An IB PYP Provocation Pack How We Organize Ourselves

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 How We Organise Ourselves.

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!

•With over 80 ready-made provocations that will engage so you are absolutely set to pick and choose for multiple related concepts within Who We Are.

•Over 45 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.

•30 concept based images/quotes with guiding questions, ideal for using with whole class discussions. (organization, structure, systems, government, economy, responsibility and more. )

•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

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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