New curriculum guides
Understand what changed in Alberta Grade 6 Social Studies, Ontario Kindergarten and Manitoba Grade 6 Science. Each guide explains the requirements, suggests a year plan, and includes a free planner or classroom lab. No sign-up needed.
Milestone Teachers - created by an Ontario Certified Teacher · Last reviewed
Implemented across Alberta in September 2026
A year about democracy: where it came from, how government works in Canada, and how rights and civic participation keep it working. The three organizing ideas explained, with a ten-month plan.
Free: year-at-a-glance organizer (PDF, 3 pages)
In effect from the 2026-27 school year
The 2016 frames became four strands. What is new in language, mathematics, coding and inquiry, how the 25 overall expectations are organized, and a way to plan September to June.
Free: planning grid (PDF, 2 pages)
Full implementation in the 2026/27 school year
Four clusters became five strands. The 17 Scientific Knowledge outcomes in three topic groups (forces and energy; Earth, Moon and Sun; heredity, diversity and fossils), quoted in full, with a ten-month plan.
Free: Seasons Explorer, a 3D seasons lab (no sign-up)
The all-year expectations, three skill ladders with the month each step starts, and October worked in full: every code it introduces, why in that order, and the centres placed there.
In French. The French-language document's 27 overall and 106 specific expectations, our correspondence to the English codes, and October worked in full.
These are independent planning guides from Milestone Teachers, not Ministry publications. They summarize the curriculum; they do not replace it, and your school or board's direction comes first.