My elementary school is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school. And we are part of the Primary Years Program (PYP) for IB. Each month we focus on a unit that fosters meta-cognition and global awareness. What does this mean at the Kindergarten level?
Our first unit was a focus on self. What does it mean to be in school? This unit covered everything Kindergarten classes do at the beginning of the year: routines, rules, friendship, understanding, and patience. Our second unit is on Community.
We began our Community unit this week and are starting small.
Our first question was: What is a community?
We discussed our classroom community and tied it into our rules and routine. Then we made our self-portraits that now hang in the hall and remind us that we are a team and depend on each other.
Our second lesson in community was on Neighborhoods. We learned that we have 3 neighborhoods that we could possibly be a part of: Rural, Suburban, and City. We are working through the unit by Karen Jones titled Little Thinkers Social Studies Unit 4: Community
This unit it very well organized and takes students through meaningful lessons with PowerPoint presentations and activities that students love.
We learned that many students in our class live in apartments.
We learned that some students live in a house.
We also learned that some students live in a hotel as temporary housing.
We celebrated every type of neighborhood and living arrangement as a way to understand that being part of the community it important, no matter where you live.
Next week we will learn about our neighbors and places in the community.
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