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Design grows out of natural curiosity.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
Skills can be developed through play.
- Introduction to Coding (Grade 1-2)
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities.
- Introduction to Coding (Grade 1-2)
Creative expression develops our unique identity and voice.
- Visual Arts Units | Gordon Smith Gallery (Grade K-12)
Inquiry through the arts creates opportunities for risk taking.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
- Visual Arts Units | Gordon Smith Gallery (Grade K-12)
Dance, drama, music and visual arts are each unique languages for creating and communicating.
- Visual Arts Units | Gordon Smith Gallery (Grade K-12)
People connect to the hearts and minds others in a variety of places and times through the arts.
- Weaving (Grade 2-3)
- Visual Arts Units | Gordon Smith Gallery (Grade K-12)
Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
- Linked Lesson
Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together towards common goals.
- Linked Lesson
Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
- Linked Lesson
Everything we learn helps us develop skills.
- Linked Lesson
Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills.
- Linked Lesson
Learning is a lifelong enterprise.
- Linked Lesson
Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
- Fairy Tales (Grade 1-2, UOP)
Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves and our families.
- Fairy Tales (Grade 1-2, UOP)
Everyone has a unique story to share.
- Linked Lesson
Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
- Linked Lesson
Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
- Linked Lesson
Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
Numbers to 100 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10s and 1s.
- Linked Lesson
Development of computational fluency in addition and subtraction with numbers to 100 requires an understanding of place value.
- Linked Lesson
The regular change in increasing patterns can be identified and used to make generalizations.
- Linked Lesson
Objects and shapes have attributes that can be described, measured, and compared.
- Linked Lesson
Concrete items can be represented, compared, and interpreted pictorially in graphs.
- Linked Lesson
Daily participation in physical activity at moderate to vigorous intensity levels benefits all aspects of our well-being.
- Linked Lesson
Learning how to participate and move our bodies in different physical activities helps us develop physical literacy.
- Linked Lesson
Adopting healthy personal practices and safety strategies protects ourselves and others.
- Linked Lesson
Having good communication skills and managing our emotions enables us to develop and maintain healthy relationships.
- Linked Lesson
Our physical, emotional, and mental health are interconnected.
- Linked Lesson
Local actions have global consequences and global actions have local consequences.
- Orange Shirt Day (Grade K-7)
- The Community & Me (Grade 2)
Canada is made up of many diverse regions and communities.
- Canadian Geography (Grade 2)
- Science & Socials (Grade 2-3, UOP)
Individuals have rights and responsibilities as global citizens.
- Linked Lesson
Living things have life cycles adapted to their environment.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)
- Science & Socials (Grade 2-3, UOP)
Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.
- Science & Socials (Grade 2-3, UOP)
Forces influence the motion of an object.
- Linked Lesson
Water is essential to all living things, and it cycles through the environment.
- Gardening (Grade 1-2)