The Flexibility of GID

When I learned how effective Guided Inquiry could be, I got excited about planning a GID-based writing workshop. I focused on Reconstruction because it’s the setting for my book, but the

The 2016 Collaborative School Library Award

Yesterday I invited you to experience the “Open” stage of the award-winning GID unit developed by two librarians and a social studies/language arts teacher at Carver Middle School in Chester,

Singing a New Tune

A.B. Westrick here. I’m the author of BROTHERHOOD (Penguin Young Readers). If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be writing and speaking about GID, I might have

Wait a second, who is the teacher and who is the student?

The things I’ve learned this year with GID are endless.  The students have taught me so much.  As adults who are helping students become lifelong learners, it is important to

It’s all about the questions

Our school has implemented two big and a couple of smaller GID units this year.  My dear friend Paige Holden has already blogged about an 8th grade research unit that

New Kid on the Block

Hello from Norman, Oklahoma!  My name is Terri Curtis, and I am currently a library assistant at Whittier Middle School. First and foremost, I’m a mother to three fabulous teenagers.

Reflection

Wow! what an amazing learning experience for myself and my students. I am so proud of them, they worked hard, and remained positive and enthusiastic. The students all wanted to

Create Cont.

Some of our HOT questions are: *What in the atmosphere controls the amount of snowfall? Is there a way to manipulate it and change the snowfall? *How can we manipulate

Day 4: Questioning and Research cont.

Today we are working on our H.O.T questions! We had to think really hard and Mrs. Reinagel had to ok it. We had to research and answer our question. My

Explore and Create

Hi, my name is Katina and my partner is Lexi our topic is Space. We chose space because we want to find out what’s beyond our world. During Immersion we