MYP3 November – January Overview

Homeroom

MYP3A & MYP3B
Teachers:
M3A: Mr. Kyle, Ms. Tracy
M3B: Mr. Jonathan Lee Ching, Ms. Jasmin

ATL skills:
Self-Management—Affective Skills
Self-Management—Reflection Skills
Communication skill—Email etiquette
Social skills

Help your child by:

Checking that they use their school diaries and following up with the homework schedule to ensure they are doing homework on assigned days.

Assisting with the preparation of class assemblies and presentations for whole-school activities. Give your child the opportunity to collborate with others.

English Language and Literature

Teacher:

Ms. Lea

Unit Title: In Fair Verona: Analysis of Shakespearean Drama
Concepts:
Key Concept: Creativity
Related Concepts: Character, Setting, Theme and Style
ATL skills: Communication, Thinking.

Help your child by: Encouraging your child to read for pleasure offline for at least 20 minutes per day. Completing ReadTheory four times a week.

English Language Acquisition:

Teachers:

Mrs Challenor  – Phase 5/6

Ms. Ran Phase 3/5

Mr. Michael – Phase 1/2

Unit Title: Am I ready for the world?
Concepts:
Key Concepts: Connections/Identity/Change
Related Concepts: Audience, Purpose
ATL skills: Communication

Help your child by: Ask your child about the book they are reading in class. Check that he/she is reading an English library book. Discuss the topic of identity formation with your child. Talk to your child about his or her “dream job”.

Individuals & Societies Teacher:
Mr. Dwyer

Unit Title: Technology, Identity, and Relationships
Concepts:
Key Concept: Global interactions
Related Concepts: Innovation and revolution; Perspective
ATL Skills: Communication, Research, Thinking

Help your child by: Encouraging them to read non-fiction at home.

Science
Teachers:
Maggie Miao & Sunny Si

Unit Title: The atmosphere
Concepts:
Key Concept: System
Related Concepts: Consequences, Environment
ATL skills:
Communication and Research

Help your child by:
Encourage them to do more Research when get confused.
Encourage them to read more science books and watch more science documentaries.

Mathematics

Teachers:

Jane Feng / Tanapat Treyanurak

Unit Title: Linear Systems: Social Entrepreneurship
Concepts: Relationships
Key Concept: Representation, Models
Related Concepts: Form
ATL skills:
Communication skills
Collaboration 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:

Level: Phase 123
Teacher: Momo Li

Unit Title: Educational Systems
Concepts:
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Function, Patterns
ATL skills:
Communication and Self-Management Skills

Help your child by: encourage them to speak Chinese to talk about topics related to school life and by practicing vocabulary, words and grammar, students are able to express ideas and opinions about education system.

Chinese Language Acquisition: Teacher:

Level: Phase 4/5

Teacher: Jasmin Sun

Unit Title: Educational Systems
Key Concept: Communication
Related Concepts: Function, Patterns
ATL skills:
Communication and thinking Skills

Help your child by: encourage them to speak Chinese regarding school life, school facilities, and compare education system.

Chinese Language and Literature Teachers:

Carrie Quan
Matthew Lu

Unit Title: The Aesthetics of Horror Fiction
Concepts:
Key Concept: Creativity
Related Concepts: Style, Intertextuality
ATL skills: Self-management Skills, Research Skills, Thinking Skills

Help your child by: Do intensive and extensive reading of the text chosen and take reading notes accordingly; Further improve self-management skills, meeting deadlines and submitting high quality works.

Music Teacher:

Nathan Kim

Unit Title: MYP Band: Techniques and Ensemble Building
Key Concept: Development
Related Concepts: Expression, Aesthetics
ATL skills: Information literacy, Self-management skills

Help your child by: Please encourage practice at home, no more than 30 mins and help students to remember to bring their instruments to school. On the calendar, there is a Christmas concert on Dec. 17th where we will perform along with PYP. We hope to see you there!

Design

Teacher:

Hae young Chung

Unit Title: How can designers bring other people’s ideas to life? – Toy Design
Concepts:
Key Concepts: Connections
Related Concepts: Perspective
ATL skills: Communication, Self-management

Help your child by: Practice effective communication with your child by thinking and talking about their perspective and yours. For example, talk about what was the perfect gift for your child when they were 5 years old, and what was a great gift to give you when you were 5 years old.

Visual Art

Teacher:

Ms. Sanaz

Unit Title:
Elements of Art Through Self Portrait
Concepts
Key Concept:
Identity
Related Concepts:
Composition, Expression
ATL skills:
Communication

Help your child by:
Engage in conversations about what you SEE everyday. It could be architecture, graphics on television, newspaper layout with text and image, car designs, colors that are used that affect our behaviors in advertisements, forms we encounter, and of course art that we experience online or in a book. Also take your student to museums and galleries. Please have them practice their drawing skills in a sketchbook as much as possible. Have them take photographs with their phones. Get them to keep a diary or personal journal for ideas and feelings.

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: Aesthetic Movement – Freestyler
Concepts:
Key Concepts: Relationships
Related Concepts: Movement, Refinement
ATL skills:
Social: Collaboration skills (Working effectively with others – Help others to succeed, Negotiate effectively, Give and receive meaningful feedback)
Thinking: Creative thinking skills – Generating novel ideas and considering new perspectives, Practise visible thinking strategies and techniques)

Help your child by: Encouraging and support your child to take part in any sporting even in school or outside of school.