All Activities : inquirED

Analyzing Student Work: Collaborating with Students Notecatcher

Download and use this note catcher for the Analyzing Student Work activity.

Popcorn Share-Out

Popcorns challenge students to share their ideas without talking over each other, which is great practice for real-life discussion skills. Use this strategy when it’s not necessary to hear from every single student in response to a prompt or question.

Reading Strategy: Preparing to Read Complex Texts

Preparing students to read a complex text includes helping them develop habits practiced by experienced readers, such as using their overall knowledge of a text to support comprehension and meaning making. This can help students persist in reading even when...

Printing Lesson Resources

Learn how to print lesson materials, slides, and plans for teachers and students. Easily access and prepare printable resources from your inquirED lessons.

Inquiry Hub Access Overview

Learn which Inquiry Hub resources are available to the public and which require an inquirED account, curriculum access, or specific program access.

How to Submit a Support Ticket

Learn how to get assistance from the inquirED Support Team with technical or content-related issues.

Learner Support Guide: Evidence-Based Conclusions

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.

Un-level That Text! Integrating Literacy and Elementary Social Studies

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...

Student Log in with the inquirED Assignment Portal

Learn how students log in to the inquirED Assignment Portal through Clever, ClassLink, or manual rostering.

Learning Management System (LMS) Integrations Overview

This article helps district leaders determine whether their district should integrate Inquiry Journeys with a Learning Management System (LMS) or use the inquirED Assignment Portal for assignment delivery.

Think Pair Share

A Think Pair Share gives every student the opportunity to be heard. Students who have difficulty sharing ideas in large groups have a chance to rehearse with a partner, and those who always want to share are guaranteed the chance...

inquirED’s Social Studies Curriculum Overview

Inquiry Through a Kindergarten Lens Lesson Sort

Task Management: Breaking Down the Process

Learn how to keep students moving throughout the process of creation.

What are inquirED's Inquiry Skills?

Learn more about the Inquiry Skills, a set of five powerful skills, that are used throughout the inquiry process to generate questions, conduct sustained investigations, and take informed action. The development of these skills is integral to the success...

Turn and Talk / Shoulder Partners

Use these strategies to prompt a quick conversation between students who are already seated close together. Because there is no special seating arrangement or protocol required, it is perhaps the most flexible and informal discussion strategy.

How to Use Slides

Learn how to preview, present, and customize lesson slides in inquirED. Personalize slide decks to support engagement, differentiation, and accessibility in every lesson.

Inquiry Challenge Statement

Issuing the Inquiry Challenge is one of the Landmark Lessons that supports the shift to Taking Informed Action. Creating the Inquiry Challenge Statement is part of this lesson. Watch the video below to learn more about the Inquiry Challenge Statement.

From Ideas to Impact: Rubric Tools for Informed Action

To support teachers in guiding students through meaningful Informed Action, we've developed resources and templates to assist in the co-creation of rubrics. These tools are designed to help translate inquiry products and success criteria into clear, student-friendly assessment frameworks that...