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Term 2 The following are some of the outcomes we are focusing on during the second term.

Language Arts

Speaking and Listening select and use strategies when interacting with others, including accessing prior knowledge making and sharing connections asking questions for clarification and understanding taking turns as a speaker and listener paraphrasing to clarify meaning use speaking and listening to improve and extend thinking, by – questioning and speculating– acquiring new ideas– analyzing and evaluating ideas – developing explanations – considering alternative viewpointsselect and use strategies when listening to make and clarify meaning, including - making predictions about content before listening – focusing on the speaker – listening for specifics – generating questions – recalling, summarizing, and synthesizing– drawing inferences and conclusions– distinguishing between fact and opinion– visualizing– monitoring comprehension reflect on and assess their speaking and listening, by referring to class-generated criteria and setting goals and creating a plan for improvement

Reading and Viewing

read and view to improve and extend thinking, by – developing explanations – distinguishing between fact and opinion– analyzing texts to consider alternatives– drawing conclusions– comparing various viewpoints– summarizing and synthesizing select and use strategies before, during and after reading and viewing to develop understanding of text, including – predicting– making connections– visualizing– asking and answering questions– making inferences and drawing conclusions– using ‘text features’– self-monitoring and self-correcting – figuring out unknown words– reading selectively – determining the importance of ideas/events– summarizing and synthesizing respond to selections they read or view, by – expressing an opinion with supporting evidence– explaining connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world)– identifying personally meaningful selections, passages, and imagesWriting and Representing write clear, focussed personal writing for a range of purposes and audiences that demonstrates connections to personal experiences, ideas, and opinions, featuring –  clearly developed ideas using effective supporting details and explanations – sentence fluency through a variety of sentence lengths and patterns, with increasing fluidity– effective word choice by using engaging figurative and sensory language– a voice demonstrating an emerging sense of individuality – an organization that is meaningful, logical, and effective, and showcases a central idea or theme use writing and representing to extend thinking, by – developing explanations – expressing alternative opinions or perspectives – exploring new ideas (e.g., expressing an unfamiliar viewpoint) use the features and conventions of language to express meaning in their writing and representing, including – complete simple and compound sentences and begin to use complex sentences – effective paragraphing – past, present, and future tenses – capitalization in titles, headings, and subheadings – appropriate uses of apostrophes – conventional Canadian spelling for familiar and frequently used words – spelling unfamiliar words by applying strategies (e.g., phonic knowledge, use of common spelling patterns, dictionaries, word walls, thesaurus) – legible writing with alignment,shape,and slant

Visual Arts draft ideas for images using feelings, observation, memory, and imagination create images by applying the principles of art and design in various combinations and by using the elements and principles to produce a variety of effects use and maintain materials, tools, equipment, and work space in a safe and an environmentally sensitive manner demonstrate respect for the work of self and others

Physical Education participate daily in a variety of moderate to vigorous physical activities that develop muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility create structured, repeatable sequences of non-locomotor, locomotor, and manipulative movement skills demonstrate safe use of equipment and facilities to avoid putting self and others at risk

Health and Career Education describe the physical, emotional, and social changes associated with puberty describe practices that help to prevent : - communicable diseases (e.g. washing hands frequently, covering mouth when coughing or sneezing, avoiding contact with the body fluids of others, getting adequate rest and nutrition) analyse factors that contribute to the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (e.g. social influences, curiosity, felling alienated or awkward, stress, media, dealing with emotions such as sadness or grief)