Dear Parents and Caregivers: January,
2015
My name is Jeff Sa, I
am a teacher candidate from Brock University’s Faculty of Education. I am
currently enrolled in the Con-current Education Program where I am completing
my fifth and final year. I have been lucky enough to be enrolled in your
child’s grade 5 classroom where I will be teaching social studies.
I have the opportunity
to teach your child two very important strands in the curriculum of social
studies. The first being heritage and identity: First nations and Europeans in
New France and Early Canada. The second strand being people and environments:
The Role of government and Responsible citizenship.
We began our first
lesson with a quick overview of the rise and fall of New France. The focus on
the first strand of the grade 5 curriculum, in social studies was provided with
much support. Students were provided a media link as well as images to help
build their comprehension of this significant historical context. This will be
the general consensus for each lesson; there will be ample amounts of
differentiated instruction to further reach the multitude of each learner. The
objective is that each student will understand the big idea. This big idea will
focus on Canada’s identify and how our history shapes our identity as a culture
and a nation.
Throughout this unit
you and your child will be able to follow our progression of the social studies
unit through the blog that I will be posting following each days lesson. If you
have any questions, concerns or even suggestions please do not hesitate to
inquiry.
Sincerely,
Mr. J. Sa
Brock University Teacher Candidate
