materials Ideating – identify needs and opportunities for designing, through exploration Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility Describe how you felt working with your peers to help the school. What was the most rewarding part of the project? Why is it important to give back? What skills did you learn that you had never tried before? (i.e. planting, digging, hammering etc.) CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 3: Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Explore the use of simple, available tools and technologies to extend their capabilities Use materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner in both physical and digital environments Develop their skills and add new ones through play and collaborative work Sharing – use personal preferences to evaluate the success of their design solutions Making – use trial and error to make changes, solve problems, or incorporate new ideas from Working in partners, have students build the tallest structure they can using only marshmallows and raw spaghetti noodles. At first, the partners will not be able to talk. After a short while, they will be able to draw their ideas for one another. A short while after that they will be allowed to speak with one another. End with a gallery walk to view all of the other structures. Add Box > School > How I learn > Doing Activities > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “ADST” What did you enjoy most about working hands on with the materials? How did doing this activity help you understand how to build? What would have made this activity easier? How did you find the activity when you could not communicate with your partner? What does this tell us about communication? Add Box > Add Media > Add Picture > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “ADST” + Tag “Building” Upload a picture of the completed project
self or others Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility How do you feel about your structure What are you most proud of? What would you do differently next time? CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 4: Everything we learn helps us to develop skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Explore the use of simple, available tools and technologies to extend their capabilities Use materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner in both physical and digital environments Develop their skills and add new ones through play and collaborative work Sharing – use personal preferences to evaluate the success of their design solutions Making – use trial and error to make changes, solve problems, or incorporate new ideas from self or others Core Provide students with different tools to play and experiment with (i.e. Velcro, felt, pipe cleaners, elastics, popsicle sticks, tape, straws, paper, paper clips, marble etc. After they have had time to explore their materials and what they can use them to make, pose a critical challenge (i.e. using only the materials in front of you, create a simple machine that will move the marble the farthest. Give students a set amount of time to complete the challenge and test their creations. Add Box > Add Media > Add Video/Link + Tag “Critical Challenge” > Click Go Upload a video of you testing your creation What strategy did you use in make your creation? Did your creation work? Could it be better? What would you change? Add Box > School > My Favourite Subject > Other > Click Go > ADST Reflection + Tag “ADST”. What do you like to make? Do you prefer following instructions or experimenting with your own ideas?
Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Exploring and Creating Explore elements, processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques of the arts Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual, using the ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play Communicating and Documenting Demonstrate increasingly sophisticated application and/or engagement of curricular content Core Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Challenge students to create a sculpture out of miscellaneous classroom objects/materials What materials can you use? How can you stick (i.e. fasten) your materials together? Add Box > About Me > My Strengths > Solving Problems > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Visual Arts” + “Problem Solving” + “Creativity” Write or talk about a problem you encountered while creating your sculpture and what you did to solve the problem (i.e. My sculpture was wobbly so I used a piece of tape to secure it to the base) Add Box > Add Media > Add Picture > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Visual Arts” + “Science” Upload a picture of your sculpture Write or talk about your sculpture What materials did you use? What fasteners did you use? Curricular Exploring and Creating Explore elements, processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques of the arts Explore artistic expressions of themselves and community through creative processes As a class, model and name various dance movements related to body and space i.e. I can use my body to gallop like a horse i.e. I can crouch really small to be a seed, and then reach high into the air like a flower growing Add Box > School > How I learn > Other > Watching a teacher demonstration > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Dance” Write or talk about a new dance movement your teacher showed you and think about how you can use this dance to become a better dancer Add Box > Add Media > Add Video > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Dance”
Identify and appreciate the roles and responsibilities of people in their schools, families, and communities. Identify and appreciate their personal attributes, skills, interests, and accomplishments. Core Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility habits make you successful at school and work? Have students identify three work habits they are good at. Will these help them in future careers? Have students identify two work habits they can work on at school to help themselves stay organized, on task, and successful now and in the future. What work habit will you work on? How will you work to improve this? How will improving this work habit help you in the future? CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 5: Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Identify and appreciate the roles and responsibilities of people in their schools, families, and communities Demonstrate effective work habits and organizational skills appropriate to their level of development Recognize the basic skills required in variety of jobs in the community Core Communication Have students select an adult in their life (community, school, family). What roles and responsibilities do they think this person has? What daily tasks do they think this person completes? What skills do they think this person has to complete these tasks? Have students interview the adult they chose to study and ask them the answers to the same questions (i.e. What are your roles and responsibilities? What daily tasks do you complete in Add box > Journal + Tag “Career Education” > Click Go Write/verbally record a journal entry about how your perception of the adults daily life was different from how they explained it What skills does the person have that you did not know about? My Future > Explore Jobs > Type in a job that interests you > Add to Portfolio > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “Critical Thinking” Would you want to do this job? What strengths of yours would make you good at this job?
Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity your role? What skills do they need to complete these tasks?) Students can compare and contrast what they thought they knew about the person and what they learned. Have them share their findings. CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 6: Learning is a lifelong enterprise. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Recognize the importance of learning in their lives and future careers Set and achieve realistic learning goals for themselves Identify and appreciate their personal attributes, skills, interests, and accomplishments Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Discuss the importance of setting and following through with goals. Have students set three goals for the year, one academic, one learning skills, and one personal. Have students create action plans for each goal and monitor it throughout the year. Add Box > My Goals >Academic > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “Lifelong Learning” Set an academic goal Create an action plan that will help you track your progress towards reaching this academic goal. Check in monthly to review your progress on the goal. Once completed, reflect on how it felt to accomplish your goal. Add Box > My Goals >Learning Skills > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “Lifelong Learning” Set a learning skills goal Create an action plan that will help you track your progress towards reaching this academic goal. Check in monthly to review your progress on the goal. Once completed, reflect on how it felt to accomplish your goal. Add Box > My Goals >Personal > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “Lifelong Learning”
Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Comprehend and Connect Read fluently at grade level Use sources of information and prior knowledge to make meaning Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaning Use foundational concepts of print, oral, and visual texts Create and Communicate Identify, organize, and present ideas in a variety of forms Communicate using letters and words and applying some conventions of Canadian spelling, grammar, and punctuation Core Communication Creative Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility As a class, create a “Writer’s Toolkit” by discussing tools or strategies students can use in their writing Use a picture dictionary to help your writing Stretch the word out Look at the word wall Talk with the teacher Ask a peer Teacher’s Note: Define strategy as a tool students can use to help them in their reading or writing Create a strategy chart for your students to use as a reference. Add Box > About Me > My Strengths > Solving Problems > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Language” + “Problem Solving” Write or talk about a time when you didn’t know how to spell a word and discuss a strategy you used from the “Writer’s Toolkit” to help you spell the word Add Box > My Goals >Academic > Language Arts > Action Plan Set a goal to use a strategy from the “Writer’s Toolkit” to help you become a better writer With your teacher, write an Action Plan to help you achieve your Language goal Optional: Add Box > School > My Achievements > Other > I can use a picture dictionary to help with my writing! CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 5: Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity
Curricular Comprehend and Connect Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening, and viewing strategies to make meaning Create and Communicate Identify, organize, and present ideas in a variety of forms Exchange ideas and perspectives to build a shared understanding Core Communication Critical Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility As a class, create a T-chart to demonstrate good listening behaviour and bad listening behaviour Look at the speaker Body facing the speaker No interrupting Ask questions when you don’t understand Imagine what the speaker is saying Talk about what you read after with a friend Read a picture book and prompt students to use their listening behaviour and after the story is finished, invite students to share one behaviour they used. Add Box > About Me > My Strengths > Being a good listener > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Drawing/Audio Recording + Tag “Language” Write, draw, or talk about how you show good listening behaviour during story time with your teacher When else it is important to listen to others? Do adults have to be good listeners too? Add Box > School > Add Box > My Goals > Self-Regulation > Action Plan + Tag “Self-discovery” Set a goal to practice one listening behaviour during a read-aloud with your teacher to become a better listener (ex. I will not interrupt the teacher or my classmates when they are speaking) Write an Action Plan to help you achieve your goal Mathematics CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 1:
Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Reasoning and Analyzing Use reasoning to explore and make connections Use technology to explore mathematics Model mathematics in contextualized experiences Understanding and Solving Visualize to explore mathematical concepts Communicating and Representing Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms Connecting and Reflecting Connect mathematical concepts to each other and to other areas and personal interests Core Communication Creative Thinking Ask students to write “All About Me” math equations, involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers, in which the answer to the equation corresponds with an aspect of their life How old are you? Show the answer with an equation What number is on your soccer jersey? Show the answer with an equation How many books did you read this month? Show the answer with an equation Teacher’s Note: For extra practice, students can swap their math equations with a classmate and solve their classmate’s equation Add Box > School > My Favourite Subject > Math > Drawing + Tag “My Learning” > Click Go Draw the “All About Me” math equations you created in class Optional: Show your equation to a friend and have your friend solve the equation Add Box > School > My Strengths > Other > Math > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “My Learning” + “Self-discovery” Write or talk about who you are as math learner What are your strengths? What are some areas where I need help?
make connections to mathematical concepts Core Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 3: Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Reasoning and Analyzing Use reasoning to explore and make connections Model mathematics in contextualized experiences Develop mental math strategies and abilities to make sense of quantities Understanding and Solving Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and Assign students to groups of 10 and have them act out different ways they can make addition equations that total 10. Add Box > About Me > My Strengths > Solving Problems > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording How many different ways did your group make 10? Was any group of 10 worth more than any other group of 10?
problem solving Visualize to explore mathematical concepts Communicating and Representing Represent mathematical ideas in concrete, pictorial, and symbolic forms Core Communication Critical Thinking Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 4: Everything we learn helps us to develop skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Reasoning and Analyzing Use reasoning to explore and make connections Model mathematics in contextualized experiences Understanding and Solving Develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and Help students with their counting by teaching and modelling various counting strategies Count out loud Touch and count the object Count and move the object Move with steps Use a number line Use a hundreds chart Add Box > My Goals >Academic > Math > Action Plan + Tag “Math” + “Self-discovery” > Click Go With your teacher, set a math goal (i.e. Practice the count and move strategy; Use a hundreds chart to find number patterns) Write an Action Plan to help you achieve your math goal Add Box > School > How I learn > Other (List Strategy Here) > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Math” Write or talk about one counting strategy your teacher has shared with you (ex. Use a number line) What is the strategy your teacher taught you?
environments Healthy and Active Living Participate daily in physical activity at moderate to vigorous intensity levels Identify opportunities to be physically active at school, at home, and in the community Social and Community Health Develop and demonstrate respectful behavior when participating in activities with others Mental Well-being Identify personal skills, interests, and preferences Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility play this game at recess or at home? Ask students to draw a picture of themselves playing their favourite game and write a caption explaining why they enjoy playing that game Is your game played indoors or outdoors? Is your game played individually or with peers? Is your game with a lot of rules or with few rules? What skills do you need to play your game? Why do you think it is important to find a game you like to play? Add Box > Add Media > Add Drawing > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Health and Phys. Ed.” Draw a picture of your favourite game to play during Phys. Ed. class Write or talk about why this game is your favourite CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 2: Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Present a variety of scenarios to Add Box > Add Media > Add Picture > Click Go > On new
Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 4: Everything we learn helps us to develop skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Healthy and Active Living Identify opportunities to make choices that contribute to health and well-being Recognize basic health information form a variety of sources Social and Community Health Describe ways to prevent and respond to a variety of unsafe and or uncomfortable situations Develop and demonstrate respectful behavior when participating in activities with others Identify caring behaviours among classmates and within families Mental Well-being Identify and describe practices that promote mental well-being Identify and describe feelings and worries As a class, identify a moment in the day when students need to be safe and discuss a safety procedure with students (i.e. safe pick-up from school) Why do you tell your teacher before leaving with your parent or guardian? Do you know a phone number to call in case of an emergency? Invite a community police officer into the classroom to discuss safety. Add Box > About Me > My Attributes > Responsibility > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording Write or talk about how you follow safety rules when you are picked up from school. When else do you need to use safety skills in your everyday life? My Future > Explore Jobs > Keyword: Police Officer > Add job to portfolio > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection Learn about police officers How do police officers keep you safe? Where do police officers work?
environments Describe the body’s reaction to participating in physical activity in a variety of environments Develop and demonstrate safety, fair play, and leadership in physical activities Healthy and Active Living Participate daily in physical activity at moderate to vigorous intensity levels Identify opportunities to be physically active at school, at home, and in the community Mental Well-being Identify personal skills, interests, and preferences Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility game or physical activity (i.e. extend arms during yoga poses to improve balance) Using one-on-one conferencing or a reflection journal, engage students in daily or weekly check-ins to helps students stay motivated and confident in their physical activity journey’s What other games or activities can you play to try using this technique? Are there other times in your day when you can use this technique? Add Box > Add Journal/Audio Recording > Tag “Health and Phys. Ed.” + “Self-discovery” > Click Go What did you like about Phys. Ed. class today? What did you do well in Phys. Ed. class? What could you work on next time?
of others Consider some environmental consequences of their actions Applying and Innovating Take part in caring for self, family, classroom and school through personal approaches Transfer and apply learning to new situations Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving Communicating Communicate observations and ideas using oral or written language, drawing, or role-play Express and reflect on personal experiences of place Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility if part of their environment is not healthy? Ask students to identify and draw one way in which they can help keep the environment and living things healthy (i.e. care for a pet, put litter in the garbage, take care of the garden with their parents). CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 3: Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and Responsibility Social Responsibility grand-daughter, What are your responsibilities at school and at home? Ask students to create a drawing of themselves in one of their roles and discuss 1-2 responsibilities they have in this role beginning with the prompt “I am a…” (i.e. “I am a student”; “I am a sister”) Add Box > About Me > My Family > Add Family Member > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Drawing/Audio Recording + Tag “My Family” & “Social Studies” Write the name of one of your family members Write, draw, or talk about one of the responsibilities of this family member (i.e. My mom takes me to school) CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 2: Strong communities are the result of being connected to family and community and working together toward common goals. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Significance Explain the significance of personal or local events, objects, people, or places Core Communication Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Personal Awareness and As a class, discuss what it means to have a “classroom community” and who is part of your classroom community (i.e. teacher, classmates, educational assistants, etc.) Create a mural of your classroom community by asking students to contribute with a handprint and their name Ask students to draw a picture of Add Box > Add Media > Add Picture > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection + Tag “Collaboration” + Tag “My Community” With the help of your teacher/AAM Ambassador, upload a picture of your classroom mural What do you like most about the mural? What does it mean to be part of a classroom community? Add Box > School > Work Habits > Working well with others > Drawing > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Social Studies” + “My Community” + Tag “Collaboration”
with the help of their family members (i,e. birthday, birth of a younger sibling, learning to ride a bike, first day of Kindergarten, first day of Grade 1). Throughout the special moments, what has changed and what has stayed the same? CAREER EDUCATION BIG IDEA 5: Communities include many different roles requiring many different skills. Competencies Learning Opportunities AAM Portfolio Activity Curricular Significance Explain the significance of personal or local events, objects, people, or places Evidence Ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources Cause and Consequence Recognize causes and consequences of events, decisions, or developments in their lives Core Communication Creative Thinking As a class, create a mind map of some of the various places your students visit in their community. What people will they find at these places? What will they be doing? Where does your family go to buy food? Where do you go on the weekends to have fun? Where do you go when you or someone in your family is sick? Go for a neighbourhood walk and record the various people, places, and buildings you see. What are the people doing in each of these places? Before the walk, compile a list of what My Future > World of Work > Optional: Theatre Explore the theatre arena Listen to the job descriptions Do you have a theatre in your community? Add a job that you like to your portfolio Add Box > School > My Favourite Subject > Social Studies > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Drawing/Audio Recording + Tag “Social Studies” + “Global Citizenship” Write, draw, or talk about some of the different buildings and places you saw on your neighbourhood walk What roles did people have in these places? What were people doing in these places? Optional: Add a Job that interests you to your portfolio What do you like about this job? Add Box > Add Media > Add Drawing > Click Go > On new artifact, click the Speech Bubble to add Reflection/Audio Recording + Tag “Social Studies” Example: Draw a picture of what your town would look