Literacy+Day+at+Columbia+Sharing


 * Although each workshop I attended inspired me, I was really intrigued by Stephanie Harvey in the workshop, __Research Doesn't Have to Take Six Weeks: Mini-Inquiries That__ **


 * __Are__ ****__Quick and__ __Effective.__ She related the importance of promoting student questions and inquiries to promote engagement. She verified that we need to help kids extend their **


 * thinking through ****questioning and researching to find the answers. This supported the quote, "The more we know, the more we wonder." She suggested we make class charts **


 * with the students on how we find ****answers, like in reference books, the internet, interviews, etc. She noted that most of the information shared is in her book, **__Inquiry Circles in__

__Action __**. A final quote summed up the workshop perfectly: **


 * "Today's knowledge, is tomorrow's background." **


 *  It made me realize how essential it is for students to continue to form questions about their learning, so that they gain ****background knowledge to continue ****to wonder! **

﻿  Eileen Koch