As teachers have been planning their first Units of Inquiry, the question of how what we are doing this year is going to look different from other years has come up. First, it needs to be noted that there is no doubt that the teachers at College View are stellar and that you have all created great lessons in the past. Keeping and using those lessons is a perfectly fine thing to do. The lessons may or may not need to be tweaked to fit with your current central idea.
Teaching using the IB skills, concepts, themes, etc. is something that is new to all of us. It's important to keep these in mind as we teach our units. The best way to keep these in the forefront of your mind is to have them displayed in your classroom.
As you begin organizing your Unit of Inquiry display, it helps to start with broad concepts and then narrow your focus. You can organize your display in a way that makes sense to you. Below I have listed some of the things you may want to include in your display. *Indicates items that are essential to display.
- Concept your unit is centered around (click here if you forgot your concept)
- *Transdisciplinary Theme
- *Central Idea
- *Lines of Inquiry
- *Teacher Questions
- *Student Questions
- Key Concepts you are currently focusing on
- Learner Profile Attributes you will focus on during this unit
- Transdisciplinary Skills you will focus on during this unit
Displays can be built collaboratively as a grade level team. Be sure to keep the pieces you created for your display next year and in the years to come.
For more ideas on what these displays can look like, take a quick tour of our school. I've already seen them popping up in classrooms throughout the building!
Congratulations on completing your first blog post! I like the focus that you have and look forward to reading many more posts! If you are interested in seeing what our school and PYP boards look like, check it out here: https://sites.google.com/a/scollege.cl/pypprogramme/
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