My new first grade teaching partner this year is going to teach me a lot of fun new things, I can already tell. Here is a picture I took of her inquiry cycle board after our first six-week unit: Pretty amazing right? The students were able to see a visual fill up week by week…
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These jet planes ‘traveled’ through each of our PYP Units of Inquiry in our hallway wall display. Each page briefly summarized the different stages in the inquiry cycle, highlighting skills, attitudes and the Learner Profile. The kids (and parents!) especially loved ‘revisiting’ their learning through the photos!
Concept maps are a valuable thinking routine in the IB PYP, inquiry based classroom. They visually represent relationships between concepts, fostering critical thinking & facilitating the exploration of complex ideas. Leveraging concept maps can be a game-changer!
Many educators, education programs, and standards imagine that only the most mature high school students, maybe in their senior year, can handle projects in which they take responsibility to choose…
Grade 4 PYP unit overview for How We Organize Ourselves
Photos from Flickr: istlibrary Learning from peers is powerful -- in the classroom and in life. I often get my share early on a Saturday morning, thanks to Skype and Beth Gourley, my friend and fellow teacher-librarian. When our video cameras come into focus, the difference in our locations is
Unlock the process of inquiry AND connections with the IB PYP Approaches to Learning Skills through ANY inquiry with these vibrant Inquiry Cycle Learning Journey Display Posters, designed for Grades 1-3. These posters break down the core stages of the inquiry process and align seamlessly with both g...
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 conc...
A compilation of the best ideas I've seen for an awesome detective classroom theme.
One of my favorite new blogs to follow is Sonya Terborg's. Every time I read a new post from her, I feel like we are kindred spirits. Recently, she wrote an article called, "Teaching Without a Plan...What???" in which she addressed how we, as teachers, can approach being "the guide on the side". I think…
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Children's Stories on Global Goals and The PYP Learner Profile
A brief overview of our Grade 4 PYP unit.
Our school just unrolled the first phase of our 1:1 iPad program tonight. In preparation of this big event, I spent some time this summer l...
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