1. Inquiry – creating classrooms
where children wonder
Monday, Feb. 4th, 2013
Taylor Park and Chaffey Burke, Burnaby
Faye Brownlie
www.slideshare.net
2. • Find
a
partner
–
someone
you
don’t
usually
get
to
talk
with
• What
did
you
try?
• How
did
it
go?
3. K-3 Collaborative Study
• Goal:
to
help
students
use
their
own
ques=ons
to
develop
a
real
understanding
about
insects
• Teachers:
• Lisa
Schwartz-‐K/1
• Colleen
Reimer
-‐
1/2
• Louesa
Neuman
-‐
2/3
4. Independent Practice
• Read
• Choose
insect
• Choose
3
ques=ons
• Mul=-‐age
groups,
insect
based
• Note-‐taking:
MI
and
details
• Partner
talk
• Write
for
poster
• Diorama
and
3D
model
• Present
5.
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7.
8.
9.
10. Inquiry Circles
• Choose
your
inquiry
ques=on
• Model
how
to
ask
ques=ons
from
an
image,
within
the
framework
of
the
ques=on
• Fishbowl
an
inquiry
circle
conversa=on
• Other
student
observe
for
‘what
works’
• Build
criteria
for
effec=ve
group
behaviour
12. Inquiry Circles
• Select
4-‐5
different
ar=cles,
focused
on
central
topic
or
theme.
• Present
ar=cles
and
have
students
choose
the
one
they
wish
to
read.
• Present
note-‐taking
page.
• Student
fill
in
all
boxes
EXCEPT
‘key
ideas’
before
mee=ng
in
the
group.
• Students
meet
in
‘like’
groups
and
discuss
their
ar=cle,
deciding
together
on
‘key
ideas’.
• Students
meet
in
non-‐alike
groups
and
present
their
informa=on
from
their
ar=cle.
13. Inquiry Blog – K
Adema Romano
• h_p://blogs.sd41.bc.ca/romanoa/category/
polarbears/
