Download - Overview Unit 1 2009
PYP
At GAISSeptember 2009
Preschool “Who we are”
Displays of the Unit Inquiries
Displaying the Attitudes
Working with the Learner Profile• Students define each attribute of
the learner profile
• Students draw and write what it means to be caring
Grade 4 Grade 1
Grade 1
• Preschool students add their name on a leave when they displayed a certain attribute of the learner profile
• Grade 2 student divide peace sign into the 10 attributes of the learner profile and draw symbols on back
Grade 5: Inquiry into EvolutionWhat would life be like
on an island without tools or shelter
Write a diary entry about what it would be like!
How did people make fire? Why doesn’t it work for us?Sometimes a failed project isthe best lesson!
Art using natural materials
Grade 5 Classroom Displays
TimelineThis is what we know!
Grade 4 Where we are in place and time
Geography
History
Social Studies
German
English
IT
Math
Art
Subject Integration
Grade 1 learned more about schools in “How we organize ourselves”
Inquiry based learning
Pre- AssessmentWhat do we already know?
Learning to writeUsing letter combinations
How Key concepts/ related conceptsare being used across the subjects
Our Identity
Advertising of a product
Specials
Library
Music
IT
Working with the students
Getting ready for class
Lunch
Lunch Activities on Peace DayRecycling after Lunch
Vorschule during LunchPreschool getting ready for lunch
Fieldtrips
• Support understanding of central idea
• Helps students gain an understanding in an authentic setting
• Promotes social interaction and intercultural understanding
Mission StatementThe German-American International School (GAIS) mission is to
provide an outstanding international, bilingual education focused on inquiry-based learning with the goal to foster confident, creative and
responsible learners and global thinkers.
All we do at GAIS has to support this purpose.