Welcome to the page for inquiry in reading and writing instruction!
http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/resource-print.html?id=187 This looks like a great source for ideas to incorporate research and inquiry. The first example will tie in perferctly as first grade teaches the UOI on animals. There are other examples on here as well.
I am reading the book Study Driven by Katie Wood Ray. Some of the main points she makes:
focus on the process, not the product, and give the students little nudges for how they could use what they are learning in their own work (reaffirming to what I am doing) This is showing the students how to carry on with their learning without needing a teacher.
the importance of having lots of mentor texts (not only picture books, but a variety of newspaper and magazine articles, collections, excerpts from longer texts, etc.)
In looking back through the book from PYP Level 3 training, there is a rubric for independent reading that references Lucy Calkins from The Art of Teaching Reading
Plan of Action: I am going to use this rubric with my class as a way for them to reflect on/assess their own independent reading time and as a way for me to assess
them. I am hoping that this will be an effective tool for the students as they reflect in order to become more independent readers.
http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/resource-print.html?id=187 This looks like a great source for ideas to incorporate research and inquiry. The first example will tie in perferctly as first grade teaches the UOI on animals. There are other examples on here as well.
I am reading the book Study Driven by Katie Wood Ray. Some of the main points she makes:
In looking back through the book from PYP Level 3 training, there is a rubric for independent reading that references Lucy Calkins from The Art of Teaching Reading
Plan of Action: I am going to use this rubric with my class as a way for them to reflect on/assess their own independent reading time and as a way for me to assess
them. I am hoping that this will be an effective tool for the students as they reflect in order to become more independent readers.