Introduction to the Primary Division
From The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Language, 2006
(revised) the Ontario Ministry of Education notes:
The expectations for Grades 1 to 3 focus on the foundational
knowledge and skills that students need in order to establish a strong
basis for language development. These include students’ oral language,
prior knowledge and experience, understanding of concepts about print,
phonemic awareness, understanding of letter-sound relationships, vocabulary
knowledge, semantic and syntactic awareness, higher-order thinking skills,
and capacity for metacognition.
Most of what primary students know about language comes from
listening and speaking with others, being read to by adults, and
interacting with media texts such as advertisements, television programs,
video games, songs, photographs, and films. The expectations for language
build upon the prior knowledge and experience that students bring to
Ontario classrooms from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Because this 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 Primary learner from the
Language Curriculum refer to the link below:
Overview of 1-3[1].pdf
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