Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 4
Listen, Share and Solve Together
Respectful words, fair groups and clear opinions
What your child practises
Listening to others, using language that respects diversity, supporting ideas with information, negotiating to reach agreement and presenting ideas in different ways.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: Elementary Social Studies (NWT, 1993), Heritage and culture · respecting others, listening, respectful language, supporting opinions, negotiating and presenting ideas
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is a concrete way to show how a fort looked?
- guess
- say nothing
- build a model
build a model
Hint: Concrete means something you can touch.
Question 2
A classmate says something that is hard to understand. You…
- ask a clarifying question
- walk away
- laugh
ask a clarifying question
Hint: Clarify with kindness.
Question 3
Which is better to say about a classmate's idea?
- You never get it.
- I think a different idea might work, and here is why.
- That's stupid.
I think a different idea might work, and here is why.
Hint: Disagree with reasons.
Question 4
In a group, how do you share ideas fairly?
- take turns and let everyone speak
- talk over others
- let one person talk
take turns and let everyone speak
Hint: Everyone's voice counts.
Question 5
Why should you support your opinion with information?
- to sound louder
- to end the talk
- so others can see why you think it
so others can see why you think it
Hint: Reasons make opinions stronger.
Question 6
Which question helps a group solve a problem?
- What else could we try?
- Can we stop?
- Why are you wrong?
What else could we try?
Hint: Keep ideas flowing.