The Inquiry Classroom: WONDER Framework® Critical Thinking & Discussion Toolkit

Give your students a repeatable habit for real thinking — not just right answers. The Inquiry Classroom is a 10-page professional learning micro-module built around an original framework, WONDER (Watch, Open a Question, Nose Into Evidence, Discuss It, Evaluate, Relate It), that walks K-5 teachers through turning any lesson into an inquiry-based discussion.

What's inside:

✔ The full WONDER Framework, explained stage-by-stage

✔ Before/After question examples across literacy, science, social studies & art

✔ A realistic classroom scenario showing the framework in action

✔ "The Evidence Challenge" — a source-analysis activity for any photo, artifact, or passage

✔ 10 discussion sentence stems for respectful disagreement & evidence-based talk

✔ A teacher self-reflection page

✔ A classroom-ready, reproducible Young Thinker's Inquiry Sheet (grades 3-5, adaptable younger)

Perfect for a Friday PD session, a team book-study alternative, or a teacher wanting one clear routine for inquiry-based learning, critical thinking, and classroom discussion — no new curriculum required.