79 Future Forwards: Exploring Frontiers in Education
After this had been completed, our Grade 2 team started to consider our
current inquires and matched the learning skills that we anticipated each
inquiry would require. This matching was designed to provide genuine
purpose for the learning skill inquiry and support students to focus and
reflect on the “how” of their learning. For example, during our How the
World Works UOI (Unit of Inquiry) the children would be required to
research by observing objects closely to find out new information, to think
and plan before beginning an experiment, and also to work with a partner
Social
Skills
Communication
Skills
Thinking
Skills
Self-Management
Skills
Research
Skills
How can I: How can I: How can I: How can I: How can I:
do a fair share
when working
with others?
participate in a
paired and group
conversation?
activate my
background
knowledge before
beginning?
persist with my
learning when it is
challenging?
use a video to
find out new
information?
identify and use
strategies to make
fair decisions?
understand what
people say with
their faces and
their bodies?
justify my reasons
with evidence?
navigate learning
spaces to share
them with others
working.
observe closely
to find out new
information?
show
independence
in conflict
resolution?
consider my
audience when I
am writing?
have wonderings
and questions
about my
learning?
use my mistakes
to help me learn?
ask strong
questions to find
out information?
look after the
resources I use?
use
comprehension
strategies when I
am reading?
use visual
organisers
to share my
thinking?
be accurate in my
work?
use a variety of
ways to share and
present findings/
ideas?
help others in
different ways?
support myself
when I feel
uncertain or
challenged?
determine the
importance of
information
gathered?
work more
effectively in a
team?
