JK - Daily Schedule

 

 

IB Key Concepts

As I was planning my lessons and making these IB posters for the class, I just felt I wanted to share with you new parents and returning parents. I'm glad I teach in an IB school, where teachers consider all these "key concepts" when collaborating and lesson planning.

Here it is an explanation for each "key concept":

Unit of Inquiry

St. Jude's Academy is an IB School and we operate with IB curriculum, policies and procedures.  Please check their website for more information regarding the program: http://www.ibo.org/

Every IB unit operates under a central idea that acts as a guideline for the learning and development that will be done in the unit.  Within a school year, you child will complete 4 different units, all with different focuses and initiatives. 

This year we are beginning our first IB unit entitled Who We Are.  The central idea for this unit is “Through play people can discover more about themselves and others.” In this unit we will be following 3 lines of inquiry that will help direct us.  The lines of inquiry for this unit are:

·         Ways we discover and develop our interests

·         How we learn about others through play

·         Promoting play globally

 

In this unit we will be looking into "likes and dislikes" and making graphs as a class. Which will expose students to our first unit in Math - Data Management. Students will begin to understand that data can be collected, organized, displayed and analyzed. JKs will also sort and classify objects according to specific characteristics.

In Language we will work on our names (writing independently), students will be exposed to "journal writing", which is part of our "Daily Five Program". Daily 5 is the structure we will use in our Language Arts time. Children will be busy completing meaningful literacy tasks. In term one the choices will be:

• Read to self (simple picture books with short sentences)
• Work on writing (correct letter formation - upper and lower case)
• Word Work (letter sounds and blends)
• Listen to reading (story time)
• Read to Someone (look at the pictures and describe to a classmate)

I'll be posting more information about our JK curriculum. Please, contact me if you have any questions. 

Let the fun begin!!!

After several car loads here I am ready to set up and organize!
It will be a very busy couple of weeks before school starts. So exciting!!!

Pete The Cat

One of my favourite stories from Pete The Cat: https://youtu.be/W42oHAqM9N8?list=PLiYzMwyBPG96h9Stk8Mo8IoM3t6tXOYec
This simple story talks about being open-minded as we all have different talents.
Enjoy watching with your child!

Learner Profile

At SJA students are encouraged to develop the following learner profile attributes and attitudes:

Hello!

Dear Parents,
I hope you are having a terrific summer!
This blog is one of the several ways to communicate and be aware of what goes on in your child's school life. I usually post what we did during the day, pictures and videos. Make sure to check everyday, you don't want to miss out!
Here are a few helpful websites to practice reading with your child:
http://www.starfall.com/index.htm
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

Enjoy!