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WELL. My first draft of this post was WAY too  long.  So I changed it, and talked less.  A revolutionary idea, I know.  If you told my students that, they wouldn’t

Happy Valentine’s Day!  My name is Buffy Edwards and I have the privilege of blogging this week.  What a perfect time for me to talk about two things I really

I’ve been crunching the numbers and checking out the stats for our year on the blog.  The numbers are exciting and we have some celebrations to share! So, I’m here

As you might imagine as we move down the spectrum of levels in this “vertical” look at inquiry questions will include more simplistic questions at the elementary level. In today’s

Hi Happy GID followers! We’re having summer here in the US and lots of professional development in GID. As I mentioned in my last post, this week was the fourth

Happy weekend, friends! This post brings to a close the discussion of our Norman Public Schools Guided Inquiry unit for 5th grade science. Coincidentally, yesterday was our third planning meeting,

Happy Monday… and Happy National Cheese Fondue Day (nope, I’m not kidding)! My name is Kelsey Barker and I am a teacher librarian at Eisenhower Elementary School here in Norman,

I love twitter!  There, I have met some awesome educators, had great little conversations with amazing folks about education and my PLN (personal learning network) has grown since I started

So, here is when we decided it was time to come clean with our classes- we’re going to write a research paper (which was not a decision we arrived at

This is SO exciting!  Our blog sharing begins this Sunday. Here’s an update on the weeks to come. Below is our schedule from January through July. You will notice that we