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Grade
Big Ideas Listening and viewing with intent helps us acquire a new language. Mandarin 5 No CCG
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Content common elements of Chinese cultural festivals and celebrations Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: cultural festivals and celebrations Elaboration: e.g., Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival
Content Chinese communities in Canada Mandarin 5 No CCG
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Content Chinese works of art Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: works of art Elaboration: e.g., creative works in dance, drama, music, or visual arts, with consideration for the ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism
Content First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories, identity, and place Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: oral histories Elaboration: e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols
Keyword: identity Elaboration: is influenced by, for example, traditions, protocols, celebrations, and festivals.
Keyword: place Elaboration: Place is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world. A sense of place can be influenced by territory, food, clothing, and creative works.
Content common, high-frequency vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:
  • simple questions and descriptions
  • basic information about self and others
  • basic commands
 Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: questions Elaboration: e.g., 这是什么？你是……吗？
Keyword: descriptions Elaboration: descriptive words such as numbers (e.g., 一～十), colours (e.g., 红色, 绿色, 白色), sizes (e.g., 大, 小, 中), and other physical attributes (e.g., 高, 矮, 长, 短)
Keyword: information Elaboration: e.g., 我六岁。我叫……。
Content basic strokes and structure of Chinese characters Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: strokes Elaboration: introduction of stroke order
Keyword: structure Elaboration: e.g., 氵, 亻, 辶, 讠, parts, and radicals
Content commonly used Chinese characters Mandarin 5 No CCG
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Content tonal variations Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: tonal variations Elaboration: mā, má, mǎ, mà, ma
Content phonetic systems Mandarin 5 No CCG
Keyword: phonetic systems Elaboration: Hanyu Pinyin (e.g., 注音符號); Mandarin phonemes (b, p, m, f, or ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
Curricular Competency Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge Mandarin 5 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: ways of knowing Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive
Curricular Competency Consider personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens Mandarin 5 Personal and social awareness
Keyword: cultural lens Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions
Curricular Competency Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities Mandarin 5 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: presentation format Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media
Curricular Competency Seek clarification of meaning Mandarin 5 Thinking and communicating
Keyword: Seek clarification Elaboration: Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., ⋯⋯怎么说？).
Curricular Competency Participate in simple interactions Mandarin 5 Thinking and communicating
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