Oral Language: Listening and speaking form the foundation for literacy development and improve communication, collaboration, and respectful mutual understanding.
Guiding Question: In what ways can listening and speaking communicate feelings, ideas, and information?
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Individuals or groups of people can have unique stories that can be shared through listening and speaking (oral traditions).
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Oral traditions can provide lessons and entertainment and develop imagination.
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Practise listening and speaking skills through sharing oral stories.
Explore digital or non-digital stories, poems, or songs from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities.
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Listening and speaking skills can be developed through
- discussions
- sharing
- presentations
- stories
- songs
- poems
The appropriate volume for speaking can change based on the situation.
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Ideas, information, and feelings can be shared through listening and speaking.
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Share personal experiences and stories through listening and speaking with others.
Participate in group discussions.
Share stories, songs, or poems individually or as part of a group.
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Listening is an active process that involves
- focusing on the speaker
- taking turns
- using appropriate body postures and gestures
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Listening is an active process that can support learning, collaborating, and having fun.
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Demonstrate a variety of listening behaviours.
Listen to and follow simple one- or two-step instructions.
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Knowledge
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Understanding
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Skills & Procedures
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Messages can be shared through sounds and words (verbally).
Messages can be shared without sounds or words (non-verbally) through body language, such as
- movements
- facial expressions
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Language can be expressed verbally or non-verbally.
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Express an idea or share information through the use of body language or voice.
Share a short poem, story, or song from memory using verbal and non-verbal language.
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