Kirsten Durward

ROLE: Independent Consultant

SCHOOL: KDPD

COUNTRY: Thailand

Born in Scotland and raised around the world, Kirsten is a truly global thinker with 27 years of international education experience and leadership positions in 5 schools. An independent consultant, she creates tailored PD for schools, develops online events and coaches educators. Kirsten is also an IBPYP workshop facilitator and Lynn Erickson CBCI trainer. Her PLN, Global Educator Collective is a popular group on Facebook, where 130,000 educators share resources to support one another.

TWITTER: @learnerfocused

Introduction to Word Inquiry

DESCRIPTION:

Inspire children's curiosity about words and language structure with a Word Inquiry Approach in this 'minds on' active learning session. Develop structure spelling, grammar and knowledge about language through being a 'Word Scientist'. Hypothesise about word meaning and word structure then check your theories. Learn about etymology and how to create word grids using free online platforms. Leave with a padlet of co-created resources.

STRAND: Curiosity Alive

TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers/Educators, Administrators/School Leaders

TARGET GRADE LEVEL: Elementary, Middle School

TECH LEVEL: Intermediate

LANGUAGE: English

TIME: Session 1: 10:30-11:30

LINK TO RESOURCES

WHAT DO PARTICIPANTS NEED?

Participants should preferably have a free Padlet account so their name can be seen, however the Padlet can be accessed without this. The word grid could be challenging to create by tapping on the phone. Both the sites I use are freely available online - etymology.com and neilramsdem.co.uk