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Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8

Family Life Education

FLE

2012

Published by: Institute for Catholic Education for the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario, Toronto Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Family Life Education ISBN: 978-0-9916874-1-1 ? 2012 Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario. All rights reserved. Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario Suite 800, 10 St. Mary Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1P9 Printed in Canada

Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Family Life Education

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY......................................... 1 VISION AND GOALS OF THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CURRICULUM ............................... 2 THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM ............................. 2 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION.......................................... 3

THE PROGRAM IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ............................................................. 10 CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS ........................................................................... 10 THE STRANDS IN THE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION CURRICULUM ..................................... 12

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ......................................... 18 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................. 18 THE ACHIEVEMENT CHART FOR FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION .......................................... 21

SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROGRAM PLANNING IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................... 26 INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES AND TEACHING STRATEGIES ....................................... 26 CROSS-CURRICULAR AND INTEGRATED LEARNING................................................... 29 PLANNING FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS ...................................................................................................... 35 PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS ................................ 39 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ......................................... 42 HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ........................................... 43 EQUITY AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................................. 44 LITERACY AND INQUIRY IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................................................ 45 CRITICAL THINKING AND CRITICAL LITERACY IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ...................... 47 THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................................. 50 THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................................................................................................ 51 BUILDING CAREER AWARENESS THROUGH FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ............................. 52 FINANCIAL LITERACY IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ................................................... 53

OVERVIEW OF GRADES 1 TO 3............................................................................. 54 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS ............................................ 54 FOCUS OF LEARNING IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FOR THE PRIMARY DIVISION ................. 55 GRADE 1 ................................................................................................... 61

Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Family Life Education

GRADE 2 ................................................................................................... 67 GRADE 3 ................................................................................................... 73 OVERVIEW OF GRADES 4 TO 6............................................................................. 79 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS ............................................ 79 FOCUS OF LEARNING IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FOR THE JUNIOR DIVISION................... 80 GRADE 4 ................................................................................................... 85 GRADE 5 ................................................................................................... 91 GRADE 6 ................................................................................................... 97 OVERVIEW OF GRADES 7 AND 8 ......................................................................... 103 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM IMPLICATIONS .......................................... 103 FOCUS OF LEARNING IN FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FOR THE INTERMEDIATE DIVISION ........ 104 GRADE 7 ................................................................................................. 109 GRADE 8 ................................................................................................. 115 APPENDIX A: LEARNING SUMMARIES BY STRAND ..................................................... 121 APPENDIX B: CATHOLIC CHURCH TEACHINGS ON FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION ...................... 134 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................... 136

Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Family Life Education

INTRODUCTION

The Institute for Catholic Education gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Ministry of Education in the creation of this policy document. With permission, the content and structure of The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education, Interim Edition, 2010 (revised) [? Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2010. Reproduced with permission.] has been used throughout the Ontario Catholic Elementary Curriculum Policy Document, Grades 1-8: Family Life Education, 2012. Direct excerpts from the ministry document are indicated by indented formatting and parenthetical page references. Where excerpted content directly supports this document, "health and physical education" is replaced by an italicized "family life education". Content specific to this document generally follows these excerpts and is most often prefaced by the phrase, "In Ontario Catholic schools,..."

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Ontario elementary schools strive to support high-quality learning while giving every student the opportunity to learn in the way that is best suited to his or her individual strengths and needs. The Ontario curriculum is designed to help every student reach his or her full potential through a program of learning that is coherent, relevant, and ageappropriate. It recognizes that, today and in the future, students need to be critically literate in order to synthesize information, make informed decisions, communicate effectively, and thrive in an ever-changing global community. It is important that students be connected to the curriculum; that they see themselves in what is taught, how it is taught, and how it applies to the world at large. The curriculum recognizes that the needs of learners are diverse, and helps all learners develop the knowledge, skills, and perspectives they need to be informed, productive, caring, responsible, healthy, and active citizens in their own communities and in the world.

(The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8: Health and Physical Education, Interim Edition, 2010 (revised), p. 3)

Ontario Catholic schools recognize the dignity and value of each student, created by God and lovingly called to the wonder of life, sustained by the power of the Holy Spirit, throughout life's journey, into eternal life. Catholic education addresses the human search for meaning, the desire of the person to understand human life as an integration of body, mind, and spirit. Rooted in this vision, Catholic education fosters the search for meaning as a lifelong spiritual and academic quest. The curriculum in Ontario Catholic schools is understood not only in terms of knowledge and skills, but necessarily in terms of values, attitudes and actions informed by reason and faith. The critical relationship between learning and believing, between knowledge and faith, is fundamental to understanding the mandate of our Catholic schools.

(Institute for Catholic Education, Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations, Second Edition, 2011)

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