Scientists in School

Social Studies: La communauté

 Bonjour à tous! Hello everyone. My name is Mlle. Karrie and I am a Teacher Candidate from Glendon. I have been working with Mme. Volohova and the grade one class since January and will continue onwards until the end of May.

Since I have been in the class, we have worked on a unit about the Local Community. We started learning about the places found in the community (example: parks, school, stores, houses…etc.) and then moved onto learning about the people in the community. For the final part of our Community unit, I asked the students to – in pairs – draw a map of their “ideal community”; if they were to create a community, what would it look like, what would be included?

The entire project, from lesson to independent work, was recorded. Upon project completion, I asked the children to think about why they chose to include the people and places that they did. Is it important to have this place or that person in the community? When they were ready, they came to me to present their finished work.

I have edited all the clips and can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtlYYVn-jr9nqldIH20Wmyu-BaXGV9l0T

Having this link is the only way to access these videos. They are unlisted and cannot be seen by others without a link! Your privacy (and that the students) is incredibly important.

Currently, I am working with the students on the 5 senses (taste, smell, hearing, sight and touch). From there, I will be moving on to Report (non-fiction) Writing.

I look forward to continuing my work with your children and hope to meet some of you in the coming months!

~Mlle. Karrie