Transdisciplinary Learning

Where We Are in Mathematics

Place and Time Time: Linear measurement
Language Arts
Exploring migration Reading: Inferring, Book Clubs
Writing: Text Structures, Crafting writing in interesting
stories builds a sense ways (word choice and punctuation)
Viewing and Creating: Illustrations to Support Writing
of empathy. Listening and Speaking: Interviewing and Story Telling

Disciplinary Learning
Lines of Inquiry Mathematics
Language Arts
1.  Reasons for migration (CAUSATION) Knowledge: Word Study:
2.  Impact of migration on people’s Place Value Students will
Basic Facts continue to learn
lives (CHANGE) Order and word patterns to
3.  How learning about migration Sequence develop their spelling
Patterns skills.
stories builds perspective Strategy: Additionally, they will
(PERSPECTIVE) Addition & continue to grow
Subtraction their bank of high
Multiplication frequency words
& Division
Unit Vocabulary

• Migration (snap words).

• Change
• Environmental
(Examples)

• Societal
• Factors Important Dates
• Immigrant
• Forced April 30-May 7 (various dates): Field trip to
• Chosen Jim Thompson House
• Ancestors May 29: No school for students (Visakha Bucha
• Refugee Day)
• Survival June 1: Year 2 students visit the Y3 area
+ adjectives June 15: Last day of school (11:00 dismissal)

*To Be Scheduled: End of Year Elementary
Assembly and Y2 End of Year Party
Essential Elements
Knowledge Skills Learner Profile
Students will develop an Research: and Attitudes
understanding of the concept of Formulating questions, observing, collecting data,
*Open-minded
migration, reasons animals and recording, interpreting, presenting

*Caring
humans migrate, and the positives *Communicator
and negatives of migrating.
Thinking:
*Tolerance
Students will begin to develop an Acquisition of knowledge, comprehension, *Empathy
appreciation for the different application, synthesis, dialectical thought *Respect

perspectives of migrants.
Action
Students will have a chance to
interview a fellow classmate, a
family member, or a family friend
about a migration experience.