Orange Shirt Day

What is Orange Shirt Day? Take a look at this video or check out the article from Huffington Post. Then leave a comment explaining the significance of Orange Shirt Day and why it has now become an annual event.


 

How Do Humans Change the Landscape and Environment?

In both Social Studies and ELA we have been talking about ways humans are affected by the world's geography and natural environment as well as how we as humans affect the world's geography and the natural environment. Today we will take a look at an issue that is relatively close to us - the use of luxury cruiseliners through previously uncharted waters in the Northwest Passage.

We'll start by watching a few videos to get us thinking.
Next, we'll read to learn more specific details.
Finally we will discuss and answer some questions together to make further connections to our learning about the people and places of the world.

Let's get started!



Looks like fun? But at what cost?



After today's lesson, think about the changes that humans make to the world around them.  Are some of these changes for the better? Are some for the worse? Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.

Want to learn more - check out this feature on CBC.

What A Waste!

Last week we started talking about how there are many issues going on the in the world that can help to make better. One issue that came up was Food Waste. I was supervising the students at lunch and notice there was a good amount of food that was going uneaten, and a lot of that was ending up in the garbage. I know in my home, every week before we grocery shop, we often "clear out the fridge" from all the "old food" but sometimes to be honest, many of the items are still ok, but we need to make room for the new. We read an article about food waste, discussed some of the places and times we have seen food waste, then watched the following video.

 Today, we will review our discussion and look at ways people in the world are making a difference to reduce the amount of food we waste.

 

 What are ways you, your friends or your family can reduce food waste?

Geography Games to Help Us Practice

There are lots of online games and activities you can check out to help you with geography.  Today you will check out a few games to either freshen up your world knowledge or ideally learn something new! For this period you play 3 different games to play.

First let's review longitude and latitude.

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/latitudeandlongitude/

Here are the links!

http://www.abcya.com/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm

In this game you will look for treasure using latitude and longitude.

 http://lizardpoint.com/geography/world-quiz.php

In this game you will review the continents and oceans of the world.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

In this game you will learn about 2 other oceans not always commonly labelled.

After the games on the computer, you will be playing Longitude and Latitude Battleship with a partner.

What Does It Mean To Show Courage?

Les trois petits chochons - les personnages