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Unit 1: Who we are
Unit 1: Who we are
August 16th - September 24th
Central Idea: Everyone has a function and a role which can be investigated.
Central Idea: Everyone has a function and a role which can be investigated.
By the end of the unit my student will:
By the end of the unit my student will:
Students will create a self-portrait that shows their different roles in the communities in which they participate.
Student Agency
Student Agency
Voice: Students to collaborate with the teacher about the kinds of roles they want in the classroom; express the roles they prefer; share their roles
Choice: Students to express their top 3 roles they would like to perform in the classroom Give students a choice board when it comes to an IB Assessment. Students will choose whom they will interview. Students will choose their material for the final product.
Ownership: Students to determine how they want to perform their role. Students ask the questions about how to perform their roles. Connect their knowledge of their roles to the real world.
Student Action
Student Action
Choose: Students will choose whom to interview. Students and families will decide which sources to use at home. Students will choose how to show their final product.
Act: Interview. Research about roles. Investigate forms and functions of government, matter, numbers relationships, and literature
Reflect: The importance of roles. How many different roles can a person play? How the roles in the community are.
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Form: Everything has a form with recognizable features that can be observed, identified, described, and categorized.
What is matter?
What causes the forms of matter to change?
What is the main way you classify the physical objects that you know of?
How does the form of the numbers affect their function?
Function: Everything has a purpose, a role, or a way of behaving that can be investigated.
What are the students' roles?
What roles do they play at school, home and in their community?
How does the form of the numbers affect their function?
Connection: We live in a world of interacting systems in which the actions of any individual element affect others.
How do you think the government works?
What is a role?
How do I perform each role?
Related Concepts
Related Concepts
Math: place value, order of numbers
Reading: questioning, author’s purpose, story elements, writing
Social Studies: physical environment, government, cultural and national symbols, celebrations
Art: drawing of self portrait
Music: Incorporate calm music while students are drawing self portrait
SEL: morning meetings
Student Work
Student Work
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