Friday, February 26, 2010
Room 3
The inquiry in our class this term has been fantastic for being able to introduce SOLO to the children and to really work on and understand how it can help us improve our thinking. The children have found it really valuable using SOLO to improve their questions and rate their thinking. It has been difficult working in groups as this inquiry appears to be taking the children on very personal independent inquiries, on the other hand it has been wonderful learning about the kids and where they have come from. I also believe that the kids are very highly motivated to participate in this as they are learning more about themselves and their whanau. We have started asking questions but mostly on a very simple level. Some children are asking questions like "Who am I named after?" but others are starting to think more indepth and ask questions like "What boat did my family arrive in NZ on?" and " Which people in my family were in the war?". Next week the children are going to begin finding the information for their questions and it will be interesting to see if some of the children are able to identify that they need to work on what they are wanting to find out and improving their questions. It has been wonderful going on this journey with the children, particularly with SOLO and De Bono's thinking hats as I have not felt very confident at implementing this in the past. I am looking forward to completing this inquiry with my children and looking back at our successes.
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