IB PYP Curriculum Map: Pre K Sharing the Planet

Transdisciplinary
Theme

Sharing the Planet

Central Idea

Living things in our care share the same

basic needs

Subject
Integration

ICT, Library, Art, PE

Dates

13th November - 9th

February

Key Concepts: Causation, Change, Responsibility

Related Concepts: care, living, non-living, survival

Learner Profile
Attributes &
Attitudes

Caring,
Principled,Empathy
and Independence

Targeted
Approaches to
Learning

Summative
Assessment

Research Skills: Formulating

Questions, Observing,
Recording Data.
Self-Management Skills: Fine
Motor, Informed Choices.
Thinking Skills: Acquisition of
Knowledge.
Social Skills: Accepting
Responsibility, Adopting a
Variety of Group Roles.
Communication Skills:
Listening, Speaking,Viewing,
Presenting.

Childrens understanding of the central idea will be assessed using a variety of

methods including photos, videos and anecdotal notes. These pieces of evidence
will be used to assess the learning that has taken place during the unit and to
summarise the childrens understanding that living things in our care share the
same basic needs.

What living things need to survive and stay healthy

Our responsibility towards living things in our environment
Our need for plants and animals

What do plants and animals need to stay healthy?

How do we care for plants and animals?
How do plants and animals help us?

Lines of
Inquiry &
Concepts

Key
Questions

Unit of Inquiry Integrated and Stand-Alone Learning Outcomes

Literacy

Reading and Writing

Procedural text recipes, following instructions for planting
Explanations We will be reading non-fiction texts relating to animals and plants
Listening centres Students will use listening centres to listen to stories about caring for living things.
Students will draw and paint still life pictures of real plants and animals
Students will be working on identifying the first letters and their names and their friends names
Speaking & Listening
Asks simple questions about growing plants and taking care of livings things
Answers simple questions about living things
Describes the steps for planting and taking care of animals
View & Presenting

Creating visuals and drawings of living things

Mathematics

ICT

Data Handling: sorting: seeds by size shape and colour.

Pattern and Function: Patterning using seeds.
Number: Counting (focus on number value), using seeds
Measurement: Estimating and comparing the heights of plants grown in class.

Students will be exploring various websites focusing on mouse control, clicking and double clicking the mouse.

http://www.poissonrouge.com/concentration/

http://www.poissonrouge.com/bugs/

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/gardenshop/load.htm?f&n=main

Book on www.tumblebooks.com
Fungooms garden games - http://www.fungooms.com/PolperrosGarden

Library

Students will be introduced to books that associate living and non-living things, flowers plants animals and people. The students will be listening and watching short films of
how plants and animals grow and how we treat them. The students will help build Jacks Bean Stalk during lessons together with growing some flowers/plants for the
library which will be taken care of by them this will link with classroom activities (caring for living and non-living things). Students will be dramatising books as a group
(Jack and the Bean Stalk) and learning to distinguish parts of a story beginning middle and end.. Taking care of books and learning how to navigate the library to locate their
favourite books of interest. In addition the Lightbox will help us to explore stories from around the world and watch non-fiction material related to the UOI. The puppets
will be used to help us focus on the Learner profile during group discussions.

Music

Students will
- be encouraged to join in class singing activities.
- learn songs about animals.
- be encouraged to imitate animal sounds and movements.
- learn to distinguish between speaking and singing voice.
- be introduced to the concept of a steady beat through movement.
- practice to maintain a steady beat on selected classroom instruments.
- play classroom instruments in groups.

PE

Visual Arts

Students will:

Participate in physical education activities developing gross motor skills.

Develop running, jumping, throwing, catching and kicking skills.

Play small games that practice these skills and develop collaborative learning, teamwork and organisation.

Experience the enjoyment and satisfaction of being physically active.

Develop attributes and attitudes that encourage lifelong participation in sport and physical activity.
Students will:
- Show how people value the natural environment.
- Learn how to look closely at plants and observe the different colours, lines and shapes.
- Discover that nature can inspire our creativity.
- Experiment with different media (paint, collage, pastel + dye, play dough, clay).

Incursions &
Excursions

Incursion to the Peace Garden