Our Curriculum
Our Curriculum
The Shire School is the only Mandarin and English dual-language school in Toronto. Our students learn to read, write and speak in both languages by spending half their day immersed in Mandarin and the other half in English. Subjects are taught in both languages to build and expand on what they are learning.
JK / SK
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» basic greetings
» nouns/actions
» simple commands
» listening to stories
» basic characters (100-150)
» vocabulary (1500+)
» strokes
» tones
» recite songs
» Better Chinese -
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LEVEL |
MANDARIN LITERACY |
ENGLISH LITERACY |
MATHEMATICS (both languages) |
SOCIAL STUDIES/ SCIENCE (both languages) |
TECHNOLOGY (both languages) |
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JK/SK |
basic greetings nouns/actions simple commands listening to stories basic characters (100-150) vocabulary (1500+) strokes tones recite songs Better Chinese |
phonic awareness sight words rhyming cursive letter formation listening skills sequencing poetry/songs/drama |
JUMP MathSeries counting symbols & quantity understanding zero simple addition simple subtraction patterning shapes & patterns |
local community community helpers rainforest/oceans space five senses artists & colour calendar/time experimentation |
» individual use of iPad apps for learning » online reading program |
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GRADE1 |
vocabulary instructions listening to stories recognize basic characters (150+) radicals (10+) pinyin proper sentence structure recite poems Mei Zhou K |
sight words emergent reading guided reading word study intro to spelling vocabulary cursive writing sentence writing |
JUMP MathSeries counting forwards & backwards ordering speed + & x facts addition/subtraction fact families shapes, |
structures energy in our lives daily & seasonal cycles needs of living things experiments recycling |
» computer & its parts » structured use of online learning resources » introduction to keyboarding |
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GRADE2 |
vocabulary/phases characters (200+) radicals (20+) writing in sentences reciting passages introduction to typing (pinyin) Mei Zhou 1 |
word study spelling rules cursive writing capitalization & punctuation sentence writing guided reading independent reading |
JUMP MathSeries place value speed facts dynamic + & – story problems clock work money geometry: 2D & 3D tally & pictographs |
cultural celebrations Ancient China states of matter water cycle energy from wind simple machines life cycles animal classification reduce & reuse |
» computer & its parts » keyboard skills » structured use of online learning resources » simple word processing » basic commands |
