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Curriculum Links: Ontario

Please scroll down this page for provincial curriculum links for a range of Kids Who Care activities.

Grade level and subject area

Expectations (source: Ontario Ministry of Education)
Students will be able to:

Applicable Kids Who Care activity

Found in section:

Gr 3

Social Studies

(Canada and the World Connections)

• describe the interaction between people and the environment (e.g., dependence on nature for food, water, energy);

• demonstrate an understanding of why people live where they do (e.g., because of family ties, occupations, amenities, schools).

Two West African Communities

What Do You Know About Africa ?

Community

Gr.5:

Social Studies

(Canada and the World Connections)

• describe the rights of groups and individuals and the responsibilities of citizenship in Canada

• identify responsibilities that accompany particular rights (e.g. the right to freedom from discrimination and harassment / the responsibility to treat people with fairness and respect)

Write Your Own Convention

Rights Action Plan

Wants vs. Needs

Needs to Rights

The 4 Bs of Rights

Inspirational Projects from Around the World

Child Rights

Student Action Guide

Gr 4

The Arts: Music

• create an accompaniment for a story, poem or drama presentation, using their knowledge of beat, rhythm and tone colour

Have I got a story to tell you

Video

Gr 5

The Arts: Music

• create an accompaniment for a story, poem or drama presentation, using their knowledge of beat, rhythm and tone colour and melody

Have I Got a Story to Tell You!

Video

Gr 6

The Arts: Music

• create an accompaniment for a story, poem or drama presentation

• describe the construction and use of an instrument

Have I Got a Story to Tell You!

Ankle Shakers

Video

Gr 5

The Arts: Drama and Dance

• interpret and communicate the meaning of stories, films, poems, plays, songs, and other material drawn from different sources and cultures, using a range of drama and dance techniques

Have I Got a Story to Tell You!

Video

Gr 3:

Science and Technology:

Life Systems

Earth and Space Systems

• identify some functions of different plants in their local area (e.g., trees provide shade; grass binds soil to prevent soil erosion).

• describe, using their observations, the various components within a sample of soil (e.g., pebbles, decaying plants);

• describe, using their observations, the differences between sand, clay, humus, and other soil components (e.g., texture, smell, malleability), and compare and describe soil samples from different locations (e.g., school yard, forest, marsh, beach);

• compare the absorption of water by different earth materials, and describe the effects of moisture on characteristics of the materials (e.g., on texture, coherence, ability to hold a shape);

Tree Scientist

What is Soil?

The Importance of Plant Cover

Trees

Deserts

Gr 4:

Science and Technology:

Relating Science and Technology to the World Outside the School

• describe ways in which humans can affect the natural world;

• determine positive and negative effects of human alteration of the landscape

• identify ways in which soil erosion can be controlled or minimized (e.g., by planting trees, by building retaining walls), and create a plan for reducing erosion of soil in a local field or plot;

design, build, and test a system to control the effects of soil erosion;

The Disappearing/ Reappearing Forest

Two West African Communities

Planting Trees to Hold Back the Desert

What is Soil?

The Importance of Plant Cover

Trees

Community

Deserts

Grade 5:

Science and Technology

Life Systems

Conservation of Energy

Earth and Space Systems: Weather

• explain how the health of human beings is affected by environmental factors

• formulate questions about and identify needs and problems related to protection of the natural environment, and explore possible answers and solutions

• plan investigations for some of these answers and solutions, identifying variables that need to be held constant to ensure a fair test and identifying criteria for assessing solutions;

• identify ways humans use energy, evaluate the economic and environmental costs of each, and describe ways to avoid wasting energy

• describe the water cycle in terms of evaporation, condensation and precipitation

Water for Health

The Disappearing/ Reappearing Forest

What Do You Know About Africa ?

Tree Scientist

Make an Acid Finder

Waterlogged

Energize

Waterlogged

The Water Cycle

Gr 4:

Language: Writing

• Communicate ideas and information for a variety of purposes and to specific audiences

Take Action Around the World

Deserts

Gr 5:

Language: Oral and Visual Communication

• ask questions on a variety of topics and respond appropriately to the questions of others

• communicate a main idea about a topic and describe a short sequence of events

• express and respond to ideas and opinions concisely and clearly

• contribute and work constructively in groups

• create a variety of media works

Write a Press Release Create your own media

Chain of Events

Whose News?

Community

Trees

Community

Gr 6:

Language - Writing

• communicate ideas and information for a variety of purposes (to inform, to persuade, to explain) and to specific audiences (e.g., write the instructions for building an electrical circuit for an audience unfamiliar with the technical terminology);

• use writing for various purposes and in a range of contexts, including school work (e.g., to develop and clarify ideas, to express thoughts and opinions);

• organize information to convey a central idea, using well-linked paragraphs;

• produce pieces of writing using a variety of forms (e.g., newspaper articles, lyrics, summaries of information), techniques and resources (e.g., library resources) appropriate to the form and purpose, and materials from other media (e.g., film clips)

Write a Press Release

Create Your Own Media

Local Heroes

Write a Press Release

Create Your Own Media

Local Heroes

Write a Press Release

Take Action Around the World

Global Education Events

Community