Tuning In

What makes you a responsible pet owner?
What makes a contented pet?
These questions are the" big idea" for our Inquiry topic this term.

First of all Room 7 had to decide on "What is a pet?".
So they brainstormed in small groups, and then as a class sorted and classified their thoughts and ideas into categories.

"Responsibility" was the label that was agreed on for the largest group of ideas. (Click to enlarge)


Pets are animals that are "owned" was the next heading, followed by animals that can be "trained and tamed."(Click to enlarge)




The last two categories were labelled pets keep you "company" and "fact hound" (a fact about pets). (Click to enlarge)




Next, the children used the "Placemat Strategy" (a strategy for thinking and working collaboratively).








In groups, they recorded ideas on what pets look like, feel like, and sound like. (Click to enlarge)