All Activities
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Mid-Year Reflection Notecatcher (Live Session)
Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through "Mid-Year Reflection."
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Examining Student Work Protocol
Use this protocol to analyze the work of 3 students performing at different levels and consider next steps for supporting students.
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Why Inquiry Skills Matter in K–5 Social Studies Classrooms
How do students become curious, capable, and future-ready learners? This post explores inquirED’s five essential Inquiry Skills—core to every lesson and carefully sequenced to help students build knowledge and apply it meaningfully.
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Using Dramatic Play: Introduction
Explore how using a dramatic play can help students connect to their learning.
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Critique: Gallery Walk
Learn how to utilize a gallery walk to help norm critique behaviors.
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A Closer Look at Student Reflection
Learn why reflection is a key component of the inquiry process for students and teachers.
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Experience the QFT Notecatcher (Live Session)
Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Experience the QFT" session.
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Culturally Responsive Education (CRE)
Center identity, representation, and access within inquiry-based social studies. These resources explore how culturally responsive practices shape curriculum design, text selection, knowledge-building, and language support—ensuring all students see themselves reflected in learning and are supported in engaging deeply with complex...
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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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Printing Lesson Plans
Learn how to print lesson plans, slides, and materials from inquirED to easily prepare for instruction or share resources with students.
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Inquiry Print Builder
Select and compile components of an Inquiry into a print-ready document that will be emailed directly to you, making it easy to bulk print materials and plan ahead.
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The Module Homepage
Learn how to navigate and explore key features of the Module Homepage in Inquiry Journeys, including module overviews, objectives, lesson progress, materials, and standards.
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Implementation Journey
Now that you’ve selected inquirED’s curriculum for adoption, it’s time to form a plan for its successful implementation in your district. The best implementation plan is one that is teacher-focused, comprehensive, efficient, and replicable. To support the creation of your...
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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Observation and Reflection Tool
The purpose of this observation and reflection tool is intended to support teachers in improving inquiry-based instructional practice. You might not observe all look-fors in one observation. Instead, focus on a few key areas based on student learning objectives and/or...
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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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Changing Your Timezone in the Inquiry Hub
Learn how to change your time zone in the Inquiry Hub.
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Whole-Class Critique
For beginners to critique, a whole-class format is recommended. The expectations for good critique language and mindset can be frequently reinforced while the teacher has total control of the protocol itself. Use this format if students are just beginning to...
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Assessment: Class Checklists
Learn how class checklists can be a powerful assessment tool for the inquiry classroom.
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inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices Collaborative Reflection Tool
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...
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Engaging Students with Digital Access
Explore how inquirED helps teachers assign, customize, and manage digital learning so every student can engage and succeed whether using the inquirED Assignment Portal, Schoology, or Canvas.
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Teaching a Lesson
Access lesson prep tools, step-by-step guidance, and assessments designed to help each lesson run smoothly.
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Inquiry Journeys Books
Inquiry Journeys includes a diverse collection of books that support student understanding as they move through an Inquiry. Check out the book list and use the book stickers to help organize resources. The stickers are printable and should be used...
