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Welcome

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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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Here’s why I’m here

Inquiry?

Inquiry

Immersion

Investigate

Coalesce

Go Public

Based on the Harvey and Daniel's Inquiry Model.

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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

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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

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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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Homework

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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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Is it Messy?

Turn to the person next to you and talk about the following:

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What, if anything, appeals to you in this approach?

What do you see as some of the challenges in using this approach?

How could you use these techniques in your class?