Welcome to Kindergarten at St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School!  This is a new and exciting time for you and your child.  It will be a time of change and new beginnings-new surroundings, new friends, new skills and new challenges.  By working together, we can make it a happy and rewarding experience for everyone!

Our Current IB Unit of Inquiry ~ Ready to Publish

Central Idea

Authors and illustrators use their personal experiences and interests to create different forms of literature.

Lines of Inquiry

• Genre
• Types of illustrations
• How text and illustrations work together
• How authors and illustrators create

Key Concepts

Connection

Function

Causation

Profile Characteristics and Attitudes

• Communicator, Thinker
• Creativity,Commitment

Transdisciplinary Skills

• Cooperating
• Listening
• Group Decision Making
• Planning
• Evaluation
• Speaking