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Keeping an "I" Out for the Answers Lesson PlanKeeping an "I" Out for the Answers Lesson Plan
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Keeping an "I" Out for the Answers

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Students work in cooperative groups brainstorming questions they want answered about a topic. They write the list of questions generated on one side of an I-Chart. Each group is assigned a resource to locate and gather answers to the questions.

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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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