The 52 stories are designed to familiarize and develop student awareness of Canada while they practice their reading comprehension skills. Each topic contains an information story, and a follow-up exercise designed to review and develop strong reading and phonetic skills. The material in this book can be used in a variety of ways. Use as bell ringers, or for students who are done their work early or for extra practice. 

There are 11 sections covering these topics:

1. Canadian Symbols
2. Canadian Sports
3. Canadian Birds
4. Canadian Animals
5. Canadian Insects
6. Canadian Reptiles
7. Canadian Inventors and Inventions
8. Famous Canadian Athletes
9. Famous Canadian People
10. Canadian Places and Sights
11. Canadian Ghost Story and Famous Canadian Mysteries 

Teacher Notes

• At A Glance – List of Skills
• Teaching Objectives
• Teaching Strategies
• Vocabulary Lists for each story 

Answer key provided with each section.  

LESSON TOPICS and SKILLS COVERED 

Section One: Canadian Symbols

Answer Key for Section 1: Canadian Symbols 

Story #1: Our Country - Canada

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Antonyms | Root Words 

Story #2: The Prime Minister of Canada

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Classifying | Root Words 

Story #3: Canada Capital City – Print and PowerPoint

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Nouns | Antonyms 

Story #4: How Canada Got Its Own Flag

SKILLS: Evaluation | Common/Proper Nouns | Spelling 

Story #5: Canada's National Flag

SKILLS: Noting Details | Antonyms | Synonyms 

Story #6: Symbols of Canada

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Synonyms | Syllabication

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Section Two: Canadian Sports

Answer Key for Section 2: Canadian Sports 

Story #1: Baseball in Canada

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Suffixes | Antonyms 

Story #2: Canadian Football

SKILLS: Expressing an Opinion | Word Meanings 

Story #3: Soccer in Canada

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Synonyms | Root Words 

Story #4: Canadian Basketball

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Compound Words | Proper Nouns 

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Section Three: Canadian Birds

Answer Key for Section 3: Canadian Birds 

Story #1: The Snowy Owl

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Root Words Adjectives 

Story #2: The Atlantic Puffin

SKILLS: Recording Facts | Kinds of Sentences | Double Consonants 

Story #3: The Burrowing Owl

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Adjectives/Adverbs | Alphabetical Order 

Story #4: The Ruby-Throat Hummingbird

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Writing Sentences | Antonyms 

Story #5: The Common Loon

SKILLS: Cause and Effect | Interrogative Sentences | Homonyms 

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Section Four: Canadian Animals

Answer Key for Section 4: Canadian Sports 

Story #1: The Canadian Beaver

SKILLS: Finding Proof | Exclamatory Sentences | Homonyms/Meanings 

Story #2: The Black Bear

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Imperative Sentences | Syllabication 

Story #3: The Muskrat

SKILLS: Locating Details | Kinds of Sentences | Word Meanings 

Story #4: The Snowshoe Hare

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Labelling Sentences | Homonyms 

Story #5: The Opossum

SKILLS: Classifying Details | Antonyms | Parts of Speech 

Story #6: The Musk Ox

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Verbs | Plurals 

Section Five: Canadian Insects

Answer Key for Section 5: Canadian Insects 

Story #1: The Firefly

SKILLS: Classifying Details; Adjectives/Adverbs; Plurals 

Story #2: The Ladybug

SKILLS: Locating Information | Nouns/Verbs | Vowel Combinations 

Story #3: The Dragonfly

SKILLS: Locating Information | Phrases | Root Words 

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Section Six: Canadian Reptiles

Answer Key for Section 6: Canadian Reptiles 

Story #1: The Snapping Turtle

SKILLS: Classifying Facts | Noun/Verbs | Vowel Combinations 

Story #2: The Leatherback Turtle

SKILLS: Classifying Information | Adjectives | Antonyms 

Story #3: The Prairie Rattlesnake

SKILLS: Completing a Fact Chart | Phrases | Double Consonants 

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Section Seven: Canadian Inventors and Inventions

Answer Key for Section 7: Canadian Inventors and Inventions 

Story #1: Joseph-Armand Bombardier – Skidoo

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Phrases | Alphabetical Ordering 

Story #2: Alexander Graham Bell – Telephone

SKILLS: Sequential Ordering | Proper Nouns | Root Words 

Story #3: Jacque Plante – Hockey Mask

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Capitalization | Homonyms 

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Section Eight: Famous Canadian Athletes

Answer Key for Section 8: Famous Canadian Athletes 

Story #1:  P.K. Subban – One of the Three Hocky Brothers (Print and PowerPoint)

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Antonyms, Homonyms |Synonyms | Contractions 

Story #2: The Dufour-Lapointe Sisters – Canada’s Mogul Queens

SKILLS: Drawing Conclusions | Suffixes | Present/Past Tense 

Story #3: Alexandre Bilodeau – Freestyle Skiing King

SKILLS: Noting Details | Syllabication | Root Words 

Story #4: Mark McMorris – A Snowboarding Warrior

SKILLS: Locating Details | Common/Proper Nouns | Plurals 

Story #5: Marielle Thompson – Golden Girl on Skis

SKILLS: Sequential Development | Adverbs | Root Words

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Section Nine: Famous Canadian People

Answer Key for Section 9: Famous Canadian People 

Story #1: Carly Rae Jepson – Canadian Singer and Songwriter

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Punctuation | Root Words 

Story #2: Chris Hadfield – Famous Canadian Astronaut

 SKILLS: Recalling Events | Subject/Predicate | Synonyms 

Story #3: Jessica Amlee – Young Canadian Film and Television Star

SKILLS: Locating Information | Adverbs /Adjectives | Common/Proper Nouns 

Story #4: David Suzuki – Canadian Scientist

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Phrases | Synonyms 

Story #5: Avril Lavigne – Singer and Songwriter

SKILLS: Using Context Clues | Subject Pronouns | Long/Short Vowels  

Section Ten: Canadian Places and Sights

Answer Key for Section 10: Canadian Places and Sights 

Story #1: Queen Charlotte Islands or Haidi Gwaii – “Islands of the Haida Peoples”

SKILLS: Mapping | Recalling Details | Verb Tenses | Alphabetical Order 

Story #2: Jasper National Park – Canada’s Scenic Wonder

SKILLS: Recalling Information | Comparisons | Compound Words 

Story #3: The Big Muddy Badlands – The Outlaws’ Hideaway

SKILLS: Main Idea | Verbs | Homonyms 

Story #4: Lunenburg – A World Heritage Site

SKILLS: Recalling Details | Adjectives | Vowel Combination “oo” 

Story #5: The Cabot Trail – A Scenic Roadway

SKILLS: Main idea | Punctuation | Verbs 

Story #6: Yellowknife – The Largest Community in the N.W.T.

SKILLS: Context Clues | Compound Words | Antonyms 

Story #7: Aurora Borealis or The Northern Lights

 SKILLS: Noting Details | Phrases | Synonyms 

Story #8: The Peterborough Lift Lock

SKILLS: Making Inferences | Verb Tenses | Root Words 

Story #9: The Hartland Covered Bridge

SKILLS: Context Clues | Verbs | Compound Sentences

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Section Eleven: Canadian Ghost Stories and Famous Mysteries

Answer Key for Section 11: Canadian Ghost Stories and Famous Mysteries 

Story #1: The Ghost Train – An Alberta Ghost Story

SKILLS: Drawing Conclusions | Subject/Predicate | Synonyms

Story #2: Ogopogo – A Famous Lake Monster

SKILLS: Finding Proof | Nouns/Verbs | Synonyms 

Story #3: Bigfoot or Sasquatch – A British Columbia Mystery Monster

SKILLS: Noting Details | Adjectives | Synonyms

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