Research Skills Task Cards for the Inquiry-based Classroom

These 36 task cards, now with digital versions and 18 additional digital slides, are a terrific way to actively practise the IB PYP Approaches to Learning skills needed for research and that we use continuously throughout inquiry based teaching.

Covering data analysis, questioning, inferring, synthesising and much more, the task cards can be used in a variety of ways that encourage the children to reflect and think about the strategies for researching, with various scenarios and data that are easily relatable to them. As you help the children with these research skills in a safe, familiar environment, it will greatly benefit them throughout school and particularly as they approach the IB PYP Exhibition. A great review activity! Differentiated for 3rd-5th grade. The grey cards are more challenging text. UK and USA spelling.

Suggestions:

•Whole class - sitting in circle, each child will have a card to read aloud and then share their opinion. These can be discussed as you go around the circle. Some of the picture cards could be shown on a document camera or overhead projector.

•Small groups- Place a pile of cards face down in the middle of the group. Each person will take a turn to read a card, act out, complete or offer their opinion and then those can be discussed within the group.

•Teacher led - working with a small group, you could select a few specific cards that target skills you are hoping to reinforce.

•Independent work - Each child can work with a few cards and write or draw how they would solve the research problems presented on the task cards.

•Digital version: Use as collaborative group tasks or independent thinking activities.

You will find 36 task cards ready to print and go. The digital version also includes graphic organisers for recording thinking for collaborative sets of task cards as well as 18 differentiated individual slides which can be used for small group or whole class learning and reflecting. You can find more task cards for developing the ATL skills as well as many more tools for implementing the IB PYP within my store and on my blog.

This is a part of my complete Approaches to Learning Skills bundle, if you'd prefer to purchase all of the skills task cards at once. You can also explore each of the Skills task cards separately. Lots of options! :)

You may like my posters explaining the Approaches to Learning Skills . There are separate sets for big kids and also for younger kids.

Enjoy!

Susan Powers

www.PYPteachingtools.com