Littlewonders@work: September 2016

UNIT OF INQUIRY

Who we are

Central Idea : Every day I learn more about who I am and what I can do.

Prior Knowledge

Students introduced themselves through puppets.

LOI 1.What it means to be me.

LEARNING ENGAGEMENTS

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL: During sing along session of rhyme "I have a little nose", students stood in front of the mirror and pointed out at the particular body part.

Mirror Painting: Kids made their self portrait while looking at the mirror.

Formative Assessment

· I know me Booklet : Student made me booklet and paste objects and pictures that described them.

LOI 2 : My likes and dislikes.

Favorite Day: Favorite day was celebrated in class.Student's brought their favorite food and toy.They wore their favorite dress on that day.

Smile Please: Collaboratively Student's and teacher listed down some of the items which they like or dislike. After that a student picked up a smiley to express his/her like or dislike for the named item.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

MY LIKE AND DISLIKE FLAG: Students expressed their likes and dislikes by pasting pictures of the things they like on green color flag and things they dislike on red color flag

LOI 3 :
How I am growing and changing.

Crawl like a baby: Students crawled like baby to understand change in their walking style.

Visit to school creche:Students visited school creche to meet small baby

Students compared their bodies with animals to record similarities and differences.

MEASURING CHARTS: Teacher and students measured heights and recorded in a log. Student regularly visited to measurement corner and observe changes in their height.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

How Tall Am I? : Teacher and student’s measured heights and recorded in a log. Kids also compared their heights with their seniors to observe how we grow and change.

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

TIMELINE: Teacher and students collaboratively created timeline to demonstrate their journey from birth till present.