A unit approach to instruction focuses language and learning activities on specific topics or themes. Unit topics provide the purpose for language use and development. Students speak, listen, read, write and learn about a particular topic.
Language is used and language processes are developed as content is explored.
Using the contexts and grade-appropriate foundational objectives as guides for preliminary planning, teachers can organize their school year into manageable and cohesive units. The components of core curricula and the initiatives outlined by Saskatchewan Education must be considered in the planning of all learning experiences. A Bibliography for the Elementary Level , Saskatchewan Education, 1992. The information contained in the preface of that document and the annotated bibliography will assist the selection of resources.