MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

UNIT OF WORK

UNIT OF STUDY: PLACES WE KNOW YEAR LEVEL: K /1 / 2

Multiple Intelligences	Bloom’s Taxonomy: Six Thinking Levels
	Knowing	Understanding	Applying	Analysing	Creating	Evaluating
Verbal I enjoy reading, writing & speaking	Read Three Little Pigs. List places important to the pigs. Discuss how the pigs would care for these places.	Discuss why the places are important to the characters	Illustration of children’s favourite places at home and how they care for them.	How would the story have ended if… had happened?	Make a model of fairy tale setting showing important places.	Explain how you would feel if someone used your place in the wrong way.
Mathematical I enjoy working with numbers & science	Tell about your favourite place in the classroom/school playground.	Predict which will be the favourite areas.	Make graph to show favourite areas.	Analyse results. Which are the favourite areas? Why might children like these areas the most?	Create a shape poem to explain why you like a particular area.	Recommend how our classroom/playground could be improved
Visual I enjoy painting drawing & visualising	Read texts and jointly view pictures showing special places in schools in other communities.	Interpret the pictures Discuss special places seen in the pictures.	Record what is happening in the pictures.	Compare and contrast our school to other communities Create retrieval chart.	Make a booklet to show similarities/differences	Discuss/debate which school is the better school, giving reasons to support the answers.
Kinaesthetic I enjoy doing hands-on activities	Excursion into the environment. Discuss different types of buildings.	Observe what buildings are made of. Feel the different textures of the materials.	Draw a picture of favourite building.	Analyse/categorise types of buildings-use/features/age.	Create plan of local environment by drawing around boxes.	Evaluate whether their model is a true representation of the local environment.
Musical I enjoy making & listening to music	Discuss safety issues within the community. Discuss road signs. Learn road safety song.	Discuss what sounds they would hear in the local area, town and city	Select musical instruments/body percussion to accompany road safety song.	Discuss the story of “A Surprise Visit” and analyse the safety message.	Dramatise “A Surprise Visit” and add musical accompaniment.	Debate whether children should have to wear seat belts in the car/helmets when riding.
Interpersonal I enjoy working with others	Tell someone how to find a hidden treasure in the room	Partner repeats instructions.	Partner follows instructions to find treasure.	Compare how different children come to school. Construct picture graph to show results.	Make a map to show the route you follow to get to school.	Discuss whether all children should come by bus because of safety issues.
Intrapersonal I enjoy working by myself	View texts of natural/man-made features in the environment.	Describe what occurs here.	Draw pictures of how these different features are used.	Analyse safe and dangerous aspects of these features.	Search magazines for pictures and create chart to show flat/sloping features within the environment.	Debate whether we should and ways we could help care for the environment.