Introducing the Inquiry Process -- A Collection of Reading Minilessons

This collection of lessons in an introduction to Inquiry Process. This unit has two parts: An introduction study that sets up the research notebook and then a mini unit to center and structure the inquiry process around content area instruction.

Unit of Study to Introduce the Inquiry Process:

The intention of this study is to introduce students to the Inquiry process. This unit will familiarize students with the process of investigating questions that are relevant to them about a variety of topics. After the initial unit, students will have the tools to develop inquiry projects that can be shared and to display the students’ learning. During inquiry, students can work as whole group, small group, pairs or individually.

Key Teaching Points:

• Why Research?

• The Research Notebook

• Our Wonderings

• Thick and Thin Questions

• How do we answer our questions?

• Tracking Our Thinking and Learning

• Preparing our learning for the public

• Sharing our learning

Mini History Inquiry Investigation

The intention of this study is to take student groups through the Inquiry process together within a structured area of inquiry investigation, such as History. This unit will provide a strategy for groups to keep track of their learning along the way. After this unit, students will have the tools to develop inquiry projects individually or in small groups that can be shared and to display the students’ learning.

Key Teaching Points:

• Our Wonderings About History

• Finding a Researchable Question

• Using a Question Web to Organize Your Group’s Research

• Tracking Our Thinking and Learning

• Preparing our learning for the public

• Sharing our learning

Companion Products for this collection of minilessons are...

Inquiry Research Planning Pages -- Inquiry-Based Learning Process Guide

Inquiry Research Project Booklet -- Inquiry-Based Learning Project Booklet for Any Topic

This product is also part of my Reading Workshop Curriculum Bundle.

You might also be interested in these other Reading Units of Study...

· Launching Readers' Workshop

· Introducing the Inquiry Process

· Monitoring Comprehension

· Following Characters Through a Fiction Story

· Reading Informational Text

· Inferring for Understanding

· Poetry--It's More Than Rhyme Schemes and Stanzas

· Synthesizing Text for a Deeper Understanding

· Book Projects--Fostering Student Independence

· Reading Test Preparation

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