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transdisciplinary theme
Who we are: An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
central idea
Values are part of some human deep convictions that determinate their way of being and guide their behavior. Summative assessment task(s):
What are the possible ways of assessing students understanding of the central idea? What evidence, including student-initiated actions, will we look for?
The students will set up a cleaning campaign for the kindergarten. They will invite the other kindergarten grades to participate. They will be in touch with all the students and check out that the kindergarten area is clean, if not they will have to do something about it. The evidence of their effort will be reflected with a kindergarten area clean. The students will invite us to contribute to have a clean world beginning with our spaces clean. Everywhere we go we must put the trash in its place. The students and the teacher will evaluate every day if the classroom is clean with a happy face or sad face. If we get a sad face we must have to clean and leave the classroom ready for the next day.
Key concept: Connection Related concept: Values. What lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea?
School values and attitudes. Values at home. Importance of values in daily life.
What teacher questions/provocations will drive these inquiries? Decorate the classroom with values posters. Questions: -What is a value? -Why is it important that we practice values in our daily life?
*The students will draw what they think they know about values, their answers will be register on the KWLH wall. *The students will be able to express their points of view.
What are the possible ways of assessing student learning in the context of the lines of inquiry? What evidence will we look for?
The students will reflect and discuss about their responsibility to contribute harmony in our community. Then the students will register what they learned in these activities. *The students will gradually act with more confidence and self control with, criterion, rules and external convictions that regulate their behavior in different places. *The students will accept their classmates as they are, and they will learn to act or behave according to the necessary values to live in community and practice them in daily life. *In P.E. class the kids will show their perseverance to achieve their goals.
How you could improve on the assessment task(s) so that you would have a more accurate picture of each students understanding of the central idea.
What was the evidence that connections were made between the central idea and the transdisciplinary theme?
9. Teacher notes
At this point teachers should go back to box 2 What do we want to learn? and highlight the teacher questions/provocations that were most effective in driving the inquiries.