EDC-323-502 (Spring 2023)

​Integrated Curriculum: Exploring UAE classrooms

UAE English Framework

Click here for the framework

Skim and scan the document and make yourself familiar with it.

What you need to do

Answer the questions in the next slides. Your answers should be carefully and thoughtfully written. You will be marked present based on the quality of your answers to ALL the questions.

When to submit?

This link will be open until 11:45 pm - Monday 10th April 2023.

Open Ended

Go to page 15 (Table 4: UAE Student Profile by Cycle). According to the standards, by the end of KG students will recognize surrounding environments and their characteristics (desert, maritime, mountainous). If you were to design a unit about these topics (desert, maritime, mountainous), what will the theme of the unit be?

Open Ended

(This is a continuation of question 1)

What subjects can be integrated to teach the theme?

Open Ended

Go to page 15 (Table 4: UAE Student Profile by Cycle). According to the standards, by the end of KG students will show ability to safely use tools to build, form and construct simple models in science and mathematics. Give an example of a project where students will construct a simple scientific model.

Open Ended

Read the Recommended Practices for English Teaching Practices in pages 23 to 25. Which of the 10 ideas did you find interesting? Why? How will you implement this idea in your classroom?

Open Ended

Go to page 30. According to the Productive Skills for Grade 2, students engage in conversations with small groups of people, using some simple, common English terms to express themselves. Give an example of a play activity that as a teacher will help you achieve this standard.

Open Ended

Go to page 34. Check the Standards and Student Learning Outcomes by Grade (until page 39). Pick one Student Learning Outcome that you can use in your CLIL project, copy and paste it here.