Art Forms/Artists and Topics
Dance – Joanna Coughlin
Grade 1
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Math: Patterning
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Math: Patterning
- Science: Structures and Forces
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Math: Patterning
- Science: Structures and Forces
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Math: Patterning
- Science: Habitats
- Social Studies: Physical Regions of Canada
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Language: Media Literacy
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Math: Patterning
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Language: Reading/Writing (e.g., Retelling Stories, Procedural Writing, Summarizing Text)
- Math: Geometry
- Science: Electricity
- Science: Space
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Math: Geometry
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Math: Geometry
- Your Own Topic
Dance – Katie Mecher Williams
Grade 1
- Science: Energy
- Science: Seasons
- Science: Structures and Mechanisms
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Math: Geometry and Spatial Sense
- Math: Patterning
- Science: Life Cycles
- Science: Simple Machines/Structures and Mechanisms
- Social Studies: Heritage and Identity
- Social Studies: Traditions
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Language: Poetry
- Science: Forces
- Science: Structures
- Social Studies: 1780–1850
- Social Studies: Communities in Canada
- Social Studies: Heritage & Identity
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Habitats in Canada
- Language: Media Lit
- Language: Poetry
- Medieval Times
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Language: Media Lit
- Language: Poetry
- Science: Forces Acting on Structures and Mechanisms
- Social Studies: Ancient Civilizations
- Social Studies: Heritage and Identity
- Social Studies: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Language: Media Lit
- Language: Poetry
- Science: Flight
- Science: Space
- Social Studies: Canada’s Interaction with the Global Community
- Social Studies: Interactions of Indigenous Peoples and Europeans
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Dance Curriculum
- Environmental Issues
- Global Issues
- Social Justice Issues
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Dance Curriculum
- Environmental Issues
- Global Issues
- Social Justice Issues
- Your Own Topic
Dance – Louise Paquette
Grade 1
- Language Arts
- Math Patterning
- Rules and Responsibilities
- Safety and Community Helpers
- Structures
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Celebrations and Traditions
- Geometry
- Language Arts
- Life Cycles
- Math Patterning
- Structures
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Geometry
- Language Arts
- Math Patterning
- Structures
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Fractions
- Geometry
- Habitats
- Language Arts
- Math Patterning
- Structures
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Fractions
- Geometry
- Human Organ Systems
- Language Arts
- Math Patterning
- States of Matter
- Structures
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Fractions
- Language Arts
- Math Patterning
- Space
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Your Own Topic
Drumming/Spoken Word – Teajai Travis
Grade 1
- Science: Daily and Seasonal Changes
- Science: Energy in Our Lives
- Science: Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures
- Social Studies: People and Environments – The Local Community (Spoken Word Poetry with some Drumming)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Languages: Listening to Understand and Reading for Meaning
- Science: Movement
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Languages: Listening to Understand and Reading for Meaning
- Science: Forces Causing Movement
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content (Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling)
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Science: Light and Sound (Spoken Word Poetry)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content (Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling)
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Science: Conservation of Energy and Resources
- Science: Properties of and Changes of Matter
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content (Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling)
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Science: Space (Spoken Word Poetry about the Planets)
- Social Studies: Heritage and Identity – Communities in Canada, Past and Present; Focus on Black Canadian, Underground Railroad, History, Culture, and Contributions (Spoken Word Poetry, Storytelling, Drumming)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content (Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling)
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Science: Form and Function
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content (Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling)
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Your Own Topic
Expressive Arts: Drama, Expressive Writing, Embodiment – Linda Lord
Grade 1
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Social Studies: The Local Community
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Listening to Understand and Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Science: Growth and Changes in Animals
- Social Studies: Changing Family and Community Traditions
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Social Studies: The Local Community
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Listening to Understand and Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: Living and Working in Ontario
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Science: Conservation of Energy and Resources
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Communities in Canada, Past and Present
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Character Development and Learning Skills
- Drama (Role Playing, Tableau, and Games)
- Languages: Developing and Organizing Content
- Languages: Listening to Understand
- Languages: Reading for Meaning
- Languages: Spoken Word/Written Poetry and Storytelling
- Social Studies: Creating Canada
- Social Studies: Geography
- Social Studies: Global Settlement
- Social Studies: People and Environments
- Storytelling (Writing, Embodiment, and Performance)
- Your Own Topic
Puppetry – Matthew Romain
Grade 1
- Language: Story Sequencing Through Puppetry
- Math: Geometry 2D and 3D Attributes Through Print-Making and Puppetry
- Math: Measurement Through Puppetry
- Science: Four Seasons Through Puppetry
- Science: Healthy Environments Through Puppetry
- Social Studies: Community Helpers Through Puppetry
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Health: Personal Safety, “Standing Up For Yourself” Through Puppetry
- Language: Fairy Tales Through Puppetry
- Language: Story Sequencing Through Puppetry
- Math: Fractions Through Pie Rat Puppets
- Science: Growth Changes Animals Through Puppetry
- Science: Liquids and Solids Through Puppetry
- Social Studies: Communities Around the World
- Social Studies: Traditions and Celebrations
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Math: Fractions Through Pie Rat Puppets
- Math: Geometry 2D and 3D Attributes Through Print-Making and Puppetry
- Science: Structures and Forces Through Puppetry (Fractured Fairy Tales)
- Social Studies: Pioneers Through Ball and Glove Puppetry
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Health: Healthy Choices Through Puppetry
- Language: Mysteries Through Puppetry
- Math: Fractions Through Caterpillar Puppets
- Science: Growth and Changes in Plants Through Puppetry
- Science: Habitats Sock Puppets
- Social Studies: Egypt Through Shadow Puppetry
- Social Studies: Medieval Times Through Shadow Puppetry
- Social Studies: Provinces and Territories Through Animal Sock Puppets
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Language: Media Forms Through Shadow Puppetry
- Language: Mysteries Through Puppetry
- Language: Novel Study Through Puppetry
- Science: Body Systems Through Puppetry
- Science: Structures and Forces Through Puppetry (Fractured Fairy Tales)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Health: Healthy Food Choices Through Shadow Puppetry
- Language: Novel Study Through Puppetry
- Math: Word Problems Come to Life Through Puppetry
- Science: Ecology Through Shadow Puppetry
- Science: Flight, Air, Water, and Matter Through Puppetry
- Science: Solar System Planets Tour
- Social Studies: European settlers of New France and Native American Peoples
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Your Own Topic
Visual Arts – Suzanne Konyha
Grade 1
- Energy in Our Lives (Drawing/Collage)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 2
- Global Communities (Drawing/Painting/Collage)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 3
- Fraction Quilt Design (Paper Manipulation/Painting)
- Structures: Building a Strong and Stable Miniature Chair (Sketching, Manipulation of Paper)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 4
- Light: Understanding Some Characteristics of Light/Shadow as well as Transparency, Translucency, and Opacity (Drawing/Painting)
- People and Environments/Physical Regions of Canada (Drawing, Painting, Collage)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 5
- Media Literacy: Poster Design Related to the Environment (Sketching, Design Elements, Collage)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 6
- Media Literacy: Poster Design Related to the Environment (Sketching, Design Elements, Collage)
- Your Own Topic
Grade 7
- Your Own Topic
Grade 8
- Your Own Topic