When looking at curriculum documents, it may seem like there’s a never-ending number of expectations. How can we be sure to properly address all of them? How do we do so using an inquiry approach? If you are concerned that an inquiry approach requires more thinking and questioning time, you may wonder how you will have enough time to do everything. This webinar explores all these questions and more:

1. How to focus on the overall versus the specific expectations.
2. How to give students a chance to delve deeper into the overall expectations.
3. How to build assessment tools that align with these overall expectations.
4. How to structure mini-lessons to address curriculum expectations not addressed through student inquiry questions.
5. How to integrate subject areas to address overall expectations from multiple subjects in larger blocks of time.
6. How to work with prep coverage teachers to continue inquiries through different subject areas.

Audience: K-8

Resources:

• Find Aviva online: website, Twitter
• Student examples:
  • Sharing what they know
  • Picking the provocations and more
  • Using real objects
  • Observing and thinking
  • Making connections
  • Exploring the use of the Arts
  • Guided reading
  • Photographs with text
  • Grade 5: sample 1, sample 2, sample 3
• Apps:
  • Pinterest (example)
  • Nkwiry (example)
  • Kahoot
  • Explain Everything (sample)
  • Dragon Dictation, Adobe Voice
  • D2L e-portfolio
• Educators of note:
  • Lisa Donohue 100 Minutes o- Making Every Minute Count of the Literacy Block
  • Aaron Puley
  • Jennifer Faulkner
  • Jonathan So
  • Jocelyn Schmidt
• 105theHive, K-12 Student Radio