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Welcome to Inquiry in Practice.
Designed for primary teachers seeking structured approaches to inquiry and discussion.
Thoughtfully designed systems and tools to support inquiry-driven primary classrooms. Each resource is created to strengthen student voice, structured discussion, collaboration, and reflective thinking in Grades 2–4.
Grounded in inquiry principles and adaptable for IB PYP and beyond, these materials help teachers build confident communicators and independent learners through clear routines and practical classroom frameworks.
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Inquiry Launch Toolkit | Provocations + Research + Publishing (Grades 2–5)
Launch stronger inquiry units with a complete classroom-ready toolkit. This bundle combines three high-impact resources designed to help teachers introduce inquiry in a structured, student-centered way—without losing depth or direction. Instead of starting units with worksheets or teacher-led “frontloading,” students begin with meaningful provocations, gather real evidence through offline research routines, and then publish their thinking in ways that deepen understanding. This toolkit supports
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Inquiry Thinking Toolkit | Questions, Concepts & Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Build deeper student thinking in your inquiry classroom with this complete toolkit. This bundle brings together four powerful resources designed to help students ask better questions, organise their ideas, and reflect meaningfully on their learning. Together, these tools create a clear progression: Students learn to ask stronger questions, explore ideas across concepts, and reflect on how their thinking develops over time. What’s included: • Better Questions, Better Inquiry Support students in m
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Offline Inquiry Toolkit | Research Skills | Evidence-Based Inquiry | Grades 2–5
Help your students move beyond Google searches and into real-world, evidence-based inquiry. This toolkit supports primary students (Grades 2–5) in learning how to investigate using places, objects, people, and real evidence—not just copying information online. Designed for inquiry-based classrooms, this resource helps students think like researchers: noticing carefully, recording evidence, and building meaningful explanations. What’s Included ✔ Inquiry framework: Notice → Think → Record →
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
i-Time Inquiry Toolkit | IB PYP-Aligned Student Inquiry Framework | Grades 2–5
i-Time Inquiry Toolkit | IB PYP-Aligned Student Inquiry Framework | Grades 2–5 A Structured Inquiry System for IB PYP & Inquiry Classrooms This i-Time Inquiry Toolkit provides a complete, cohesive framework to support student-led inquiry in Grades 2–5. Designed for IB PYP and inquiry-based classrooms, this resource aligns with: • Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills • Learner Profile attributes • Student agency • Reflection and metacognition • Concept-driven exploration This is not a collect
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
ATL Inquiry Toolkit | IB PYP Approaches to Learning (Grades 2–5)
ATL Inquiry Toolkit | IB PYP Approaches to Learning Reflection Framework (Grades 2–5) This ATL Inquiry Toolkit for IB PYP classrooms helps teachers make Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills visible through reflection routines, inquiry activities, and practical classroom tools.Designed for Grades 2–5, this resource supports metacognition, inquiry learning, and student ownership of learning strategies.Rather than treating ATLs as a checklist, this framework introduces ATL skills through stude
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Provocations for Inquiry | Inquiry-Based Learning Toolkit | Grades 2–5
Provocations for Inquiry | Inquiry-Based Learning Toolkit | Grades 2–5Provocations are not activities to complete. They are experiences designed to reveal student thinking and open pathways for inquiry. This resource supports teachers not only in designing meaningful provocations, but in responding to student thinking through a clear and flexible inquiry cycle. Designed for Grades 2–5 classrooms, this toolkit provides both planning tools and a bank of provocation ideas to support responsive inq
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Student Discussion Toolkit Bundle | Book Club & Accountable Talk | Grades 2–5
Build meaningful, student-led discussion in your classroom.This bundle provides a complete system to help students share ideas, listen to others, and develop deeper thinking through structured talk. Instead of isolated activities, these tools work together to support: accountable talk book club discussions inquiry-based conversations What’s included: Accountable Talk Sentence Starters Inquiry Discussion Stems Book Club Discussion Cards Book Club Discussion Roles Inquiry-Based Book Clu
2nd - 5th
Reading
Learning Conferences Framework | Student-Led, Collaborative & Teacher-Guided Con
A framework for understanding learning conferences and supporting meaningful dialogue between teachers, learners, and families. Includes the Conference Partnership Continuum, conference design guidance, reflection prompts, and student preparation tools.Learning conferences can be powerful opportunities for reflection, dialogue, and shared understanding between teachers, learners, and families.This resource introduces a clear framework for thinking about learning conferences, helping educators u
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Publishing to Learn | Making Thinking Visible | Inquiry Routines (Grades 2–5)
Publishing is not just about sharing finished work.This resource helps students use publishing as a learning strategy—to explain ideas, organise thinking, recall learning, and reflect to improve. Instead of presenting at the end, students learn to make their thinking visible throughout the learning process. What This Resource Helps Students DoStudents learn to: explain their thinking clearly recall learning from memory organise and simplify ideas reflect and improve their work This leads t
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Mediative Question Stems for Inquiry | Higher-Order Thinking (Gr 2–4)
Mediative Question Stems for Inquiry Classrooms | Higher-Order Thinking Prompts (Grades 2–4)Help students think more deeply with purposeful questioning. This resource provides a structured framework for designing mediative questions that strengthen student thinking, inquiry discussions, and reflective dialogue in Grades 2–4 classrooms. Instead of directing students toward answers, mediative questions invite learners to analyze, justify, reflect, and refine their thinking. Designed for IB PYP
1st - 5th
Not Subject Specific
Also included in: Inquiry Thinking Toolkit | Questions, Concepts & Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Transdisciplinary Concept Planning Tool | IB PYP Concepts
🔹 Overview Support meaningful, concept-driven inquiry across subjects with this visual planning tool for transdisciplinary teaching. This resource helps teachers explore how macro concepts (big ideas) connect across disciplines, while identifying micro concepts that deepen understanding within each subject. Aligned with IB PYP philosophy, this tool makes conceptual thinking visible, practical, and easy to apply in everyday planning. 🔹 What’s included Concept overview and rationale Visual plann
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Inquiry Thinking Toolkit | Questions, Concepts & Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Student Reflection Toolkit | Thinking Lenses for Deeper Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Reflection is not recall. Reflection is how thinking deepens.This Student Reflection Toolkit helps students move beyond surface answers and reflect through clear Thinking Lenses that support deeper thinking, inquiry, and meaningful learning. Instead of students writing “I learned…” this resource helps them reflect on: the choices they made what they are improving why learning matters what evidence supports their thinking how their thinking has changed Included Thinking Lenses ✔ Autono
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Inquiry Thinking Toolkit | Questions, Concepts & Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Walking Inquiry Toolkit | Observation & Fieldwork Activities | Grades 2–5
Walking Inquiry: Big Ideas in Everyday Places A Practical Fieldwork & Observation Toolkit for Grades 2–5Transform everyday environments into powerful inquiry opportunities. This resource helps students explore the world around them through structured observation, questioning, and thinking routines. Whether you are walking through your school, visiting a museum, or exploring your local area, students learn to see more deeply, think critically, and uncover big ideas in real-world spaces. What’s
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Better Questions, Better Inquiry | IB PYP Student Toolkit (Grades 2–5)
Better Questions, Better Inquiry | IB PYP Question Toolkit (Grades 2–5)Students ask questions—but not all questions lead to meaningful inquiry. This resource helps students learn how to improve their own questions, turning simple questions into deeper, more thoughtful inquiry questions. Designed for IB PYP classrooms and inquiry-based learning, this toolkit provides clear structures, worked examples, and classroom routines that make questioning visible, teachable, and student-owned. What this r
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Inquiry Thinking Toolkit | Questions, Concepts & Reflection (Grades 2–5)
Peer Feedback Routines Toolkit | Primary | IB PYP | All Subjects
Peer feedback is a powerful part of learning—but students benefit from clear structures to guide how they give feedback. This toolkit provides simple, repeatable routines that support students to give feedback that is kind, specific, and focused on improvement. What’s Included • 4 peer feedback routines • Student-friendly sentence stems • Printable peer feedback card • Reflection sheet • Simple teacher guidance What Students Learn Students are supported to: • notice what is working well
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Book Club Discussion Roles | Student-Led Discussion Toolkit | Grades 2–5
Book Club Discussion Roles | Student-Led Discussion Toolkit | Grades 2–5Support meaningful, student-led discussions with these simple and clear book club discussion roles. This resource helps students take ownership of conversations by giving them purposeful roles and language to guide their thinking, listening, and participation. Each role includes: ✔ A clear, student-friendly description ✔ Sentence stems to support discussion ✔ Language that builds confidence and independence Roles inclu
2nd - 5th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Book Club Discussion Cards | Student Sentence Starters | Grades 2–5
Support meaningful, student-led discussions with simple, effective sentence starters.These Book Club Discussion Cards give students the language they need to share ideas, ask questions, and respond thoughtfully during discussions. Perfect for book clubs, read-alouds, partner talk, and inquiry-based learning, these cards help build confident communicators and deeper thinking. What’s included: 1 printable page of discussion cards (8 cards total) Clear, student-friendly sentence starters De
2nd - 5th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Teacher Question Stems | Surface to Deep Thinking | Grades 2–5
Help your students move beyond surface-level responses and into deeper, more meaningful thinking. This Teacher Question Stems resource gives you simple, flexible prompts to guide conversations, extend thinking, and build understanding across subjects. Designed for busy classrooms, these questions help you: invite student thinking probe for reasoning extend ideas encourage reflection Use during: read-alouds inquiry lessons discussions small groups conferences What’s included: 1-page
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Discussion Skills Progression | Speaking & Listening | Grades 2–5
Help your students build stronger, more thoughtful discussions with this simple and clear discussion skills progression. This resource supports students in understanding how to participate in discussions, from sharing ideas to thinking critically and challenging respectfully. Perfect for building a classroom culture of student-led inquiry and meaningful conversations. What’s Included: Discussion Skills Progression (Levels 1–6) Student-friendly language for each level Reflection sheet: “M
2nd - 5th
For All Subjects
Read-Aloud Engagement Routines | Active Listening & Thinking | Grades 2–5 | FREE
Support active listening and deeper thinking during read-alouds with these simple, ready-to-use routines. This free resource includes 10 practical engagement strategies that can be used immediately in any primary classroom. Each routine is designed to keep students thinking, responding, and participating throughout a read-aloud. These routines help students: • stay engaged and focused • develop comprehension and thinking skills • respond meaningfully to texts • participate in structured disc
2nd - 5th
Literature, Reading, Reading Strategies
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Experience
Welcome to Inquiry in Practice.
Designed for primary teachers seeking structured approaches to inquiry and discussion.
Thoughtfully designed systems and tools to support inquiry-driven primary classrooms. Each resource is created to strengthen student voice, structured discussion, collaboration, and reflective thinking in Grades 2–4.
Grounded in inquiry principles and adaptable for IB PYP and beyond, these materials help teachers build confident communicators and independent learners through clear routines and practical classroom frameworks.
Teaching style
At Inquiry in Practice, teaching is grounded in the belief that children are capable thinkers.
My approach centres on student voice, meaningful discussion, and inquiry-driven learning. Rather than relying on scripted lessons or surface-level comprehension tasks, I design frameworks that help students build ideas together, ask authentic questions, and think deeply about texts and concepts.
I value:
• Student-led discussion
• Collaboration and shared decision-making
• Reflective classroom routines
• Flexible frameworks that grow with learners
• Learning experiences rooted in curiosity and purpose
The goal is not simply to complete tasks — it is to create classrooms where students listen carefully, speak thoughtfully, and learn from one another.
Resources are designed to support IB PYP and inquiry-centered classrooms, while remaining adaptable to a wide range of teaching contexts.
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