New Unit January 21, 2022: The Way We Move

Hello Everyone,

We are in the process of finishing up our last unit projects, so now we will begin a new inquiry unit called The Way We Move!

Unit Focus Statement: Migration is a response to challenges, risks, survival, and a natural need to explore.

Concepts: EXPLORATION, IDENTITY

Core Competency Focus: Positive Personal & Cultural Identity

Areas of Inquiry:

  • The nature of exploration
  • The reasons people move throughout the world
  • Human migration and its impact on Canada, indigenous cultures, and the world
  • The similarities between humanity and other animals as related to migration
  • Our own personal and cultural identity as a result of migration
  • Biomes of the world
  • Geography and maps
  • Personal narrative writing as related to identity
  • Tiny House Math Projects (Area, Perimeter, Multiplication, Division) related to what is most important to us
  • French Country Mini Project, as well as ongoing vocabulary learning

We look forward to….

  • Doing exploration of our identity, of our outside spaces, and more through the use of careful observation and documentation skills
  • Studying migratory birds and other animals and tracking their journeys
  • A virtual visit with Birds Vancouver to learn about local birds, their behaviours, and migration patterns.
  • Writing mini stories designed to strengthen our idea-generation strategies, paragraphing, dialogue writing, and conventions
  • Creating a class map of our own family’s migration paths
  • Interviewing community members about immigration stories
  • Doing a group research timeline on how we all came to be in Canada, then writing mini monologues to present some of the key figures and events from our history
  • Making a Quilt of Belonging piece representative of our Cultural Background/Identity
  • Reading and analyzing books/stories related to immigration and refugees
  • Discussing immigration policies in Canada, and then making our own immigration policy for a made-up location
  • Doing activities and games related to multiplication, division, and geometry

Plans may change depending on time and possible functional closures. We will do as much as we can in February and early March, and finish this unit before we go to Spring Break.

Next unit will be on NEEDS and WANTS, talking about resources, geology, economics, trade, and more.

Our independent project research and work will be ongoing from now until June.

More to come!

Ms. D