The K- 12 Cross Curricular Learning Progressions outline a continuum of proficiency in Literacy and Numeracy, from kindergarten to Grade 12. They describe proficient cross-curricular skills linked to the Core Competencies (thinking, communication and personal social skills) which can be developed and practiced in all learning areas, and across all grade levels. In some cases, skill development occurs over multiple grades, although learning area content increases in complexity.
The K-12 Cross-Curricular Learning Progressions were developed in collaboration with a team of BC teachers from across the province. The teacher team members piloted the use of the K-12 Cross-Curricular Learning Progressions in their own classrooms and documented their instruction, student work, and assessment in Teaching and Learning Stories. These Teaching and Learning Stories illustrate how the teachers purposefully incorporated the development of cross-curricular literacy and numeracy thinking, in support of the curricular competencies.
Literacy Learning Progressions
Literacy is the ability to understand, critically analyze, and create a variety of communication forms, including oral, written, visual, digital, and multimedia, to accomplish one’s goals.
Literate students can make meaning from text and express themselves in a variety of modes; they are able to comprehend, make connections, critically analyze, as well as create texts and communicate for a variety of purposes.
Numeracy Learning Progressions
Numeracy is the ability to interpret and apply mathematical understanding to solve problems in a variety of contexts and to analyze and communicate these solutions in ways relevant to the given context.
Numerate students can interpret information within a given situation through the application of mathematical understanding to solve an identified problem, and then analyze and communicate a solution.