Inquiry stems from questions and the focus of this bumper provocation pack is to develop conceptual thinking and questioning skills in your students. The art of the provocation is where we bring the magic and wonder to the inquiry. This big bundle is packed full of images that all relate to the concepts within the IBPYP theme of Sharing the Planet. This resource is exactly what is going to save you time as you are equipped with highly engaging images that will stretch the children’s thinking, develop skills and invite their curiosity into the inquiry all through carefully guided thinking routines and graphic organisers. UK & USA spelling These are digital and printable, making it so easy to adapt to your planning. Win-win! NO MORE HUNTING FOR GREAT PROVOCATIONS! SAVES YOU SO MUCH TIME! that will engage so you are absolutely set to pick and choose for multiple related concepts within Sharing the Planet. •Over 40 high engagement images that link to the related concepts within the IB PYP theme enabling greater understanding of the big ideas and connecting with ANY unit of inquiry for the upper grades. •27 concept based images/quotes with guiding questions, ideal for using with whole class discussions. (sharing the earth, communities, relationships, peace & conflict, sustainability, climate change, adaptation, survival , responsibility etc.) •7 different thinking routines/graphic organisers that enable a progressive development of the ATL skills together with easy differentiation. •**Blank templates for each graphic organizer to add your own provocation materials. •Self-assessment & student reflection of skills included This bank of high interest material will keep your inquirers thinking and wondering throughout the entire inquiry, as you integrate it into your learning experiences, use with on-going reflection and even assessment of skills. You will find skills focused graphic organisers, supporting visible thinking routines and for implicit skills practice of: •Observation •Making connections •Using our schema •Analysing data •Literal thinking vs. inferential thinking •Synthesising •Formulating questions •Accountable talk •Collaborative thinking You can find a ton of more provocation materials for each theme. Take a look: How the World Works Who We Are How We Express Ourselves You may also be interested in my complete units of inquiry, providing transdisciplinary activities for all of the themes. Take a look here or look at the store of my website for a larger selection. You can find many more inquiry based tips and tools in my store an on my blog, PYPteachingtools.com. ENJOY! Susan Powers
The learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century. Are you looking for IB Learner Profile Posters with living, diverse and inspirational young people that will engage learners in your MYP and PYP classrooms? In this download, you'll get: 10 rectangular posters 10 bunting style posters, both are printable up to and including A2 size (16.5x23.9 inches) I hope your students enjoy them!
In the Primary Years Program (PYP), like in all elementary schools, much importance is placed on learning how to read and write. Learning these essential skills, along with other literacy skills of speaking, listening, viewing, presenting, and non-verbally communicating, is absolutely necessary. However, sometimes we forget why students must learn about, with, from, and through literacy. Preparing our students for high-stakes, mandatory, standardized testing sometimes distracts us from providing students with literacy learning that is engaging, relevant, challenging, and significant. In reality though, the best literacy "test-prep" we can provide our students is meaningful literacy instruction that is learned in the context of life's biggest ideas; in the PYP, we call these big ideas key and related concepts. Recently, in fifth grade, students were reading the guided reading book "Clean Up City Park!" (a leveled text from Benchmark Literacy). The text is written as a persuasive letter, written from the perspective of a child to the mayor, urging the mayor to get the city park cleaned up. The fifth graders read through the text under the guidance of their teacher during guided reading, focusing on the development of particular comprehension and metacognitive reading strategies. Afterward, the teacher encouraged the students to enter into the PYP Action Cycle: reflect-choose-act. As students reflected on their learning, they were able to make a connection to their own lives: they too had been around green spaces that needed to be cleaned up; in particular, the school grounds. Once they had chosen their action, the students identified key concepts that would help them organize their action plan. The teacher recorded the students' thinking about the key concepts as the students came up with them. Using their collectively-identified key concepts as a guide, students began to independently plan their action. They used the key concepts of causation, connection, function and change as a framework to think about and plan their action. The students enlisted the help of second graders, telling them about their plan which allowed the fifth graders to develop their literacy skills of presenting. Together the second graders and this small, guided-reading group of fifth graders plan on cleaning up the green space around their school. Most importantly though, working with the key concepts in a meaningful context allowed students to develop a better understanding of these big ideas. Giving time and space for students to engage in relevant, challenging, and significant learning, is the best way to develop deep thinkers and thus raise reading test scores. Many reading researchers, including Knapp (1995), Taylor, Pearson, Peterson, & Rodriguez (2003; 2005), and Taylor & Peterson (2008) have found that when teachers encourage students to think about texts at a higher level more than other teachers, they see more growth in their students' reading scores (as cited in Peterson & Taylor, 2012, p. 297). After reading about how 5th graders developed a better conceptual understanding about life's big ideas - the PYP key concepts - during meaningful literacy instruction, how could you or have you incorporated learning about key and related concepts into your literacy instruction? Works cited: Peterson, D.S. & Taylor, B.M. (2012). Using higher order questioning to accelerate students' growth in reading. The Reading Teacher, 65(5), p. 295-304.
Teaching tips, ideas, and resources for teaching through inquiry and concepts; a great resource for PYP teachers, classroom teachers, and music educators - Part 2
100 IMAGES TO PROVOKE CURIOSITY AND QUESTIONS -INSPIRE CURIOSITY What would happen if … What would it be like to … Why did … How do we know that … What did you think when … Inquiry-Based Learning Inquiry-based learning uses student inquiries, questions, interests, and curiosities to drive learning. This encourages students to develop their own agency and critical thinking skills. These cards are designed to use in any grade level, from Early-Childhood to High-school. HIGH PRINTING QUALITY! PRINT LAMINATE CUT ENJOY! I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS MATERIAL AS MUCH AS WE DO! THANK YOU :)
In 2012, representatives from the International Baccalaureate evaluated our Primary Years Program. Among the 52 recommendations that came from that report was the following: The staff review their planning process to ensure pre-assessment, with a variety of assessment strategies and tools, is included in order to consider students' prior knowledge so that learning can build on what students know and can do. Before new learning can begin, students' current knowledge, skills, and conceptual understandings must be considered. However, this is not the only thing that happens in the initial stage of an inquiry. Provocations should also invite students to wonder and be curious. At our public school, we do not often guide students through open inquiries, where they can investigate that which is intrinsically of interest to them. Therefore, it is extremely important that we work hard at the initial stage of an inquiry to get kids interested in the concepts/topics taken from the academic standards on which our units of inquiry are based. In order to pre-assess her students knowledge, skills, and understanding and to get them interested in an inquiry under the Transdisciplinary Theme Who We Are, one third grade teacher lead her students through a Visible Thinking Routine Chalk Talk (from Making Thinking Visible by Ritchhart, Church, and Morrison). Central idea: Community forms when people realize they have things in common. An inquiry into: Maps Why people settle Family histories and the histories of others A student's place in the world This teacher posed questions rooted in the Key Concepts of the PYP that fit with the lines of inquiry for this unit. Her purpose for leading her students through this silent conversation was to make their thinking visible so she could assess what her students already knew, were able to do, and understood. She also was inviting her students to think, to wonder, and to be curious about the topics they would be investigating. As this teacher demonstrates, Chalk Talk is certainly a great assessment tool that gets students interested in the topics about to be investigated. Below are some additional strategies, tools, and ideas that teachers can use to enter into the inquiry cycle with their students, from different researchers and educators who have created different models of the complex inquiry process. Creators: Teachers at my school (created during a staff development day) Initial stage called: Invitation Teacher: Invites students to wonder about a topic Visual thinking routine: I notice, I think, I wonder Creates a safe environment to take risks/ask questions Allows a space for kids to think outside the box Fully engages students Ignites authentic interest in topics Creates a desire to know/understand something Captures the hearts, brains, and spirits of kids Builds background Starts with aspects that are interesting to students Identifies topics to study (if based on standards) Considers learners’ prior experience and current understanding Pre-assess students to learn what they know, understand, and can do prior to the study Student: Wonder about a topic What is it like that? How does it work? Identify what they already know Are fully engaged Get excited Become curious Are motivated Creators: Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels Initial stage called: Immerse: invite curiosity, build background, find topics, and wonder Teacher: Plans instruction and teaches with central curriculum concepts and focus questions in mind Gathers and organizes curriculum materials and resources Immerse kids in multiple sources to build background knowledge Invites curiosity, questioning, engagement Models own curricular inquiry Conducts think-alouds with text and materials related to the curricular topic Demonstrates how to ask questions about curricular topics Facilitates small-group formation to ensure heterogeneous groups with compatible interests Confers with small groups and individuals Student: Express their own curiosity Explore, experience, and learn about topics using texts, visuals, Internet, artifacts, etc. Read, listen, and view to build background knowledge about the curricular topic. Talk, write, and draw in response to instruction Wonder and ask questions Meet with teams to set schedules, ground rules, and goals. Creators: Kath Murdoch Initial stage called: Tuning In Teacher: Establishing the 'known' Connecting to students' lives Create a sense of purpose for inquiry Invite first thinking First invitation for questions Ask: What theories do we have? How do you already understand this? What connections can you already make? How could we find out more about this? Creators: The 5E Instructional Cycle Initial stage called:Engage Teacher: poses problems asks questions reveals discrepancies causes disequilibrium or doubt assess prior knowledge Student: calls up prior knowledge has an interest experiences doubt or disequilibrium has a question(s) identifies problems to solve, decisions to be made, conflicts to be resolved writes questions, problems, etc. develops a need to know self reflects and evaluates
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It can be a great deal of fun to explore the human body systems, and this craftivity helps take your instruction to the next level! Your students will craft an "iPad" with "apps" that explore all of the systems and their functions related to this topic. Plus, you have choices for differentiation and extension! File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.
Inquiry based teaching tips and tools for teachers worldwide.
PYP MONSTERS! Get your attitude to the Art room! IB learner profile or the Attributes are one of th...
Madrid by Julia Gash. King & McGaw has an extensive collection of art prints by established and emerging artists, which are all framed by hand in the UK.
Looking for simple bulletin board headers featuring each IBPYP Transdisciplinary Theme in an eye-catching and artistic format? Each PYP TD Theme heading and descriptor has a background with a part of a famous piece of art (Van Gogh, Picasso, O'Keeffe, Basquiat, Pollock, Kusama) in the background.
Make IBPYP report card writing a breeze with this collection of 80 PYP Visual Arts report card comments. Fully editable in Google docs, this resource gives six insightful comments (3 positives and 3 areas for growth) that relate to each Learner Profile Attribute and ATL skill.
9781592690169 The McRuffy Press Pentomino Puzzle Book is an 85 page collection of reproducible pentomino puzzles for grades K to 12. See more details. Some puzzles are simplified for younger students. Ideas for increasing or decreasing the difficulty level of the various puzzles are detailed. Coil bound to fold flat. Pentominoes sold separately. Grades K to 12
Build your students' reading comprehension with this printable short story with comprehension questions. It's the perfect classroom activity for students.
Addition with Regrouping worksheets. Double Digit addition worksheets with introduction to regrouping for kids. Two digit addition with regrouping equations
