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1.Whatisourpurpose?

Class/grade:G4-G5Agegroup:9-11years
Toinquireintothefollowing:
School:RainbowInternationalSchoolSchoolcode:
TD(TransDisciplinarytheme)
TitleofUnitofInquiry:TraditionalMarket
Howweorganizeourselves:Aninquiryintotheinterconnectedness
ofhuman-madesystemsandcommunities;thestructureand Teacher(s):Mrs.Seyoung
functionoforganizations;societaldecision-making;economic
activitiesandtheirimpactonhumankindandtheenvironment. Date:
CI(centralidea)
Proposedduration:13weeks(Onetrimester)
Thesystemoftraditionalmarketreflectshowpeopleworktogether
tobuildapeacefulcommunity 2.Whatdowewanttolearn?
Whatarethekeyconcepts(form,function,causation,change,connection,
Summativeassessmenttask(s): perspective,responsibility,reflection)tobeemphasizedwithinthisinquiry?

Whatarethepossiblewaysofassessingstudentsunderstandingofthe Keyconcepts:form,change,connection
centralidea?Whatevidence,includingstudent-initiatedactions,willwelook
for?
Whatlinesofinquirywilldefinethescopeoftheinquiryintothecentralidea?
Studentswillconstructafleamarket(typeoftraditionalmarket)and
Structureoftraditionalmarket(money,collaboration..etc)
selltheiritemseachother-Thoseitemsshouldbesomethingthe
otherpeopleisinneed. Changesthattraditionalmarkettookoverthetime
Studentswillraiseamoneyforacharityanddonatethem. Ouractiontowardstheworldcanbuildapeacefulcommunity

Whatteacherquestions/provocationswilldrivetheseinquiries?

Form

Whatdoyouseeinthetraditionalmarket?

WhatisthemoneysysteminKorea?
Whatarephrasesweneedtolearnintermsofbuyingsomething?
Whatmakesfleamarketafleamarket?

Change

Howdidtraditionalmarketschangewiththetime?
Connection

Howcanwedonateourprofits?

3.Howmightweknowwhatwehavelearned? 4.Howbestmightwelearn?
ThiscolumnshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithHowbestmightwelearn? Whatarethelearningexperiencessuggestedbytheteacherand/orstudentsto
Whatarethepossiblewaysofassessingstudentspriorknowledgeand encouragethestudentstoengagewiththeinquiriesandaddressthedriving
skills?Whatevidencewillwelookfor? questions?
Preassessment: TuningIn:
Beforetheprovocation,askstudentstodrawthetraditionalmarket - PreAssessment:AskstudentstodrawthetraditionalmarketinKorea
inKorea(line1) - Formative:AfterwatchingavideoabouttraditionalmarketinKorea,
Askstudentsabouttheirexperiencesintermsofbuyinggoods studentsaregiventodecoratethecoverpageofthetraditionalmarket
nowadays/parentsexperienceintermsofbuyinggoodswhenthey bookletbydrawingfeaturesoftraditionalmarket.(line1)
wereyoung(line2) - Studentswillbecompletinginquiryworksheettothinkabouttheir
Beforethefleamarketdemonstration,askstudentswhatshallwedo questionsabouttraditionalmarket
withourprofit(line3)
FindingOut:

- PreAssessment:StudentswillbecalculatingKoreanMoneysystemby
Whatarethepossiblewaysofassessingstudentlearninginthecontextof lookingatmarketflyer
thelinesofinquiry?Whatevidencewillwelookfor? - Formative:makeaKoreanmoneyposter(line1)
- Studentsfindouthowtoreadmarketflyerandreadpriceofeachitem
Formative:
SortingOut:
Studentswilldecoratethecoverpageofthetraditionalmarket
bookletbydrawingthefeaturesoftraditionalmarket.(line1) - Formative:sortoutmarketflyerandcategorizetheminthebooklet(line1)
StudentswillcreateaKoreanmoneysystemposter(line1) - Studentswillbelisteningtothepresentationabouttwodifferenttraditional
Studentswillmakeabookletthatreflectstheirunderstandingofunit marketsandmakeanoteofthechangesthateachtraditionalmarket
relatedvocabulary,grammar,Koreanmoneysystem,featuresof tookoverthetime(line2)
traditionalmarketinKoreaandsortingoutmyownmarket(line1

and2)
Studentswillconstructafleamarket(typeoftraditionalmarket)and GoingFurther:
selltheiritemseachother-Thoseitemsshouldbesomethingthe - VocabularyandGrammarpointsoftheunit
otherpeopleisinneed(line4) - Fleamarketpreparation:studentswillbemakingalistofitemsthatwillbe
Studentswillraiseamoneyforacharityanddonateprofits(line4) sellinginfleamarket(line3)
- Fleamarketpricingpractice:studentswillbelabelingtheirpricesandit
shouldbethereasonableandappealingprice.

TakingAction:
- Fleamarketdemonstrationanddonatemoneyforachosencharity(line3)

Whatopportunitieswilloccurfortransdisciplinaryskillsdevelopmentandforthe
developmentoftheattributesofthelearnerprofile?
Knowledgeable:Studentswillexploreknowledgeabouthowtraditional
marketstartedandhowisitchangedinKorea.
Communicator:Studentswilluseexpressaboutsellingandbuyingin
Koreanandlistentotheotherpeoplesneeds.
Caring:Studentswillshowempathyforthecommunitybydonatingthe
profitscollectedfromfleamarkettopeoplewhoneedtheircaring.

5.Whatresourcesneedtobegathered?
Whatpeople,places,audio-visualmaterials,relatedliterature,music,art,computersoftware,etc,willbeavailable?
Youtubevideolinks
Youtube(traditionalmarkettour-videolinks)
Nationalmuseum-historyoftraditionalmarket
Creditcards/foreignersatthetraditionalmarket

Howwilltheclassroomenvironment,localenvironment,and/orthecommunitytousedtofacilitatetheinquiry?
CollaboratingwithMYPstudents:sincetheyvisitedlocaltraditionalmarketasafieldtrip,theywillbeintroducinghowdoestraditionalmarketlooklike,
features,location,interestingfactsaboutthetraditionalmarket.

6.Towhatextentdidweachieveourpurpose? 7.TowhatextentdidweincludetheelementsofthePYP?
Assesstheoutcomeoftheinquirybyprovidingevidenceofstudents Whatwerethelearningexperiencesthatenabledstudentsto:
understandingofthecentralidea.Thereflectionsofallteachersinvolvedinthe
developanunderstandingoftheconceptsidentifiedinWhatdowewant
planningandteachingoftheinquiryshouldbeincluded.
tolearn?
demonstratethelearningandapplicationofparticulartransdisciplinary
skills?

developparticularattributesofthelearnerprofileand/orattitudes?

Ineachcase,explainyourselection.


Howyoucouldimproveontheassessmenttask(s)sothatyouwouldhavea
moreaccuratepictureofeachstudentsunderstandingofthecentralidea.

Whatwastheevidencethatconnectionsweremadebetweenthecentralidea
andthetransdisciplinarytheme?
8.Whatstudent-initiatedinquiriesarosefromthelearning? 9.Teachernotes(STANDARDS)
Recordarangeofstudent-initiatedinquiriesandstudentquestionsandhighlight Green[Booklet]
anythatwereincorporatedintotheteachingandlearning.
2.ES.b-Studentscanaskandrespondtoquestionsaboutfamiliardailytopics.

3.ES.d-Studentscanunderstandandrespondtosimplequestionsrelatedwith
thesubjectarea.
3.ER.b-Studentscanunderstandandrespondtosimplereadingtextsabouta
familiarsituation.

4.ES.d-Studentscanexplainkeyconceptsofthesubjectarea.
Atthispointteachersshouldgobacktobox2Whatdowewanttolearnand
highlighttheteacherquestions/provocationsthatweremosteffectiveindriving 4.ER.d-Studentscangraspthemainideabyreadingoneortwoparagraphsof
theinquiries. thesubjectarea.
7.CA.f-IdentifytheeconomicsysteminacommunityorcultureinKorea.

Whatstudent-initiatedactionsarosefromthelearning? Purple[Booklet]
Recordstudent-initiatedactionstakenbyindividualsorgroupsshowingtheir 1.EW.b-Studentscanwritelettersorwordsthatarematchedwiththe
abilitytoreflect,tochooseandtoact. correspondingpictureorobjects.
2.ES.b-Studentscanaskandrespondtoquestionsaboutfamiliardailytopics.
3.ES.d-Studentscanunderstandandrespondtosimplequestionsrelatedwith
thesubjectarea.

3.ER.b-Studentscanunderstandandrespondtosimplereadingtextsabouta
familiarsituation.
7.CA.f-IdentifytheeconomicsysteminacommunityorcultureinKorea.

Red[Booklet]
1.EW.b-Studentscanwritelettersorwordsthatarematchedwiththe
correspondingpictureorobjects.
2.ES.b-Studentscanaskandrespondtoquestionsaboutfamiliardailytopics.
7.CA.f-IdentifytheeconomicsysteminacommunityorcultureinKorea.

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