Curricular Competency |
Engage in problem-solving experiences connected with place, story, cultural practices, and perspectives relevant to local First Peoples communities, the local community, and other cultures |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: connected |
Elaboration: through daily activities, local and traditional practices, popular media and news events, cross-curricular integrationby posing and solving problems or asking questions about place, stories, and cultural practices |
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Curricular Competency |
Solve problems with persistence and a positive disposition |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: persistence and a positive disposition |
Elaboration: not giving up when facing a challengeproblem solving with vigour and determination |
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Curricular Competency |
Apply flexible and strategic approaches to solve problems |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: flexible and strategic approaches |
Elaboration: deciding which mathematical tools to use to solve a problemchoosing an effective strategy to solve a problem (e.g., guess and check, model, solve a simpler problem, use a chart, use diagrams, role-play) |
Keyword: solve problems |
Elaboration: interpret a situation to identify a problemapply mathematics to solve the problemanalyze and evaluate the solution in terms of the initial contextrepeat this cycle until a solution makes sense |
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Curricular Competency |
Visualize to explore and illustrate mathematical concepts and relationships |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: Visualize |
Elaboration: create and use mental images to support understandingVisualization can be supported using dynamic materials (e.g., graphical relationships and simulations), concrete materials, drawings,
and diagrams. |
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Curricular Competency |
Develop, demonstrate, and apply conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas through play, story, inquiry, and problem solving |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Understanding and solving |
Keyword: inquiry |
Elaboration: includes structured, guided, and open inquirynoticing and wonderingdetermining what is needed to make sense of and solve problems |
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Curricular Competency |
Think creatively and with curiosity and wonder when exploring problems |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Reasoning and modelling |
Keyword: Think creatively |
Elaboration: by being open to trying different strategiesrefers to creative and innovative mathematical thinking rather than to representing math in a creative way, such as through art or music |
Keyword: curiosity and wonder |
Elaboration: asking questions to further understanding or to open other avenues of investigation |
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Curricular Competency |
Model with mathematics in situational contexts |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Reasoning and modelling |
Keyword: Model |
Elaboration: use mathematical concepts and tools to solve problems and make decisions (e.g., in real-life and/or abstract scenarios)take a complex, essentially non-mathematical scenario and figure out what mathematical concepts and tools are needed to make sense of it |
Keyword: situational contexts |
Elaboration: including real-life scenarios and open-ended challenges that connect mathematics with everyday life |
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Curricular Competency |
Estimate reasonably and demonstrate fluent, flexible, and strategic thinking about number |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Reasoning and modelling |
Keyword: Estimate reasonably |
Elaboration: be able to defend the reasonableness of an estimated value or a solution to a problem or equation (e.g., estimating the solution for a system
of equations from a graph) |
Keyword: fluent, flexible, and strategic thinking |
Elaboration: includes:using known facts and benchmarks, partitioning, applying whole number strategies to rational numbers and algebraic expressionschoosing from different ways to think of a number or operation (e.g., Which will be the most strategic or efficient?) |
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Curricular Competency |
Explore, analyze, and apply mathematical ideas using reason, technology, and other tools |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Reasoning and modelling |
Keyword: analyze |
Elaboration: examine the structure of and connections between mathematical ideas (e.g., using an area model to factor a trinomial) |
Keyword: reason |
Elaboration: inductive and deductive reasoningpredictions, generalizations, conclusions drawn from experiences (e.g., with puzzles, games, and coding) |
Keyword: technology |
Elaboration: graphing technology, dynamic geometry, calculators, virtual manipulatives, concept-based appscan be used for a wide variety of purposes, including:exploring and demonstrating mathematical relationshipsorganizing and displaying datagenerating and testing inductive conjecturesmathematical modelling |
Keyword: other tools |
Elaboration: manipulatives such as algebra tiles and other concrete materials |
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Curricular Competency |
Develop thinking strategies to solve puzzles and play games |
Workplace Mathematics 10 |
Reasoning and modelling |
Keyword: thinking strategies |
Elaboration: using reason to determine winning strategiesgeneralizing and extending |
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Big Ideas |
First Peoples texts play a role within the process of Reconciliation. |
Writing 10 |
No CCG |
Keyword: Reconciliation |
Elaboration: the movement to heal the relationship between First Peoples and Canada that was damaged by colonial policies such as the Indian residential school system |
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Big Ideas |
Self-representation through authentic First Peoples text is a means to foster justice. |
Writing 10 |
No CCG |
Keyword: authentic First Peoples text |
Elaboration: a written, oral, visual, digital, or multimodal text that:presents authentic First Peoples voices (i.e., historical or contemporary texts created by First Peoples, or created through the substantial contributions of First Peoples)depicts themes and issues important to First Peoples cultures (e.g., loss of identity and affirmation of identity, tradition, healing, role of family, importance of Elders, connection to the land, the nature and place of spirituality as an aspect of wisdom, the relationships between individual and community, the importance of oral tradition, the experience of colonization and decolonization)incorporates First Peoples storytelling techniques and features as applicable (e.g., circular structure, repetition, weaving in of spirituality, humour)includes respectful portrayals or representation of First Peoples and their traditions and beliefs |
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Big Ideas |
Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed. |
Writing 10 |
No CCG |
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Big Ideas |
The exploration of text and story deepens understanding of one’s identity, others, and the world. |
Writing 10 |
No CCG |
Keyword: text |
Elaboration: any type of oral, written, visual, or digital expression or communication:Visual texts include gestural and spatial components (as in dance) as well as images (some examples are posters, photographs, paintings, carvings, totems, textiles, regalia, and masks).Digital texts include electronic forms of oral, written, and visual expression.Multimodal texts include any combination of oral, written, visual, and/or digital elements and can be delivered via different media or technologies (some examples are dramatic presentations, web pages, music videos, online presentations, graphic novels, and close-captioned films). |
Keyword: story |
Elaboration: a narrative text that shares ideas about human nature, motivation, behaviour, and experience. Stories can record history, reflect a personal journey, or explore identity. Stories can be oral, written, or visual, and used to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain listeners and readers. |
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Content |
Language features, structures, and conventions- elements of style
- usage and conventions
- citations and acknowledgements
- literary elements and devices
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Writing 10 |
No CCG |
Keyword: elements of style |
Elaboration: stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone |
Keyword: usage |
Elaboration: avoiding common usage errors (e.g., double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse) |
Keyword: conventions |
Elaboration: common practices of standard punctuation in capitalization, quoting, and spelling of Canadian and First Peoples words |
Keyword: acknowledgements |
Elaboration: formal acknowledgements of another person’s work, idea, or intellectual property |
Keyword: literary elements and devices |
Elaboration: Texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience. |
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