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Welcome to Introduction to IB

Welcome to Introduction to IB. Please… Sit in your assigned seat. Introduce yourself to your tablemate. Complete the questionnaire. Look up when the bell rings. Ms. Berndt – “Ms. B.”. Agenda Teacher Introduction Reagan Paperwork – A1 only Fact or Fiction 52 Questions

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Welcome to Introduction to IB

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  1. Welcome to Introduction to IB Please… Sit in your assigned seat. Introduce yourself to your tablemate. Complete the questionnaire. Look up when the bell rings.

  2. Ms. Berndt – “Ms. B.”

  3. Agenda Teacher Introduction Reagan Paperwork – A1 only Fact or Fiction 52 Questions Course Syllabus & Procedures (MYP Lingo and Notes) Homework

  4. Welcome to Introduction to IB 2 • Place the homework in the A1 basket (i.e. the student questionnaire – due today and last page of your syllabus – due Mon.) • 2. Sit in your assigned seat. • Get out a piece of paper. • Respond to the following two questions in writing: • Do you agree or disagree with Quote #1? Why? • Do you believe Quote #2? Why or why not? 1

  5. Agenda Think-Pair-Share Review Syllabus Sharing is Caring Fact or Fiction (A1 Only) MYP Lingo and Notes Fear in as Fishbowl – Exit Slip Homework – Syllabus & Materials

  6. Introduction to Middle Years Programme (MYP)

  7. What is the IB Middle Years Programme? • For students aged 11 to 16 • Encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world. • Become critical and reflective thinkers.

  8. The Curriculum • Eight subject groups • Students are required to study their mother tongue, a second language, humanities, sciences, mathematics, arts, physical education and technology. • Five Global Contexts (Areas of Interaction) • Students also engage in the Personal Project, which allows them to demonstrate the understandings and skills they have developed throughout the program.

  9. Subjects • Language A • Language A is defined as the student’s best language. • Language B • The primary aim of language B is to encourage students to gain competence in a modern language other than their mother tongue, with the long-term goal of balanced bilingualism.

  10. 8 Subjects • Sciences • biology • chemistry • physics • environmental • anatomy • Humanities • geography • history • economics • politics • civics • sociology • anthropology • psychology

  11. Mathematics • Mathematics in the MYP aims to provide students with an appreciation of the subject’s: • usefulness • power • beauty • The Arts • visual arts • performing arts

  12. Physical education • The aim of physical education in the MYP is to facilitate your “holistic” development: • physical • intellectual • emotional • social • Technology • More detail to follow…

  13. MYP prepares you for your junior and senior years of IB education at Reagan …. • Keep in mind: • Your decision is made at the end of your sophomore year. • Your performance in your MYP course can affect your options.

  14. Global Contexts • Approaches to Learning • Community and Service • Human Ingenuity • Environments • Health and Social Education formerly known as “Areas of Interaction”

  15. Technology We’ll use the Design Cycle as a vehicle for solving real-life “problems”, such as: • Learning Styles • Study Skills • IB Learner Profile • 7 Habits of Highly EffectiveTeens • Computers and Technology • Personal Project

  16. Outcomes (i.e. year-long success criteria…) We’ll know we’re successful when we… • understand how our learning styles and the IB Learner Profile traits help us to be successful in school, at home, and in our community; • develop an appreciation of the significance of technology for life, society and the environment; • use knowledge, skills and techniques to create products/solutions of appropriate quality;

  17. We’ll know we’re successful when we… • develop problem-solving, critical- and creative-thinking skills through the application of the design cycle; • develop respect for others’ viewpoints and appreciate alternative solutions to problems; • use and apply information and communication technology (ICT) effectively as a means to access, process and communicate information, and to solve problems.

  18. Fear in a Fishbowl fear doubt worry anxiety Anonymously complete one of the following sentences on a piece of paper… “In this transition to high school, I am (most) afraid that…” OR “In the first month of being a freshman the worst thing that could happen to me would be…”

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