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Houses, Houses Everywhere
Grade 1 Unit2006
The weather and environment have an influence on the types of houses people live in.
Inquiry into: different types of houses around the
world materials used to build houses how the weather influences the types
of houses people live in how the environment influences the
types of houses people live in
Where we are in time and place
An inquiry into orientation in place and time; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
Where we are in time and place
An inquiry into orientation in place and time; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
Teacher Questions
1. What are some of the different types of houses?
2. Why are houses built differently in different environments?
3. How does the environment influence which materials are used to build a house?
4. How does the weather influence how a house is built?
Tuning in - Provocations
Draw their own house Bring in pictures of houses they have
lived in Books, poster Materials: building materials from
houses, lego, sticks, straw, etc.
Tuning in
Classifying Houses:– Students were given a variety of
pictures of houses to sort
Introduction of Central Idea
The language that was generated from the classifying activity was used to link to the central idea and teacher’s questions.
Words were given to the kids on index cards. The ones they knew were illustrated and put on display.
Finding Out
Field trip to local area
Exploring Building Shapes
Looking at the environment
Looking at weather
Building a Village
One student had the idea to use junk to build a village of houses. After the houses were built, the students added materials to represent the environment: sand, water, trees, plants
As a group we discussed what we noticed about our village and recorded it together.
The Weather and Environment of Our Village
Another Field Trip
Other Activities
Language: looked at the story, “The Three Little Pigs” - students wrote their own version with a new environment
Reading - using important vocabulary to
match text to a picture
Going Further
It was time to develop their own questions
We brainstormed questions Then we classified them as ‘form’,
‘connection’ and other Everyone voted - 1 form and 1
connection question were chosen Students decided which of these
they wanted to research
Some of our questions How does a stick house stay up? Are there any houses that fly? How can it fly? Are there any houses under the water? How can weather go in a house? Are there submarine houses? Are there animal houses? Are there rock houses? How did they build UNIS? How big can a house be? How do people know how big the house will
be? Could people have houses in outer space?
Form
Form
Connection
Connection
Using kids pix
Students were given a picture of a house
They had to draw what they thought the environment from which it is was built was like
Put together into one slide show for our open house day
Summative Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Open House
Parents were invited in to learn about our unit
Students acted as guides to share:– Our village– Their unique houses for the
environment– The powerpoints– Their stories– The display boards about their own
question
Reflections
Reflections