Planning for Inquiry: It's Not an Oxymoron!

Inspired by their curiosity about animals, students work together to research an animal of their choice and present the information they gather to an authentic audience.

Students are guided through an informal exploration of nonfiction texts and child-oriented Websites, learning browsing and skimming techniques for the purpose of gathering interesting information.

Students take a walk on the wild side when they research an animal and create a scavenger hunt activity for their classmates.

This minilesson encourages children to seek out and appropriately react to nutrition labels and to make healthy food choices, integrating science, math, health, and literacy.

This guide introduces I-Charts, a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing.

This printout assists students with generating meaningful questions about a topic and organizing their writing by using a structured guide while researching.