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.
Use these slides to support emergent readers through the steps of the QFT.
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.
Watch this video for an introduction to the Inquiry Hub.
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.
How does Suzanne Fraser, Special Education Strategist in Iowa City, IA, support her diverse learners so they get the most out of Inquiry Journeys? Read this month's spotlight to find out!
Investigation stations provide a source or sources that students use to gather information. Sources might include text, images, artifacts, videos, or even step-by-step activities, and are often clustered by subtopic. Students might choose stations based on interest, or they might...
A gallery walk presents a series of compelling sources that students can respond to quickly, such as photographs, works of art, or images of artifacts. Students circulate through the materials and respond in writing or through discussion. Use this format...
When students are working independently, it's helpful to have a system in place for students to get help. The Queue, Cups, and Sheets are three systems that can help.
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.
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...
In this course, participants explore the natural connection between literacy instruction and social studies. They determine ways to support students who are grappling with complex texts and consider how Inquiry Journeys contributes to building students' literacy skills.
Socratic seminars require students to collaboratively grapple with complex topics. Through the process, students closely read a teacher-selected article, draw evidence from that reading, and then discuss their responses through a structured seminar with peers. Use this format to promote...
Download and use this note catcher to organize your thoughts and observations as you advance through the "Literacy Connections" course.
Webquests allow students to conduct an online investigation at their own pace using a list of teacher-selected online sources. Use this format to support students’ independence in navigating the internet while conducting targeted research.
The inquiry-based classroom provides opportunities for collaboration. While this can be highly motivating and engaging, it also places high demands on students’ collaborative work skills. Consider the following strategies to provide scaffolds as individual or whole-class supports during collaborative work...
Conver-stations allow students to discuss topics in constantly changing small groups. Use this format in response to complex discussion prompts or sources (ex. photos, videos, audio recordings, or written text).
Learn how to get assistance from the inquirED Support Team with technical or content-related issues.
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...
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...
Learn how classroom teachers can use Clever to give students seamless access to inquirED’s curriculum, including first time and returning student login.
Using an Anticipation Guide is an excellent way to ensure students have a clear direction and purpose for their reading. In the center column, write main ideas, key details, and important concepts you want students to be on the lookout...
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...
inquirED's Inquiry Teaching Practices include eight distinct practices.
