Homes
Central Idea
Everyone needs a home.
Lines of Inquiry
What a home is
The different homes people live in
How homes are designed and built
The different homes people live in
How homes are designed and built
Teacher Questions
What is a home?
Why are homes like they are here and
around the world?
How are homes designed and built?
around the world?
How are homes designed and built?
We will be focusing on the following skills during the unit:
Communication Skills:
Listening and Speaking:
Students will:
1. listen and speak to share their thoughts and feelings.
2. ask questions to learn from others.
Viewing and Presenting:
Listening and Speaking:
Students will:
1. listen and speak to share their thoughts and feelings.
2. ask questions to learn from others.
Viewing and Presenting:
Students will:
1. attend to visual information showing an understanding through play, facial expressions and gestures.
2. use body language to communicate and to convey understanding.
Learner Profile
1. attend to visual information showing an understanding through play, facial expressions and gestures.
2. use body language to communicate and to convey understanding.
Learner Profile
Open-Minded: The student will be open-minded when:
1. listening to others' ideas of what a home is.
2. collaborating with their peers to design and construct a home.
3. co-constructing criteria for a home with their peers and teacher.
Communicator: The student will be communicators when:
1. explaining their ideas.
2. presenting and explaining their home design, features, and choices of materials.
1. listening to others' ideas of what a home is.
2. collaborating with their peers to design and construct a home.
3. co-constructing criteria for a home with their peers and teacher.
Communicator: The student will be communicators when:
1. explaining their ideas.
2. presenting and explaining their home design, features, and choices of materials.
Student Attitude
Respect: The student will be respectful:
1. when listening quietly to others.
2. being careful not to break others' homes
3. when sharing limited resources with others
1. when listening quietly to others.
2. being careful not to break others' homes
3. when sharing limited resources with others
