Pyp Plan- Our School

WEEK

Core activities

PROFILE

CONCEPTS

Communicator Open-minded Inquirer Activities to address them

Form Function Responsibility Activities to address them

Triangles Are Not Bad (story)

mapping the physical space of the school (map)

School tour

1

(getting familiar with school environment)

*Form: *community building is essential at the beginning of the school year especially with a new class

2

Student feedback 

3

Crumpled Heart

(student responses related to school so far)

(activity to enhance open-mindedness/caring attitude)

Questions: I Wonder Wheel

Open-mindedness line

Class rules (essential agreements -responsibility)

THINKING TOOLS

* Notes

Brainstorming: school

Progress chart: put names

Venn diagram (school vs. kindergarten)

Booklet: classroom vocabulary

Tree thinking map School: objects, jobs, places Word of the Week OPEN-MINDED

4

Interview 4th graders

5

Timetable: comparing & inventing

Respect – Y map

(group work)

(feels/looks/sounds like)…

The Perfect Pumpkin!

Function: interviews

(embracing diversity, openmindedness)

6 thinking hats: Focus: school

Word of the Week RESPECT

RESPECTometer Certificate of Respect Pyramid jobs

6

Word of the Week RESPONSIBILITY

*pyramid jobs: function

Staircase: goal setting

Word of the Week COMMUNICATOR

Class jobs (responsibility)

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I have 3 hours per week to focus on UoI; the 4th is PYP Weekly Reflection - that is why not all columns are filled (see below)

Hour

MONDAY

8.15- 9.00

1

9.05- 9.50

2

9.55- 10.40

3

10.40- 10.45 Snack 10.45- 11.30

4

11.35- 12.20

5

12.20- 13.10 Lunch & Recess 13.10- 13.50

6

13.50- 14.30

7

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Spelling Spelling Readers Club

Crafts

Spelling Reading workshop

Readers Club

Spelling Extension

Spelling PYP Reflection

UoI

UoI

UoI

Library Studies I.T.

Related literature: The Kissing Hand, Bear at School, Alphabet Rescue, Little Raccoon’s Big Question, If You Take a Mouse to School etc. Trip: to the oldest Romanian school in Brasov