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  • Strategies for Successful Implementation

    Leadership is an important part of implementation, and supporting teachers through the learning process of implementing a new curriculum requires strategic and intentional moves. Here are some action steps that other leaders have taken to support their teachers towards implementation...

    • inquirED Literacy Practices and Supports Framework

      Literacy is woven into the fabric of elementary social studies learning. As students build social studies content knowledge and disciplinary skills, they engage in deep literacy work: interrogating diverse sources, evaluating and constructing arguments, examining differing points of view and...

      • Meeting Needs and Wants Overview

        Communities are created to meet our common needs, giving us a sense of belonging, trust, care, and safety. In the Meeting Needs and Wants Inquiry, students investigate the Inquiry Question, "How can we work together to meet community needs and...

        • Question Formulation Technique: Teacher Reflections

          The Question Formulation Technique, or QFT, was developed by the Right Question Institute as a simple step by step process that helps anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Watch this video to hear about a teacher's journey using the Question...

          • Predict Learn Conclude

            A Predict Learn Conclude prompts students to make inferences, test those inferences while gathering information, and construct conclusions. Use this strategy as a pre-assessment, as an anticipatory set, or to assess student thinking. 

            • Glossary

              Learn more about frequently used inquirED terminology through this comprehensive glossary and its definitions.

              • Concept Connections Circle

                The Concept Connections Circle is a collaborative discussion protocol that supports students in making connections between key concepts, terms, or ideas from a lesson or unit. By physically and verbally linking concepts, students deepen understanding, strengthen academic language, and practice...

                • District Leader Account Types

                  Get an overview of the four different types of District Leader accounts at inquirED and the specific permissions associated with each.

                  • QFT Slides

                    Use these slides to support your students through the steps of the QFT.

                    • Assessment in Inquiry Journeys

                      Learn more about how Inquiry Journeys takes the struggle out of creating assessments, providing teachers with formative assessments in every lesson and summative assessment support across Inquiries.

                      • Reading Strategy: Summarize and Retell

                        In order for students to make deep connections to text, it is important that they first have basic comprehension of the explicitly stated facts and “right there” information.