How We Express Ourselves

Over the coming weeks students will be looking into How We Express Ourselves. This unit is an inquiry into how cultures use the arts to express identity. During this unit, students will inquire into cultures from around the world, art forms and aspects of identity.
Central Idea Key Concepts In all cultures, the arts are used to express identity.
Function how the arts are used to convey/ express cultural identity Connectionhow our connection to art reflects cultural identity Perspectiveindividual, group and cultural perspectives represented by art

Lines of Inquiry

Identity conveyed through the arts Cultural identity and its connection to the arts (we have a connection to different music, literature and art because it reflects who we are (expresses our identity)) How culture can influence the creation of art

Transdisciplinary Research : observing through use of senses, recording data through learning and creating about different forms of expression Skills Thinking: synthesis through combining different specialist lesson parts to make a whole (summative assessment)
Communication: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing Self-management: control of gross and fine-motor skills through Music (instrument playing) and Art Social: respecting others and different types of expression

Learner Profile

Communicatorsexpressing ideas in a variety of ways Open-minded appreciating other perspectives Risk-takersthrough experimenting with different art forms

Please find below outlines of how Language Arts and Mathematics are integrated with our unit which, will be taught in conjunction with our on going mathematics and literacy programs.

Language Arts
Transdisciplinary Speaking and Listening: Oral story telling and listening. Retelling stories and story meanings. Students will: Begin to retell, relate and sequence events and stories with increasing detail. Be increasingly aware of tone and voice level. Writing Retelling, identifying beginning, middle and end. Write simple, sequenced stories.

Mr. Craig (music), Ms.Warunee (Thai Studies) and Ms. Dana (Art) will be involving children in many exploratory activities in this unit. Mr. Jago will be using ICT to support our inquiries into the worlds different types of art forms. Please visit Ms. Evas Year 2 EAL Blog for regularly updated vocabulary information regarding this unit.

http://blogs.nist.ac.th/eal/category/year-2/

Mathematics

Transdisciplinary Patterns The use of patterning in different cultures, tessellating patterns and symmetrical patterns. Represent patterns in a variety of ways, for example, using words, drawings, symbols, materials, actions, numbers Inquire into number patterns for example odd and even Extend and create patterns in numbers Use number patterns to represent and understand real-life situations Use the properties and relationships of addition and subtraction to solve problems.