Our First Unit of Inquiry: Stories Are Everywhere

Our First Unit of Inquiry: Stories Are Everywhere

Putting together our puzzle

Over the coming weeks we will be inquiring into the following Transdisciplinary Theme:

How We Express Ourselves

This is an inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.

The central idea is that : People share stories for different reasons

Our first task is to investigate and discuss the MEANING of the central idea. We work together to place the puzzle pieces together to construct the statement. We will continually revisit the central idea as we demonstrate our learning about stories; their origin and features.

Key concepts to be studied are: causation, perspective

The related concepts are: genres, inspiration, culture, character, role play, performance

The following lines of inquiry will define the scope of the inquiry into the central idea:

• How stories are created
• Different ways to share a story
• Why we might create stories and share
• Patterns in story

Discussing the meaning of the Central Idea

In other areas of the curriculum we are focused very much on developing children's ability to solve simple addition problems using a variety of strategies that develop mental computation skills. We strive to build understanding by using concrete materials wherever possible.
In language we have begun identifying patterns in stories and then will be using our understanding of that to create storymaps. These will allow us to write our own versions.

Recording the Central Idea