Manitoba · Grade 10 · 2026–27 · For parents

What your child learns in Grade 10 in Manitoba

In Grade 10, Manitoba students work through Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French — 227 specific skills across 28 units, set by the province's official curriculum. This page lists them all in plain words, subject by subject, so you know exactly what "how was school?" is actually covering this year.

6Subjects
28Units
227Skills

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How to read this page

Manitoba publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.

Mathematics this year

Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Manitoba, that's Essential Mathematics, Grade 10 (20S) — 7 units, 27 skills.

Analysis of Games and Numbers

  • Winning strategies for spatial puzzles
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Personal Finance

  • Ways of earning income
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Measurement

  • The SI system and its units
  • Measuring with SI and imperial tools
  • Area of regular and composite shapes
+ 7 more skills in this unit →

Trigonometry

  • The Pythagorean theorem
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Consumer Decisions

  • Unit pricing and best buys
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Transformations

  • Translations, rotations, and reflections
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Angle Construction

  • Drawing and measuring angles
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

See the full Essential Mathematics, Grade 10 (20S) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Mathematics this year

Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Manitoba, that's Introduction to Applied and Pre-Calculus Mathematics, Grade 10 (20S) — 3 units, 29 skills.

Measurement

  • Referents and estimating linear measure
  • Surface area and volume of solids
+ 4 more skills in this unit →

Algebra and Number

  • Prime factors, GCF, and LCM
  • Powers with rational exponents
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Relations and Functions

  • Data, graphs, and contexts
  • Linear relations in words and ordered pairs
  • Forms of a linear equation
+ 12 more skills in this unit →

See the full Introduction to Applied and Pre-Calculus Mathematics, Grade 10 (20S) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

English Language Arts this year

Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Manitoba, that's English Language Arts, Grade 10 — 4 units, 47 skills.

Explore and Discover Language and Literacy

  • Listening critically to oral texts
  • Adjusting language to foster inclusive interaction
  • Using the rules and structures of oral language
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Comprehend and Respond to Multimodal Texts

  • Activating prior knowledge to build understanding
  • Engaging with a variety of multimodal texts
  • Analyzing and synthesizing information across sources
+ 12 more skills in this unit →

Compose and Create Multimodal Texts

  • Selecting and focusing a topic
  • Researching and evaluating sources
  • Planning with strategies and tools
+ 12 more skills in this unit →

Communicate Ideas and Build New Understandings

  • Using tone, volume and expression for delivery
  • Reflecting on and reviewing personal growth
  • Setting learning goals and planning steps
+ 5 more skills in this unit →

See the full English Language Arts, Grade 10 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Science this year

Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Manitoba, that's Science, Grade 10 (Senior 2) — 5 units, 46 skills.

Scientific Skills and Inquiry

  • Select and use appropriate methods and tools for sampling
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

Dynamics of Ecosystems

  • Illustrate and explain how carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are
  • Construct and interpret graphs of population dynamics
+ 8 more skills in this unit →

Chemistry in Action

  • Relate an element's position in the periodic table to its combining capacity (valence)
  • Balance chemical equations
  • Describe the formation and the environmental impact of various
+ 9 more skills in this unit →

In Motion

  • Analyze the relationship among displacement, time, and velocity for an object in uniform motion
  • Describe qualitatively how force is related to motion. Include:
  • Investigate the factors that influence braking distance. Include: reaction
+ 10 more skills in this unit →

Weather Dynamics

  • Illustrate the composition and organization of the hydrosphere and the atmosphere
  • Investigate the social, economic, and environmental impacts of a
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

See the full Science, Grade 10 (Senior 2) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Social Studies this year

Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Manitoba, that's Social Studies, Grade 10 (Geographic Issues of the 21st Century) — 5 units, 51 skills.

Geographic Literacy

  • Defining geography
+ 9 more skills in this unit →

Natural Resources

  • Global environmental types
+ 11 more skills in this unit →

Food from the Land

  • Major food production areas
+ 11 more skills in this unit →

Industry and Trade

  • Types of industry
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Urban Places

  • Rural, urban, and remote places
+ 9 more skills in this unit →

See the full Social Studies, Grade 10 (Geographic Issues of the 21st Century) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

French this year

French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Manitoba, that's Core French, Grade 10 — 4 units, 27 skills.

Oral Communication

  • Understanding and retelling oral messages
  • Describing people and things
  • Expressing feelings and giving advice
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Reading

  • Reading for purpose and main idea
+ 4 more skills in this unit →

Writing

  • Purpose, conventions, and describing
  • Writing feelings, opinions, and advice
  • Organizing varied, coherent texts
+ 5 more skills in this unit →

Culture

  • Francophone cultures and cultural events
+ 4 more skills in this unit →

See the full Core French, Grade 10 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Three ways parents use this list

At report-card timeMatch the teacher's comments to the units above — "working on number sense" stops being a mystery phrase.
At parent-teacher nightPick one unit per subject and ask "how is my child doing with this?" — specific questions get specific answers.
When they're stuckFind the exact skill on this page, open it in MapleMind, and the tutor teaches just that — step by step, as many times as it takes.

Common questions

What does my child learn in Grade 10 in Manitoba?

Manitoba's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 10 — 227 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers analysis of games and numbers and personal finance; Mathematics covers measurement and algebra and number; English Language Arts covers explore and discover language and literacy and comprehend and respond to multimodal texts. The full list is on this page.

Is this the official Manitoba curriculum?

It's built from Manitoba's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.

My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?

That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.

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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.