Month: January 2017

ATL skills, English Language Acquisition, Learning Activities, Reading, Unit Planning

ATL: Communication Skills – Read Critically and for Comprehension

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ATL: Communication Skills – Read Critically and for Comprehension

So many things to teach and so little time!  The eternal dilemma when planning a unit. For the first unit of my English-Humanities MYP Year 1 class (Phases 4-5), we chose Read Critically and for Comprehension as the ATL skill to teach this unit. This is an incredibly broad skill, so deciding on what aspects [...]

Key and Related Concepts, Learning Activities, Spanish Language Acquisition, Statement of Inquiry

Introducing the Statement of Inquiry

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Introducing the Statement of Inquiry

Boom! That is how I like to start my units. It is usually all fun and games until I have to introduce the statement of inquiry. I have been exploring different strategies to do this in the hopes that the students will fully engage with it right from the start. For this unit, I printed [...]