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Grade 5 · English Language Arts · Unit 1 of 12

Talking Together

Share ideas and solve problems as a team

What your child practises

Speaking and listening in a group: taking turns, building on ideas, asking questions, disagreeing respectfully and reaching decisions together.

Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Engage in collaborative dialogue to share ideas, solve problems, and make decisions. · listening, building on ideas, respectful disagreement and group decisions

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which phrase builds on another person's idea?

    • I agree with Priya, and I would also add that…
    • Let's change the subject.
    • I do not care about that.
    • Nobody asked you.
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    I agree with Priya, and I would also add that…

    Hint: Building on an idea connects what you say to what someone else has said.

  2. Question 2

    A classmate is speaking. What is the best way to show you are listening?

    • Finish their sentences
    • Whisper to a friend
    • Look at the clock
    • Look at them and wait until they finish
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    Look at them and wait until they finish

    Hint: Good listeners face the speaker and wait their turn.

  3. Question 3

    Which of these is a good way to share a problem you cannot solve alone?

    • Explain where you are stuck and ask the group for ideas
    • Take over someone else's work
    • Give up
    • Keep quiet and hope no one notices
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    Explain where you are stuck and ask the group for ideas

    Hint: Problem solving is easier together.

  4. Question 4

    Your group disagrees with you. What is a respectful way to respond?

    • You are wrong.
    • I won't listen to you.
    • That's a silly idea.
    • I see your point. Here is another idea.
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    I see your point. Here is another idea.

    Hint: Respectful disagreement acknowledges the other person's idea first.

  5. Question 5

    A group needs to make a decision but is split 50-50. What could help?

    • Make one side leave
    • Look for a compromise that includes ideas from both sides
    • Flip a coin without talking
    • Give up on the task
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    Look for a compromise that includes ideas from both sides

    Hint: A compromise means each side gives a little.

  6. Question 6

    Another speaker's idea is different from yours but has good evidence. What should you do?

    • Change the topic
    • Ignore the evidence
    • Be open to changing your mind
    • Argue louder
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    Be open to changing your mind

    Hint: Good thinkers can change their mind when they hear strong reasons.

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