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How We Organize Ourselves

We are starting our new unit under the Transdisciplinary Theme of Sharing the Planet. This is an inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and the structure and function of organizations. Please find below details of the unit and outlines of how Language Arts and Mathematics will be integrated.
Central Idea Key Concepts
Systems work to produce and process the goods we use. Function -a system and its various stages. Connection the connections within a system and its various stages. Related concepts: efficiency

Lines of Inquiry

Systems in our daily lives Stages of a production system The processes by which goods are produced

Integrated Maths

Shape and Space


Directional language Properties of 3-D shapes

Integrated Language Arts

Viewing and Presenting: Realize that shapes, symbols and colours have meaning and include them in presentations Observe and discuss illustrations in books, commenting on the information conveyed Listening and Speaking: Talk about stories, writing, pictures and models that have been created Reading: Features of non-fiction and reading non-fiction text continued Determining important information Writing : Procedural writing

Key Vocabulary

Raw material, transport, factory, assembly line, interdependence, efficiency, liter, face, edge, vertices, corner, beside, behind, in front of, left, right beside, behind, in front of, left, right)

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