New Unit! The Way We Move
Hello Everyone!
We are in the process of finishing up our last unit! Over the next week, we will do our PowerPoint presentations about machines we think have had the greatest impact on humanity and continue preparing for our debates about technology.
But it is time for a new unit, and we will begin to have discussions about it! Here you go:
Unit Focus Statement: Migration is a response to challenges, risks, survival, and a natural need to explore.
Areas of Inquiry: Covering Socials, Science, LA, ART, PE/Health
- Human migration and it impact on Canada and the world (which will involve discussions about explorers, fur trade, gold rush, and times migration occurred in our history)
- The reasons people move throughout the world
- The nature of EXPLORATION (not just that of explorers!)
- The biomes of the world
- The similarities between humans and other animals as related to migration
- Becoming more aware of world geography
We will also continue to look at MATH in the following ways as part of Math Makes It Work:
- Measurement and Metric Conversion (how it involves the base 10, multiplication, division, and decimals)
- A deeper sense of multiplication
- Area and Perimeter
- Geometrical shapes, angles
- Math related to Skyscrapers from the book You Do The Math
We will also continue to work on FRENCH, focusing on the following:
- French Immersion students will be working on reading French graphic novels and creating conversations amongst themselves for presentation
- Beginning French students will focus on basic conversations and do presentations in front of the class in partner groups
- All students will focus on countries where French is spoken in connection with our geography studies
- All students will continue to use technology for their French studies through Duolingo and French-Games.net
This unit will take us through February 20th approximately, and then on to the next one!
Ms. D