Inquiry Chart

Component: Focus and Motivation

•  From the inquiry method approach to science
• Think, predict, hypothesize
• Assess and activate background knowledge
• Address misconceptions
• Teach revision and learning as a continuous process
• Model reading and writing
• Think KWL

Step by Step

1. Record students’ comments using their exact words.
2. Record students’ names after their comments (TK-K)
3. Revisit the inquiry chart often.
4. Use a different color marker each to you revisit. 
5. When revisiting, ask students to site the source of their new information and record under the statement.

 
 CCSS Connections:

Writing

• Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

Listening and Speaking

• Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience

Language

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
• punctuation, and spelling when writing.