PYP Curriculum

Unit Letters

Please click on the Grade level below for a sneak peek at what your child is learning in their Units of Inquiry, Math and Language.

Grade 4/5.				Grade 3.
	Grade 2.		Grade 1.
Kindergarten.		Pre K.

The IB’s approaches to learning (ATL) skills outline skills that are deemed important to students’ learning and are interwoven through all levels of the IB programs. In PYP, connections to the 6 themes and the Learner Profile Attributes are made to include the ATL Skills. They help students “learn how to learn”. The ATL skills are divided into five major categories:

Thinking
Social
Research
Self-Management
Communication

This can be better understood with the visual below:

Image courtesy of Lisa McKeon at Toddle

Our Program of Inquiry

Each IB PYP school, including ASOY has its own POI (Program of Inquiry). In the POI, the units within the academic year are laid out, and it allows the teacher, student, parent, and others involved to get a view of the content offered. Each school will determine their POI depending on various facts such as location, national requirements, adopted curricula, and the school’s Scope and Sequence. For POI 24-25 click here

French Scope and Sequence

ASOY has developed its Scope and Sequence for French in Primary. Taking ASOY's unique body of students into consideration, it is influenced, developed and based directly and indirectly on IB, PYP’s Language Scope and Sequence, and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, and Assessment (CEFR).

Please read the ASOY French Scope and Sequence document on this page's right-hand side menu for more information.

MAP Assessments

One method of assessment in the elementary school at ASOY is the Northwest Evaluation Association’s (NWEA) computerized MAP (measurement of academic progress) tests. MAP testing originates from the US, is based on the US curriculum and is tailored to the international context. ASOY does not teach to the content of the MAP test; we use the test as one measure to track student progress and learning across the years. The tests include reading, math and language usage.

At ASOY, we offer MAP tests twice a year, in September and again in May. With two tests, it is possible to find out whether an individual student or an entire grade level is making satisfactory progress. MAP testing is conducted in Grades 3, 4 and 5 and across to Grade 6, 7 and 8.

Fountas & Pinnell Reading Assessment