The report card season is coming! Teachers must prepare themselves to distribute that in tight schedule. Especially in IB PYP, it is not clear to assess students compared traditional teaching style, because of no particular exam or test. In IB PYP, teaching is cultivate learning attitude for life-long learner, not giving information from textbooks. Teacher has to evaluate student’s individual progress in the attitude of learning process.

I made Report Card Comments generator for IB PYP students a few years ago. It is based on PYP scope and sequence. There are over 300 comments in one file for boy and girl student. Report card comment has to change name and gender for individual students. This Excel file is useful but little bit complicated to use, even I made it by myself. I should update more user friendly.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Report-Card-Comments-generator-for-IB-PYP-students-3782536

You can check How to use on Youtube.

Math and Language, Science, Social, Arts and PSPE.

You can check each subject comments in here>>>

Math and Language

Science

Social

Arts

PSPE

I prepared some free sample PDF version or editable version. Feel free to download it.

How do you save your time to make report cards? Please let me know your idea.

 

Centers are activities located in specific areas around the classroom. Students come in having a spectrum of abilities, talents, and growth areas. As students work in small groups during center time, and they can also work independently, we can teach personalize for their needs. In my classroom, there are writing, reading, maths, research and construction centres. Depending on contents, some center activities can be done with teacher, while others are completed with peers or individually.

Educators will understand why a “one size fits all” approach to education does not support all learners and how stations can be a great first step to personalizing for students.

Various approaches

Though teachers want to meet the needs of every learner, they often find that whole group instruction is not always sufficient. In order to differentiate instruction and support every learner, teachers have started to create systems – such as station rotation – to support small group instruction. However, educators and leaders are often apprehensive to push an “innovative model” because they are unsure about where to start or how successful the shift away from a traditional model (both with infrastructure and instruction) will be. Stations are a great first step, because all you need is a willingness to be flexible, the ability to set up multiple centers in your room, and the ability to look at your own classroom in a new way.

When thinking about rolling out stations, a strong culture with clear expectations and student ownership is key to implementing effectively. Designing systems for student voice and choice ensures that students are invested and engaged in their learning. As new classroom systems are rolled out, it is important that students not only understand HOW the classroom is set up, but also WHY it is set up in that manner. For example, if there is a corner reserved for independent work, it is important to explain to students that the corner is an opportunity for students to work by themselves and not a timeout area. Also, by allowing students to make even small choices about how and where they learn best, you are giving students ownership of their own learning. When moving in this direction, you need to not only be clear about expectations but also give students tools to understand the way they learn best and in turn make good choices when utilizing all of the new options in the classroom.

Literacy Center

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Math Center

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Cozy reading corner idea

 

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Portfolios are a great way to demonstrate student progress over time in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. They can be used as tools to demonstrate each child’s individual progress from the beginning to the end of the school year.

Each section of the portfolio should be designed to demonstrate a child’s progress with the early learning goals or standards identified by the theme.

IB PYP cover sheets

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These IB PYP cover sheets can be used for the on-going working binder and/or for the IB PYP Portfolio. They are great to separate each unit of inquiry within the daily working binder or to use as a cover sheet for each unit within their portfolio.

Editable version is here>>>

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Editable-IB-PYP-cover-sheets-Microsoft-Word-doc-4935837

This file contains cover sheets for each of the 6 transdisciplinary themes. You can edit as you like.

TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES

Who We Are
Where We Are in Place and Time
How We Express Ourselves
How the World Works
How We Organize Ourselves
Sharing the Planet

 

 

Inquiry-based learning which is a pillar of IB Primary Years Programme(PYP) is committed as the leading vehicle for learning. Six transdisciplinary themes provide the framework for knowledge. Transdisciplinary is the word that the IB uses to describe a discipline that applies across all disciplines – it is interconnected and can be applied across all subjects and applied to real life. A transdisciplinary concept stretches across math, science, English and social studies and ties it all together; it is not isolated to one subject. For example, the idea of change affects math, science, English and social studies – the IB PYP strives to demonstrate this through earning, giving understanding to a real life world.

Recording student learning

Making the PYP happen (2009) emphasises the need to collect and analyse data (assessment of student learning) through the use of multiple and diverse strategies (observations, performance assessments, process-focused assessments, selected responses and open-ended tasks) and tools (rubrics, exemplars, checklists, anecdotal records, and continuums). The use of portfolios is encouraged to enable students to actively represent their learning and reflections on their learning.

The role of students in assessment

Readily accessible portfolios give students ownership and some control of their learning. This appreciation is further encouraged through the tracking of students’ work and achievements. Each student has a portfolio of their own work, and they have complete control over what they include in it. This portfolio acts as a physical reflection not only of the student’s academic work, but also their personal accomplishments, which appear as memos attached to various pages. These accomplishments include doing well on tests, but can also be as simple as an improvement with regards to timekeeping or handwriting. Through this, students come to understand the value of hard work, and their own potential for personal growth.