INSTRUCTIONAL INQUIRY (sample)
Engage together in challenges (problems) of practice so that understanding of those challenges grows deeper and is more unified.
Through investigations, proposed solutions emerge that are then tested to see if they help… Through such a repeated process,
practice grows more sophisticated and powerful… (Katz & Dack, 2013, adapted from Supovitz, 2006)
Complete a plan for each grouping or category of greatest student learning needs that has emerged from the review of student
work. Use neutral, exploratory language.
Area Of Student Learning
Need
Critical Literacy (Creativity,
imagination and play)
Inquiry Question:
Teacher Learning Need(s) related to
Students
1. Modeling what questioning
looks like during purposeful
play (Andrew)
2. Help with developing centres
that are motivational to
students-what resources I
should bring in to the
classroom? (Andrew)
Focus on Instructional Core
Teacher: Andrew Lech, Jaime Dube-Ringel
Student: FDK
Content:
How do I…
How do I teach children to use their creativity and imagination to play purposefully?
What’s the INSTRUCTIONAL
LEARNING and Why?
Why?
Play builds creativity and imagination. It aids and supports self-regulation. It provides a stepping
stone to all other areas of learning.
Working Hypothesis/ Global Theory of Action: (What do you think it will take to move forward i.e. what’s “the next best move”…
IF I do this, THEN this should happen)
If I model and facilitate proper play while providing opportunities for purposeful play the children will be able to improve their
creativity and imagination skills and then be able to build inquiry related skills and questions.
PLAN – ACT – ASSESS – REFLECT … a 4-6 week cycle of inquiry
My Next Best Move
(What will I do next
instructionally?)
Pay attention to student
interests
Provocations linked to
interests
Model language
Model purposeful play
Success Criteria
(What will success for that
“move” look like?)
Asking questions based on
interests
Being able to answer their
own questions and peers
questions through exploration
Interacting with materials and
their peers in a focused way
Evidence – Impact
(Where will I look to
determine the success of my
move? What is the student
work supporting this?)
Videos of play
Portfolios
Anecdotal observations
Reflection
(What did I learn from the
move?)