Grade 1 Month 10 The Wonder of Habitats
SKU:
g1m10
CA$44.00
CA$44.00
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In this final unit, your child will spend much time outside. Students will study the creatures that have emerged with the Spring plants and consider their housing. They will consider the night and day cycle and contemplate as it relates to the beings and plants in the forest/garden/yard/beach.
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This purchase is for a digital download (PDF) of 1 month of curriculum and includes access to our members-only area with supporting documents, videos, resources and community for one month.
Curriculum Areas/Learning Outcomes
Science: Concept: Living things have features and behaviours that help them survive in their environment. Connection: Your child will focus on bug, bird and small creature habitats as well the characteristics that make this a wise choice.
Concept: Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.
Connection: Your child will consider the behaviours of bugs and small creatures and how these differ during night and day, and seasonally.
Language Arts: Concept: Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world. Connection: Your child will expand their view to include the creatures that are usually out of our sight.
Concept: Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us. Connection: Your child will investigate what lives under the soil/sand/bark/night shadows.
Concept: Observable patterns and cycles occur in the local sky and landscape.
Connection: Your child will consider the behaviours of bugs and small creatures and how these differ during night and day, and seasonally.
Language Arts: Concept: Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world. Connection: Your child will expand their view to include the creatures that are usually out of our sight.
Concept: Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us. Connection: Your child will investigate what lives under the soil/sand/bark/night shadows.
Curriculum Overview
The Wonder of Habitats will require you to be outside as you search for the creatures that live there. You’ll support your child to look outside themself to the world of the small creatures around them. This gaze outward will push your child to begin to see the world from another’s perspective which will help them reflect on their own surroundings and their environmental impact. In week one you will focus on the yard or garden of your home. If you don’t have a yard or garden, perhaps you have some plants in pots so your child can explore the dirt. In week two you’ll focus on the forest or bushes in your neighbourhood. Don’t have a forest or bushes? No worries, have a look at any of the trees around you. In the third week you’ll look at areas of water, the beach, the creek, the river, the ditch, etc. If this isn’t possible, you can focus on the grassy areas. Each week you and your child will look at the habitats of different creatures you find around you. A focus on care and gratitude will run through each investigation. Each week your child will have writing and drawing opportunities as well as time to model creatures with beeswax, play dough, clay, plasticine or any other modeling material. In the Flex Week, after learning about all the creatures around them, your child will be invited to make a bug habitat of their choice.
Parent Preparation
This unit requires you to be outside and get dirty. Themed landscapes offer support for planning of your adventures. The practice portion of each day will look a lot like play this month as your child is invited to independently explore their surroundings. We suggest you take this time to do your own mindfulness moment. Prepare your child for this independent work by providing a sack/bag with snack, water, journal and writing materials. Each day you will set them a task and expect that they are working independently (within your comfort zone/sight) without disruption. Don’t worry about the outcome, your focus is the routine. Think about how you want to set up your morning so that it flows between beginning (opening, movement, math minute, review), middle (independent exploration), and end (bookwork, story, ending). Your child will be invited to model the creatures they see, so be prepared with your favourite modeling material or even a variety. Your child will come back to the study of animals in Grade 4; this unit is a light touch on the features of the creatures and is more concerned with the exploration of one’s identity and how our environment reflects our needs. Remember to stay in the imagination via the feelings. When you review each day, you can explore questions from a place of shared Wonder, rather than an intellectual examination of the science. You don’t need to provide answers, you can literally say “I wonder…” instead of giving an intellectual answer. Your child wants/needs a wonder-pal but likely isn’t sure how to ask for this; they ask ‘why’ and ‘how’ instead.