Beyond question stems critical thinking in the 21st century classroom

South Mebane Elementary September 19, 2012 Beyond question stems : Best Practices for Critical Thinking in the 21 st Century Classroom by Jennifer Jones helloliteracy.blogspot.com he

South Mebane Elementary

September 19, 2012

Beyond question stems :

Best Practices for Critical Thinking

in the 21 st Century Classroom

by Jennifer Jones helloliteracy.blogspot.com helloliteracy@gmail.com

Virtual Annotation

(aka Parking Lot)

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Setting

The stage

for thinking deeply & critically

The Guided Reading Table

Strategy #2 Describe Guided Reading as a

Session Rather than a Lesson

• Teacher support enables students to problem-solve, connect and discover

• Session is conversational in format

• (K-2)Students read a lot (2-5) Students talk a lot

Strategy #15 Engage All Students, Regardless of Instructional Reading Level, in Thinking Deeply About Story

•Beyond a series of questions

•Beyond “Today I want you to make

a prediction.”

•Beyond story retelling

•Beyond details of the reading

process but active in all of it

•Meaning at the text level

The Language of Teaching Comprehension Instruction Deeply

Little Questions Big Questions

What houses did

each pig build? How are the pigs’ houses different?

Why did the writer have the third pig build the brick house instead of the second

pig?

What did the wolf say

before he blew down

the houses?

Why did the wolf say the same thing at each house?

What happens at the

beginning, middle

and end of the story?

What did the pigs learn from their experience?

A Where is Your Level of Thinking?

Are Your Kids There?

Lower vs Higher Level Thinking

the answer is already known

Critical Thinking Rubric

….

Build

Community

Justifying my answers

Justifying Scientific Claims

Build

trust

Science Notebooks…

…increase CRITICAL THINKING because students reflect on their learning and their thinking

National Assessments

4 th Grade Sample Items

http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx

Analogy Poster

Daily Analogies

“Mrs Jones, this is hard!”

“I don’t know.”

Schoolwide Vocabulary instruction

Tier 2 & Tier 3 Words

Urgency with Word Learning

Creating a Sense of Urgency

& the Relationship between Words & Learning

Making Inferences with…

Picture of the Day

You Tube * ***IS** Informational Text

Problem-Solvers in a Student

Centered Classroom

Problem Solving

Framework

have the right to question it and

judge for the reasons for yourself

First

We must be Critical

Thinkers…

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Critical Reading…

…is a way of looking at a book and

illustrator] are using to communicate a

author’s intentions

Accountable Talk

So What?

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Critical Read-Aloud

Think-Aloud

Character Analysis

With Evidence

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Text Level 3/4 Text Level 4 th /5 th

Evaluating Author’s Reasons & Word Choice

Critically

Responding to

Reading

Sticky Thinking

3rd

Non-fiction Reading

Shift Our Thinking from… “What do want kids to KNOW?” to

“What do want kids to get out of it?”

Evaluating Non-Fiction Text

with Two-Column Notes…all strategies at once

Opinionated Students Blogging

blogs.wcpss.net/ourclassreads

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Planning & Assessing Critical Thinking

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Cooperative Learning

Short Term Book Clubs Long Term Book Clubs

Project Based Learning Inquiry is part of the Process

Higher Level Thinking Independent Projects

Schoolwide Research Model for LMES – remixed by Leigh Pittman from the AGOPE & WISE research models

Image: D Garland

Thank You!

This presentation has received rave reviews by the faculty of the three schools I have presented it to Many folks said that they finally understood what was teaching the Common Core way meant My own principal called

me a “rock star.” If your school or a school you know of, is interested in or could use some help with this I'd be more then willing to travel and present

to the faculty and staff Please contact me and we can figure out transportation and time compensation expenses I can contacted at helloliteracy@gmail.com References available upon request