Unit of Inquiry How the world works?

Our school is a unique international state school in Slovakiacommitted to meeting the needs of today’s multicultural societies and recognizingthe changes in the global nature of our lives.Unit of InquiryHow the world works?Our next UoI is “Animal and theirhabitats”. This unit is connected withtransdisciplinary theme How the worldworks?An inquiry into the natural world and itslaws; the interaction between thenatural world (physical and biological)and human societies; how humans usetheir understanding of scientificprinciples; the impact of scientific andtechnological advances on society and onthe environment.The central idea for this Unit is:All living things go throughthe process of change.Všetka živá príroda prechádzaprocesom zmeny.This Unit will be presented throughexperiments. Each group will plant plantsin different ways. We will checktogether how the plants grow.In the first part children will learnabout different plants. They will learnabout different food and what the foodneed for growth. The key concept forthis part of the UoI will be Form.In the second part children will learnwhat plants need for growing and life.Children will learn about distribution ofplants from a farm for the public.Children will learn why we eat differentfood. They will test their senses to finddifferences between them. The keyconcept for this part of the Unit will beChange.In the last part children will try toanswer the question why we need a farmand why the farm is important for us.The key concept for this part of theUnit will be Perspective.Focus Skills for the unit:Self-management and researchskills through the 1 st part of theinquiryCommunication skills through the2 nd part of the inquiryThinking skills through the 3 rdpart of the inquiryLearner Profile Attributes for theunit and Attitudes: Children will learn to beknowledgeable and good inquirerswhen learning how to grow upplants in different ways.

They will become balanced andopen-minded when they learnabout different food fromdifferent countries.Children will learn to becomereflective and thinkers, whenthey learn about importance ofplanting plants on the farms.Summative assessment task(s):TASK 1School PROJECT: “Our Garden”children will plant plants.EVIDENCEThey should understand what the plantsneed to grow up. They will learn how toplant and care about the plants in theclassroom. Children will look for theinformation what the plants need forgrowth.We will plant the plants in differentways.ASSESSMENTChildren will make a time-line abouttheir plant they look after in the class.Children will self- assess their work.What they grow up and how they did it.ASSESSMENTTeacher will prepare a rubric to assessthe presentation.Visits and learning experience:http://www.oyunlar1.com/cookinggames.aspBioFarma Stupavahttp://www.biofarma.sk/Bibianahttp://www.bibiana.sk/index.php?id=124&tx_cal_controller[getdate]=20130215&tx_cal_controller[view]=event&tx_cal_controller[type]=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller[uid]=1470&tx_cal_controller[lastview]=viewlist%7Cpage_id-3&cHash=a9b43f39e4Classrooms environment:I would like to also ask for help inour class with:FlowersSeedsSoilFlowerpotsTASK 2Home PROJECT: “Restaurant of PYP1” children will make some food at home.EVIDENCEChildren will present their typical foodfor his /her home (country). Theyshould say (show) what ingredients theyneeded to make the food. We will alsoinvite the PYP 1 Slovak children to ourrestaurant.(I would like to connect this activitywith International day in our school).

LANGUAGESSlovak with Ms. PatucovaDuring this Unit we will finishŠlabikár n. 2.ReadingWe will focus on reading this month.Children should read and connect allthe letters and syllables in wordsand read the sentences continuously,without double reading.We will practise reading fromČítanka. We will practise readingwith comprehension. Children willread different stories in Slovaklanguage.English with Mrs. KongReadingThey will read texts from differentsources and genres. They will learn toapply their word decoding and contextclues skills to determine the meaning ofthe text, to build vocabulary andimprove fluency. They should be able toretell the stories by answering who,what, when, why and how questions.WritingThey will write brief fictional and nonfictional-storiesdescribing anexperience using descriptive words(nouns, verbs, adjectives). Writedescriptions of a real object, person,place or event using sensory details.GrammarWritingWe will focus on improvementtechniques of writing, and writing bydictation. Childrenwill learn to copyand write thetranscript of thetext withoutmistakes, creatingcapacity of words toexpress themselves.They will capitalize the first letter ofthe first word of the sentence, name ofpeople, and the pronoun I. They willcorrectly use periods, question marksand exclamation marks to distinguishdifferent types of sentences.

MATHEMATICSMeasurement and probabilityWe will learn to estimate andmeasure length, and capacity.New Maths WordThe new Maths words we will learnare:Measuring - inches, feet, andcentimetres.INCHFOOTThere are 12 inches in 1 foot.CENTIMETERMaths Activity to Do at HomeHave some fun measuring with piecesof cereal! Try measuring the lengthof a spoon by laying the cerealpieces. You should do it beside thespoon until its end.Fill a cup with cereal and count thecereal pieces to see how many piecesit took to fill the cup.TimeWe will repeat the info we learnedabout the time.We will learn more about the days ofweek and months of year by usingcalendar.SeasonsWe have already learned about theseasons. We will learn which seasonis the best for planting of plants.Capacity – we will measure capacityin cups and litters.

Dear Parents,We finished the Unit of Inquiry Community Helpers. Children learned about differentcommunity helpers.SOCIAL STUDIES‣ We learned about the three communities – countryside, town, and village. Theyshowed which community helpers they can find in these communities. Childrenbuilt three communities from the boxes. They were supposed to show on thosecommunities how they are different and what and who can be found in eachcommunity.MATHS‣ Children learned to make graphs. They went to all PYP classes and ask wherethey would like to live (countryside, town, and village). Then they made threedifferent graphs (pie chart, bar graph, and pictograph).ART‣ Children made posters of community workers from the song they learned.IT‣ Children researched the pictures of different community helpers on theinternet.‣ They learned how to stick the pictures to Word document.Best regardsKatarina Patucova