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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Subject Overview
Grade 1 framework is designed to motivate students and encourage
emerging literacy while promoting critical thinking. They are engaged in an
active learning environment.
We believe that parents are partners with the school in improving student’s
learning. The Primary Years Program Grade 1 and 2 focuses on the
understanding that students from Pre K to Grade 2 are developing the
knowledge, skills and attitudes that will help them succeed in the rest of
their lives. During this time, we recognize that students are becoming
increasingly aware of the wider world and its influence on their lives. The
Grade 1 framework at RCIS strives to make the most of this time of growth
to help students develop the capacity to become increasingly independent.
It ensures that each subject builds on prior understandings and skills.
At RCIS we are committed to providing students with a program that
enhances their literacy skills and encourages curiosity and develops higher
order thinking. Language art development is ongoing and frequently occurs
within the context of learning taking place in other subject areas. The
expectations for Grades 1 to 2 focus on the core 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 and
higher-order thinking skills.
The Cambridge Primary English framework is presented in five content areas.
The framework promotes an enquiry-based approach to learning to develop
thinking skills and encourage intellectual engagement. Phonics, Spelling
and Vocabulary and Grammar and Punctuation are about use of English.
Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening are about developing thinking
skills and encouraging intellectual engagement. This framework aims to enable
learners to communicate confidently and effectively and to develop critical
skills in order to respond to a range of information, media and texts with
enjoyment and understanding. Learners who follow this framework will
develop a first language competency in English based on a framework
designed to be successful in any culture and to promote cross-cultural
understanding. The Cambridge Primary English framework provides a solid
foundation on which the later stages of education can be built.
Subject Overview
Grade 1 framework is designed to motivate students and encourage
emerging literacy while promoting critical thinking. They are engaged in an
active learning environment.
We believe that parents are partners with the school in improving student’s
learning. The Primary Years Program Grade 1 and 2 focuses on the
understanding that students from Pre K to Grade 2 are developing the
knowledge, skills and attitudes that will help them succeed in the rest of
their lives. During this time, we recognize that students are becoming
increasingly aware of the wider world and its influence on their lives. The
Grade 1 framework at RCIS strives to make the most of this time of growth
to help students develop the capacity to become increasingly independent.
It ensures that each subject builds on prior understandings and skills.
At RCIS we are committed to providing students with a program that
enhances their literacy skills and encourages curiosity and develops higher
order thinking. Language art development is ongoing and frequently occurs
within the context of learning taking place in other subject areas. The
expectations for Grades 1 to 2 focus on the core 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 and
higher-order thinking skills.
The Cambridge Primary English framework is presented in five content areas.
The framework promotes an enquiry-based approach to learning to develop
thinking skills and encourage intellectual engagement. Phonics, Spelling
and Vocabulary and Grammar and Punctuation are about use of English.
Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening are about developing thinking
skills and encouraging intellectual engagement. This framework aims to enable
learners to communicate confidently and effectively and to develop critical
skills in order to respond to a range of information, media and texts with
enjoyment and understanding. Learners who follow this framework will
develop a first language competency in English based on a framework
designed to be successful in any culture and to promote cross-cultural
understanding. The Cambridge Primary English framework provides a solid
foundation on which the later stages of education can be built.
