Planning+Units+of+Work

Stage 1 of the MYP Unit planner

Deciding what to teach

Instructions for new teachers

When developing signifigant concepts one should: These should describe something that will reside in the mind of the child for a long time Should should relate to one of the three branches: Materials, Information or Communication Should be something relevent to the student and useful in the future. Should be related to furthing your objectives (MYP or external curriculum) Should should be linked to prior learning when possible and establish a basis for future learning

When developing the area of interaction focus one should: Should establish a context that is relevant to the students Although most of the AOIs are addressed in all units, one in particular should be highlighted for the problem/solution context.

When developing the MYP unit question one should: Needs to be appealing to the students, and phrased in thier languge Connect to the students, to signifigant concept and AoI Open ended, with multiple solutions possible An atriculation of the actual problem that is to be solved Needs to define the problem in simple terms

Assessment

The assessment task Should describe the deliverable thing your going to mark. For example: The design folder, or aspects of the design folder Or specific elements that have helped in the production of the final product or design folder

MYP Objectives Outline the MYP objectives that will be used Put the MYP objectives in the context of the specific project For MYP5 leave these alone, and use ONLY the objectives as stated in the guide MYP Assessment critiera List simply wwhich ones are being used for example. A, B, C... if you have modified state they are modified

Stage 2: When you complete the following sections you should think about:

Content The actual implementation of the skills that you want the students to learn Fine details of the signifigant concept for example, the MYP design cycle skill you are focusing on, or the aspect of technology you want the students to learn.

Approaches to learning Detail the ICT skills that are needed Detail the techniques for problem solving

Learning Experiences how the students do things What the students do to show they have learned How they know All the handouts you give them Details of lesson plans if possible

Teaching Strategies How you will teach the methodologies you will use the approaches

Resources The stuff you need.