Inquiry+Cycle+2011-2012

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__Inquiry Cycle 2012__

**Goals:**
 * Observe each other doing the things we have decided to do in class
 * Sharing practices
 * Doing a try-it and then having a sharing process

**Possible Texts:**
 * __That Workshop Book__

**Foci for the Year**
 * Reader's Workshop
 * Writer's Workshop (a continued emphasis on writing)
 * Listening to Student Thinking (Students as sense-makers)
 * A move away from linear discourse (teacher - student - teacher) and a move towards more discourse

**First Inquiry Cycle**
 * Now - Until December Break
 * Presentation on January 3rd when we return

**Topics**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Big Idea:__ Combining Reader's and Writer's Workshop with a link to an interdisciplinary unit on Boston Neighborhoods

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Writing Goals**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">voice
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">word choice

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Time Spent**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2 days spent gathering materials and creating lesson plans
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2 days spent doing the investigative work

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__INQUIRY QUESTION__** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**If we provide more opportunities for student talk, then student writing will show more authentic voice.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__Possible Ideas for Gathering Data__
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Get baseline data from Writing Prompt and then do another writing prompt (at some later time) and compare
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We might just follow a few case study students
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Teachers need to brainstorm different opportunities and ways to engage students in student talk and teachers also need to regularly share what they are doing and how it's working
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videotaping - teachers come with a five minute clip that is transcribed and teachers look at each other's videos
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Provide shared experiences in order to talk and then write about the experiences
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What opportunities are there for role-playing? And then to write.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stephanie has done work around this before?