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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...
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Adding Curriculum
Learn how to access and add curriculum for additional grade levels included in your inquirED subscription.
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Inquiry Work Gallery
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.
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Reading Strategy: Text Comprehension
Strategies that support students in understanding key concepts and details as they read promote deeper analysis of the text after they finish. Here are several strategies that teachers can use to support students, and students can use to support themselves....
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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Learning Walk Tool
This learning walk form assesses implementation of inquirED’s Inquiry-Based Teaching Practices. Use the data collected to inform professional learning supports. Check all “look-fors” you observe and track descriptive notes in the boxes provided. Note: Typically, you will not observe all...
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Task Management: Breaking Down the Process
Learn how to keep students moving throughout the process of creation.
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Experience Inquiry Series: Student to Student Feedback Participant Resources
Here are resources for facilitating the critique and learning more about student to student feedback.
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Construct Phase: Product Brainstorm
Explore how to guide your students toward effective brainstorming.
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Sarah’s Tip: Look Out for Spotlights
Welcome to the Inquiry Hub - we are glad you’re here! The Inquiry Hub has been created by the inquirED Partner Experience team to provide you with everything from quick tips and answers to rich professional learning and PLCs. Take...
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Critique the Prototype: Mindset
Hear some strategies to help your students develop a critique mindset.
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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.
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Sections List Management for SSO Districts Using Clever and ClassLink
District leaders can manage sections and sharing rules in inquirED and SSO platforms to ensure accurate rostering.
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Landmark Lessons in Inquiry Journeys
Every Inquiry Journey’s Inquiry is punctuated by Landmark Lessons. Learn how these lessons have a specific function that shapes the direction of your Inquiry.
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Overview of Rostering Options
Learn about inquirED’s different rostering options for districts and schools. This article explains each method, with key benefits and considerations to help you select the right setup.
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Mingle Pair Share
Mingle Pair Shares are a great way to get students moving around the classroom and talking to different classmates. Use this strategy to encourage students to hear from a variety of perspectives in response to an open-ended question or experience.
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Navigating a Lesson
Learn how to navigate and use key lesson features in Inquiry Journeys, including lesson overviews, materials, standards, instructional supports, and assignments.
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Customizing Your Unit: Selecting Sources
Inquiry Journeys connects to high-quality, diverse sources. If you are looking for supplemental sources to further support and extend student learning, here are some guidelines.
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Question Formulation Technique: What is the QFT? in 90 Seconds
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 learn more about the process in 90 seconds.
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Student Self-Analysis Quotes
This collection of quotes highlights the value of student self-analysis. It features the thoughts and experiences of teachers and students from a variety of schools as they reflect on the impact of students analyzing their own work.
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Reading Strategy: Procedures
Varying how students engage with a text is an excellent strategy when there are diverse reading levels in the classroom. These common reading procedures may be effective in your classroom, but this list is by no means exhaustive. Note that...
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Hexagonal Thinking & Mapping
Imagine your students actively making connections, debating ideas, and visually mapping relationships between key concepts. The Hexagonal Mapping Protocol offers a flexible, engaging way for students to organize their thinking and discover new relationships between ideas. Whether used for inquiry-based...
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Back-to-School Night Slides
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.
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Components of Differentiation
Differentiation requires us to think about varied ways to meet the needs of all students in order to support each student in reaching success. There are five components of differentiation. Below is a description of each, what it might look...
