Grade 5s are in the beginning stages of their first Social Studies + French inquiry. We're learning all about the inquiry process and how this can help us become better critical thinkers, question askers, and learners. Our whole class will be working on a guided inquiry (modelled by me) on Canadian Residential Schools and reconciliation. During this inquiry, they will learn the skills and tools they need to embark on a successful inquiry on their own. Through our reading of the wordless graphic novel Secret Path by Gord Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire, students have generated many questions about what they would like to know about residential schools in Canada. In order to be able to better respond to these questions, students are learning about how we can get information from different sources. We came up with a list of all the many incredible sources we have access to in the world. Students are getting to sample different sources related to residential schools. We've been discussing the pros and cons to each type of source. So far, we've looked at: video sources and infographics. We read a picture book this morning called Les mots volés, which will be our next source that we look at. What's next for the 5s?
They will be divided up into different inquiry groups to look into one of four different topics. Check out the topics below! Discuss with your child what they are most interested in.
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