Framework for Learning

 
 
 
 
 
 

Framework for LEARNING

English Program

Stories of Practice

Stories of Practice are intended to inspire educators as they design learning experiences that support the development of the Manitoba Global Competencies. These stories represent examples of teachers who have intentionally and explicitly infused the competencies into learning experiences in their context. They also illustrate the Guiding Principles of Designing Learning Experiences and Assessment Practices in action.

The Stories of Practice are organized to highlight different competencies and guiding principles in a variety of curricular areas. Each story may illustrate multiple competencies and/or guiding principles beyond those under which they are designated and may be easily adapted to focus on different competencies or guiding principles.

Teachers are encouraged to consider how they might take a story and adapt or change it (in grade, concept, or pedagogical approach) for their own students and context.


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Global Competency Focus
Learning Experience and Assessment Focus - English Program






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Natural Treasures

Collect items from nature to explore, learn from, and create with.

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Spring, Summer, Fall, & Winter!

Investigate the four seasons through a whole-class inquiry.

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It’s all about Community

Explore the roles, responsibilities, and contributions of the members of our community.

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Backyard Inquiry—Butterflies & Bees

What are the creatures in our backyard, and how can we care for them?

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Answering the Calls to Action

Explore and honour the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action using learner-friendly language.

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Cardboard Arcade

Learn about simple machines by designing arcades.

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Story as Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors: A Teacher Professional Learning Journey

Explore middle grade and young adult texts written by diverse voices.

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My Story Vine

Share stories through oral traditions.

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Eat Local

What are the benefits and challenges of creating recipes from local ingredients?

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What’s in a Treaty?

What are terms of the Treaties, how are they being upheld, and what are their short- and long-term impacts?

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Is There a Perfect Job for Me?

Explore the real world of work through research and experts.

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Beyond the Superficial: Understanding Multiple Perspectives

Seek out diverse perspectives to create a depth of understanding in complex issues.

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It’s a Gas!

Design an experiment to prove a law.

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Unblocking the Path: Self-Paced and Mastery in Grade 9 Mathematics

What happens when we change the question from “What’s for homework?” to “What are my goals?”

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Can I Get a Watt Watt?!

In what ways can your home use energy more efficiently?

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My Element Twin

Which elements on the periodic table have a personality just like mine?

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Barren Grounds

Explore Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing through literature, design process, collaboration, and digital literacy.

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Feel Good Food Drive

How can we help others when times are hard?

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Let’s Celebrate!

Share and learn about celebrations and traditions with classmates.

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The Museum of Caring

How can one person or event create change in the world?

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How to Make Your Favourite Pie (Chart)

How do circle graphs communicate information?

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Robotics Bring Water to the World!

Explore water and sanitation as a basic human right; use robots to design, build, test, and drive an apparatus to safely transport clean drinking water to a community in need.

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The Many Stories Project

Share untold stories to understand who we are.

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Healthy Lake, Healthy Me, Healthy Community

How can Two-Eyed Seeing/Etuaptmumk help us to better understand and be stewards of local land and waters and to advocate for their protection?

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CommUNITY on the Court

How can we empower and engage learners to own the game, create community, and meaningfully include all learners in sports?

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Plastic Bag Bracelets

How are we connected to land and water?

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Indigenous Paddles: A Timeless Invention

How can we bridge traditional Indigenous technologies with current innovations in woodworking?

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Minecraft Community: Discover and Build

Explore our community in the past, present, and future using Minecraft.

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Trading Card Adventures

Use the design process to create personalized trading cards.

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What the Land Means to Me

Connect with the land using our senses.

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Shopping Is a Serious Business!

Learn everyday vocabulary by shopping for a meal.

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What Are the Costs of Fast Fashion?

Does what you wear matter to the environment?

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My Hands

Using powerful spoken word and tableaux, learners educate others and put out a call to action in support of the 17 sustainable development goals.

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Don’t Stress about High School!

Showcase psychology by mentoring Grade 8 learners.

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Telling a Story in Two Languages

Write children’s stories in French to practise oral and written French.

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The Flipped Classroom

How can “homework” be made achievable and class time meaningful for all learners?

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What happens when the motor of the swing suddenly stops?

Use modelling and vertical learning to guide physics instruction.

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All about Me

What story about yourself do you want to tell, and what is the best way to tell it?

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What is YOUR Pulitzer Prize–winning story?

How does your personal story connect to a body of research?

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Connecting with the Land—Forever Birchwood

What are the gifts of the birch?

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SolveMe Mobiles

Introduce algebraic concepts using puzzles on vertical surfaces.

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Bilingual Storybooks for Additional Language Learners

Use children’s stories to engage EAL learners.

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The MARVELous World of Chemistry

How can the periodic table help us predict the properties and behaviour of elements?

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Why Should Something Dangerous Be Protected and Saved?

Investigate elephants through guided inquiry.

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Imagination Pollination!

What can be done to save the bee population, and how will we know if our solution is effective?

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Democratic Agents of Change

How should Canada be governed?

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Young Designers: Picture Book Engineering

Use empathy and invention to help the main character(s) of a story.

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Novel Engineering for Human Rights

Use empathy and invention to help the main character(s) of a novel.

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Soundscapes

Use soundscapes and music to enhance a story.

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Celebrating Culture with Food

Explore the connections between culture and food.

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Beyond the Orange Shirt

How do we acknowledge that different experiences shape how each person sees the world?

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What are the factors that shape who we are and who we will become?

Learn about and write “coming-to” stories.

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Waste Not, Want Not

Conduct a waste audit to change behaviour.

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My Culture Is a Gift

Explore the gifts of one’s own and others’ cultures.

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A Garden of Reconciliation and Reflection

How can we create a space that respects and honours Indigenous people and helps build a bridge towards reconciliation?

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If We Poison the Water, Can We Fix it?

Develop an understanding of the interconnectedness of our global community and the decisions we make by analyzing water pollution.

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Planning a Science Olympics

Design, plan, and host an event to create authentic communication and collaboration opportunities.

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Me in a Bag!

Get to know the classroom community.

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When the Story Writes Itself

Create a culture of questioning for learner agency and problem solving.

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Co-creating Collaboration Rubrics

How can learners create their own rubric that the teacher can use for assessment?

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Canadian Contributions in Space

How has Canada contributed to global scientific space exploration?

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Little Lessons: Writing a Children’s Book to Understand

Learn about parenting and caregiving by crafting stories for young children.

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The Magic of Silent Films

How do we tell a story without words?

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Forest Adventures

What will learners discover or create given unstructured time in nature?

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A Beary Important Podcast

Grades 3 and 4 podcasters share their learning about Jordan’s Principle.

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Story-Making Magic in Kindergarten

What are our stories, and how can we share them?

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“Trashion”

In what ways is “fast fashion” contributing to environmental decline and the abuse of human rights?

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“We are called to justice.”

How are artists using their voices to draw attention to MMIWG2S+?

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A Tree Special to Me

Can learners name and describe a tree special to them? What makes it special?

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More Heads Are Better Than One

Can you work together to transport your team from Point A to Point B?

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Moving to the Beat of Your Heart

How can you determine the intensity of the activity that you are participating in?

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Manipulating Accuracy

How does changing force and release angle impact your accuracy?

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Mapping Multiple Perspectives

How can three learners work with one pencil to draw an accurate map of the school grounds?

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Celebrating Community: We Are All Connected

What makes a community? What communities are we connected to?

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Which One Doesn’t Belong?

Which of the four images does not belong in the set, and why?

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Deconstructing Power

Use art to explore feelings of power and powerlessness, and the structures that shape our lives.

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Loose Parts Love

What is something or someone you love? Show your unique ideas using loose parts!

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If at First You Don’t Succeed, Fly, Fly Again.

What is the best design for a paper airplane?

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Tree Detectives and the Mystery Branch

How can we figure out which tree a large branch fell from?

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Creating Castles

Simple machines meet 3-D nets.

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Create Your Sharing Stick

How can your sharing stick represent who you are and where you came from?

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Community Kindness Walks

What actions can we take to support reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in our community?

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Crafting Personalized Glass Stirring Rods Using a Bunsen Burner

Bunsen burners are used to make glass stirring rods.

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Everyday Moments: Snapshots of Daily Life

How can we be present and pay attention? How can we become more mindful of beauty in everyday moments?

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Choosing Your Own Math Adventure

How can a growth mindset be fostered when participating in math assessments?

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Changing Perspectives

How can you use photography and graphic design to change negative points of view?

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Mathletes

Learners learn to communicate mathematically through problem solving.

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It’s a Mystery!

Identify 12 mystery solutions with various chemistry techniques.

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Pool Noodle Creations

What was the most important thing you’ve learned this school year?

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Invent Your Own Animal

What kind of animal can you invent when you combine two or more animals?

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8 Bit of Fun

What makes good pixel art? Can you create a code so your classmate can recreate your piece?

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“The true method of knowledge is experiment.” – William Blake

How can we develop chemistry understanding among learners by having them conduct their own chemistry demos?

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Search, Find, and Explore Sensory Bin

Dive into a sensory bin and see what objects you pull out!

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A Rainbow of Feelings

What do colours make us feel? What stories do our rainbows tell?

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Thinking Inside and Outside the Box

What can a cardboard box be?

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Litter Leaders

What can we do about the litter in our schoolyard?

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The Locker Problem

How can we use our knowledge about square numbers to solve problems?

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Maximizing Cereal Box Efficiency: Volume Versus Surface Area for Maximum Profit

How can you help maximize the volume and minimize the surface area of a cereal box to help a company lessen its costs and make more money?