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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 be introduced to and review daily routine activities: greetings, weather, days of the week 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, Daily Routine	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, CCT, N, IL
Numeracy 1 to 31	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn oral numerals one to thirty one and have written skills from one to five.	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 review colours from Nursery and Kindergarten and learn new terms for primary colours associated with animate and inanimate objects.	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 from first person possessive.	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

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Classroom Objects	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will learn basic classroom objects: glue, chair, table, window, pencil, and book.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Classroom Objects Flashcards (NLSD, LLIRB)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, IL
Body	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn basic parts of the body in the first person possessive in oral form: head, eyes, ears, mouth and hair.	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 from the first person possessive.	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 the generic terminology of the four food groups. Students will be introduced to specific food items.	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
Household Items parts of the building	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will learn parts of the building.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Classroom building parts	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL
Animals domestic farm	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the terms for domestic and farm terminology.	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 terms for land and waterfowl.	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 local	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the terms for local fish: pickerel, jackfish, sucker, whitefish and trout.	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

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Astronomical	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the terms related to the sky and other astronomical topics: sun, moon, star(s), day and night.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response	Nursery rhymes and songs.	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Occupations	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the terms related to occupations in the school.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Pictures, Occupations Book (NLSD)	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Winter Festival	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn terms through Winter Festival activities.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Winter Festival Video	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Treaty Day	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn the terms for Treaty Day.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role Play	Treaty Day	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Cultural Activities	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn practical conversational dialogue and other terms related to special events.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role play	Winter Festival Video	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Health Unit	five – 45 minute periods	Students will learn practical conversational dialogue and other terms related to medicinal terminology and procedures.	Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response Role play	Nursery rhymes and songs.	On-going Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N

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