“Cranky Cats” & Immigration

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Hello, 5B families!

Ask your child about “Cranky Cats”—we have been having a blast in Art recreating our own versions of this “Where’s Waldo”-style illustration.

The lesson connect to analysis of facial expressions, practice in perspective-taking, and creative brainstorming about what could cause a to be cat cranky. Students also engaged in storytelling, imagining how the cats might solve their crankiness.

This activity brought giggles while teaching illustration strategies alongside social-emotional learning topics from the Health Ed. curriculum.

In Social Studies, we have been expanding our knowledge of geography and doing a unit on immigration in Canada.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
What motivates people to immigrate to Canada?
In Social Studies, we began exploring the topic of changing trends in Canadian immigration over time and the push and pull factors.
Today we watched the above video, which fleshed out our understanding of push and pull factors even more. Student will soon began writing short essays on the topic using a specific structured template. The goal of this assignment is to both capture students’ learning, while also helping them work through a helpful model of a way to clearly communicate their ideas in the social sciences.
Above you can see some great examples of draft essays on “Canadian Immigration: the Push and Pull Factors” as well as some summary graphics of the the big ideas we are exploring.

Click here to download KYAK magazine with lots of rich historical information for students about immigration to Canada:

Kay2020DecSeekingSafetyIssue.pdfDownload

Note: Students brought home their marked 2-digit by 3-digit multi-digit multiplication quizzes today.

Keep practicing —this is just the beginning of the unit! Students are always supported to rewrite quizzes and show their learning in new ways.

Please Share Your Ideas, Questions, Comments, etc.