Take Action!!!

  Tell us on this page any "action" you see your child taking according to our units of inquiry.  Just post anything interesting you see on this page.  I would love to hear what you see and we can all be on the look out as well.   

In the IB PYP that's referred to as the "action" part of our Units of Inquiry, and those actions are not always easy to see at school.   This is action that he/she is taking because of activities in class that provoke thought about what we are learning.

Action doesn't need to be huge, but it doesn't need to be small. It is NOT something that someone else tells the child to do; it IS something that they decides to do on their own. It can happen tomorrow or it can happen weeks from now (even after the unit is over). It might be an overall change in how your child views his or her surroundings. 
If you see/hear of any actions that your child is taking, and you think it might be the direct result of our Authors and Illustrators Unit, please let us all know anytime here on this blog page.  Thank you for your attention!

Unit 1: Children Around the World

Central Idea:

Throughout their lives, people can be enriched by the cultures they connect with.

Lines of Inquiry:

 

• What culture is
• Exploring points of view
• Learning to respect others’ cultural beliefs

Unit 1: Authors and Illustrators

Central idea:  Authors and illustrators purposefully express their creativity in a variety of ways

Lines of inquiry:
• Exploring the role of fiction and non-fiction books (form)
• Purposes of books (function)
• Visual mediums used to express ideas or information (causation)