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Hello!

Nadia Demolder

PYP Coordinator

Grade 5 Teacher

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Our Mission

Engaging and empowering globally-minded, confident learners to reach their utmost potential in an active, creative and respectful learning community.

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Goals for today

Identify the five categories of approaches to learning (ATL)
Understand why ATL are important
Reflect on our own skill set to enable us to support our child(ren)
Understand how I can support my child in building ATL

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Visible thinking routine - chalk talk

In your groups consider what skills you want your child to graduate with.

What skills do you feel they need to be successful in the future?

What will make them to become an engaging and empowering confident learner?

Record it on the butcher paper.

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What are approaches to learning?

Skills that focus on how we learn
Transdisciplinary - can be applied across all disciplines
PYP - DP from preschool to gradutation
Aim is to create successful life long learners
Do not mean that content is not important

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The five approaches to learning in the ib

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Thinking skills

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Communication skills

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Research skills

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Self management skills

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Social skills

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Provocation - Assessment for learning

Cup Tower Challenge

Work in your table group to build a tower with the most cups
You have ten minutes to plan and build

Now…

Brainstorm all of the skills that you needed to be successful at this challenge. One person from each table will be asked to share back to the group.

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Why are ATL important?

By combining ATL and the attributes of the learner profile, PYP students become self-regulated learners. Self-regulated learners are agents of their own learning. They know how to:

set learning goals
ask open-ended questions
generate motivation and perseverance
reflect on achievement
try out different learning processes
self-assess as they learn
adjust their learning processes where necessary

(Zimmerman and Schunk 2001; de Bruin et al. 2012; Wolters 2011).

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Approaches to learning at bis

Explicit teaching
22 focused ATL
Continuum to measure growth
ATL used as part of collaborative planning and assessment
In the PYP the goal is to be aware of ATL, in MYP students acquire and in DP student amalgamate.

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ATL placemat - Self assessment Task

Traffic Light Reflection

Green - I do this all the time without help

Orange - I mostly do this but need some support

Red - I don’t do this yet

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How can I support my child

Recognize and support your child’s natural talents
Promote independence by scaffolding tasks for your child
Talk about the skills that you notice in your child
Set, monitor and reflect on goals related to the ATL with your child

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Success Criteria for Parents Giving Constructive Feedback to Their Child

Be Specific: Clearly identify what the child did well and what could be improved - Example: "I loved how you stayed focused while working on your project. Now let’s talk about making the presentation more organized."
Focus on Effort and Process - Example: "You worked so hard on this math problem. Let’s look at where the mistake happened so you can fix it."
Use “I” Statements - Example: "I think your drawing is very creative, and I wonder how adding more shading could make it stand out even more."
Encourage Reflection - Example: "What part of this assignment are you most proud of? What would you change if you had more time?"

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Reflect: Visible thinking routine

How has your thinking changed? Please add a post it to the butcher paper using the sentence starter

I used to think….

Now I think….

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