New K-4 curriculum will be tested in selected Alberta schools next year:
"We want to make sure that this new curriculum is actually focusing more laser-like on basic but fundamental foundational skills,” Eggen said Wednesday.
...That means reading, writing, communication (and) computational thinking....
...But it also means adding extra emphasis around mental-health issues, around confidence, around being able to express yourself … around safety and personal space (and) around consent.
...In English, for example, the focus remains on reading and writing, but also on speaking and listening.
In math, there will be an emphasis on rote work, such as multiplication tables, along with their wider applications, such as rudimentary money basics."
https://globalnews.ca/news/4534300/a...-fundamentals/
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