This collaborative reflection tool is designed to guide teachers in deepening and continuously improving inquiry-based instruction. This tool can be used as a one-on-one tool for an Inquiry Advocate and teacher or to guide reflective dialogue in a professional learning...
Learn how primary teacher and co-teacher permissions work in shared classes.
Informed action helps students transform their content knowledge into action and connect it with their lived experience. It requires students to use what they've learned to inspire, change behaviors, solve a problem, or serve an audience. When an Inquiry promotes...
Use these tools to observe inquiry-based instruction, reflect on implementation, and support continuous improvement across classrooms and teams.
Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Experience the QFT" session.
Drawing evidence-based conclusions is a key skill that allows them to demonstrate their learning and communicate conclusions. Students may benefit from additional support or challenge when practicing this skill.
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...
Yes, and... is a structured protocol that helps students respond and add to others’ ideas rather than critiquing or modifying them. Use it to support students’ development of individual project ideas and their ability to thought-partner with each other.
Use this tool to develop a flexible implementation plan customized to meet your needs in the Launch Phase of implementation.
Before starting an Inquiry, look at your calendar and create a roadmap to help keep your instruction on track, or to help you stay at the same pace as other teachers in your school or district. Use this tool to...
Explore how teachers and students use inquirED’s Assignment Portal to create and complete assignments.
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was developed by the Right Question Institute to help anyone produce, improve, and prioritize questions. Use this scaled version of the protocol with emergent readers or writers to generate Investigation Questions that will help them...
inquirED aims to build district capacity to support Inquiry Journeys - and Inquiry Advocates are central to this work. Inquiry Advocates are individuals identified by our partner schools or districts who receive additional coaching and professional development.
Learn how to change your Inquiry Journeys curriculum language settings to Spanish so lessons, instructional materials, and overviews display in Spanish.
Learn how to locate formative and summative assessments, and their guides, to effectively support growth in inquiry-based learning.
Check out these editable slide decks introducing inquirED that you can make your own for your Back to School or Curriculum Night! See the slides for Inquiry Journeys or the slides for World History.
Browse examples of student work created through inquiry-based learning. These artifacts highlight the variety of ways students investigate questions, analyze sources, and communicate their thinking through authentic products and performances.
Social studies and literacy instruction can’t really be separated: social studies requires the examination of complex texts as sources of evidence. If we want students to seek answers to complex questions, conduct sustained investigations, and construct conclusions based on facts...
Learn how to use the Materials & Prep tab to organize, access, and track lesson materials efficiently. This guide helps teachers save time and stay organized.
This graphic organizer can help students reflect on how a text has changed or deepened their understanding.
If students are reading independently, in small groups, or in pairs, consider creating several text-dependent questions that require students to stop, locate evidence to support a response, and write the response.
Explore the structure of Inquiry Journeys and how each module builds student knowledge, skills, and agency. Learn how the Launch, Investigation, and Action Modules work together to support deep inquiry and authentic learning experiences in social studies.
The inquiry-based classroom provides opportunities for student-driven exploration. While this can be highly motivating and engaging, it also places high demands on students' executive functioning skills. Consider the following strategies to provide scaffolds as individual or whole-class supports of executive...
How do the sources teachers choose provide mirrors and windows for students? We explored that question with Cereescia Sandoval, one of inquirED's Learning Experience Designers. Check out the webinar recording and blog post to learn more.
