Concepts/Topics
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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, basic commands and simple sentences. . |
Direct Instruction
Drill & Practice
Teacher Talk
Total Physical Response |
Word List for greetings, weather, commands,
nouns and nouns with verbs. |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, CCT, N, IL |
Numeracy
|
fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn oral numerals one to
thirty one |
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 inanimate and animate colours: black, yellow, red, green, blue and white. Students will learn inanimate and animate colours: brown and orange. |
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. 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 |
| Classroom Objects | ten – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn basic classroom objects:
pencil, book, paper and scissors. |
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 review Cree terms and learn Cree terminology for basic parts of the body in the first person possessive: arm(s), hand(s), leg(s), feet (foot) and neck. |
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 in first person possessive: my pants, my sock(s), my shoe(s), my jacket and my hat, my 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 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 | ten – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the following terminology: chair, table and window. |
Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk Total Physical Response |
Classroom building parts |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, IL |
Animals
| fifteen – 45 minute periods |
Students will review the baby animals from nursery and learn the following: bear, rabbit, moose, deer, 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 terms for land birds: crow, raven, robin and whiskey jack. |
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 |
| Concepts/Topics |
Length |
Objectives |
Instructional Approaches |
Resources |
Evaluation |
CEL’s |
Fish
| five – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the terms for local fish: pickerel and jackfish.
|
Direct Instruction Drill & Practice Teacher Talk, Total Physical Response, Role Play |
Pictures and posters of familiar fish |
On-going
Anecdotal Notes Observation Checklist |
C, PSVS, IL, CCT, N |
Astronomical |
five – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the terms related to the sky and other astronomical topics: sun, 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 |
five – 45 minute periods |
Students will learn the term for my teacher and related vocabulary. |
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 |
| Culture Activities | Five – 45 minutes periods | Students will learn Cree terms for familiar Cree Culture activities: camping, trapping, dances, bannock making and some traditional games. | Direct Instruction Teacher talk | Chants, songs, games and stories | Anecdotal Notes Observation participation |
C, PSVS, CCT, IL |
