discuss the experiences and traditions of various communities portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts
R/V 2.1: Figure out, predict, and monitor the meaning of unfamiliar words to make sense of reading, using cues such as pictures, context, phonics, grammatical awareness, and background knowledge
R/V 4.1: Develop categories of words associated with experiences and topics of interest
Let’s Read: Titles and Headings
“Hooray for Canada Day!” / O 1.1: Contribute relevant ideas and information from personal experiences to group language activities
O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W 4.2: Write complete sentences, using capital letters and periods
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
“My Turn to Remember” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace, and with expression
O 5.1: Adjust own language use according to the context, purpose, and audience
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W 3.1: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
“Noisy Celebrations” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace, and with expression
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W 3.1: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Titles and Headings
“What’s for Dinner?” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace, and with expression
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W/RP 4.3: Present ideas and information by combining illustrations and written texts
Let’s Listen: Listen for Descriptive Words
“A Thanksgiving Dinner” / O 2.1: Use knowledge of how oral and written language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning
O 2.2: Identify words in oral, print, and other media texts that create clear pictures or impressions of sounds and sights
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
W 1.2: Record ideas and information in ways that make sense
W 2.4: Add descriptive words to elaborate on ideas and create particular effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Read: Predict
“A New Year for Everyone” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace, and with expression
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W/RP 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 2.3: Identify how pictures, illustrations, and special fonts relate to and enhance print and other media texts
Try It Out: Predict
“Kwanzaa Fun” / O 4.3: Ask relevant questions to clarify understanding and have information explained
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W/RP 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Try It Out: Predict
“Four Seasons of Celebrating” / O 2.1: Use knowledge of how oral and written language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning
O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
Try It Out: Predict
“Fun with Friends” / O 5.1: Discuss the experiences and traditions of various communities portrayed in oral, print, and other media texts
R 2.1: Apply a variety of strategies, such as asking questions, making predictions, recognizing relationships among story elements, and drawing conclusions
R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
W 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Look at Media: Interpreting Messages from Invitations
“You’re Invited!” / O 4.3: Speak in a clear voice, with appropriate volume, at an understandable pace and with expression
V2.3: Identify how pictures, illustrations, and special fonts relate to and enhance print and other media texts
W/RP 2.2: Model own oral, print, and other media texts on familiar forms
W/RP 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Let’s Write: Stay on Topic / O 2.1: Identify the main idea or topic and supporting details of simple narrative and expository texts
R 3.3: Categorize related ideas and information using a variety of strategies, such as finding significant details and sequencing events in logical order
W 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
W 4.1: Revise words and sentences to improve sequence or add missing information
Try It Out: Read Like a Writer
“Standing Proud” / O5.1: Ask for and provide clarification and elaboration of stories and ideas
R 2.1: Identify the main idea or topic and supporting details of simple narrative and expository texts
W/RP 4.1: Revise words and sentences to improve sequence or add missing information
W/RP 2.2: Model own oral, print, and other media texts on familiar forms
W/RP 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
Unit Assessment / R 2.1: Use knowledge of the organizational structures of print and stories, such as book covers, titles, pictures, and typical beginnings, to construct and confirm meaning
R 2.1: Identify the main idea or topic and supporting details of simple narrative and expository texts
W/RP 2.4: Use own and respond to others’ ideas to create oral, print, and other media texts
W/RP 4.1: Revise words and sentences to improve sequence or add missing information
W/RP 4.1: Choose words, language patterns, illustrations, or sounds to create a variety of effects in oral, print, and other media texts
  • O: Oral
  • R: Reading
  • RP: Representing
  • V: Viewing
  • W: Writing

Unit 4 Biographies