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 Thinking
QuestionsThe Swan Story |
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| Story - The Swan Story These questions can be used throughout the text with whole class and small groups to encourage discussion and develop pupils' thinking. |
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| Thinking Process | What it means | Sample questions |
| Knowledge | To recall information reviewed. | Where
do swans make nests? What is a baby swan called? What do cygnets eat? |
| Understanding | To show understanding of information by summarising or reinstating in own words |
Why do swans
sit on their nest? |
| Application | To use previously learned information in a new situation. | How
are swans different to other birds? Can you think of any other birds that swim on the water? |
| Analysis | To develop skills or inference and deduction. | How
do you think the swans/cygnets feel when they see a hungry fox? Can you explain why the swans make their nest in the reeds? |
| Synthesis/ speculation | To formulate new theory, argument or summary based on informed understanding. | Can
swans live somewhere else? Why do swans have feathers on their body and not fur? |
| Evaluation | To judge the value of ideas or materials and articulate reasons. | Would
swans have to live somewhere else if they did not have webbed feet? Why is a swan's long neck a good feature? |
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The above framework has been adapted from "Open Questions to develop thinking across the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1." Kent County Council. |
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