Key Ideas Of Reading Analysis

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Key Ideas of reading:

Educators are concerned that childeren who enter Kindergarten do not have a good enough foundation for literacy.
Non-indgenous students are being favoured.
Children’s writing comes primairly from what thay know and value

Discussion Questions
The article indicates that amoung Canadians from ages 25 to 64, 33% of indigenous hold diplomas and only 13% of the rest of the Canadian Population has a diploma. Why do you think the statistics are so much greater within the indigenous population? within canada the Kindergareten entry age differs depending of proviance. some proviances have students start at the age of 4 and attend kindergarten for 2 yaers. in whatt ways would this be benificail to the students? What do you feel

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