Standard: Cultivating Effective Instructional Design to Co-plan, Teach and Assess Learning.
Theme: Engaging with Inquiry Approaches
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: Learning experiences are designed to engage students in choice of topics they care about.
The school library association in Saskatchewan provides resources such as a “QWheel” to support students writing non-fiction.
Walter, Carlene. (2013). Writing non-fiction using a QWheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBZ_Etx6oDg
This teacher-Librarian shares the use of “loose parts” or “materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways” to support student inquiry work. Curricular project examples with photographs and a resource list to start with are shared.
Lyons, B. (2018). Using Loose Parts to Spark Inquiry [Slideshare]. Retrieved from https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YjCYm9b6kxQBVBkzwv8KLkS3qqZQVExYu8rxkjQsJrM/edit#slide=id.g3ccbccfd34_0_148
An Ontario teacher-librarian has developed an extensive inquiry site for participation in the *“Forest of Reading”program that could serve as a model for reading inquiry in any district or school. Questions, activities, challenges and projects focus on fiction/non-fiction books to foster deep thinking and learning. Innovative goals and plans for the 2019 program are included.
“Forest of Reading” is an initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) that offers eight reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. See: https://accessola.com/forest/
Lyons, B. (2018). Tinkering in the Forest. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/pdsb.net/tinkeringintheforest/home
In this article an Ontario teacher-librarian writes about and reflects upon the benefits and challenges of passive programming as active, self-directed learning in the LLC. Includes detailed examples and illustrations of five types of passive programming: interactive displays, provocations, scavenger hunts, grab and go bags, and stations.
Stoness, H. (March 3, 2021). There’s Nothing Passive About It! Canadian School Libraries Journal 5(1). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/theres-nothing-passive-about-it/
The Saskatchewan School Library Association merges with their teachers literacy association (Literacy Educators’ And Resources Network (LEARN) in a collaborative model; on this web page they continue to create understanding and use of inquiry in teaching and learning. Includes a LiveBinder of inquiry resources and a number of video discussions and examples.
Literacy Educators’ And Resources Network (LEARN). (2021). Inquiry. Retrieved from https://www.learnsask.net/inquiry.html