Ms. Clare Dreyer
IB PYP Early Years Educator
Units of inquiry
A PYP inquiry classroom:
What are the students working towards? What do we want them to achieve by the end of the unit? How can we inspire and guide them to take action?
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Cathren Berger-Kaye's workshop on "Developing international mindedness and promoting student action" has opened my eyes to how we can invite students in to take ownership of their learning and then take action in a meaningful way.
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Celebrations of learning and student lead conferences are wonderful ways in which we can help parents become part of the learning process. Inviting them into the class to experience their child's work in a meaningful and authentic way. This helps them to transfer the knowledge from school with experiences outside of the classroom to our local and global communities.
How can I make my students curious? How can I get them engaged with the materials and topics? How do we get good questions and answer them?
Kath Murdock and the book by Wendy L. Ostroff, Cultivating Curiosity in the K-12 classroom, sparked many of these questions for me and inspired me to look more carefully at how I plan my inquiries and use my learning spaces.
Taking action and celebrating learning
Who we are
Central Idea: Making balanced choices can lead to a healthy lifestyle.
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Different ways of ensuring a balanced lifestyle (perspective)
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Behaviour that promotes healthy relationships (form)
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How choices affect our health (responsibility/causation)
Where we are in place and time.
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The need for a home (Function)
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Line 2
How homes have changed over time
(Change)
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The influences on how homes are built
(Causation)
Central Idea: People build homes according to their needs and resources.
How we organize ourselves.
Central Idea: People build homes according to their needs and resources.
How we express ourselves
How the world works.
Sharing the planet.
Reflection
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