Alberta - English Language Arts Kindergarten

Text Forms and Structures

Identifying and applying text forms and structures improves understanding of content, literary style, and our rich language traditions.

Guiding question: How can ideas and information be organized?

Learning outcome: children explore how messages can be organized.

Skills and Procedures

Explore messages shared for different reasons.

Engage with messages for enjoyment.

Discuss the differences between messages that are imaginary (fiction) or real (non-fiction).

Explore messages shared in a variety of forms.

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Comprehension

Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.

Guiding Question: How are messages understood?

Learning Outcome: Children demonstrate understandings of messages communicated in texts

Knowledge

Connections can be made to ideas and information in texts, including to

  • experiences
  • feelings

Understanding

Understanding messages in texts involves making connections.

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Skills and Procedures

Share connections between a text and personal feelings or experiences.

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Knowledge

Questions that help understand messages in texts include

  • Who?
  • What?
  • Where?
  • When?
  • Why?

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Writing

Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author’s craft.

Guiding Question: How can messages be recorded?

Learning Outcome: Children experiment with written expression of ideas and information.

Knowledge

Ideas for personal expression can be inspired by experiences with people, places, and things.

Creative thinking includes using imagination, ideas, or materials to create or to make changes to a creation.

Messages have creators.

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Understanding

Ideas and information can be expressed creatively to learn and have fun.

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Skills and Procedures

Express ideas and information in a variety of creative ways.

Apply creative thinking to create or make changes to a representation of a message.

Identify the creator or creators of a variety of messages.

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Knowledge

Factual information can be gathered from a variety of people, places, or things (sources).

Information can be shared through messages that include pictures, letters, or words.

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Skills and Procedures

Ask questions about real people, places, or things to learn more about them.

Gather factual information from a variety of people, places, or things.

Share factual information.

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Knowledge

Messages can be shared in digital or non-digital ways, including

  • pictures
  • symbols
  • letters
  • words
  • scribbles

Understanding

Messages can be created using a variety of digital or non-digital methods or tools.

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Skills and Procedures

Create a variety of digital or non-digital messages.

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