Our focus in Social Studies continues to be on communities. Today we continued to talk about community, but in a much broader sense than just Evanston or Calgary. Knowing that communities share common aspects, we spent some time brainstorming what all Canadians share and how Canada is a community. We came up with: our flag, our money, Justin Trudeau, (yes... some of us knew this!!), freedom, and shared land.
The focus in social studies this year is looking at different types of communities within Canada so it is important that students have a clear understanding between city, province, and country. We have been working at differentiating these three terms and learning about what they each are.
On Monday we looked at the Maritime provinces and many of us were in awe of the beauty we saw with the rugged coastlines and blue oceans. Today we did a brief overview of the central provinces of Canada, Quebec,and Manitoba. We were especially intrigued by Quebec City and their winter festival and Ottawa and Parliament.
If you wanted to find out more about Canada, here is a good site with many links to other sites:
Canada LInks
Canada Map Puzzle
Coming up:
- Oral Sharing starts tomorrow!
- Early Dismissal Friday
- Mrs. Jordan away Monday morning at Learning Leader Meeting.
