What your child learns in Grade 9 in Ontario

Big Ideas

• AA1 Social-Emotional Learning Skills: Develop and explore a variety of social-emotional learning skills in a context that supports and reflects this learning in connection with the expectations across all other strands
• A1 Mathematical Processes: Apply the mathematical processes to develop a conceptual understanding of, and procedural fluency with, the mathematics they are learning
• A2 Making Connections: Make connections between mathematics and various knowledge systems, their lived experiences, and various real-life applications of mathematics, including careers

15 units, including number sets, rational numbers, powers & scientific notation, exponents & powers.

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• A1 Transferable Skills: Demonstrate an understanding of how the seven transferable skills (critical thinking and problem solving; innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship; self-directed learning; collaboration; communication; global citizenship and sustainability; and digital literacy) are used in various language and literacy contexts
• A2 Digital Media Literacy: Demonstrate and apply the knowledge and skills needed to interact safely and responsibly in online environments, use digital and media tools to construct knowledge, and demonstrate learning as critical consumers and creators of media
• A3 Applications, Connections, and Contributions: Apply language and literacy skills in cross-curricular and integrated learning, and demonstrate an understanding of, and make connections to, diverse voices, experiences, perspectives, histories, and contributions, including those of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals, communities, groups, and nations

10 units, including word detective, grammar & style, revise & edit, close reading.

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• A1 STEM Investigation Skills: Apply scientific processes and an engineering design process in their investigations to develop a conceptual understanding of the science they are learning, and apply coding skills to model scientific concepts and relationships
• A2 Applications, Careers, and Connections: Analyse how scientific concepts and processes can be applied in practical ways to address real-world issues and in various careers, and describe contributions to science from people with diverse lived experiences
• B1 Relating Science to Our Changing World: Assess impacts of climate change on ecosystem sustainability and on various communities, and describe ways to mitigate these impacts

11 units, including think like a scientist, ecosystems in balance, photosynthesis & respiration, climate change.

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• A1 Geographic Inquiry: Use the geographic inquiry process and the concepts of geographic thinking when investigating issues relating to Canadian geography
• A2 Developing Transferable Skills: Apply in everyday contexts skills, including geospatial technology skills, developed through the investigation of Canadian geography, and identify some careers, including those in the skilled trades, in which a background in geography might be an asset
• B1 Characteristics of Canada’s Natural Environment and the Impact of Physical Processes: Describe various characteristics of the natural environment and the spatial distribution of physical features in Canada, and analyze the role of physical processes, phenomena, and events in shaping them

11 units, including geographer's toolkit, canada's landform regions, weather, climate & landscape, people & the natural world.

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• In immersion, French is the language we learn in, so listening and speaking grow every day.
• Reading French texts of many kinds builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
• Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.

9 units, including registres et exposés oraux, la fable, le roman et ses personnages, les figures de style.

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• Listening to French and responding to it builds understanding, one step at a time.
• Speaking and interacting in French uses familiar words and sentence patterns.
• Reading a range of French texts builds comprehension and an eye for how texts are put together.

11 units, including past, present, future, asking questions, putting events in order, needs and opinions.