English Resources
Grade 3 Citizenship Studies
Engaged Citizens
Part A: Curricular Connections and Background
Broad Area of Citizenship
Overview and Desired Results of Citizenship Study
Enduring Understandings of Citizenship Study
Knowledge and Skill Development
Essential Questions
Curriculum Outcomes and Indicators
Part B: Learning Plan
Citizenship Inquiry
Questions to Guide Inquiry
Connect to Topic and Surface Students’ Thinking About …
Developing Understanding
Apply and Extend Knowledge
Evidence of Learning
Student Citizenship Journal Opportunities
Part C: Engaged Citizens Resources
Grade 3 Citizenship Studies
Lifelong Learning Citizens
Part A: Curricular Connections and Background
Broad Area of Citizenship
Desired Results of Citizenship Study
Enduring Understandings of Citizenship Study
Knowledge and Skill Development
Essential Questions
Curriculum Outcomes and Indicators
Part B: Learning Plan
Curricular Connections
Questions to Guide Inquiry
Connect to Topic and Surface Students’ Thinking About
Developing Understanding
Apply and Extend Knowledge
Evidence of Learning
Student Citizenship Journal Opportunities
Part C: Lifelong Learning Resources
Grade 3 Citizenship Studies
Self, Community, and Place
Part A: Curricular Connections and Background
Broad Area of Citizenship
Overview and Desired Results of Citizenship Study
Enduring Understandings of Citizenship Study
Knowledge and Skill Development
Essential Questions
Curriculum Outcomes and Indicators
Part B: Learning Plan
Citizenship Inquiry
Questions to Guide Inquiry
Connect to Topic and Surface Students’ Thinking About …
Developing Understanding
Apply and Extend Knowledge
Evidence of Learning
Student Citizenship Journal Opportunities
Part C: Self, Community, and Place Resources
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Additional Tools
Grades K – 2
Colour, Symbol, Image
This routine invites students to identify the main ideas in a text and represent them in nonverbal ways.
Concept Mapping
(Stars and Constellations)
Students individually and collectively surface their prior knowledge, assumptions, and conclusions about an essential question.
Discursive Sentence Starters
Hand gestures can signal the kind of thinking move a student intends to make when it’s their turn.
Discussion Passport
When you’re travelling, you need a valid passport to gain admission to other’s lands. Another person’s ideas are a bit like another land, and it’s important to travel there respectfully.
Four Corners
Students individually and collectively surface their prior knowledge, assumptions, and conclusions about an essential question.
See, Think, Wonder
This routine asks students to silently observe images/text and note the details or importance of the image/text.
Sentence, Phrase, Word
This discursive and thinking routine supports students to think about big ideas and provides a structure for conversation.
Silent Conversations
This strategy provides a safe space to find new points of connection, tension, and curiosity.
Windows and Mirrors
A discursive strategy to clarify and deepen knowledge of the text or topic
Mentor Text Study
Sample unit plans. More content will be added on an ongoing basis.
Mentor Text Study
All Grades
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