Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Application: describe some aspects of the interrelationship between people and the natural and built features of their community, with a focus on how the features of and services in the community meet people’s needs.
- Max Explains Everything (Book)
- Community Helpers from A to Z (Book)
- What Does A Truck Driver Do? (Book)
- What Does A Construction Worker Do? (Book)
- What Does A Teacher Do? (Book)
- Hospital Workers in the Emergency Room (Book)
- Let’s Go to the Library (Book)
- Meet My Neighbour, The Firefighter (Book)
- The Police Station (Book)
- Veterinarians (Hoopla eBook)
- Electricians (Hoopla eBook)
- Let’s Meet a Librarian (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- Trashy Town (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist (Cloud Library eBook)
- Peep in the Big World: Communities (Website)
- Sparky’s Firehouse (Website)
- When Gary Grows Up, He Wants to be a Mountie (YouTube)
- Mighty Machines Snowplow Truck for Children Clears the Snow (YouTube)
- Community Helpers for Kids (YouTube)
Inquiry: use the social studies inquiry process to investigate some aspects of the interrelationship between people and different natural and built features of their local community, with a focus on significant short- and long-term effects of this interrelationship.
- My Canada (Book)
- Maps and Mapping for Canadian Kids (Book)
- Places of Worship (Book)
- Harlem Grown (Book)
- The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden (Book, eAudiobook)
- Waste and Recycling (Book)
- Recycling Materials (Book)
- Why Should I Recycle (Book)
- Up We Grow A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm (Book)
- Recycle and Remake Creative Projects for Eco Kids (Book)
- All About Recycling (DVD)
- Follow That Map! (Hoopla eBook)
- Canadian Mosaic (YouTube)
- CBC Kids Cottonball: How to Pow Wow (YouTube)
Understanding Context: describe significant aspects of their community, with reference to different areas, services, and natural and built features, demonstrating an understanding of some basic ways of describing location and measuring distance.
- My Canada (Book)
- Making Maps: Where’s the Party (Book)
- Types of Maps (Book)
- Map My Room (Book)
- Map My Neighbourhood (Book)
- Map My Home (Book)
- Science Fair Winners (Book)
- Food Waste (Book)
- Be My Neighbour (Book)
- Mister Roger’s Neighbourhood (DVD)
- Should Every Community Have a Library (Hoopla eBook)
- Our Great Big Backyard (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- Take A Trip (Website)
- Kids Academy: Communities for Kids (YouTube)