Grade 1 Learning Objectives for “5-7-5 Errand Boy”

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

Use prior knowledge

• Use knowledge of how oral language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning
• Use previous experience and knowledge of oral language to make connections to the meaning of oral, print and other media texts
• Use knowledge of context, pictures, letters, words, sentences, predictable patterns and rhymes in a variety of oral, print and other media texts to construct and confirm meaning
• Use knowledge of print, pictures, book covers and title pages to construct and confirm meaning

Use comprehension strategies

• Talk about print or other media texts previously read or viewed
• Identify the main idea or topic of simple narrative and expository texts

Use textual cues

• Preview book cover, pictures and location of text to assist with constructing and confirming meaning

2.2 – Respond to Text

Experience various texts

• Participate in shared listening, reading and viewing experiences, using oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as poems, storytelling by elders, pattern books, audiotapes, stories and cartoons

Construct meaning from texts

• Relate aspects of stories and characters to personal feelings and experiences
• Retell interesting or important aspects of oral, print and other media texts
• Tell or represent the beginning, middle and end of stories
• Tell, represent or write about experiences similar or related to those in oral, print and other media texts
• Tell what was liked or disliked about oral, print and other media texts

2.3 – Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques

Understand forms and genres

• Distinguish differences in the ways various oral, print and other media texts are organized

Understand techniques and elements

• Tell what characters do or what happens to them in a variety of oral, print and other media texts

3.1 Plan and Focus

Focus attention

• Explore and share own ideas on topics of discussion and study
• Connect information from oral, print and other media texts to topics of study

3.2 Select and Process

Access information

• Use text features, such as illustrations, titles and opening shots in video programs, to access information
• Use questions to find specific information in oral, print and other media texts

3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate

Evaluate information

• Recognize and use gathered information to communicate new learning

3.4 Share and Review

Share ideas and information

• Share ideas and information from oral, print and other media texts with familiar audiences
• Answer questions directly related to texts

4.3 Present and Share

Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing

• Ask questions to clarify information
• Be attentive and show interest during listening or viewing activities

5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community

Appreciate diversity

• Share personal experiences and family traditions related to oral, print and other media texts

W–1.9

• Describe and apply appropriate street safety behaviours in the community; e.g., as a pedestrian, passenger, cyclist

L–1.5

• Recognize interests, strengths and skills of self

L–1.6

• Demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which people perform responsibilities in the community, including paid and unpaid work

L–1.7

• Describe ways people volunteer in the school and in the community

Students will show growth in acquiring and applying the following traits:

• Curiosity
• Confidence in personal ability to explore materials and learn by direct study
• A willingness to work with others and to consider their ideas
• Respect for living things and environments, and commitment for their care.

1. Identify colours in a variety of natural and manufactured objects.

2. Compare and contrast colours, using terms such as lighter than, darker than, more blue, brighter than.