THE INTEGRATING SOCIALLY MODEL OF INQUIRY

LESSON ONE

LESSON TWO

TUNING IN

PREPARING TO
FIND OUT

Provide students with opportunities to become

engaged with the topic
This is displayed through active participation of
the story Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Oxenbury
and Rosen.
Ascertain the students initial curiosity about the
topic
Asking students to think about the different
features they see on the way to and from school
will create curiosity through wonder.

Establish what the students already know about the

topic
Students will revise the book Were Going on a
Bear Hunt.
Provide students with a focus of the forth coming
experience
The teacher will use the Gradual Release of
Responsibility Model to explain the activity to the
students.

LESSON THREE

FINDING OUT

Help in the planning of further experiences and

activities.
The activity introduces students to recognising
important features on a map.

Further stimulate the students curiosity.

This is displayed through the lesson. Students will
be walking around the school stopping at different
places and exploring all the different features. They
will also finding out about their school and the
different places.

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LESSON FOUR

LESSON FIVE

TUNING IN

Provide students with opportunities to become

engaged with the topic
This is displayed through active participation of
the story Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Oxenbury
and Rosen.
Ascertain the students initial curiosity about the
topic
Asking students to think about the different
features they see on the way to and from school
will create curiosity through wonder.

SORTING OUT Provide students with concrete means of sorting out

and representing information and ideas arising from
the finding out stage.
This is displayed throughout the lesson as students
have the opportunity to represent all the different
places they explored in the finding out stage on a
school map.
Provide students with the opportunity to process the
information they have gathered.
Students are given the opportunity to process
information in part 2 of this lesson. Students will
process the information when sorting the pictures
of features into place.

GOING FURTHER Extend and challenge students understandings about

the topic
Throughout this lesson students focus on
prepositional words, and how these words are used
to describe the location of a person or object.
Students will be asked to identify these words in the
book.
Provide more information in order to broaden the
range of understanding available to the students
After students have understood the concept of
prepositional words, they will engage in a game of
Simon Says to broaden their understanding of these
words.

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LESSON SIX

LESSON SEVEN

TUNING IN

Provide students with opportunities to become

engaged with the topic
This is displayed through active participation of
the story Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Oxenbury
and Rosen.
Ascertain the students initial curiosity about the
topic
Asking students to think about the different
features they see on the way to and from school
will create curiosity through wonder.

GOING FURTHER Extend and challenge students understandings about

the topic
Within this lesson students will discuss maps. They
will be challenged to discuss why things must be
mapped out correctly and not placed anywhere.
Provide information in order to broaden the range of
understanding available to the students
During this lesson students will create a pictorial
map using recycled materials as a whole class. This
will provide students with an insight into the
understanding of their individual task of creating a
pictorial map.

MAKING
Help students draw conclusions about what they have
CONNECTIONS learnt
During this lesson students will have the
opportunity to review pictures taken in previous
lessons and create a pictorial map of the
playground.
Provide opportunities for reflection both on what has
been learnt and on the learning process itself
During this lesson students are given the
opportunity to reflect on their learning. Students
reflect on their group pictorial map and making
changes as necessary.

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LESSON EIGHT

LESSON NINE

LESSON TEN

TUNING IN

Provide students with opportunities to become

engaged with the topic
This is displayed through active participation of
the story Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Oxenbury
and Rosen.
Ascertain the students initial curiosity about the
topic
Asking students to think about the different
features they see on the way to and from school
will create curiosity through wonder.

MAKING
Help students draw conclusions about what they have
CONNECTIONS learnt
In this lesson students will be creating their own
pictorial map of the classroom. Students will bring
together all previous knowledge to create this
pictorial map.
Provide opportunities for reflection both on what has
been learnt and on the learning process itself
Students will reflect of their learning by
investigating aspects of their own map which could
be improved or changed and which aspects of the
map are accurate.

TAKING ACTION Assist students to make links between their

understanding and their experience in the real world
Students during this lesson will use their knowledge
and previous experience during this unit to direct a
member of their class around an area they have
made a pictorial map of. Students will use their
pictorial map and language learnt during this unit in
a real world experience.
Provide further insight into students understanding
for future unit planning
This lesson provides the teacher an opportunity to
view students understanding through their use of
the pictorial map and geographical language.

MAKING
Help students draw conclusions about what they have
CONNECTIONS learnt
Within this lesson students are asked to create their
own paths to different destinations. Students will have
to draw on their own conclusions from previous
knowledge to work out the most appropriate path to
take.

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LESSON ELEVEN

TUNING IN

Provide students with opportunities to become

engaged with the topic
This is displayed through active participation of
the story Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Oxenbury
and Rosen.
Ascertain the students initial curiosity about the
topic
Asking students to think about the different
features they see on the way to and from school
will create curiosity through wonder.

TAKING ACTION Assist students to make links between their

understanding and their experience in the real world.
In this lesson students will relate their pictorial map to
their school. This will allow the students to see the
relationship between the two different views.