Grade 5 Learning Objectives for "Tasting My Story"

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English Language Arts

General Learning Objective

1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.

Specific Learning Objectives

1.1 Discover and Explore

Express ideas and develop understanding

Use appropriate prior knowledge and experiences to make sense of new ideas and information
Read, write, represent and talk to explore personal understandings of new ideas and information

1.2 Clarify and Extend

Combine ideas

Use talk, notes, personal writing and representing to explore relationships among own ideas and experiences, those of others and those encountered in oral, print and other media texts

General Learning Objective

2. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

Specific Learning Objectives

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

Use comprehension strategies

Comprehend new ideas and information by responding personally, taking notes and discussing ideas with others
Use the meanings of familiar words to predict the meanings of unfamiliar words in context
Monitor understanding by comparing personal knowledge and experiences with information on the same topic from a variety of sources

Use textual cues

Use text features, such as maps, diagrams, special fonts and graphics, that highlight important concepts to enhance understanding of ideas and information

Use phonics and structural analysis

Identify and know by sight the meaning of high frequency prefixes and suffixes to read unfamiliar, multisyllable words in context
Integrate knowledge of phonics, sight vocabulary and structural analysis with knowledge of language and context clues to read unfamiliar words in context

2.2. Respond to Texts

Experience various texts

Experience oral, print and other media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres, such as historical fiction, myths, biographies, poetry, news reports and guest speakers
Express points of view about oral, print and other media texts
Make connections between fictional texts and historical events
Describe and discuss new places, times, characters and events encountered in oral, print and other media texts
Write or represent the meaning of texts in different forms

Construct meaning from texts

Compare characters and situations portrayed in oral, print and other media texts to those encountered in the classroom and community
Describe characters’ qualities based on what they say and do and how they are described in oral, print and other media texts
Describe and discuss the influence of setting on the characters and events
Support own interpretations of oral, print and other media texts, using evidence from personal experiences and the texts
Retell or represent stories from the points of view of different characters

2.3 Understand Forms, Elements and Techniques

Understand forms and genres

Identify and discuss similarities and differences among a variety of forms of oral, print and other media texts

Understand techniques and elements

Identify the main problem or conflict in oral, print and other media texts, and explain how it is resolved
Identify and discuss the main character’s point of view and motivation
Identify sections or elements in print or other media texts, such as shots in films or sections in magazines

2.4 Create Original Text

Generate ideas

Use texts from listening, reading and viewing experiences as models for producing own oral, print and other media texts

Elaborate on the expression of ideas

Experiment with modeled forms of oral, print and other media texts to suit particular audiences and purposes

Structure texts

Use structures encountered in texts to organize and present ideas in own oral, print and other media texts

General Learning Objective

3. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information.

Specific Learning Objectives

3.1 Plan and Focus

Focus attention

Summarize important ideas in oral, print and other media texts and express opinions about them

General Learning Objective

5. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to respect, support and collaborate with others.

Specific Learning Objectives

5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community

Appreciate diversity

Discuss personal understanding of the lives of people or characters in various communities, cultural traditions, places and times portrayed in oral, print and other media texts
Compare own and others’ responses to ideas and experiences related to oral, print and other media texts

Relate texts to culture

Identify and discuss how qualities, such as courage, ambition and loyalty, are portrayed in oral, print and other media texts from diverse cultures and communities

Health

Topic: Personal Health

General Learning Objective

Wellness Choices
Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to promote safety for self and others

Specific Learning Objectives

W–5.1

Examine the impact of physical activity, nutrition, rest and immunization on the immune system

W–5.5

Examine ways in which healthy eating can accommodate a broad range of eating behaviours; e.g., individual preferences, vegetarianism, cultural food patterns, allergies/medical conditions, diabetes

Mathematics

Topic: Number

General Learning Objective

Develop number sense

Specific Learning Objectives

7. Demonstrate an understanding of fractions by using concrete, pictorial and symbolic representations to:

Create sets of equivalent fractions
Compare fractions with like and unlike denominators. [C, CN, PS, R, V]

Topic: Shape and Space (Measurement)

General Learning Objective

Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.

Specific Learning Objectives

5. Demonstrate an understanding of capacity by:

Describing the relationship between mL and L
Selecting and justifying referents for mL or L units
Estimating capacity, using referents for mL or L
Measuring and recording capacity (mL or L). [C, CN, ME, PS, R, V]

Social Studies

Topic: 5.2 Histories and Stories of Ways of Life in Canada

General Learning Objective

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the people and the stories of Canada and their ways of life over time, and appreciate the diversity of Canada’s heritage.

Specific Learning Objectives

5.2.1

Appreciate the complexity of identity in the Canadian context:

Recognize how an understanding of Canadian history and the stories of its peoples contributes to their sense of identity (I, TCC)
Acknowledge the contributions made by diverse cultural groups to the evolution of Canada (CC, I, TCC)
Recognize how changes in society can affect identity (CC, I)

Topic: 5.3 Canada: Shaping an Identity

General Learning Objective

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the events and factors that have changed the ways of life in Canada over time and appreciate the impact of these changes on citizenship and identity.

Specific Learning Objectives

5.3.1

Appreciate how changes impact citizenship and identity:

Recognize how economic and political changes impact ways of life of citizens
(C, ER, I, PADM)

5.3.4

Assess, critically, how economic booms and crashes affected ways of life in Canada by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:

In what ways did the Great Depression of the 1930s affect ways of life in urban and rural
communities? (ER, LPP, TCC)

Topic: Dimensions

General Learning Objective

Skills and Processes

Specific Learning Objectives

5.S.2

Develop skills of historical thinking:

Use photographs and interviews to make meaning of historical information
Use historical and community resources to understand and organize the sequence of national historical events
Explain the historical context of key events of a given time period