IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) Teaching Resources
IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) Teaching Resources
Resources for PYP teachers planning units of inquiry with ages 3 to 12: transdisciplinary tasks, editable slides and differentiated worksheets you can drop into a line of inquiry without losing the conceptual thread.
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Units that slot into a line of inquiry
Each of these can carry a week or two of an inquiry while students build the skills the central idea depends on; tap any cover for the full preview, contents and price.
“I Have a Dream” Speech – Rhetoric, Civil Rights & Equality | Martin Luther King Jr. Analysis Workbook | GRADE 5–9
Diversity in Society – Opportunities, Challenges & Social Transformation
Timmy and the Talking Tree - Englisch Lesen Klasse 2
Grade 3 Reading Comprehension – Mia and the Moonlight Garden
Grade 1 Phonics Writing Prompts – Build Phonological Awareness
Why teachers use these
Why PYP teachers use these
The PYP gives you a framework, not a set of lessons, so every line of inquiry has to be resourced from somewhere. Collaborative planning time is rarely enough to write differentiated tasks for six units a year as well as agree the central idea. A finished unit arrives with the slides, four levels of task and an answer key already made, which leaves your planning meeting free for the conceptual work that genuinely needs the team.
What's covered
What is in every download
One purchase covers the teaching, the practice and the marking.
- Tasks at four levels of demand
- Editable PowerPoint for the sequence
- Answer keys for every sheet
- Timed lesson plan
- Printable and screen versions
Make it work for everyone
Differentiation and formative evidence
Very mixed English and very mixed ages in one PYP class is normal, so having the same task at four levels lets everybody stay inside the same inquiry. Use the lower tiers for scaffolded practice and the top tier when a student is ready to reason with the key concepts. Annotated worksheets make useful formative evidence in a portfolio.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Are these IB-approved or official PYP materials?
No. They are not authorised, endorsed or reviewed by the International Baccalaureate Organization, and no commercial resource can be. They are written to the concepts and skills primary learners need, so they map onto key concepts such as form, function and causation, and onto approaches to learning. The unit planner stays your work.
How do I connect a worksheet to a central idea?
Start from your central idea and lines of inquiry, then look for the skill a task builds rather than the topic printed on the cover. Because the files are editable, most teachers rewrite the opening slide so it names the line of inquiry and the key concept, then cut the questions that pull away from it.
Will these work for the PYP Exhibition year?
They are more useful in the run-up than during the Exhibition itself, which should be student-driven. Use them earlier in PYP 6 to build the research, note-making and presenting skills students will need, then step back once groups choose their own issue and take ownership of the inquiry.
Do the files work for a bilingual or EAL-heavy class?
The files are in English and fully editable, which is what most teachers actually need. You can simplify a question stem, add a home-language glossary column, or delete an item that assumes cultural knowledge your class does not share. No other language versions are supplied.
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