This week, I am preparing our next Inquiry project for my Grade 1 classroom. With my head in the inquiry learning clouds, I thought I would play around and create a Canva compiling some ways to organize and explore a Flower Inquiry with students. I think about all of the new vocabulary and ideas I have assembled over the weeks from various sources. Being able to incorporate these into my inquiry plans, in my role as a facilitator, would prove very valuable.

I recently discovered Canva and I would say I am still a general newbie with regards to exploring all of it’s options, but I do find myself turning to it more and more for things. I appreciate all of the free templates and I find it very easy to navigate and create. I run the social media pages (Instagram & Facebook) for our school, and I love that I can quickly whip up a poster for a Popcorn Sale or a Spirit Day and it looks like a professional advertisement! I have also levelled up my classroom newsletters from a Microsoft Publisher or Google Doc. BOOM! Now, they get a creative, colourful Canva poster or Infograph! I feel like it gives the illusion that I am techy…joke is on them! But, Canva is a valuable tool for educators and I would highly recommend checking it out if you haven’t done so already!

To learn more about Inquiry models, check out these resources…

• Grade Power Learning
• Rethink Together
• Inspired Teaching
• Picture Word Induction Model