Grade K1 Unit Bulletin TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEME Sharing the Planet

Central Idea People interact with, value, and use animals in different ways.
Key Concepts: Function, Responsibility Related Concepts: Dependence, Culture, Relationships Lines of Inquiry

Attitudes: Appreciation, Curiosity, and Respect Transdisciplinary Skills

Self Management codes of behavior, safety Social accepting responsibility Communication presenting, viewing, listening and speaking Thinking acquisition of knowledge and comprehension Research collecting, recording, organizing and interpreting data.

How people use animals How different people interact with animals Our responsibility for animals

Learner Profile Caring, Principled, Knowledgeable

Coming up in this unit . . .

Field Trip more on this later! Hatching and raising chickens in the classroom. Pet parade students can bring pets to school to show and share. Making humane habitats for animals.

Learning across the disciplines

Language
The students will write informational reports to describe various animals and what they are used for. The students will also create surveys used to collect data on French In French the students will learn about domestic and wild animals especially those found in the Savannah and their characteristics . They will watch the movie Kirikou et les btes sauvages to enhance their learning.

Personal and Social Education (PSE)

Caring for the local environment fosters appreciation.

Social Studies

PE
This will be a stand-alone unit which will not incorporate Physical Education into the topic.

Analyze ways in which humans use animals. Describe how consumer demand for animal products affects the environment.

Music
The students will be learning, practicing and rehearsing songs for the festival of lights. The Festival of Lights Concert will be on Thursday, December 8th

Visual Arts
In Art will be a stand alone unit where we are experimenting with using the natural world for inspiration in our art.