Solar System Inquiry

You may have heard that our most current unit of study is...the solar system! The excitement in the classroom and engagement is truly "out of this world!" Our inquiry team includes Ms. Azzolina's 1st and 2nd graders. The team meets every Tuesday and Thursday for explicit instruction, however, we continue to learn about the planets during our literacy time when we are researching, reading, and writing about about this topic. Thus far, we are completing the "immersion phase" of inquiry where we are being exposed to quite a bit of information. As a whole group, our main focus was the sun. After discovering new learning about parts of the solar system, the students are working on asking good questions called "I wonders." Next, we will take those wonders and begin the research process of answering our questions. We always say...the more you learn,the more you wonder AND the more you wonder, the more you learn. It's quite an exciting process. Next week we hope to begin step 2 of the four steps of inquiry.