Welcome to the 2nd Unit Of Inquiry

How the World Works
Sep 18th- Nov 3rd, 2017

Central Idea:

Survival depends on responses to patterns of change in the natural environment

Key Concepts:

Form, Causation, Connection

Related Concepts:

environment, migration, hibernation, seasons

Lines Of Inquiry:

Differentiating between weather, seasons and climate

The causes of change to weather, seasons and climate

The responses of living things to seasons and changes in climate

Bahasa Indonesia

Mendengar dan Berbicara:

  • Mendengarkan dan memahami pembacaan cerita pendek
  • Menceritakan kembali cerita yang didengarkan


  • Menyimpulkan isi bacaan pendek


  • Menjawab pertanyaan dengan kalimat lengkap berdasarkan cerita pendek


Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Records a reporting video

  1. record a video
  2. Add image
  3. Add text
  4. Add theme music
  5. cite the resources by capturing the screens



Data Handling:

Data Presentation (Pictograph with scales)

  1. Reads and interprets pictograph with scales by 2 or 5.
  2. Creates  pictograph with definitive scales.




  1. Uses calendars to determine the date, to identifies the day sequence in a week and months in a year
  2. Reads the time to 5 minutes
  3. Draws hands on the clock to show time
  4. Finds duration of hours and half hour from o’clock
  5. Finds starting or ending time of an activity

Pattern and Function:

  1. Finds relationship between division and multiplication
  2. Uses the cycles of days fact to solve problem


Multiplication and Division

    1. Solves repeated addition problem of 2 and 5
    2. Uses the multiplication symbol (×) to write mathematical about repeated addition
    3. Creates multiplication tables of 2 and 5 and commit it into memory
    4. Solves problems involving multiplication of 2 and 5
    5. Uses sharing and grouping to divide a quantity into 2 or 5 equal sets


  • Uses the division symbol (÷) to write mathematical statement about grouping into equal sets


  1. Solves problems involving multiplication and division by 2 and 5
  2. Differentiates odd and even numbers



Play songs using airwave


Learn all the notes of the song in airwave

Play the song with steady tempo

Imitate the notes while playing airwave

Sing with basic movement (optional)

Support Form concept

Visual Art (VA)

four seasons

able to identify cool and warm color (connection)

Able to draw 4 seasons (form)


We learn about season

  • Student able to describe season in mandarin with correct pronunciation and tone
  • Student able to read hanyu pinyin and chinese characters about season
  • Student able to write hanyu pinyin and chinese characters about season


Physical Education (PE)

Students will learn basic swimming (freestyle)

Students will learn how legs movement of       swimming (freestyle)

Students will learn how to breathing when swimming (freestyle)



Nonfiction book storm and weather

  • Students will read two nonfiction books and focus on 5 elements; author, characters, problems, feelings.
  • Studens will use Venn Diagram to see the similarities and differences of the two stories

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