7/23/2019 How We Organize Ourselves Unit Letter

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Language Arts

Reading and Writing: Persuasive Writing, Inferring, Poetry

Listening /Speaking: Speech and Poetry recitation

Viewing and Presenting: Students will continue learning how to

analyze and create Infographics to gain information and share their

ideas. Students will also look at photography as a means to present

ideas.

Art

Students will inquire into the involvement art can have to createsocial change.

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu

How we OrganizeOurselves

Essential Elements

Transdisciplinary Learning

Concepts  Skills Learner Profileand Attitudes

 ActionKnowledge

Lines of InquiryDifferent types of NGOs

Roles and responsibilities within NGO’s

The action NGO’s take and why

How we know if NGOs are effective or not

Form and function:

What are NGOs?

What are the roles

and responsibilities

of NGOs?

Causation:

What action do NGO’

s take and why?

Reflection:

How do we know if

action taken by NGOs

has been effective?

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bout the role and

ructure of

fferent NGO’s .

hey will learnbout world issues

hese

rganizations are

volved with and

so what it means

o take actions

nd how to take

ction.

Communication:

* Speaking: I can speak

clearly when working

with others or presenting

* Presenting: I can share

the things I have learned

with othersSocial:

* Cooperation:I can work

well with others

* Adopting roles:I can

lead sometimes and

follow other times

Thinking:

*Dialectal thought : I can

think about different

points at the same time

in order to debate with

others

Students will use

their learning about

different NGO’s and

how they take action

to get inspired inorder to take action

themselves.

* cooperation

* thinkers

* risk takers

* commitment

Important Dates

Mathematics

Knowledge:

Place value

Basic Facts

Order and sequence

Patterns

Measurement:

Area and perimeterAngles

Jan 18: UN/ Red Cross Trip

(tentative)

Jan 28: Greenpeace visit

(tentative)

Feb 9: 3 Way conferences

Feb 22: Half term Holiday

Feb 29: Back to school

Disciplinary LearningStrategy:

Addition and

Subtraction

Ratios and

Proportions

Multiplication and

Division

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Language Arts

Word Study:

Students continue to lea

word patterns to develo

their spelling skills.

Grammar:

Students will continue to

develop an understandin

of sentence structure aswell as use the thesauru

empower their writing.

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