The Ontario Curriculum Documents

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The Ontario Curriculum Documents

• PJ Methods
• EDUC 4454

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Curriculum Documents

• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Science and Technology
• Social Studies
• The Arts
• Health and Physical Education
• Kindergarten
• French as a Second Language (Grade 4-8)

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Features of The Curriculum Documents

• What are the common elements in the
  Introductions?
• Purpose
• Features
• Role of Parents
• Role of Teachers
• Role of Students
• (Strands/Topics)
• Importance of (Safety, Language, Mathematics)
• Exceptional Students
• ESL
• Some documents contain additional information

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Jigsaw

• Home Group Arrange yourselves in groups of 6.
  Now number yourselves off 1-6.
• Expert Group Go to the station that matches your
  number. As a group, discuss your assigned
  section. Decide on the important points,
  usefulness and significance of the text, make
  notes and be prepared to share the information
  with your Home Group. For this task, it doesnt
  matter which document you use since the
  information is basically the same in each. You
  will have 5 minutes to become the expert.
• Return to your Home Group You will share your
  expertise from each assigned section of the
  document, one person at a time in order of
  appearance in document (use table as guideline).

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Groups for Activity

• Group 1 Purpose/Features
• Group 2 Role of Parent, Student
• Group 3 Role of Teacher/Principal
• Group 4 Strands/Topics/Importance of Safety
• Group 5 Expectations and Achievement Levels
• Group 6 ESL/Exceptional Students

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Getting to Know the Documents

• Number yourselves off 1-7.
• Organize yourselves into group according to your
  number to look at the assigned document.
• Group 1 Language
• Group 2 Mathematics
• Group 3 Science and Technology
• Group 4 Social Studies
• Group 5 The Arts
• Group 6 Health and Physical Education
• Group 7 Kindergarten

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Look at your curriculum document.

• How is the document organized?
• What are the major strands/topics to be covered?
• Be prepared to share with the class.

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How are the documents organized?

• Overview Outlines the essence of a strand.
• Overall expectations Describe in general terms
  the knowledge and skills that students are
  expected to achieve by the end of grade.
• Specific expectations Describe the expected
  knowledge and skills in greater detail.
• All documents are organized in a similar way.

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Achievement Chart

• 4 Categories of Achievement
• Knowledge and Understanding
• Thinking
• Communication
• Application
• The categories of Achievement are the same for
  each subject in the curriculum.

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• 4 Levels of Achievement
• Levels contain brief descriptions of degrees of
  achievement on which teachers will base their
  assessment of students work.
• Level 3 is the provincial standard
• The levels of Achievement are the same for each
  subject in the curriculum.