0. Good morning! Please take a copy of— The Programme of Inquiry
Activities you can do with your child
I’m Sacha 

1. IB Primary Years Programme

2. Agenda
Why do students today need to learn differently from the way I learned?
What is inquiry-based learning?
What do PYP students inquire into?
How do we integrate basic skills into our units?
What can you do at home to support learning?

3. Why do students today need to learn differently from the way I learned
Why do students today need to learn differently from the way I learned? Think about some 21st century challenges…

4. Some 21st century challenges--
Taking care of the earth
Reversing poverty
Steady population growth
Preventing another world war
Dealing effectively with globalism
Diffusing terrorism
Digital media – changed how we work and interact
Adapted Jan from "The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future" by James Martin

5. Shift Happens 2016
Think about… how has the world changed? Why do you think we need to change the way we teach?

6. We’re preparing students for jobs that may not exist yet…

7. “Do as you’re told” teaching will not prepare children for the 21st century. The teacher is the main and “right” source of learning

8. PYP classroom are interactive and involve children in their learning.

10. Inquiry-based learning
Tell me and I forget,
Show me and I remember,
Involve me and I understand.

11. Inquiry-based Learning Engagement
Problem: How can you make this paper move from one side of the room to the other?
In your small group, discuss how to solve the problem.
Create.
You are not allowed to test what you created.

12. Reflection What was the experience like for you?
What thinking skills did you use?
What was it like to work with others?
Based on this learning engagement what do you think inquiry is?

13. What does inquiry look like?
Explore, wonder, question…

14. Collect data and report findings

15. Make connections between previous learning and current learning

16. Research and seek information

17. Make predictions and act purposefully to see what happens

18. Make and test theories

19. Experiment and play with possibilities

20. Take and defend a position

21. Solve problems in a variety of ways

22. What are the students inquiring into? – Programme of Inquiry

23. What do we inquire into? Who we are
--nature of the self; beliefs, values, physical, mental, social and spiritual health, relationships; what it means to be human

24. Where we are in time and place
--orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; explorations; migrations

25. How we express ourselves

26. How the world works
--the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world and human societies

27. How we organize ourselves
--human-made systems; communities; structure and function of organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities

28. Sharing the planet
--share finite resources; access to equal opportunities peace and conflict resolution

29. Programme of Inquiry
PK/K1 – 4 units
K2 to Grade 5 – 6 units
Sept. 6, 3-4 pm – Welcome Parent Meeting – homeroom teacher will talk about the UOIs in depth

30. How is language integrated?
Speaking and Listening
Discussions, Presentations
Reading
Reading texts related to the units of inquiry
Writing
The Writing Process, Text forms, Personal narratives, Descriptive Paragraphs, Reports, Persuasive Essays
Viewing and Presenting
Reading visual texts, watching educational audio-visuals

31. How is math integrated?
Number and Computation
UOIs on Money and the Marketplace – counting money, giving change
Shape and Space
UOIs on Art and Symbols – shapes and their properties
UOIs on geography – coordinates
Measurement
UOIs on the human body – measuring length and weight
UOIs on history – time
UOI on Field to Table – using measuring with cooking
Data Analysis
Can be integrated to almost any unit – do surveys, create graphs, interpret graphs

32. Transdisciplinary Skills

33. Some stand alone skills…
Language Arts
Reading skills: phonics, building sight word vocabulary
Spelling
Grammar
Handwriting
Reading novels
Math
Basics on numbers: place value, notations
Computation: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

34. What can I do to contribute to my child’s learning?
Maximize the learning you can do in your child’s everyday experience.

35. Math Count objects in everyday life Shape hunt
Grocery shopping – ask your child to count money and pay
Measure things together
Board games
Get your child a watch
Cooking activities

36. Language Do read-alouds at home in your mother tongue
Encourage your child to borrow books
Play word games
Encourage writing that they can do in everyday life – lists, journals, scrapbooks

37. Units of Inquiry Read the UOI letters Read updates on class page
Books, audio-visuals and websites
Field trips and excursions
Ask questions

38. Next PYP Parent Workshops
September 9 and 23
Elements of the PYP – Part 1
Elements of the PYP – Part 2 + How this looks in a Unit of Inquiry
November 18
EAL

39. Questions