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Collaborative Group Work Skills Poster

When it comes to engagement, we need to remember that hands on investigation, authentic application of the skills and student input is far more memorable for the children, enables transfer of understanding and supports a sense of ownership.

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Learner Profile Scavenger Hunt

This is a simple activity that I use at the beginning of the school year, as we are getting to know, not only our class community but also ourselves. As I am building this community of learners, I want them to have a greater understanding of who they are as learners and to recognise and appreciate our diversity.

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Research Skills Checklist Charts

This potential to find answers for ourselves is a skill that includes the ability to decide specifically what we want to know, to find information about a topic, evaluate that information, analyse and interpret the information and then put it all together in a way that brings us answers and solutions for ourselves. This is a skill that we want our students to develop.

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Fairy Tales Concept-Based Graphic Organisers

I created this tool for my grade 3s years ago, to approach the story elements through the key concepts, bringing that depth of understanding and a way for them SEE  how these concepts transferred as we built our story.

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Jigsaw Provocation Charts 

No matter whether your inquiry is happening online or in the classroom, setting the scene of the inquiry and tuning in to the possibilities requires sparking curiosity, triggering background knowledge and provoking wonder. This is where the magic begins and the student-led inquiries stem. This is the art of the provocation. But what exactly does it mean?

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Steps to the PYP Exhibition

The IB PYP Exhibition is like learning to drive. You always remember that very first time you were in the driving seat and how daunting it all seemed. Well, dear friends, if you are about to embark on that journey through the PYP Exhibition, hold onto your hats! It is definitely one of those wild rides but so very worth it.

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Essentials for inquiry: getting started with inquiry based teaching

Get off to a solid start with inquiry-based teaching as Susan Powers guides you through the fundamentals all the way to planning and assessing your unit of i..

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Essentials for inquiry community hub

This is a space especially for members of Essentials for Inquiry.

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PYP Teaching Tools Memberships

An exclusive membership bringing you a wealth of practical tools, plans and strategies to take back to your class every week.

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Science Inquiry Task Cards

Can we take a few minutes to chat about task cards as a solution to our constant search for innovative methods to engage our IB PYP students in meaningful learning experiences. Task cards, versatile tools that offer a wide range of applications, are a valuable resource for promoting skills-based learning and collaborative activities in the classroom. 

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Open-Ended Questions Chart 

No matter whether your inquiry is happening online or in the classroom, setting the scene of the inquiry and tuning in to the possibilities requires sparking curiosity, triggering background knowledge and provoking wonder. This is where the magic begins and the student-led inquiries stem. This is the art of the provocation. But what exactly does it mean?

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Learner Profile Reflection & Goal-Setting Poster

A New Year or even a new school year, is an exciting time to gather as a class community and to think about all the dreams and goals that everyone wants to make come true. When we begin with this type of thing, it’s a great idea to just make a list of ALL those aspirations.

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Reflection & Goal Setting Action Plans

A New Year or even a new school year, is an exciting time to gather as a class community and to think about all the dreams and goals that everyone wants to make come true. When we begin with this type of thing, it’s a great idea to just make a list of ALL those aspirations.

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Early Years I Can Tool

IB PYP Approaches to Learning Skills clip charts are a little bit of reference posters, a little bit of reflection and a big bit of agency for our younger learners. Allow the children to pick and choose their ACTION that will bring each focus skill to life in practical and visual format.  Use these colourful, printable posters to introduce and review the language or trans-disciplinary ATL skills within the PYP.  All with highly engaging images that connect with the actions of the skills and in-child-friendly language, students can SEE what each action could look like and HOW they can put it into practice. 

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Bookmarks For The Learner Profile

Cute and colourful ribbon awards that double as bookmarks for the IBPYP! Win-win! Encourage reading, all while rewarding the children for their impressive practice with the IB PYP Learner Profile attributes. Make the moment more memorable for the award winners with these fun certificates which you can edit to personalise with each child’s name.

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Welcome to PYP Teaching Tools where you will find a host of engaging, inquiry-based strategies & tools that provoke wonder, develop skills that will lead your students through conceptual understanding.

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Welcome to PYP Teaching Tools where you will find a host of engaging, inquiry-based strategies & tools that provoke wonder, develop skills that will lead your students through conceptual understanding.

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