Inquiry+Chart

 **The inquiry chart strategy** is great to use when guiding your students through the research process. It includes a planning phase, interacting phase, and an integrating/evaluation phase (see below). The inquiry chart will help you guide your students though selecting a topic, determining what they already know, and obtain information from a variety of sources. In the integrating and evaluation phase, students then compare and summarize their research. You will need to provide a great deal of guidance at first, but the goal is to gradually release more responsibility to your students until they can work independently.

**Interacting Phase ** **Integrating and Evaluation Phase ** 
 * Planning Phase **
 * Topic Identification
 * Question Formation
 * I-Chart Construction
 * Materials Collection
 * Exploration of Prior Knowledge and Beliefs
 * Sharing of Interesting Facts and New Questions
 * Reading and Rereading
 * Summarizing
 * Comparing
 * Researching
 * Reporting
 * For more information about the inquiry chart strategy, please visit:**

http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratIChart.html