Inquiry
Inquiry is a central organizing principle when children are able to construct their own understanding. We expect that both teachers and students will generate questions and learn how to investigate to gain understanding. Learning is an important product of this focused investigation; academic skills are embedded in the context of this meaningful work. Part of the process of inquiry is reflective: What do I know? What do I understand? Where am I now? Where do I want to be? What are the next steps? Reflective learners develop thinking habits that make them better at learning. In our classrooms, the teacher models thinking, planning, risk taking, implementing, and reflection.
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