Culturally Responsive Inquiry: The end of the process

In today’s post the last phases of the unit that we’ve been talking about all month will be described. Student Voice and Choice in CREATE The team saw how the

Gr.6 Science Inquiry

Hi! This is the last post for Brian Shin and Michael Alford. We have two previous posts, the last one can be found here. Our students in gr.6 had just

Power of Sharing

Never underestimate the power of sharing. For the library renovation project, students knew to market their proposals toward school librarians and other relevant district personnel since the county is planning

Plans: When they Fall Through and Making them for the Future

Happy weekend, GIDers! It’s Kelsey Barker again. I hope you have had a wonderful week. Mine was really busy! May always seems to be jam-packed with meetings, banquets and ceremonies,

Reflections of GID over the years and across the grades

It has been a real week of reflection. I came to school on Tuesday to find that the Theatrette had been booked by the two Year 3 classes to celebrate

Evaluating our GID Global Connections ‘OREO’ experience

While our American friends are celebrating Thanksgiving and taking a holiday for two days, ‘Down Under’ we are very busy completing the last few weeks of our school year and

Year 5 Go Global

When I was first asked to help a Year 5 teacher, Catherine Havenaar, with an integrated Year 5 unit on ‘Global Connections’, I was initially a little cautious about how

Inquiry Stations in Explore

This week I am sharing our district newsletters about inquiry learning. Inquiry News 3 Here’s the link to our third newsletter.  inquiry-news-3-nov-2015-for-gid In Newport News, we combine Guided Inquiry’s “Open,

Week Long Inquiry Leads to Community Service

This week, I am sharing our district newsletters about inquiry learning as part of my project to amplify our message. Inquiry News 2   Click this link to read NNPS