Share with the person next to you why you came to this workshop.
What do you hope to take from this time together?
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Inquiry?
Inquiry
Immersion
Investigate
Coalesce
Go Public
Based on the Harvey and Daniel's Inquiry Model.
1. Immerse
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• Invite Curiosity• Build Background • Find Topics• Wonder• The spark for
learning happens here.
• Invites curiosity, questioning, engagement
• Shares curiosity and models personal inquiry
• Models how to ask authentic questions
• Teaches kids to collaborate by turning and talking
• Facilitates small-group formation to ensure heterogeneous groups with compatible interests.
• Confers with small groups and individuals
2. Investigate
• Develop Questions• Search for
Information• Discover Answers
• Floods kids with resources and materials on a topic or question
• Models how to read, listen, and view with a question in mind
• Shares ways to get questions answered
• Helps kids think about where to find information
• Supports kids to work together and figure out roles
• Confers with groups and individuals
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3. Coalesce
• Synthesize Information
• Build Knowledge
• Supports kids to find information and answer questions
• Shares how to evaluate sources
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4. Go Public
• Demonstrate Understanding
• Share Learning• Creates Purpose
• Builds in time for kids to share findings
• Supports kids to share the learning
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Differentiation
• Choice• Pacing• Conferring
• Allows students to set their own pace for getting their work done within a set time frame.
• Gives students some choice in what work gets done first and what their projects will look like.
• Provides for individualized student goals, assessment and rapid work modification based on data from student conferences.
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HomeworkRule Number One: What you don’t finish in class you take home to finish.
Rule Number Two:Think about what you have to do in class and what you can do at home.
Rule number three:Don’t wait until the due date! Turn work in as you finish it.
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