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Skills available for WNCP grade 1 English language arts curriculum

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

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues
- make connections between texts, prior knowledge, and personal experiences
- ask questions to anticipate meaning and use a variety of strategies [such as rereading, reading on...] to confirm understanding
- use textual cues [such as pictures, patterns, rhymes...] to construct and confirm meaning
- use syntactic, semantic, graphophonic, and pragmatic cues [such as differentiating between letters and words, basic sight words, sound-letter relationships to identify initial and final consonants, letter clusters, context...] to construct and confirm meaning; use pictionaries to determine word meaning in context
2.2 Respond to Texts
- participate in shared listening, reading, and viewing experiences, using texts from a variety of genres [such as poems, books with recurring language patterns, cartoons...] and cultural traditions
- share personal experiences and family traditions related to oral, print, and other media texts
- share feelings and moods evoked by a variety of oral, print, and other media texts
2.3 Understand Forms and Techniques
- recognize a variety of forms of texts [such as poetry, plays, storytelling by elders, video programs, cartoons...]
- relate or represent the beginning, middle, and end of a variety of texts
- experiment with parts of words, word combinations, and word patterns [such as compound words, refrains, choruses...]
- appreciate repetition, rhyme, and rhythm in shared language experiences [such as action songs, word play...]
- create original texts [such as paintings and drawings, dramatizations, oral stories...] to communicate and demonstrate understanding of forms and techniques

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

3.1 Plan and Focus
- discuss personal knowledge of a topic to discover information needs
- ask questions to satisfy personal curiosity on a topic and discuss information needs
- ask and answer questions to help satisfy group curiosity and information needs on a specific topic
- listen actively and follow directions for gathering information
3.2 Select and Process
- identify and share personal knowledge related to experiences
- answer questions using oral, visual, and print information sources [such as picture and concept books, people, excursions, camps...]
- recognize when information answers the questions asked
- understand that library materials have a specific organizational system, and use titles to locate information and ideas; use visual and auditory cues to make meaning
  - Put the letters in ABC order (1-DD.1)
  - Put the words in ABC order (1-DD.2)
- make and check predictions using prior knowledge and oral, visual, and written text features [such as illustrations, titles, opening shots in video programs, electronic texts...] to understand information
3.3 Organize, Record, and Evaluate
- identify and categorize information according to similarities, differences, and sequences
- represent and tell key facts and ideas in own words
- recognize and use gathered information as a basis for communication
- recall, talk about, and record information-gathering experiences

4 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

4.1 Generate and Focus
- contribute ideas from personal experiences for oral, written, and visual texts
- share ideas and experiences using forms [such as pattern stories, illustrations...] for particular audiences
- organize print and pictures to express ideas and tell stories
4.2 Enhance and Improve
- demonstrate interest in and suggest enhancements for own and others' work
- rephrase to clarify ideas
- strive for consistency in letter size and shape; print letters legibly from left to right horizontally, using lines on a page as a guide; explore and use the keyboard to produce text
- experiment with words and sentence patterns using specific structures [such as pocket charts, language charts...]
- add captions and detail to own stories and drawings
  - Compare pictures using adjectives (1-W.2)
  - Use sense words (1-LL.1)
4.3 Attend to Conventions
- check for completeness of work and add details
- use sound-symbol relationships and visual memory to spell familiar words according to Canadian spelling conventions
- capitalize the first letters of names, the beginnings of statements, and the pronoun "I"; use periods
4.4 Present and Share
- share information and ideas in a brief presentation to a familiar audience; use illustrations and other materials to aid the presentation
- present information and ideas in sentences
- demonstrate active listening and viewing behaviours [such as giving non-verbal encouragement, asking questions...]

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

2.1 Use Strategies and Cues

make connections between texts, prior knowledge, and personal experiences

ask questions to anticipate meaning and use a variety of strategies [such as rereading, reading on...] to confirm understanding

use textual cues [such as pictures, patterns, rhymes...] to construct and confirm meaning

2.2 Respond to Texts

participate in shared listening, reading, and viewing experiences, using texts from a variety of genres [such as poems, books with recurring language patterns, cartoons...] and cultural traditions

share personal experiences and family traditions related to oral, print, and other media texts

share feelings and moods evoked by a variety of oral, print, and other media texts

2.3 Understand Forms and Techniques

recognize a variety of forms of texts [such as poetry, plays, storytelling by elders, video programs, cartoons...]

relate or represent the beginning, middle, and end of a variety of texts

experiment with parts of words, word combinations, and word patterns [such as compound words, refrains, choruses...]

appreciate repetition, rhyme, and rhythm in shared language experiences [such as action songs, word play...]

create original texts [such as paintings and drawings, dramatizations, oral stories...] to communicate and demonstrate understanding of forms and techniques

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

3.1 Plan and Focus

discuss personal knowledge of a topic to discover information needs

ask questions to satisfy personal curiosity on a topic and discuss information needs

ask and answer questions to help satisfy group curiosity and information needs on a specific topic

listen actively and follow directions for gathering information

3.2 Select and Process

identify and share personal knowledge related to experiences

answer questions using oral, visual, and print information sources [such as picture and concept books, people, excursions, camps...]

recognize when information answers the questions asked

understand that library materials have a specific organizational system, and use titles to locate information and ideas; use visual and auditory cues to make meaning

make and check predictions using prior knowledge and oral, visual, and written text features [such as illustrations, titles, opening shots in video programs, electronic texts...] to understand information

3.3 Organize, Record, and Evaluate

identify and categorize information according to similarities, differences, and sequences

represent and tell key facts and ideas in own words

recognize and use gathered information as a basis for communication

recall, talk about, and record information-gathering experiences

4 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.

4.1 Generate and Focus

contribute ideas from personal experiences for oral, written, and visual texts

share ideas and experiences using forms [such as pattern stories, illustrations...] for particular audiences

organize print and pictures to express ideas and tell stories

4.2 Enhance and Improve

demonstrate interest in and suggest enhancements for own and others' work

rephrase to clarify ideas

strive for consistency in letter size and shape; print letters legibly from left to right horizontally, using lines on a page as a guide; explore and use the keyboard to produce text

experiment with words and sentence patterns using specific structures [such as pocket charts, language charts...]

add captions and detail to own stories and drawings

4.3 Attend to Conventions

check for completeness of work and add details

use sound-symbol relationships and visual memory to spell familiar words according to Canadian spelling conventions

capitalize the first letters of names, the beginnings of statements, and the pronoun "I"; use periods

4.4 Present and Share

share information and ideas in a brief presentation to a familiar audience; use illustrations and other materials to aid the presentation

present information and ideas in sentences

demonstrate active listening and viewing behaviours [such as giving non-verbal encouragement, asking questions...]