Family Activities
Learning does not only happen in the classroom. Participate in these activities with your child at home.
Three activities are included below for you and your child to complete at home and return to school.
Sense Poem- Your child created a sense poem in class that will be apart of his or her portfolio for the unit. Instructions are included on the handout, but discussing with your child how to complete it would be just as effective, the difference this time will be to use your own environment.
Comparing Shelters- Take some time to walk through your house with your child pointing out modern technologies that would not be found in a home in the 1800's. Assist them in creating a Venn diagram comparing your home to the shelters of early Northwest Coast people in the 1800's focusing on the basic human needs of people.
Letter- After a critical incident students will write a response, in the form of a letter. Settlers have just arrived and wish to trade with the people of their village. They are asked to write a letter to a local villager to inform them of the arrival of this settler and what it means for them as a member of the village. Parents are requested to respond to their child’s letter as another villager at this time, commenting on what they wrote.
Three activities are included below for you and your child to complete at home and return to school.
Sense Poem- Your child created a sense poem in class that will be apart of his or her portfolio for the unit. Instructions are included on the handout, but discussing with your child how to complete it would be just as effective, the difference this time will be to use your own environment.
Comparing Shelters- Take some time to walk through your house with your child pointing out modern technologies that would not be found in a home in the 1800's. Assist them in creating a Venn diagram comparing your home to the shelters of early Northwest Coast people in the 1800's focusing on the basic human needs of people.
Letter- After a critical incident students will write a response, in the form of a letter. Settlers have just arrived and wish to trade with the people of their village. They are asked to write a letter to a local villager to inform them of the arrival of this settler and what it means for them as a member of the village. Parents are requested to respond to their child’s letter as another villager at this time, commenting on what they wrote.
| comparing_shelters.docx |
| sense_poem.docx |
