IB PYP: Making Sense of an Attitude
The minefield of becoming an International Baccalaureate, IB School operating under the Primary Years Programme umbrella was exhausting, exciting, frustrating, overwhelming, and full of “mind-blowing” surprises. Now that our campus is on the other side of being a Candidate School (4 years) and the initial shock has subsided, I’m grateful to have survived to tell…
Setting Up Science and Social Studies in My Primary Classroom
Together? Separately? Integrated? How do you design your Science and Social Studies instruction? How does that design influence your set up? What are your Science and Social Studies areas in your classroom like? Yes, I know this is the age of integrating subject areas, excuse me, teaching “interdisciplinary concepts”. Yes, seeing the big picture is valid,…
