Inquiry for Juniors

Jan-Marie Kellow

Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership

What do you see as

the issues?

Keep it Simple

Inquiries should be

• Relevant

• Purposeful

• Doable

• Open

• Thought-provokinghttp://wiredwaihi.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+ICTs+supporting+the+Key+Competencies

Pam Hooks & Julie Mills

Example: Horton Hatches the Egg

• Uni-structural: Whose eggs did Horton sit on?

• Multi-structural: What are 3 things that tell you

that Horton isn’t a real elephant?

• Relational: What do Horton’s actions tell us about

Horton?

• Extended Abstract: Why do many children’s

stories have wild animals acting in a human

fashion?

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The tree I have chosen is the pohutukawa. The

pohutukawa tree grows 15 - 20 metres high. It has red

flowers with nectar in. The leaves are oval-shaped. The

pohutukawa will attract silvereyes, bellbirds, fantails,

tuis and kereru because all of them like nectar except

the kereru. The kereru eats the whole flower.

By Solomon (Y3 - 7 years old) Photo by John Gevers

Don’t dumb it down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFDivyk7gI

Choosing

• What are some of the things I can do?

• What will happen if I do these things?

(predict) PMI

• Which are good things to do

Junior version of decision-making

Choosing

P.M.I.

Reasons/Conclusions

• 3 Sources of information

• Reliability of Sources

Use ‘Henny Penny’ story

Grouping

https://voicethread.com/?#u118388.b2140916.i11423180

Wonderings and observations on trout

http://ed.voicethread.com/#q+inquiry.b230401.i1198322

http://www.opoutere.school.nz/dinosaur_pet.htm

www.inquiringmind.co.nz

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jkellow@xtra.co.nz