Assignment 2: Our Communities Big and Small

In class, we used Google Maps to look at the different communities we belong to. We started out small by looking at our school, Romeo Dallaire Public School, and the surrounding neighbourhood of Maple. Then, we gradually zoomed out to look at our city/municipality (Vaughan), our region (York Region), our province (Ontario), our country (Canada), our continent (North America), and finally our planet Earth.

Students then cut out strips, each listing out a different community, and then reordered the communities from largest to smallest:

• La Terre (Planete) 
• L'Amérique du Nord (Continent)
• Le Canada (Pays)
• L'Ontario (Province)
• Région de York (Région)
• Vaughan (Ville et Municipalité)
• Maple (Quartier)
• École Publique Roméo Dallaire 
• Notre classe 

You can support your child's learning by asking them to give examples of different types of communities (e.g. Can you name some of the cities/provinces/countries you know?) 

You can also ask them to compare different communities and to state which is larger or smaller. (e.g. Is Vaughan larger or smaller than York Region? Is North America larger or smaller than Canada?)