Unit of Inquiry How we express ourselves?

with the key concept Responsibility,when children will learn values;assume responsibility towards family.We will learn about importance ofthe past of our families and the keyconcept Connection. Children willlearn about the past of their family.What is different and what is same.They will compare the mostimportant fact from their families.This will be achieved through theactivities in part 3 rd of the inquiry.Focus Skills for the unit: Communication,research and selfmanagementskillsthrough the 1 st partof the inquiry Communication skillsand social skillsthrough the 2 nd part of theinquiry Social and communication skillsthrough the 3 rd part of theinquiryLearner Profile Attributes for theunit and Attitudes: Children will learn to be goodcommunicators when theycommunicate with their familymembers to get informationabout their families. They will become open-mindedand caring when theyrecognizetheirresponsibilities towards familyand friends. Children will learn to becomecaring and balanced, throughin depth study on thestructure, function anddifferent aspects of familylife.Summative assessment task(s):TASKSchool PROJECT: “Familytreasures” children will collectpictures over a period of time tomake a cube/collage,depicting the momentsspent with familymembers.EVIDENCEChildren will bring thepictures to the school.They will stick the pictures on thepaper box. They can use colourfulpaper and markers to decorate it.They can also write a sentence aboutit. They will also present it for theclass.ASSESSMENTChildren will self- assesses theirwork. They will say what they likethe most on it, what they would liketo change.TASKSchool PROJECT: “Role play”students will realize their role andresponsibility in their families.

EVIDENCEChildren will work in groups. They willprepare puppet play. During the ARTwe will make puppets. They shouldpick a family member, they would liketo play.TASKHome PROJECT: “FamilyStructure” children should collectthe pictures of the family, organizethem and present.EVIDENCEfamily members and try to maketheir family structure. The shape isnot important. It could be the treedriven on the paper, it could be a 3Dmade from paper, book, wood...ASSESSMENTTeacher will prepare a rubric toasses children`s work.Visits and learning experience:Children are supposed to visit themembers of their families and talkwith them about the past.They should speak with all of the

LANGUAESSlovakDuring this Unit we will focus onletters A a Á á, M m, E e, L l, I i Í i,J j, O o Ó ó, S s.We will learn how towrite them and read them.Speaking, listening and readingWe will continue to learn to connectthe letters to syllables and syllablesto words.Each day you should read withchildren the text from Slabikar atleast three times. It`s importantthat children will learn to readwithout double reading (Childrenread the firstquietly forthemselves andthen loudly.)Children shouldread bysyllables. Forchildren is alsoimportant acomprehensionof the word =comprehensionreading.English with Mrs KongWe will continue to practice andreinforce work from the beginning ofthe year on the sounds and writingof the letters.The children should be able todiscriminate, write and read middle(short vowel) sounds in simple words:‘a’ (fat), ‘e’ (wet),‘i’ (pig), ‘o’ (pot), ‘u’ (mug).They will start to practice somecommon letter blends and rules ofpronunciation to help them to blendthe sounds and decode the unknownwords.After the autumn break they willstart to read simple books, spell andwrite CVC words.They will be in different centers toread aloud to the teacher, listen tothe stories in different genres on CDand play educational games.WritingChildren will learn to write the printletters. They will start to write withdictation. They will write the letters,syllables, easy sentences.

MATHSDuring this UoI we start with Understanding Addition and Subtraction. We willlearn that adding means joining things together and thatsubtracting means taking things away or comparing twogroups. The words we will learn are:ADDITIONS SENTENCE, ADD, SUM, PLUS, EQUALS,SUBSTRACT, MINES, DIFFERENCE.We will aslo learn about the TIME. We will you termsminutes, hours, days, weeks, months etc. (minit,quarterpast, half past, quarter to…)Problem SolvingFrom the begining we will start to solve the problem solvings. Most importantthink is find the Main Idea, which tells what a storyproblem is all about. Knowing the main idea can helpchildren solve story problems.Math Activity to Do at HomeGather a group of small toys or other objects.Tohether, use them to make up addition stories, suchas 4 cars plus 6 cars equals 10 cars. You can also makeup substraction stories, such as 9 cars minus 3 carsequals 6 cars.

Dear parents,Itisunbelievable butwe alreadyfinished thefirst UoI. Thefirst I would liketo say thank youfor all of yourparticipationduring this unit.The most important part of this unit was to learn about PYP Learner Profiles. Iwould like to ask you to sometimes ask your child at home about some of them orwhat they mean.In the beginning of the unit children visited all of the class and importantoffices in the school. They compared the life in KG and school. They were lookingfor differences. Students made and singed the rules for our classroom. Theyunderstand all of the rules and try to follow them.We read the book about each learner profile. We shared what was the bookabout and why is the book connect with the LP.Children draw the reflection where they explain their behavior during the week.We discussed in circle the behavior of each child. After each week on of thechild took at home our class toy Filip (a turtle) and looked after it.I hope children are enjoying the school and learning.Best regards,Ms. PatucovaPS: I really enjoyed children`s presentation