Transcript Sixth Grade Orientation - Ada Merritt K

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Middle Years Programme
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Guiding Question
• How can the IB Middle
Years Programme (MYP)
help me be a better
learner and a better
person?
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Sixth Grade Assembly
October 4, 2013
 MYP Overview
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Portfolios
MYP Requirements
Community and Service
Student Code of Conduct
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The International Baccalaureate
Program offers a Continuum of
International Education
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Learner Profile
At the heart of the IB Programme
Continuum is the Learner Profile.
The IB programme aims to help
students develop as lifelong learners in
the context of the Learner Profile.
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Fundamental Concepts of
the Middle Years Programme
• Intercultural Awareness
• Communication
• Holistic Education with a Focus on
Global Issues
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The Programme Model
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Characteristics of the
Middle Years Program
FIVE AREAS OF INTERACTION
• They provide a framework for learning
within and across the subject groups.
• They allow connections among the
subjects themselves, and between the
subjects and real-life issues.
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MYP AREAS OF INTERACTION
The 5 Areas of Interaction:
• Approaches to Learning
• Community & Service
• Environments
• Health & Social Education
• Human Ingenuity
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Approaches to Learning
• Develop effective study skills
• Develop critical, coherent, and
independent thought
• Learn problem solving and decision
making skills
• Become life-long learners
• Nurture academic honesty
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Portfolios
Students:
• Collect samples of their work for each Area of
Interaction
• Write a reflection form for each entry
• Collected work samples and reflections can be added
to the portfolios during homeroom
• You may use a picture of large projects
• Accumulate work samples from 6th – 8th grades
A complete Portfolio is a requirement to qualify for the
Ada Merritt International Baccalaureate Certificate
in eighth grade.
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Community and Service
IB MYP Requirements
• Maintain grades of 2.5 or higher in all subjects
and in conduct
• Maintain acceptable effort and conduct grades
• Follow the schools attendance, punctuality,
uniform and behavior guidelines
• Complete home learning assignments regularly
and use the student agenda
• Complete the required Community and Service
hours:
– 10 hours in 6th and 7th grade
– 20 hours in 8th grade
• Maintain a portfolio
• Complete the 8th grade Culminating Project
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Student Code of Conduct
Sixth Grade Orientation
October 4, 2013
A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
Intellectual growth should commence at
birth and cease only at death.
Albert Einstein
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