Rationale

RATIONALE
I have decided to do my interdisciplinary inquiry project on grade one. The outcome I have chosen is PA 1.1 Examine actions and practices in the family, classroom and on the playground that support peace and harmony, including rules and decision -making processes. I chose to do mine on grade one because it is a grade that I have no yet been privileged to teach so far. Peace and harmony is a vital point in society for communities to function. This was a challenge to make simple activities that would be capable by grade one students but yet engaging enough that they would comprehend the outcome. I decided to approach the lessons in a way that would get all students attention for they would be relevant in their everyday lives. After students have a grasp of what peace and harmony are, and what they look like I wanted students to visual life without rules. The way I approached this unit was in a way that students would understand in the end that without rules life would not be so peaceful through staged scenarios. By creating our own classroom, playground and home rules to follow allows students to be in control of their own learning and be able to demonstrate this outcome in their everyday lives. My using visual peace buckets students are able to see their personal growth and progress that has occurred throughout our classroom and how students can truly make a difference. My emphasis on this unit was for students to understand that it is the little things in life that matter the most, that anyone can make a positive difference.

My activities support student learning for each lesson is student-centered in which students build upon their previous knowledge throughout this unit. The students are engaged in each lesson by being active participants and contributing to the class discussions. Students learn to become creators of their own knowledge, for they find relevance in each lesson to connect to their own lives. These activities recognize diverse learners for there are a variety of ways to approach each lesson. Using visual, written and auditory directions students will individually interpret and comprehend different things through each lesson. Adaptations can easily be made throughout this unit, such as written assessment can be changed to drawing assessment and participation. Class discussions allow students to be open-minded for they hear a variety of different viewpoints.  