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Unit 1: How we express ourselves
Unit 1: How we express ourselves
August 16th - September 24th
Central Idea: An inquiry into the nature of the rights and responsibilities and how we can work together cooperatively to build and strengthen a community.
Central Idea: An inquiry into the nature of the rights and responsibilities and how we can work together cooperatively to build and strengthen a community.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Interview a community helper and ask them why they are important to the community.
Create a plan for how to promote positive change in the community.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will be responsible for choosing a classroom job and follow rules and procedures.
Act: Improve a public park, “what action can you do to improve your community?”.
Reflect: Students will reflect and understand their role in their community and the importance of community helpers.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students can participate and collaborate with each other, and ask questions about the learning process.
Choice: Students will choose a community helper and ask questions.
Ownership: Students can reflect on their learning, analyze the content, and connect it to the real world.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Causation: The understanding that things do not just happen, that there are causal relationships at work, and that actions have consequences.
Why do we have rules in school and home?
Why should I care about others’ feelings?
What is the importance of my family history? My name?
Change: The understanding that change is the process of movement from one state to another. It is universal and inevitable.
What is a community?
What are different roles in a community?
How do we look different from home versus school?
Responsibility: The understanding that people make choices based on their understanding, and the actions they take as a result do make a difference.
What are my roles and responsibilities in my community?
What are your rights and responsibilities at school?
What are your rights and responsibilities at home?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Reading: Generate questions before, during and after text. Make correct or confirm predictions. Make connections to personal experiences.
Math: Quantity and sorting
Science: Responsibilities scientists have to themselves and their community.
Social Studies: Students will explore the rights and responsibilities of various jobs.
Art: Drawing and coloring me as part of the community, city, state.
Music: Introduce the IB assessment every week with a motivated song about the theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOv4EnaeM9w
(song about community helper)
PE: Community building to keep each other accountable for their classroom responsibilities
Student Work
Student Work
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