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School-Wide Key Dates 2021-2022

First and last dates of the school year First and last dates of each term
 August 31, 2021 - June 28, 2022 (for students)  August 31 2021-December 17 2021
 First day for teachers: August 24, 2021  January 4 2022-June 28 2022
Report Card dates Professional Development Days
 November 19  October 12-15 PL / PTI
School Breaks/Holidays Sports Events/Tournaments (by sport)
 Labour Day: September 6  Football (HS only):
 Thanksgiving: October 11  Baseball/Softball (HS only):
 Remembrance Day: November 11-12  Rugby (HS only):
 Christmas Vacation: December 20-January 4  Soccer (HS only):
Assemblies:  Volleyball:
 August 31  Basketball:
 September 1  Badminton:
 October 27  Track and Field:
 November 24
 Remembrance Day: November 10
 December 15
Theme Days: Other:
 September 30: Orange Shirt Day  October 29: Halloween – Dress Up
 October 8: Crazy Hair  November 15: Rock your Mocs
 November 19: Super Hero  November 19: Heap the Jeep
 December 17: Pajama Day  December 2: Snowflake Ball?
 December TBA: Gift of Fun
Unit Planning Snapshot 2021-2022

Subject: English – Literacy – Grade 1 (September – October)

Subject: Math - Numeracy – Grade 1 (November – December)

Unit 1 – Writing Workshop and Jolly Phonics Unit 2 – Writer’s Workshop Continued and Guided
Dates: September 1st – October 1st Reading
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Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Observe participation and check for understanding
frequently.
 SA: Each day, observe each students’ writing and make
note of an aspect for them to improve upon. Write these
notes in your mark binder each day to better identify each
students’ writing level.
Supporting activities:
 Lessons taken from ‘Launching the Writing Workshop’
book
 Labeling pictures, printing words, learning components of
a sentence, writing sentences to teach, etc.)
 Writing Practice
 Carpet time lessons
 Brain Breaks
 Jolly Phonics lessons with PowerPoint on Smartboard
 Actions representing each letter
 Time to work on Work books
 Review of letters, sounds, and actions learned (in specific
Jolly Phonics order)
 Time to read to self in order to build reader stamina
 Lots of time to practice printing
Unit 3 – Numbers 1-20
Dates: November 1st – December 3rd
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Observe participation and understanding frequently.
 SA: Collect and mark duotangs including worksheets (1
worksheet per number)
Supporting activities:
 Identifying patterns
 PowerPoint lessons for each new number
 Simple place value activities
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Dates: October 4th – October 29th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Observe participation and check for understanding
frequently.
 SA: Each day, observe each students’ writing and make
note of an aspect for them to improve upon. Write these
notes in your mark binder each day to better identify
each students’ writing level.
Supporting activities:
 Continuation of lessons taken from ‘Launching the
Writing Workshop’ book (including writing and
publishing stories)
 Writing Practice
 Carpet time lessons
 Brain Breaks
 Time to read to self in order to build reader stamina
 Story times
 Small book studies
 Guided Reading
 Writing Centres
Unit 4 – Addition and Subtraction
Dates: December 6th – December 17th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Observe participation and understanding frequently.
 SA: Collect and mark duotangs including worksheets
with simple math facts and practice problems
Supporting activities:
 Introduction of addition and subtraction
 PowerPoint lessons
 Identifying addition strategies (using ten frames,
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 Sorting by attribute counting on, fingers, number lines, or physical items
 Odd and even numbers like beads or buttons, etc.)
 Counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s  Many practice problems/worksheets
 Filling in 10 frames  Math games for computer time
 Ordering  Dice games to practice addition and subtraction in
 Identifying bigger or smaller numbers partners
 Subitizing
 Number line activities
Materials:
 Textbooks: Launching the Writing Workshop – Lucy Calkins and Amanda Hartman
 Online resources: N/A
 Videos: GoNoodle
 Tech resources (offline): Jolly Phonics Powerpoint and Story Times

Subject: Grade 1 Physical Education

Unit 1 - Games Unit 2 – Soccer

Dates: September 1st – September 17th Dates: September 20th – October 8th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA): Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and  Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and
participation skills participation skills
 SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 3 different  SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 3 different
days/games per unit days/games per unit
Supporting activities:
 Get to know you games Supporting activities:
 Establishing Routine (Warmup, Stretch, Main Activity  Passing drills
Cool Down including expectations in the gym)  Dribbling drills (control, start and stop, dribble through
 Tag (Various versions) pylons or around lines of the gym)
 Fruit Basket  Shooting drills
 Musical Hoops  Obstacle courses
 Gold Rush  Soccer games
 Olly Olly Octopus  Sneaky statues with dribbling
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 What time is it Mr. Wolf  Soccer scrimmage
 Sneaky Statues  Four corners
 Kicking Drills
 Musical Dribbling (twist of four corners and musical
chairs)
Unit 3 – Gymnastics Unit 4 – Basketball
Dates: October 19th – November 2nd Dates: November 3rd – November 26th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA): Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and  Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and
participation skills participation skills
 SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 3 different  SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 3 different
days/games per unit days/games per unit

Supporting activities: Supporting activities:

 Centres based off of different gymnastics equipment  Passing drills (chest pass and bounce pass)
 Group and Partner activities  Dribbling drills (control, dribble through pylons)
 Free time  Shooting drills
 Safety procedures  Defensive shuffle drills
 Establishing 3 favourite skills on Gymnastics equipment  Obstacle courses
 Circuit  Backetball games
 Warmups led by students  Sneaky statues with dribbling
 Demonstration of gymnastics skills  Basketball scrimmage
 Four corners
 Musical Dribbling (twist of four corners and musical
chairs)
Unit 5 – Floor Hockey Unit 6 - Games – Wrap Up
Dates: November 26th – December 10th Dates: December 13th – December 17th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA): Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA)
 Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and  Primarily FA, observing effort, listening, and
participation skills participation skills
 SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 2 different days per  SA: Skills and Effort mark given for 1 different day per
unit unit
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Supporting activities: Supporting activities:

 Passing drills  Favourite games from uit 1 (tag,
 Dribbling drills (control, dribble through pylons and  Basketball, Soccer Scrimmages
around lines of the gym)  Yoga
 Shooting drills  Scooter games
 Obstacle courses with pylons  Choice in activities for students’ last week of school
 Sneaky statues with dribbling together before Christmas
 Hockey scrimmage
 Four corners
 Fruit Basket game
 Musical Dribbling (twist of four corners and musical
chairs)
Materials:
 Textbooks: N/A
 Online resources: N/A
 Videos: N/A
 Tech resources (offline): N/A

Subject: Kindergarten Music

Unit 1 – Call and Response Singing and Routine
Dates: September 1st – September 22nd
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per unit
based on a performance of a song
Unit 2 – Animal Songs and Solfege and Halloween
Dates: September 27th – October 27th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per
unit based on a performance of a song

Supporting activities: Supporting activities:

 Learning Get to know you Songs  Simple singing games
 Learning Welcome song  Simple action songs
 Establishing Routine (NOTE: Routine involves Welcome  Using instruments to accompany our music
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Song, Imitating Animals, Stretching, Imitating Warm up  Teaching Solfege and Hand Signals
sounds, Sing your name, and Clap your name)  Reinforcing music routine and expectations
 Establishing Expectations  Call and Response singing, Listen and Repeat Back
 Using singing voices  Singing High and Low
 Singing and clapping our names to get to know each other  Singing Loud and Soft
 Call and Response singing, Listen and Repeat Back
 Singing High and Low
 Singing Loud and Soft
Unit 3 – Composition and Action Songs Unit 4 – Singing Games and Christmas Songs
Dates: November 1st - November 24th Dates: November 29th – December 15th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA): Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation  FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per unit  SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per
based on a performance of a song unit based on a performance of a song
Supporting activities:
Supporting activities:  Practice solfege (Do at your belly button)
 Come up with new words and actions to the tune of  Call and Response singing, Listen and Repeat Back
Twinkle Twinkle or other common tunes  Singing High and Low
 Choosing themes and lyrics that rhyme  Singing Loud and Soft
 Choosing actions to accompany songs  Bucket Drumming along with the music
 Moving to the music  Christmas songs
 Remembrance Day song potentially
 Super Hero songs
 Practice solfege
 Call and Response singing, Listen and Repeat Back
 Singing High and Low
 Singing Loud and Soft
Materials:
 Textbooks: Game Plan
 Online resources: Beth’s Notes, Music Play Online
 Videos: Youtube
 Tech resources (offline): Smartboard
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 Song/Repetoire:
1. Welcome Everyone
2. Look at all the Sleeping Bunnies
3. Zoom, Zoom, Zoom, We’re going to the Moon!
4. Donald is a One-Legged Duck
5. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Subject: 4/5 Music

Unit 1 – Review of 4/4 Rhythm and Call and Response
Singing
Dates: September 1st – October 1st
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per unit
based on a performance of a song
Supporting activities:
 Establish Routine and Expectations
 Poison Rhythm
 Learning and reviewing 4/4 rhythms including Titikka
etc.
 Singing in Cannon
 Writing 4/4 rhythms
 Dictating 4/4 rhythms
 Learning simple call and response music
 Body Percussion
Unit 3 – Compound Metre Tititi, Tati, and Tam
Dates: November 1st – November 26th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
Unit 2 – Major and Minor Music and Cannon Singing
Dates: October 4th – 29th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per
unit based on a performance of a song
Supporting activities:
 Listening to the difference in Major and Minor chords
(ear-training)
 Continue to review and dictate 4/4 rhythms
 Bucket drumming rhythms
 Sightreading rhythms
 Sightreading direction of notes in simple songs
 Halloween songs
 Learning Major and Minor Music
 Body Percussion
 Singing in Cannon
Unit 4 – Common and Simple Chord Progressions
Dates: November 29th – December 17th
Assessments (list by name and type – FA/SA):
 FA: Formative Assessment of effort and participation
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 SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per unit  SA: Participation and effort mark given 1-2 times per
based on a performance of a song unit based on a performance of a song

Supporting activities: Supporting activities:

 Learn Tititi, Tati and Tam  Review Tititi, Tati and Tam
 Dictate 6/8 rhythms (written dictation and dictation as a  Dictate 6/8 rhythms (written dictation and dictation as a
class) class)
 Identify songs already learned with compound metre  Popsicle stick rhythms
 Continue learning major and minor, 4/4 and compound  Poison rhythm
metre songs  Identify songs already learned with compound metre
 Bucket drumming rhythms  Continue learning major and minor, 4/4 and compound
 Sightreading rhythms metre songs
 Sightreading direction of notes in simple songs  Bucket drumming rhythms
 Body Percussion  Sightreading rhythms
 Rhythm youtube videos  Sightreading direction of notes in simple songs
 Singing in Cannon  Body Percussion
 Christmas songs
 Singing in Cannon
Materials:
 Textbooks: Game Plan
 Online resources: Beth’s Notes, Music Play Online
 Videos: Youtube
 Tech resources (offline): Brightlink boards
 Songs/Repertoire:
1. Concentration (Song/Name Game)
2. I love the Mountains (6/8 Major Cannon)
3. Fa la la (6/8 Cannon Major) SPONGE
4. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (Warm Up Song) OPTIONAL depending on class’ general eagerness to participate in music
5. Away Idaho
6. Autumn Comes
7. Hey Ho Nobody’s Home
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School-wide Committees
 Committee Planning and Set Up Meeting: August 30th

Committees
 Fine Arts
 Remembrance Day Assembly
 Snowflake Ball/Christmas Concert
Staff Meetings
 th
August 25 9am
 August 27th 9am
 Staff BBQ September 9th 6-7:30
 October 1st
 November 5th 12:00
 December 3rd