Theme: Rights and responsibilities
Central Idea: Individuals shape their learning community.
Key Concepts: Perspective: Who am I
Responsibility: Our responsibilities
Causation: Group well-being
Skills: Communication: Verbal (listening) and Self-management: Affective skills
Learner profile: Caring, Open-minded
Where we are in time and place: Personal histories
Theme: Personal histories
Central Idea: Understanding the past helps us understand the present.
Key Concepts: Change: Timeline of my discoveries
Form: Personal histories
Function: My journeys on a map (coding)
Skills: Communication: verbal speaking and Self-management: Reflection
Learner Profile: Courageous, Balanced
Theme: Ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values
Central Idea: Traditional stories reflect nature, beliefs and values.
Key Concepts: Form: Story structure
Perspective: Ways stories are shared
Connection: Similarities and differences in stories
Skills: Thinking: Creative thinking and Communication: Non-verbal
Learner Profile: Principled, Communicator
Theme: The interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies
Central Idea: All living things go through a process of change.
Key Concepts: Change: Life cycles and reproduction of organisms
Perspective: Finnish plants
Causation: Finnish animals
Skills: Thinking: Critical thinking and Research: Asking questions
Learner profile: Knowledgeable, Inquirer
Theme: The interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities
Central Idea: Everyone's actions affect the safety of their community.
Key Concepts: Responsibility: Road safety
Connection: Safety at home and at school
Function: Hazardous situations and how to seek help
Skills: Research skills: Observing and Self-management: Organisation, Time management
Learner profile: Principled, Reflective
Theme: Communities and the relationship within and between them
Central Idea: All living things share common characteristics and needs.
Key Concepts: Form: Diverse living and nonliving things
Change: Spring watch in the neighborhood
Function: Basic requirements for life
Skills: Communication skills: Verbal, Reading and Social skills: Collaboration
Learner profile: Caring, Thinker