Unit Components
IB in the Classroom
Rubrics and Grading
IB @ MMS
Potpourri
100

The first thing to address with students when beginning a new unit.

What is a pre-assessment?

Also acceptable: Unit title, Statement of Inquiry, and Inquiry questions

100

The section of the IB MYP unit that should be posted in the classroom.

What is the inquiry section?

100

The highest possible score on a traditional IB MYP rubric.

What is 8?

100

The IB Coordinator at MMS.

Who is Ms. Harrison?

Also, please still use Guru Sugar! 

100
The acronym IB MYP stands for.

What is International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program?

200
Skills that must be explicitly taught during each unit to help students develop not only academically, but also socially, and emotionally.

What are ATL skills?

200

Students learn about the SOI and the end of unit assessment at this point in the unit.

What is the beginning?

200

The name of the circled section of the rubric



What are Task Specific Clarifications?

200

Principled is one, for example.

What is a Learner Profile trait?

200

The website with lots of IB resources categorized by both Programme and content area.

What is My IB? (or ibo.org)

300

The three types of inquiry questions that drive our instruction.

What factual, conceptual, and debatable?

300

These are used to unpack/ make sense of the SOI for students and to drive our instruction.

What are the inquiry questions?

300

The number of times each MYP Objective and Strand should be assessed using an IB rubric each year.

What is twice?

300

Students earn these for displaying Learner Profile traits.

What are Cougar Cards?

300

Name the following statement:

The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

What is the IB Mission Statement?
400

The three key components that are typically found found in a Statement of Inquiry.

What are the Key Concept, Related Concepts, and Global Context?

400

It is real-world, skills-based, varied, and reflective of the SOI and MYP objectives.

What is the summative assessment?

400

The number of rubrics needed by each teacher at MMS.

What is the number of IB MYP assessments/ assignments given in the class?

400

The name of the site where we write our own units and can view units from any other content area.

What is Atlas?

400

The learner profile trait described below:

"We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development."

What is Reflective?

500

The final component of a unit, and a crucial piece for both teachers and students.

What is reflection?

500

The number of IB assessments teachers need to have visible in Synergy each quarter.

What is one?

500

The place where all rubric templates can be found (two part answer).

Where is MYP Shared resource folder under "MYP Rubrics_Task Specific Rubrics"?

500

The missing word in our mission statement:

Mountainside Middle School provides ____ educational opportunities that foster academic, social and emotional growth, inspiring students to create their future in a global community.

What is diverse?

500

The five categories of the ATL skills.

What are research, communication, thinking, social, and self-management?

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