Our New Unit of Inquiry

Unit 2

People organise themselves to better understand the world around them.

PYP 3 has just started their new Unit of Inquiry on how people organise information to better understand the world. To help determine students prior knowledge on the concept of organisation, students carried a thinking routine called "I SEE, I THINK, I WONDER". 
In this thinking routine children were first invited to look around the classroom and say what they could see that helped them organised themselves. Next, they had to choose one of those items and complete the sentence "I think...", referring to the chosen item. 
Finally, they said what they wondered their classroom would be like without this item in the classroom. 
Below is the table with the summary of children's responses:

I see	I think	I wonder   If there is no _____________
Clock Calendar Our routine Classroom Library Boxes	The clock shows the time/ measures the hours. The calendar shows the days/ the weekend. Our routine has activities. The library is clean. It organises the books. Boxes are good because they are big.	We won’t know the time. We won’t know what day it is. We won’t know if lunch is now. If there is no classroom library we can’t read books. If there are no boxes, it would be hard. We wouldn’t know where to put things.

Mr Topsy Turvy and Little Miss Tidy

                   

Mr Men and Little Miss book characters have been used to discuss what a messy routine would be like and how can things be better organised. 

On Friday, your child took a letter containing instructions for parents and a worksheet with an investigation about how things are organised in a chosen area at home. 

You may access the link below to print out this hand out and work with your child at home.
Their findings will be shared during circle time throughout this and coming weeks.   

HAND OUT