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Territories!
Kg2 Unit of InquiryNovember 2014/January 2015

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Unit of Inquiry
Central idea:People and animals share the planet.
Some teacher questions:

What is a wild animal?

What is a pet?
What is a farm animal?
Where do they live?
How do we live alongside animals?

Some things we will all think about:

The difference between pets, farm animals
and wild animals
Habitats of pets, farm animals and wild
animals

How animals and people can live together

and our responsibilities.

Language outcomes in English and Turkish

Participates, with support, in planned talk for school purposes
Interprets and uses simple statements, commands and questions
Uses everyday terms related to their experiences and some subject specific words
Uses a small range of processes and strategies when listening, e.g., uses questions to clarify
Comments on specific features in pictures.
Maths:
We will begin to use common language to describe position and direction.
We will compare the size, length and height of animals and nature.
We will look closely at the patterns found in nature.
We will continue to explore numbers and counting and understand the last object counted in a set describes
the quantity.
We will begin to use the language of maths to compare quantities; more, less, first, second.
Learning experiences:
Comparing fiction and non- fiction animal books
Video and photographic research of animals, their babies and habitats.
Observational drawings of animals and habitats and recreate animal habitats.
Bookmaking featuring favorite animals
Representing animals with masksand constructions
Sorting animals: pets, domestic and wildlife.
Library:

Using books to expand childrens understanding of the world around them

Compare fiction and non- fiction books
Helping children develop strategies for selecting books
Art:
Create an art work using lines and animal shapes

Using animal patterns as a design of art work

Print making with animal shapes and patterns.

P.E.
Using music and movement of the animal world