This month, we will focus on the learner profile attribute of knowledge. As knowledgeable students, we develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance. Let’s celebrate all the learning that has taken place this year as 3rd and 4th graders prepare for state testing.
Knowledgeable students might:
Actively participate in class discussions
Put letter sounds together to make words
Share thinking in their inquiry, science, or reader’s notebook
Teach others how to do something
Ask questions to learn more
Know a lot about a specific topic or subject
Make connections
Apply what they’ve learned in the real world
Knowledgeable At Home
Encourage your child to read books at home that correspond with the topics being covered in school. In particular, books in their mother tongue will help your child make more meaningful, lasting connections to what is being taught in their classroom in English.
Ask your child about what they are learning in school and engage them in conversations about it:
“Why do you think that is an important thing to know about?”
“Can you think of anything happening in the world today that might be similar to that aspect of History?”
Foster any area that your child expresses an interest in with books and activities, but also be sure to encourage them to explore other areas.
Encourage your child to become familiar with current events and to read the newspaper and watch the news when appropriate.
Vania Brumley
IB-PYP Coordinator & PK TLS
Jenks West Elementary
