Thursday, April 7, 2011

Inquiry starts with QUESTIONS!!!

Hey Super Students,

      Today is Thursday, April 7 2011.  Your guest teacher today has tons of articles and accessible text for you guys and girls to dive into.  Since we are finishing are book club books, we are moving from fiction to nonfiction.  The nonfiction genre is one of my favorites and I hope you enjoy it too.  Our reading purpose changes a little when we read nonfiction texts. 

      During the first part of your rotation today, you and the other people at your tribe will be generating 8-10 inquiry questions.  Each of you will fill a page in your dialogue journal with your questions.  From our questions we will continue the inquiry process.  remember their are 4 types of inquiry we can pursue:

1.  Mini Inquiries
2.  Literature Circle Inquiries
3.  Curricular Inquiries
4.  Open Inquiry

      There are so many pieces of text your guest teacher and I are opening up to you today that you should not have any problem coming up with questions.  Listen to your inner voice.  Interact with the text.  What are you curious about finding more information?  Does one of these articles connect to another thought you want to explore?  Have fun reading and thinking.



Yours Truly,
C
P.S. When you are finished generating questions, the rest of the time is yours for book clubs and independent reading.  

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