Interview #2 Librarian from the Elementary world .... What are some fun things you do to teach INQUIRY skills?

 

Meeting Up with Mrs. Louise Kay who has been a librarian for the past fifteen years. 

     When thinking about the word INQUIRE, Mrs. Kay says many things pops to mind in her home at her school library. Many of her students are curious to what type of books she has in the library. They have a chance to explore on their own with passes given from their teachers in small group settings. She loves to create posters with her students on subjects that interest them. With this, they build upon a list of books in the library that they could use to make this a four week long project.  It might be subjects like historical fiction, butterflies, technology and things like real world connections. Within these posters, they learn to use different types of software and programs such as see saw, poster my wall, and canva. The teacher has set up virtual lessons and videos through google classroom for students to use to create their posters. 

Here is an example of one of the students from her class last spring and one of the posters they created. With this, students are responsible for their own learning and reading of books they would enjoy from what they chose in a subject. The students she said are able to INQUIRE through generating products that illustrate learning.