Welcome to the MYP
I would like to welcome you all back to UDIS for the 2020/2021 academic school year. We have had a very successful week and the learners have settled in well in the MYP. The learners are very excited about having many different classrooms from which they will now be learning in.
Language & Literature
This week in Language and Literature class the learners have worked on their essential agreements that will be put in place for Term 1. The learners also worked on writing letters to their mother in honour of Mother's Day. The learners took the time to become familiar with the Reading A-Z levelled readers that we have available in our MYP study room as well as the Reading Eggspress website to build fluency. The children are welcome to checkout any of the Reading A-Z levelled readers as frequent as they would like to in order to build their reading comprehension and fluency skills while at home.
Individuals & Society
This week in our Individuals & Society class the learners began learning about what it means to be a global citizen. For unit one the learners will be learning about the importance of globalisation and how people from around the world must work together to exchange goods and services to produce a thriving community.
Maths
Students are learning about the five number systems and the order of mathematical operations. Students are reflecting on the uses of math in their lives and how math is useful for determining fairness and equity in exchanges. Learners are reviewing prior knowledge in order to build a solid foundation for acquiring new concepts.
Science
This week MYP 1 class has been exploring their interests in science and learning about what scientists do. Students have also been investigating and evaluating questions related to so called "super foods" and the actual nutritional content in food products. Students are preparing to model the experimental method by identifying different variables in an inquiry question.
Homework
For the purposes of homework this academic year we will be using Google Classroom as our platform to assign any homework to the MYP learners for each designated class they attend. This will allow us to manage the homework completion, set deadlines and give valuable feedback to each individual learner. We will begin assigning homework after Week 2 to allow time for the learners to get settled after being out of school for several months for virtual learning and to allow them to adapt well to MYP. However, the children should be reading for a minimum of 20 minutes per evening to enhance their vocabulary skills, reading comprehension skills and fluency skills.
MYP Schedule
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