Grade 1
Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies
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Designs grow out of natural curiosity.
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Skills can be developed through play.
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Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities.
Arts Education
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Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual, using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play.
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Interpret symbols and how they can be used to express meaning through the arts.
Career Education
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Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
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Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
Mathematics
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Number represents and describes quantity: Numbers to 20 can be decomposed into 10’s and 1’s.
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Developing computational fluency comes from a strong sense of number: Addition and subtraction can be modelled concretely, pictorially, and mentally, using strategies involving counting and making 10.
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We use patterns to represent identified regularities and to form generalizations: Repeating elements can be identified.
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We can describe, measure, and compare spatial relationships: Standard units are used to measure attributes of object shapes.
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Analyzing data and chance help us to compare and interpret: Concrete graphs show one-to-one correspondence.
Science
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Questioning & Predicting - Make simple predictions about familiar objects and events.
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Planning & Conducting - Safely manipulate materials to test ideas and predictions.
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Processing & Analyzing Data and Information - Sort and classify data and information using drawings, pictographs and provided tables; Identify simple patterns and connections.
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Applying & Innovating - Transfer and apply learning to new situations; Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving.
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Communicating - Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play.
English Language Arts
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Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
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Identify, organize, and present ideas in a variety of forms.
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Plan and create a variety of communication forms for different purposes and audiences.
Physical & Health Education
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Develop and demonstrate respectful behaviour when participating in activities with others.
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Identify personal skills, interests, and preferences.
Social Studies
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Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to: ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions.
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Sequence objects, images, and events, and distinguish between what has changed and what has stayed the same.
