Mr.

Careys Long Range Plan

Reading

September

October

November

December

Making Connections and

Comprehension

Reading Strategies

Making Predictions and ReReading

Inferring

Predicting and Visualizing

Support the students in fully
understanding the texts that
they read
Breaking down the text and
linking the stories to relatable
moments in their life

Encourage the students to

visualize key moments that
have or may happen and
record these images in
writing journals

Students re-red text to gain a

stronger sense of clarity and
to stregthen their level of
comprehension

Ideas

Rules and Procedures

Terry Fox and Personal

Heroes

Students learn how to

effectively gather their ideas
for writing using graphic
organizers and mind-maps

Students continue to look at

the Writing Process

Having the students reflect on

the text and understanding
the messages within the
books that they are
encountering
Writing

Have the students make

predictions based on pictures
and titles of the text

Students begin to learn about

the Writing Process

Students will break down a

variety of step by step
procedural writing taskes
(baking a cake and writing
out the order)
Students will look at the order
of a story and break down
and reassemble the elements
of the text

Oral Communication

The students continue to

predict the events in their
texts based on moments that
have happened

Group Work

Group Work

The students will work on a

graphical text that is related
to their personal heroes using
Terry Fox as en example
The students will be
encouraged to use the
Writing Process to help
strengthen their writing work

Group Work

Students collect evidence

throughout their text to
support their predictions and
to demonstrate more
thorough understanding of
their text
Students use their text to
support evidence based
arguments and opinions

Christmas
The students will look at a
varity of world holidays
Students will choose holiday
to write about and create a
written component and minipresentation about the
holiday of their choice

Group Work

Students will continue to take

part in their collective English
Centres

Students will continue to take

part in their collective English
Centres

Students will learn about the

components of a good public
speaker

Students will create a group,

mini-presentation based on a
holiday of their choosing

Students will be asked to

communicate effectively in
these groups and to take par
in a variety of English based
activities cohesively

Students will be asked to

communicate effectively in
these groups and to take par
in a variety of English based
activities cohesively
Community Circles

Students will learn about

vocal inflection and
projection, enuncation, use of
gesture, and other tools to
help make them more
confident and effective public
speakers

The students will learn to use

gestures, props, vocal
inflection, and strong
enunciation to effctively
present in front of an
audience

Community Circles
Students will take part in
reflective community circles
where they learn to effectively
communicate and cooperate
in English

Students will take part in

reflective community circles
where they learn to effectively
communicate and cooperate
in English

Community Circles
Students will continue to take
part in their collective English
Centres
Students will be asked to
communicate effectively in
these groups and to take par
in a variety of English based
activities cohesively
Community Circles
Students will take part in
reflective community circles
where they learn to effectively
communicate and cooperate
in English

Students will take part in

reflective community circles
where they learn to effectively
communicate and cooperate
in English