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    Blog Post

    Networking Your Students' Neurons

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Brain and Nervous System
    Brain Stem
    Limbic System
    Cortex
    Neurons

    Blog Post

    Writing and the Global Village

    FAQ Page

    Where can I see PBL in action?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Project-Based Learning
    Writing Project
    Graphing Project
    Web Project
    Performing Project
    Audio-Visual Project
    Community Project
    Inquiry Process

    Blog Post

    5 Ways Writers Can Connect with Readers

    Blog Post

    10 Reasons to Try Project-Based Learning

    21st Century Skills: 
    Project-Based Learning
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    Blog Post

    Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking

    Blog Post

    Feeling Somewhat Texty

    Blog Post

    Writing to Learn Revisited…Again

    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing to Learn

    Blog Post

    Writing Workshops: The Only Way to Go

    21st Century Skills: 
    Writing to Learn
    Collaborating

    Blog Post

    7 Effective Vocabulary-Building Activities

    21st Century Skills: 
    Building Vocabulary

    Blog Post

    Getting Your "Ugh" Across

    21st Century Skills: 
    Information Literacy
    Communicating
    Media Literacy

    Blog Post

    Test Your Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Impulse Control
    Emotion

    Blog Post

    Developing Students' Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Emotion
    Socialization
    Impulse Control
    Attention and Focus

    Blog Post

    Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Initiative
    Leadership
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Self-Care

    Blog Post

    What does your PLN look like?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills
    Communicating
    Collaborating
    Social Skills
    Initiative
    Flexibility
    Productivity
    Reading
    Writing
    Speaking
    Listening

    Blog Post

    Planning Less, Learning More

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Building Vocabulary

    Minilesson

    Analyzing the Medium of a Message

    Improve students' media literacy.

    Student Writing Model

    Unique Wolves

    Sixth-grader Bryan wrote this report after visiting a wolf park in Battle Ground, Indiana.

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Research Report
    Theme: 
    Animals
    Science
    Environment
    Nature

    Books

    Inquire Elementary

    Level: 
    Grade 4
    Grade 5
    Page Count: 
    386
    Student Handbook
    Price: $24.95

    Books

    Inquire Middle School

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Page Count: 
    482
    Student Handbook
    Price: $24.95

    Books

    Inquire High School

    Level: 
    Grade 9
    Grade 10
    Grade 11
    Grade 12
    Page Count: 
    624
    Student Handbook
    Price: $24.95

    Minilesson

    Using Anecdotes in Formal Writing

    Add a narrative touch to formal writing.

    Illustration of a flying fish jumping over a boy in a rowboat

    FAQ Page

    What are the qualities of writing?

    English Language Arts: 
    Qualities of Writing
    Structure
    Ideas
    Conventions

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