Lesson Planning in PYP (Primary Years Programme)

-> Get familiar with the term, "Collaborative Lesson Planning"

-> Benefits of Lesson Planning

-> Get an understanding of the importance of collaborative lesson planning by the teachers & the students in a classroom

Learn about PYP and its five elements

-> Key Concepts

-> Knowledge (Trans disciplinary themes)

-> Skills

-> Attitudes

-> Action

Lear about

-> Different types of Curriculums

-> Primary Years Programme (PYP)

-> Why PYP ?

-> Other preferred Educational Boards & Curriculums - CBSE, ISCE

Learn about seven key concepts in PYP in detail

-> Form

-> Function

-> Causation

-> Change

-> Connection

-> Perspective

-> Responsibility

-> Reflection

Learn to choose 2/3 key concepts while doing a Unit of Inquiry in your classroom.

Unit Title: Communication

Central Idea: People use a variety of ways to express their ideas and feelings through communication

Trans disciplinary Theme : How we express ourselves

Key Concepts : Form, Function, Connection

Please refer to the link below for explaining different means of communication to the students.

Get an understanding of some more key concepts in PYP for

-> Unit of Inquiry - Stories

-> Oragnizing Theme - How we express ourselves

-> Central Idea - Stories can be a source of both learning and feelings

-> Key Concepts - Connection, Perspective, Reflection

-> Skills developed - Thinking skills, Creative skills, Communication skills

Learn about the six trans disciplinary themes in PYP

-> Who we are

-> Where we are in Place and Time

-> How we express ourselves

-> How the world works

-> How we organise ourselves

-> Sharing the planet

Learn about various PYP trans disciplinary themes and how to choose & plan different units based on these themes.

Student worksheet sample is included in this lecture

Unit : Families & Friends

Learn to write the central idea and lines of inquiry for

UOI : From Field to table

Theme : How the world works

Get an understanding of some hands-on activities for the same unit.

Learn to write the central idea and lines of inquiry for

UOI : Community Helpers

Theme : How we organise ourselves

Learn to

-> plan and set up hands-on activities

-> write task, learning outcomes and skills developed

for the same unit

Learn to write the central idea and lines of inquiry for

UOI : Families & Friends

Theme : Who we are

Get an understanding of how to write lines of inquiry for this unit.

Learn to write the central idea and lines of inquiry for

UOI : Communication

Theme : How we express ourselves

Learn to

-> plan and set up hands-on activities like drawing a flow chart, booklet, timeline

-> writing task, learning outcomes and skills developed

for the same unit

Class/ Home Assignment

UOI : Communication

Theme : How we express ourselves

Learn about five trans disciplinary skills in PYP

-> Social skills

-> Thinking skills

-> Communication skills

-> Self-Management skills

-> Research skills

Get an understanding of an IB unit planner

Get an understanding of different sections in the IB unit planner

Get an understanding of different sections of the IB Unit Planner

Get an understanding of different types of lesson plans

-> Daily

-> Weekly

-> Unit / Theme

-> Subject-Specific

-> Grade-Specific

Get an understanding of  the five important components of a lesson plan.

-> Lesson Topic

-> Objective of a lesson

-> Lesson Scope & Sequence/Procedure

-> Time Management

-> Student's practice time

Read the unit planner - "Me A Small Wonder" carefully.

Write your own planners with the other educators of the same grade. You can include other hands-on activities, creative games, guest lectures, audio & visuals etc. in your planners.

Read the sample IB Planner and write your own unit planners with other educators.

Learn to write a theme planner for an ongoing unit

Title: Let's communicate

Trans disciplinary theme: How we express ourselves

Central Idea: People use a variety of ways to express their ideas and feeling through communication

Learn to write a unit/ theme planner for

Title: Animal Planet

Theme: Animal Classification

Central Idea: Animal around us have different characteristics and we can help them live and survive

Get an understanding of planning a lesson for Unit of Inquiry

Themes

-> Me A Small Wonder

-> Family & Friends

-> Sense of Places

-> Healthy Me