- Communication
- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Personal and Social Values and Skills
- Technological Literacy
- Numeracy
- Independent Learning
This WebQuest will assist in addressing the following Curriculum standards. (This may vary between individual groups, as each decides on a different way to present the final project.)
Grade Four
Language Arts: Writing
Students will be able to write to express information, thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- express and explain points of view and provide reasons or evidence in writing
- choose from and experiment with a variety of forms for a variety of purposes
Language Arts: Representing
Students will be able to represent to express information, thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- choose medium and information appropriate to audience and purpose
- combine oral, print, and other media to communicate information, ideas, and experiences
Math: Measurement: Money
Students will be able to solve a variety of problems relating to money.
Students will be able to add and subtract amounts of money using correct symbols.
Health: Skills/Abilities
Students will develop their ability to make decisions.
- determine the issue and set an objective
- reflect on what they know and feel about an issue
- gather and evaluate information from a variety of sources
- suggest several possible courses of action and explore the long and short term consequences of these actions
- make decisions based on their analysis of the choices
Grade Five
Language Arts: Reading
Students will be able to answer inquiry or research questions using a variety of information sources.
Language Arts: Writing
Students will be able to write to express information, thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- understand and compose in a variety of forms and genres (eg., poems, articles, news reports)
- express and support a point of view with evidence and reasons
Language Arts: Representing
Students will be able to represent to express information, thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a variety of forms for a variety of purposes and audiences.
- convey ideas and information using a variety of media and formats including illustrations, dramatizations, tableaux, diagrams, posters, videos, maps, graphs, cartoons, dioramas, and charts
- choose images, words, and sounds appropriate to audience, purpose, and effect
Math: Measurement: Money
Students will be able to solve a variety of problems relating to money.
Health: Skills/Abilities
Students will develop their ability to make decisions.
- determine the issue and set an objective
- reflect on what they know and feel about an issue
- gather and evaluate information from a variety of sources
- suggest several possible courses of action and explore the long and short term consequences of these actions
- make decisions based on their analysis of the choices