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“Did you say P.K.?”

Prior Knowledge underpins all teaching and learning. You’ll be AMAZED at what your students know and understand already -- or perhaps misunderstand!
Here's a brilliantly easy way to gather and assess students’ Prior Knowledge:

PK CARDS at just $5 per set

kids using PK cards

Share out these cards to promote deep discussions and Big Questions!

Instantly downloadable!


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Prior Knowledge

WHAT DO I GET in a PK SET?

- a minimum of 30 cards per set -
-so enough for you to assign 3-4 cards per small group in your class to work collaboratively
- full instructions included

HOW DO I USE THEM?
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simply distribute the cards, one per small group, until they've all been placed under the headings provided...
- then discuss who placed what, where, and why....
- Revelations of prior knowledge and understandings guaranteed!
- simply pay, download, print, and cut apart


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Prior Knowledge

"RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES"
-see how your students will be thinking - AND how would YOU answer??

Here's a few samples: simply cut apart the PK cards, and hand out to small groups. Cards must be placed under ONE of these headings:
IS A RIGHT; DON'T KNOW; IS NOT A RIGHT

rights

But do remember there are at least 30 of these cards per set!

See the full range of titles/concepts HERE

Prior Knowledge

QUESTION: What's the difference between the INTRODUCTORY sets, and the ADVANCED sets?

ANSWER: The introductory cards mostly have pictures on them to, to help younger students to visualise. The ADVANCED card sets have words ONLY, as some older students (and their teachers) prefer not to have an illustration that might limit their thinking; plus, the wording or the concept is sometimes more complex on the Advanced cards.

PK cards

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PK: Prior Knowledge, e-versions (download & print)




ADVERTISING, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Is a timetable an advertisement? A church notice? A uniform? READ MORE

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ADVERTISING, intro level PK e-cards
Samples: Is the sign outside your school an advertisement? A butcher's sign? A song? A sports team? READ MORE

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CITY LIFE, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is a city "a place which has many amenities for people"? A place which has a Post Office? Has traffic congestion? READ MORE

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COMMUNICATION, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Is a red rose a form of communication? A stifled yawn? Speech marks? READ MORE

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COMMUNICATION, Intro level PK e-cards
Samples: Is the dawn chorus a form of communication? A rainbow? A baby's cry? READ MORE

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COURAGE, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is it courage when a student challenges a teacher's point of view? When a thief breaks into a house? When a firefighter saves someone from a burning building? READ MORE

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DISASTERS, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample questions: Is it a disaster when a space craft explodes on takeoff? When the local dump is declared full? When your team loses in the final?? READ MORE

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DISASTERS, Intro level PK e-cards
Samples: Is it a disaster when school camp is cancelled? When the local dump is declared full up? When your Grandma is very sick? READ MORE

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ENDANGERED SPECIES, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Is a species which disturbs a local ecosystem, an endangered species? Smokers? Trees? Human teachers?? READ MORE

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ENDANGERED SPECIES, Intro level PK e-cards
Samples: Is the house fly an endangered species? A species which reproduces quickly? Big living things? The gorilla? READ MORE

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FAIRNESS, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Is it fair when you don't get a place in the school choir? When the teacher sets a deadline for an assignment? Is it fair to break a rule in a game? READ MORE

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FREEDOM PK cards , all levels
Addressing concepts of Freedom vs Oppression; Right vs Wrong; Fair vs Unfair; Privilege/Right vs Luxury, Indulgence.. an questions like "Do you have freedom if you have to wear a uniform?", "Is freedom saying what you think?", and "Does freedom involve wars?"- guaranteed to get your students READ MORE

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IDENTITY through Icons, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Are penguins an enduring icon? Fish and chips? Our flag? David Beckham?? READ MORE

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IDENTITY through icons, Intro level PK e-cards
Ia a Maori warrior an icon or not? Fish and chips? A kangaroo? Cadbury's chocolate? READ MORE

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IMMIGRANTS, advanced level PK e-cards
Samples: Is an immigrant someone who doesn't speak the language of the country they live in? Someone whose parents were born in another country? Someone shipwrecked on an island? A dog that used to live in another country and now lives in yours?? READ MORE

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NATURAL, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is a health-store pill natural? Orange-juice? A vegetarian sandwich made with wholegrain bread? To feel happy?? READ MORE

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PIRACY, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is it piracy to take someone else's idea and use it? To rent a DVD and then lend it to friends? People from shore, boarding a ship moored at the dock and taking items from that ship?? READ MORE

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PK: Thinking,Talking Exploring cards set
website special: NZ $9 each
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Age range: No
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  COURAGE, $9 laminated set
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  IMMIGRANTS, $9 laminated set
  CITY LIFE, $9 laminated set
  NATURAL, $9 laminated set
  STUPIDITY, $9 laminated set
  REAL, $9 laminated set
  PIRACY, $9 laminated set
  FREEDOM, $9 laminated set
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POETRY, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is a nursery rhyme, poetry or not? A rap? A painting? A database?? READ MORE

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POETRY, Intro level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is a song lyric, poetry? A greeting card? Ballet dancing? A water feature?? READ MORE

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PROBABILITY, advanced level PK e-cards
Sample cards:Is it PROBABLE that someone in our group will: become a teacher? Fight in a war? Take a holiday on another planet? Win Lotto?? READ MORE

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PROBABILITY, Intro level PK e-cards
Sample cards: Is it PROBABLE that someone in your group will: break a bone? Go to university? Go bald? Break a world record?? READ MORE

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REALITY, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Are stars in the night sky, real? Is the sun rising, real? Is the dark, real?? READ MORE

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RELIGION, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Is SIN part of religion? Scripture? Logic? Punishment? Law and order? War?? READ MORE

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RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Do you have a RIGHT to fresh water? To shelter? To be believed? To take risks?? READ MORE

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RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES, Intro level PK cards
Sample cards: Do you have a RIGHT, to choose your friends? To tell on others? To make your own choices? To have a home?? READ MORE

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RULES, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Is it a good rule or not, that the driving age is raised to 20 years? That students who are late for school, must stay after school? That parents are allowed to smack their children? That students in school uniform cannot buy takeaways on school days??? READ MORE

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RULES, Intro level PK cards
Sample cards: Is it fair that speeding drivers have to pay a fine? That your pocket money gets stopped because you haven't done your chores? Would it be fair if there were a rule that cats weren't allowed inside houses? Or that people on skateboards must wear helmets?? READ MORE

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STUPIDITY, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Is is stupidity or not, to join a gang? Not saving your work on the computer? Volunteering to fight in an army? eating sausages?? READ MORE

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SUCCESS, advanced level PK cards
Sample cards: Is it SUCCESS or not if you achieve an 'A"? If you're the person in charge? If you feel good about yourself? If a baby bird teaches itself to fly?? READ MORE

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SUSTAINABILITY, advanced level PK card:
Sample cards: Do we need to re-think alternatives, or recycle: empty coke bottles? Lawn-mowers? Worn-out shoes? Washing-machine water? Petrol?? READ MORE

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SUSTAINABILITY, Intro level PK cards
Sample cards: Is a plastic bag GOOD PACKAGING or not? What about a flax kete? Plastic envelopes? An egg carton? A cereal box? Easter-egg packaging? A leather hand-bag?? READ MORE

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OR: Prefer to wait and get the 'hard copy' - want all the printing, cutting and laminating done for you? Only $9 set. PLEASE NOTE: not all titles available in hard copy- for the full range, see the downloadable e-versions above.

Do check out a small free PK sampling HERE of a couple of cards on
"IS IT FAIR?"
- what would YOU answer?
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