Where We Are in

Place and Time

Migra&on happens in
response to societal and
environmental factors.
Lines of Inquiry

Transdisciplinary Learning
Mathema'cs
Time: Timelines
Data Handling: Venn Diagrams
PaFern and Func&on: PaFerns in Numbers
Language Arts
Reading: Realis&c c&on, Synthesis, Compare and Contrast,
Story Mountain, Retelling, Character Analysis
Wri&ng: Realis&c c&on, Story Mountain, Problem and
Solu&on, Dialogue, Character and SeLng Development (Using
Adjec&ves)
Viewing and Crea&ng: Illustra&ons to Support Wri&ng. Form
and Func&on of Posters
Listening and Speaking: Interviewing and Story Telling

(Examples)

Unit Vocabulary

1. Reasons for migra&on (CAUSATION)

2. Changes aber migra&on (CHANGE)
3. Migra&on stories (PERSPECTIVE)
Migra&on
Change
Character
SeLng
Problem
Solu&on
Environmental
Societal
Factors
Immigrant
Forced
Chosen
Ancestors
Refugee
Survival
+ adjec&ves for
describing seLng
and characters

Students will develop an

understanding of the concept of
migra&on, reasons animals and
humans migrate, and the posi&ves
and nega&ves of migra&ng.
Students will begin to develop an
apprecia&on for the dierent
perspec&ves of migrants.

Knowledge:
Place Value
Basic Facts
Order and
Sequence
PaFerns
Strategy:
Addi&on &
Subtrac&on
Mul&plica&on
& Division

Word Study:
Students con&nue to
learn word paFerns
to develop their
spelling skills.
Addi&onally, they will
con&nue to grow
their bank of high
frequency words
(snap words).

Important Dates
May 5: No classes for students
May 19: NOT an early release day (ERD was
cancelled due to Bike For Dad school closure)
May 20: School closed
June 17: Last day of school (11:00 dismissal)
*To Be Scheduled: End of Year Elementary Assembly
and Y2 End of Year Party

Essential Elements
Knowledge

Disciplinary Learning

Mathema'cs
Language
Arts

Skills
Research:
Formula&ng ques&ons, observing, collec&ng data,
recording, interpre&ng, presen&ng

Thinking:
Acquisi&on of knowledge, comprehension,
applica&on, synthesis, dialec&cal thought

Learner Profile
and Attitudes
*Open-minded
*Caring
*Reec&ve
*Empathy
*Respect
*Curiosity

Action
Students will have a chance to
interview someone in their life
about a migra&on experience.
Addi&onally, students will have a
chance to create a realis&c c&on
story of a migrant.