Learning about Place

Essential Question

What does it mean to belong to a place?

Key Learning

Belonging requires relationships.

Learning Experiences

Classroom community-building

• personal identity activities

• co-create classroom agreements

• introduce sharing circle process

• locate your school on nativeland.ca compare indigenous boundaries with local municipal or regional maps

Outdoor community-building

• first visits to outdoor learning spaces

• guided observation activities

• nature walks

• wonder journals

• mapping the surrounding area

Documentation

Je vois....

• photograph key places and sights for vocabulary development

• introduce BookCreator and portfolio page creation

Mentor Texts