Year 5 Term 1

The Year 5 students begin the year by exploring the ways that people maintain peace on our planet.

SHARING THE PLANET

Central Idea:

Finding peaceful solutions times of conflict is influenced by the action and reaction of all involved.

 

Key Concepts: Responsibility, Perspective

 

Related Concepts: Peace, Conflict, Co-operation

 

Lines of Inquiry:

  • Causes of conflict
  • Conflict management strategies
  • Living in community responsibly

 

PICTURE BOOKS TO TEACH CONFLICT

Picture Books PDF– Types of Conflict

Story conflicts explained

Books – examples

  • The Great Kapok Tree

  • Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf

  • The Peace Book by Todd Parr

  • The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola

  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,  Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

  • The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.

  • The Paperbag Princess  by Robert Munsch. Toronto,

  • When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really, Angry…by Molly Bang

  • Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

 

Q: What would you like to learn more about ?

Q: What are your wonderings?

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HOW THE WORLD WORKS

Central Idea:

Energy can be produced and transformed to support society and the environment.

 

Key Concepts: Change, Function

 

Lines of Inquiry:

  • Energy production (renewable and non-renewable)
  • Transformation of energy
  • Sustainable energy practices

 

INTERACTIVE

TAKE THE CARBON CALCULATOR CHALLENGE!

 

USE THE LIVEBINDER BELOW TO START YOUR THINKING ABOUT ENERGY SOURCES.

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY – YOU TUBE

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3 thoughts on “Year 5 Term 1

  1. I like Glogster because you can like fashion your own page and let others see it. You can also do what you like on it, you can do like funk, or sea, or garden themes.
    I have discovered things like, you don’t have to do something really big to be a humanitarian. Something really little like picking up rubbish or helping a lost kid would go really far.

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