Curricular Competencies

Students will be able to develop the following curricular competencies using oral, written, visual, and digital texts:

Comprehending and Connecting

• Express thoughts, feelings, opinions and preferences in relation to text
• Develop an understanding of self, others, and the world though exploration and play
• Develop and use a variety of reading strategies to make meaning from multiple types of text and build independence as a reader
• Develop and use critical thinking skills to make meaning from multiple types of text
• Engage actively as listeners and readers to make meaning and develop thinking and comprehension
• Explore stories from a variety of cultures, including Aboriginal cultures, to gain an appreciation of identity, family, and community
• Recognize that authors write to communicate ideas, thoughts, feelings, and information for specific audiences and purposes
• Draw on prior experience and knowledge to make connections

MediaSmarts Resources

Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Representing Ourselves Online

Rules of the Game

Creating and Communicating

• Express thoughts, feelings, opinions, and ideas through oral, written, and visual presentations and contribute as a member of a classroom community
• Use the writing process to create written forms
• Exchange ideas, emotions, and perspectives to build shared understanding
• Use a variety of communication forms according to audience and purpose
• Create a variety of texts to deepen understanding of self, family, and community
• Use language in playful ways to develop style, voice, artistry, and point of view
• Recognize and use conventions of language

MediaSmarts Resources

Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

Can You Spot the Ad?

Finding Balance in Our Digital Lives

Representing Ourselves Online

Rules of the Game

So Many Choices!

Content

Students will know and understand the following Content:

• a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts and genres including informational, personal, narrative, and imaginative text
• texts from a variety of cultures, including those of Canadian and Aboriginal origin
• texts matched to their reading level
• reading and metacognitive strategies before, during, and after reading to improve understanding and thinking
• literary elements and devices
• language structures, conventions, and features including print awareness, concept of print, phonemic awareness, and phonological awareness
• the writing process to enhance communication
• concepts of print

MediaSmarts Resources

Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

Co-Co’s Adversmarts

Can You Spot the Ad?

So Many Choices!