IB Learning Profile Lesson Plan• Day 1 – intro, word sort with definition or picture, name your

strength/improvement area (Slides 2-8) • Day 2 - B (Begin filling in foldable.) (Slides 10-12)• Day 3 – R (Slide 13)• Day 4 - R (Slide 14)• Day 5 – I (Slide 15)• Day 6 – C (Slide 16)• Day 7 – C (Slide 17)• Day 8 – K (Slide 18)• Day 9 – T (Slide 19)• Day 10 – O (Slide 20)• Day 11 – P (Slide 21)• Day 12 – Evaluate famous people with

learning disabilities and sort according to profile. (Slides 22-23)• Day 13 – Assessment – Answer the three questions on Slide. (Slide 24)

The IB Learner Profile

Create a foldable!

• Every student needs

5 sheets of paper.

• Wait patiently for

labeling details.

You will be working with this foldable for the next 11 school days!

DO NOT

COPY

THIS.

Focus for Reading:

1. What are the 10 IB Learner Profile descriptors?

2. How are the lenses alike and/or different?3. Why do we need to know this?

What are we doing

today?

What is IB?“It is a program of international education designed to help students develop the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills necessary to participate actively and responsibly in a changing world. There are more than 651,000 IB students at 2,390 schools in 129 countries.”

The ages of students in the IB program range from 3 to 19 years old.

What does that mean, anyway?• High quality teaching and

learning

• Challenging instruction

• Worldwide knowledge “at home”

• Opportunity to study abroad for college

• Opportunity to make friends in other IB schools around the world

Do you think it sounds cool, but are wondering

what happens next?

If you are willing to develop your skills in becoming an inquirer, knowledgeable, a thinker, a communicator, principled, open-minded, caring, a risk-taker, balanced and reflective, then you will fit right in!

Easy, right?

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Let’s and on that for a moment.

Directions: You will be working in groups of four for this

assignment.

Take the contents of the envelope and lay them carefully out on the desk.

You are to correctly sort the words or images to its matching definition.

You have 3 minutes. GO!

J.L. Long IB Learners strive to be:

What is a profile? (HINT:

think Facebook or Myspace)

A profile is the description of a person’s qualities, values and characteristics.

IB Learner’s are

We understand the importance of intellectual,

emotional, and physical balance.

IB Learner’s are

•Give consideration to our learning.

•Assess and understand our strengths and limitations.

We approach

unfamiliar

situations with

courage, explore

new roles, ideas,

and strategies, and

act bravely to

defend our beliefs.

IB Learners are Have a natural sense of curiosity.

Develop skills to use research.

Enjoy learning.

IB Learners are

We understand and express information creatively, use different forms of communication, and work efficiently and willingly with others.

We explore concepts, ideas and issues, acquire in-depth knowledge of subjects, and develop understanding of different disciplines for fun.

IB Learners are

IB Learners are

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IB Learners are

We appreciate our own culture and personal

histories, are open to other people’s cultures,

values and traditions, and grow from our

experiences.

IB Learners are

We act with integrity and honesty, have a strong sense

of fairness, justice, respect others, and take

responsibility for our own actions and the

consequences that accompany them.

1. Divide into groups of two.

2. Read and discuss a famous person’s biography.

3. Review the 10 descriptors of the IB

Learner Profile.

4. When given the post and remain standing next to the person’s matching descriptor.

J.L. Long IB Learners strive to be:

have just learned on the BACK of your

foldable. Be sure to include the following

information:

1. List and define the 10 IB Learner Profile Lenses.

2. Describe what all of the descriptors have in common.

3. Explain how knowing this new information will change how we think .