Introduction to the Junior
Division
From The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Language, 2006 (revised)
the Ontario Ministry of Education notes:
The expectations for Grades 4 to 6 focus on students’ ability to use
their knowledge and skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and
representing to understand, critically analyse, and communicate a broad range of information
and ideas from and about their multicultural, multimedia environment.
Junior students’ language knowledge comes from their life
experiences and prior knowledge and from the foundational language knowledge and skills acquired
in the primary school years. The expectations in the junior years build upon this
foundation. Because the base of knowledge, experience, and skills varies from student to
student, it is important for instruction to be differentiated to meet the needs of
individuals and small groups of students.
For a complete summary of the Junior
learner from the Language Curriculum refer to the document below:
Overview of 4-6[1].pdf