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=Welcome friends! We hope you will find the resources on this site valuable to you as you construct your own understanding of what concept-based learning looks like in a PYP classroom.=

//Connect:// How are the ideas and information presented **connected** to what you already know? //Extend:// What new ideas did you get that **extended** or pushed your thinking in new directions? //Challenge:// What is still **challenging** or confusing for you? What questions or wonderings do you still have?
 * Connect. Extend. Challenge. A thinking strategy for your Toolbox.**

Your Weekend Summative Assessment Task

3Q: Concept-based Learning in the PYP - Supplementary Workbook

Would you like to share your ideas with the world in a new way? Try Glogging!

Learning to Change YouTube clip that we viewed on Saturday Learning to Change

Changing Education Paradigms Sir Ken Robinson YouTube on Changing Education Paradigms

Thinking Big: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of Everything

Caterpillar Rubric

Another great article for your PD reading... Big ideas about teaching big ideas by Ellis, Farmer & Newman.pdf

Notable Websites
Opening Classroom Doors - IB produced videos and planner support materials Opening Classroom Doors - http://professionaldevelopment.ibo.org

Galileo Education Network Galileo Network - excellent resource for inquiry

Free the Children - Craig Keilburger Free the Children

"The Giving Tree," Shel Silverstein - perspective, connection "Me On The Map," Joan Sweeney - connection, perspective "Pennies for Peace" - responsibility, perspective "The Best of Friends" - change, responsibility "Underground Railroad: The Story of Harriet Tubman" - change, causation "The Library Lion," Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes - perspective, connection "Chicken Sunday", Patricia Polacco - perspective, responsibility "How I Learned Geography", Uri Shulevitz - perspective, reflection "All Alone", Claire Huckey Bishop - short novel ISBN 067113360 "The Golden Rule", Cooper - respect "The Dot", Peter Reynolds - perspective, reflection "The Important Book", Margaret Wise Brown - perspective, reflection "Wangari's Trees of Peace", Jeanette Winter - responsibility, causation "How my parents learned to eat", Ina. R. Friedman - connection, perspective
 * Our Favourite Picture Books**

Learner Profile - display cards with picture books that represent each profile

WEB 2.0 Resources for your classrooms
Prezi A creative alternative to powerpoint

Xtranormal - Turn text into Video Xtranormal - Turn text to Video