Inquiry

=Term 2=

Inquiry Learning: The Kiwi. Here are the keywords for our inquiry.

 * [[image:Inquiry_stages.jpg width="244" height="318"]] || Here are the Action Learning Stages we are following in our inquiry about 'Kiwi'. During the early stages of our inquiry we learnt about birds and all the different features they have. Then we thought about what we already knew about birds and wondered about whether kiwis had the same characteristics. Pod One children decided that they would like to find out more about kiwis. We are going to follow the Action Learning Model that will help us to find answers to our questions.

As a class, we brainstormed for keywords that would help us find the information we wanted. We came up with some amazing keywords.

Once we had all the keywords we had to sort them into categories. At first we had four hoops, and we all had to put our key word into the hoop we thought it belonged in. It was very interesting listening to everyone because they had to explain why they thought their word belonged in the chosen hoop. We all needed to agree. ||
 * [[image:Body_parts.JPG width="562" height="280"]] || We decided that all the words in this hoop, had something to do with the body parts of a kiwi. ||
 * [[image:Habitat.JPG width="563" height="421"]] || In this hoop we decided that these words were about the kiwi's habitat which is where it lives.

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 * [[image:Protection.JPG width="578" height="433"]] || The last hoop had words in it about protecting kiwis.

Now it was time to design some good questions that would help us with our inquiry. We took a long time to come up with our questions. We had to start our sentences with the words, WHAT, WHERE, WHO, WHEN, HOW AND WHY. questions.

= = || ==**We wondered where we would find the answers to our questions. Once again we did a brainstorm to see what we could come up with. Here is our list:** ==

**National Library Books Books from home Google**
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|| We did lots of work finding out the answers to all our questions. Look at some of the wonderful writing about the information we have found through our research.

**The Kiwi bird is a NZ bird. It is pear-shaped. It cannot fly! It has two big feet and a very long beak. It has two ears and two little eyes. It has long whiskers for feeling where it is going. CONNOR**

**BIRDS. Some birds can fly. All birds have feathers. Some birds can swim. The kiwi is a NZ bird. LUCY**

**The kiwi belongs to the Rattite family. It cannot fly.** **We have the BROWN KIWI in Northland. IUEAN**

**The kiwi is a NZ bird. The kiwi bird comes out at night. It is a pear-shape. It has a long beak abd big feet. TAYLA**

**The Kiwi is a native bird of NZ. I love Kiwi. It belongs to the Rattite family. The kiwi’s wings are so small that they cannot fly. Our kiwi is the North Island Brown Kiwi. BAILEY**

**The kiwi is a NZ bird. It belongs to the Rattite family. It has a pear-shaped body, with a small head and a big body. TRACE**

**The Kiwi is a NZ bird. It is in the Rattite family, because it cannot fly. It has a big beak and it has a fat body. It has two big feet that help to protect it from its enemies. CHELSEA**