MYP1 February – April 2023 Overview

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Class Group: M1 A/B

Third Quarter Period: February – April 2023

Homeroom MYP1A & MYP1B Teachers: Mr. Michael and Ms. Maggie Mr. Dwyer and Mr. Matthew	ATL skills: Self-Management—Affective Skills: Be mindful, Think positively Self-Management—Organization Skills: Manage materials, Manage time Social—Show empathy, respect, and support to others Help your child by: Talk about their day/week at school; checking ManageBac, email, and student diary; encourage them to get involved in a sports team or ECA
English Language and Literature Teacher: Ms. Lea.	Unit Title: Cultural Identity Concepts: Key Concept: Change Related Concepts: Point of view, Setting, ATL skills: Communication, Thinking Help your child by: Encourage your child to read every day for 20 minutes of texts of their choice and to complete 5 ReadTheory practices every week.
English Language Acquisition: Teachers: Ms. Ran Mr. Kyle Mr. Michael	Unit Title: Novelty- Creating Something New Key Concepts: Creativity Related Concepts: Purpose and Function ATL skills: Communication, Thinking Help your child by: Read a book daily and write about what they have read. Encourage them to talk and think about how things work in daily life. Practice on IXL and Quizlet as well.
Individuals & Societies Teacher: Mr. Dwyer	Unit Title: Belief Systems Concepts: Key Concept: Systems Related Concepts: Identity ATL skills: Social (listen actively) Self-Management (create plans for summatives) Research (connection between information, seek a range of perspectives) Thinking (evaluate arguments, formulate questions, consider ideas from multiple perspectives)


Science Teacher: Maggie Miao	Unit Title: Biodiversity Concepts: Key Concept: Systems Related Concepts: Consequence & Interaction ATL skills: Self-management skills Help your child by: Go on nature walks and discover plants and animals Observe the changing seasons and weather pattern
Mathematics Teachers: Jane Feng	Unit Title: Algebraic Expression and Equations Concepts: Key Concept: Logic Related Concept: Generalization, Models, Patterns ATL skills: Self-Management: Reflection Skills Thinking: Creative-Thinking Skills Help your child by: Reminding them to keep an organized notebook and homework book; Encouraging them to develop skills to take effective notes; Reminding them to complete homework; Encouraging them to do review after class; Encouraging them to work on IXL;
Chinese Language Acquisition: Teacher: Carrie Quan (Phase 1)	Phase1 Unit Title: Healthy Lifestyles Concepts: Key Concept: Culture Related concepts: Meaning, Structure ATL skills: Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, Transfer Skills Help your child by: Enhance learning motivations Use the learnt topics in real-life situations Further enhance self-management skills, especially in meeting deadlines

Chinese Language Acquisition: Teacher: Jasmin Sun	Phase 2 Unit Title: Healthy Lifestyles Concepts: Key Concept: Culture Related concepts: Meaning, Structure ATL skills: Social Skills and Research Skills Respond appropriately to simple phrases Interact with both verbal and non-verbal language in simple and rehearsed communication Use the basic phrases to exchange ideas, emotions, and information Achieve audience awareness in communication Help your child by: Encourage your children to describe their physical feelings in Chinese. Encourage your kids to communicate with their peers in Chinese. A language partner would be helpful. Ensure your children can finish their assessments and tasks on time. Please help to develop their self-management skills and balance their academic and leisure time. Check their understanding by asking them some questions related to the notes on their Chinese exercise book.
Chinese Language Acquisition: Level: Phase 3-4 Teacher: Emma Yang	Unit Title: Health and Well-being Concepts: Key Concept: Connections Related Concepts: Context, Idiom ATL skills: Communication skill, Self-management skill Help your child by: This unit is an IDU unit, interdisciplinary unit connecting with Math class. Please ask your kid their understandings of the IDU, what knowledge and skills they’ve learnt can be transferred from Chinese class to Math class. Ask your kid to share with you what nutrition pyramid is, and share their opinions on balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.
Chinese Language and Literature Teachers: Matthew Lu， Momo Li	Unit Title: My School Life Key Concept: Perspective Related Concepts: Context, Purpose ATL skills: Communication skills, Thinking skills Help your child by: Encourage them to practice observing carefully in order to recognize problems and draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations.
Music Teacher: Mr. Jonathan Lee Ching	Unit Title: Introduction to Band and Orchestra Concepts: Key Concept: Aesthetics Related Concepts: Expression, Interpretation, Play ATL skills: Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, Research Help your child by: Encourage your children to listen to various styles of music such as: Renaissance, Baroques, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Jazz, Pop (which will be covered in class) and various other sub-genres. Discuss why you think different eras brought forth different styles of music in human history. You might also like to share your favourite music with your children and try to find out more about their favourite music too.


Design Teacher: Hae young Chung	Unit Title: Future City Project Concepts: Key Concept: Communities Related Concepts: Collaboration, Sustainability ATL skills: Communication, Social Help your child by: Have a conversation on cities that the family has traveled to. Share your feelings on the cities and what problems did they have and what can we do to improve the cities. Talk about how to work with others effectively and how to give and receive meaningful feedback.
Visual Art Teacher: Sanaz Sasannejad	Unit Title: Collage Concepts: Key Concepts: Communication Related Concepts: Innovation ATL Skills: Self-Management & Affective Skills Help your child by: Take risks and be resilient. Practice the techniques learned in class and look for ideas related to their ways of life. Add research in their process journal that could help them be innovative and creative. Look at Henri Matisse’s Art work and search for Artists using cut-outs on paper to create.

Service as Action Teacher: Hakim Halim	Unit Title: Self-Initiated Service as Action Activities Concepts: N/A ATL skills: Self-management, Thinking, Social, Communication Help your child by: Support your child with their self-initiated activities in school or outside of school by supervising them and make sure that they have enough resources to support their activities.
Physical and Health Education Teacher: Hakim Halim	Unit Title: Track and Field: Past vs Present Concepts: Key Concepts: Change Related Concepts: Challenge ATL skills: Social, Thinking Help your child by: Encourage your child to take part in any sporting event that could help them to apply the knowledge that they have learnt during the lessons.