This creates a whole community that is discovering and learning together. This has worked REALLY well for sharing resources, as I notice students connect with a line of questioning/inquiry, I can add resources during the inquiry block that the students can use. These get posted all over the school so that teachers and students always have access to the resources (note: we are a 1:1 iPad school). Then, I create QR code posters that look like this:

They are not prescriptive, but rather offer a launching point for teachers. These resources include ideas, videos, lessons, books, apps, etc. I create Pinterest boards for our teachers that have a variety of resources for each inquiry block. Every year I change-up the key concept lines of inquiry just a bit (keeps things interesting and fresh for all of us!). These are aligned to the social studies, science, language, and math standards for that age group. High with different key concept lines of inquiry to explore.

Within these big inquiry questions, I provide our primary, intermediate, and Jr.

Each 5 weeks, I send our teachers resources for the inquiry block. These questions give us good parameters to work within. We follow the PYP inquiry questions (Who we are, Where we are in place and time, How we organize ourselves, How the world works, Sharing the planet). Teaching students to properly manage their freedom.Įach 5 weeks, our students engage a new line of inquiry. Inquiry gives students parameters of learning, but allows them to discover and explore within those parameters. If you don’t have curriculum that tells you what to do, what do you DO?! We engage students in inquiry. This can be both incredibly freeing, and terrifying. At Anastasis Academy, we don’t have boxed curriculum.

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