52 Weeks of Non Fiction Reading About Canada Curriculum Map
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The 52 stories are designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of Canada while they improve their reading comprehension skills.Â
Each topic contains an information story and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills.Â
There are 11 sections covering these topics:
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Canadian Symbols
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Canadian Sports
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Canadian Birds
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Canadian Animals
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Canadian Insects
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Canadian Reptiles
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Canadian Inventors and Inventions
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Famous Canadian Athletes
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Famous Canadian People
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Canadian Places and Sights
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Canadian Ghost Story and Famous Canadian Mysteries
Teacher Notes
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At A Glance – List of Skills
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Teaching Objectives
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Teaching Strategies
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Vocabulary Lists for each story
Answer key provided with each section.
LESSON TOPICS and SKILLS COVERED
Section One: Canadian Symbols
Answer Key for Section 1: Canadian Symbols
Story #1: Our Country - Canada
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Antonyms | Root WordsÂ
Story #2: The Prime Minister of Canada
SKILLS: Recalling Information | Classifying | Root WordsÂ
Story #3: Canada Capital City
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Nouns | Antonyms
Story #4: How Canada Got Its Own Flag
SKILLS: Evaluation | Common/Proper Nouns | SpellingÂ
Story #5: Canada's National Flag
SKILLS: Noting Details | Antonyms | SynonymsÂ
Story #6: Symbols of Canada
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Synonyms | SyllabicationÂ
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Section Two: Canadian Sports
Answer Key for Section 2: Canadian Sports
Story #1: Baseball in Canada
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Suffixes | AntonymsÂ
Story #2: Canadian Football
SKILLS: Expressing an Opinion | Word MeaningsÂ
Story #3: Soccer in Canada
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Synonyms | Root Words
Story #4: Canadian Basketball
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Compound Words | Proper Nouns
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Section Three: Canadian Birds
Answer Key for Section 3: Canadian Birds
Story #1: The Snowy Owl
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Root Words Adjectives
Story #2: The Atlantic Puffin
SKILLS: Recording Facts | Kinds of Sentences | Double ConsonantsÂ
Story #3: The Burrowing Owl
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Adjectives/Adverbs | Alphabetical OrderÂ
Story #4: The Ruby-Throat Hummingbird
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Writing Sentences | AntonymsÂ
Story #5: The Common Loon
SKILLS: Cause and Effect | Interrogative Sentences | HomonymsÂ
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Section Four: Canadian Animals
Answer Key for Section 4: Canadian Sports
Story #1: The Canadian Beaver
SKILLS: Finding Proof | Exclamatory Sentences | Homonyms/MeaningsÂ
Story #2: The Black Bear
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Imperative Sentences | Syllabication
Story #3: The Muskrat
SKILLS: Locating Details | Kinds of Sentences | Word Meanings
Story #4: The Snowshoe Hare
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Labelling Sentences | HomonymsÂ
Story #5: The Opossum
SKILLS: Classifying Details | Antonyms | Parts of Speech
Story #6: The Musk Ox
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verbs | PluralsÂ
Section Five: Canadian Insects
Answer Key for Section 5: Canadian Insects
Story #1: The Firefly
SKILLS: Classifying Details; Adjectives/Adverbs; Plurals
Story #2: The Ladybug
SKILLS: Locating Information | Nouns/Verbs | Vowel CombinationsÂ
Story #3: The Dragonfly
SKILLS: Locating Information | Phrases | Root WordsÂ
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Section Six: Canadian Reptiles
Answer Key for Section 6: Canadian Reptiles
Story #1: The Snapping Turtle
SKILLS: Classifying Facts | Noun/Verbs | Vowel CombinationsÂ
Story #2: The Leatherback Turtle
SKILLS: Classifying Information | Adjectives | AntonymsÂ
Story #3: The Prairie Rattlesnake
SKILLS: Completing a Fact Chart | Phrases | Double ConsonantsÂ
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Section Seven: Canadian Inventors and Inventions
Answer Key for Section 7: Canadian Inventors and Inventions
Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier – Skidoo
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Phrases | Alphabetical OrderingÂ
Story #2: Alexander Graham Bell – Telephone
SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Proper Nouns | Root Words
Story #3: Jacque Plante – Hockey Mask
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Capitalization | HomonymsÂ
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Section Eight: Famous Canadian Athletes
Answer Key for Section 8: Famous Canadian Athletes
Story #1: P.K. Subban – One of the Three Hocky Brothers
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Antonyms, Homonyms |Synonyms | ContractionsÂ
Story #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters – Canada’s Mogul Queens
SKILLS: Drawing Conclusions | Suffixes | Present/Past TenseÂ
Story #3: Alexandre Bilodeau – Freestyle Skiing King
SKILLS: Noting Details | Syllabication | Root WordsÂ
Story #4: Mark McMorris – A Snowboarding Warrior
SKILLS: Locating Details | Common/Proper Nouns | PluralsÂ
Story #5: Marielle Thompson – Golden Girl on Skis
SKILLS: Sequential Development | Adverbs | Root WordsÂ
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Section Nine: Famous Canadian People
Answer Key for Section 9: Famous Canadian People
Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson – Canadian Singer and SongwriterÂ
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Punctuation | Root Words
Story #2: Chris Hadfield – Famous Canadian Astronaut
 SKILLS: Recalling Events | Subject/Predicate | SynonymsÂ
Story #3: Jessica Amlee – Young Canadian Film and Television Star
SKILLS: Locating Information | Adverbs /Adjectives | Common/Proper NounsÂ
Story #4: David Suzuki – Canadian Scientist
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Phrases | Synonyms
Story #5: Avril Lavigne - Singer and Songwriter
SKILLS: Using Context Clues | Subject Pronouns | Long/Short VowelsÂ
Section Ten: Canadian Places and Sights
Answer Key for Section 10: Canadian Places and Sights
Story #1: Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii - "Islands of the Haida Peoples:
 SKILLS: Mapping | Recalling Details | Verb Tenses | Alphabetical Order
Story #2: Jasper National Park – Canada’s Scenic Wonder
SKILLS: Recalling Information | Comparisons | Compound Words
Story #3: The Big Muddy Badlands – The Outlaws’ Hideaway
SKILLS: Main Idea | Verbs | Homonyms
Story #4: Lunenburg – A World Heritage Site
SKILLS: Recalling Details | Adjectives | Vowel Combination “oo”
Story #5: The Cabot Trail – A Scenic Roadway
SKILLS: Main idea | Punctuation | Verbs
Story #6: Yellowknife – The Largest Community in the N.W.T.
SKILLS: Context Clues | Compound Words | Antonyms
Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights
 SKILLS: Noting Details | Phrases | Synonyms
Story #8: The Peterborough Lift Lock
SKILLS: Making Inferences | Verb Tenses | Root Words
Story #9: The Hartland Covered Bridge
 SKILLS: Context Clues | Verbs | Compound SentencesÂ
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Section Eleven: Canadian Ghost Stories & Famous Mysteries
Answer Key for Section 11: Canadian Ghost Stories and Famous Mysteries
Story #1: The Ghost Train – An Alberta Ghost Story
SKILLS: Drawing Conclusions | Subject/Predicate | Synonyms
Story #2: Ogopogo – A Famous Lake Monster
SKILLS: Finding Proof | Nouns/Verbs | Synonyms
 Story #3: Bigfoot or Sasquatch - A British Columbia Mystery Monster
SKILLS: Noting Details | Adjectives | Synonyms
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