K–3 Curriculum (Ages 9 and Under)
Though all lesson plans are customized according to students’ needs, we follow guidelines as outlined by the Ontario, Canada curriculum, as well as the most up-to-date international teaching standards. Our lessons exceed these standards while emphasizing your critical thinking skills and creativity.
K–1 (Age 6 and Under)
Grade 2 (Ages 7–8)
Grade 3 (Ages 8–9)
Grade 1 English Skills Include
- Identifying main ideas in a story
- Using details from the text to answer questions
- Expanding vocabulary
- Decoding one- and two-syllable words
- Making short and long vowel sounds
- Blending consonants
Grade 2 English Skills Include
- Identifying different types of writing
- Answering questions critically using details from the text
- Contextualizing words
- Learning irregular spelling
- Prefixes and suffixes
- Decoding two-syllable words
- Opinion and narrative pieces
Grade 3 English Skills Include
- Identifying character traits and points of view
- Comparing themes, settings and plots
- Using words to convey moods
- Describing a set of steps or series of events
- Multisyllabic words
- Writing creatively using irregular verbs
K–1 STEM Skills Include
- Observation of the five senses, the composition of the earth, and the basic needs of plants and animals.
- Counting, adding, and subtracting
- Measurement (size, height, length, weight, capacity, and temperature)
- Matter (solid, liquid, and gas)
- The Earth and beyond
Grade 2 STEM Skills Include
- Experimentation and analysis of magnets, including pulleys, magnets, parts of a flower
- Adding and subtracting with money, dividing shapes, and reading analog clocks
- Weight, force, magnetism (magnetic poles and fields, how a compass works), the human body (cells, the digestive system), and geology (layers of the earth, kinds of rocks, weathering)
Grade 3 STEM Skills Include
- Hands-on experiments such as making 3D models of bones, lunar observation, and insulators and conductors
- Multiplication, division, fractions in relation to money
- Weather forecasting, vertebrates, ecosystems, energy, light
- The human body, matter, cells, and atoms
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” — Margaret Mead
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