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Grade Six 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 Routines	15 minutes per day at teacher descretion	Students will be able to recite daily routine activities. Students will be able to write simple sentences using verbs.	Direct Instruction Teacher talk Drill and Practice	Wall calendars, Sight words, Number and weather chart, etc.	Anecdotal notes Participation	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Numeracy 100’s to 500 Minutes	fifteen – 45 minute periods	Students will learn oral numerals counting by hundreds to five hundred and have written skills from one to fifty. Students will be introduced to the concept of minutes related to time.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Interactive Instruction Drill and Practice	Books, Workbooks, Number line, Number chart	Unit tests Checklists Oral review Quiz	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Colours	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review the terms for primary colours using inanimate and animate objects, the light colours and reading and writing. Students will be introduced to dark colours.	Direct Instruction Interactive Instruction Experiential Learning	Books, Audio visual, Word search worksheets	Participation Oral and written review Quiz	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Family	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review first person extended family members (aunts and uncles). Students will be introduced to second and third person possessive of extended family members (aunts and uncles).	Direct Instruction Talk-lecture Interactive Instruction Independent Study	Resource people, Pictures, Photos, Audio visual	Participation Written & oral reports Checklists Projects	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Classroom Objects	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review terms for basic classroom objects and be able to use vocabulary in written form. Students will learn to say, read and write the basic classroom objects in the first person.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Independent Study	Concrete examples, Labels, Books, Pictures	Participation Oral reviews Written tests	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Body	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend knowledge of terms both oral and written form in the first, second and third person possessive.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning	Books, Posters, Flashcards	Participation Quiz Checklists	C, PSVS, IL

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Clothing	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will be introduced to clothing terminology in singular and plural form.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Total Physical Response	Books, Magazines, Worksheets	Oral and written tests Assignments Participation Projects	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Food	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review food groups.	Direct Instruction Interactive Instruction Experiential Learning Independent Study	Books, Magazines, Worksheets, Canada Food Guide	Participation Projects Oral and written tests	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Household Items furniture utensils appliances	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review terminology for parts of the building. Students will be introduced to additional terminology related topics. For example, living room, kitchen, and bedroom. Students will learn the historic and contemporary terminology for household items.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Independent Study Total Physical Response	Visuals, Pictures, Posters, Books	Participation Worksheets Oral and written tests	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Animals domestic game farm	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will review and extend terms for domestic, game and farm animals. Students will be introduced to fur-bearing animal terminology.	Direct Instruction Independent Study Experiential Learning Field Trips	Visual, Pictures, Books, National Geographic, Internet	Participation Oral and written tests Projects	C, PSVS, CCT, IL, TL
Birds	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review all bird terminology. Students will be introduced to raptors.	Direct Instruction Independent Study Experiential Learning Field Trips	Visuals, Project Wild, Books, National Geographic, Human resources	Participation Projects Oral and written tests	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Fish	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review and write the terms for fish found in Saskatchewan. Students will be introduced to parts of the fish.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Independent Study	Posters, Books, Project Wet, National Geographic, Internet	Participation Checklists Oral and written tests Projects	CCT, IL, PSVS, C, TL

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Concepts/Topics	Length	Objectives	Instructional Approaches	Resources	Evaluation	CEL’s
Astronomical	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review and be able to write and recognize terminology of related terms. (big dipper, meteorite and 7 stars)	Direct Instruction Interactive Instruction	Audio visual, Posters – Onion Lake, Books	Quiz Participation Projects	C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N
Occupations	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review and write the terminology of relevant and other occupations.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning	Audio visual, Resource people, Books, Internet, Poster	Projects Quiz	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Special Events winter festival treaty day cultural activities	ten – 45 minute periods	Students will participate in practical conversational dialogue related to the terminology of events and activities. Students will review treaty six and be introduced to other treaties in Saskatchewan.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning	Visuals, Posters	Participation Observation Projects	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Health Unit	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review practical conversational dialogue related to medical terminology.	Direct Instruction Independent Study	Books, Dictionaries, Pictures, Posters, Audio visual	Projects Worksheets Oral and written Quizzes	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Landforms	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review vocabulary for local landforms and community references in written and oral form. Students will review locatives/prepositions to landforms and community references.	Direct Instruction Independent Study Experiential Learning	Maps, Visuals, Overheads	Participation Projects Oral and written tests Worksheets	C, CCT, IL, PSVS
Trees	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review trees, parts of the tree and be able to label the parts of the tree.	Direct Instruction Experiential Learning Interactive Instruction	Maps, Visuals, Posters, Books, Internet	Projects Oral and written tests	C, PSVS, CCT, TL
Place Names	seven – 45 minute periods	Students will review terms of local areas and communities in their region. Students will review towns and cities.	Direct Instruction Interactive Instruction	Maps – SICC, Audio visual, Books, Pictures, Songs	Maps Participation Oral and written reviews Quizzes Projects	C, PSVS, IL, CCT
Buildings	five – 45 minute periods	Students will review terms of buildings in their communities and review vocabulary for different types of shelter and city centres.	Direct Instruction Experiential learning	Audio visual, Books, Pictures	Participation Quiz Projects	COMM, PSVS, IL

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Concepts/Topics

Length

Objectives

Instructional Approaches

Resources

Evaluation

CEL’s

Transportation

five – 45 minute periods

Students will review land, air and water transportation.

Students will be able to write the appropriate terminology.

Direct Instruction

Audio visual, Books, Photos

Worksheets
Oral and written Quizzes

C, PSVS, IL, CCT

Orthography/ Grammar

fifteen – 45 minute periods

Students will review sounds.

Students will be able to put blends together.

Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction

Audio, Sound charts

Oral testing
Participation

C, PSVS, IL, CCT

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