beyond question stems: critical thinking in the 21st century classroom
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I developed and delivered this presentation for South Mebane Elementary School in Alamance County. The focus was higher order thinking and critical thinking skills in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Language, Comprehension and Vocabulary standards were highlighted from the Common Core with a special emphasis on the 3 shifts of the Common Core for ELA.TRANSCRIPT
South Mebane Elementary
September 19, 2012
Beyond question stems: Best Practices for Critical Thinking
in the 21st Century Classroom
by Jennifer Jones helloliteracy.blogspot.com
Virtual Annotation (aka Parking Lot)
www.todaysmeet.com/smeseptember19
flickr by roujo
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
First We must be Critical
Thinkers…
Form an opinion and justify it!
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Build Community
Justifying my answers
Justifying Scientific Claims
Build trust
Science Notebooks…
…increase CRITICAL THINKING because students reflect on their
learning and their thinking.
Justifying in math w
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National Assessments 4th 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
…before We can be Critical
Readers.
You don’t have to believe everything you read in a book, you have the right to question it and
judge for the reasons for yourself.
First We must be Critical
Thinkers…
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Literary Text
Or
Informational Text
So What?
Critical Reading… …is a way of looking at a book and
analyzing what the author is saying and
the methods the author [and
illustrator] are using to communicate a
message or idea. Your analysis is
complete when you have formed your
own interpretations of the
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 4th/5th
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?”
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cwf-fcf.org BIG
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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
www.julieballew.com
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 [email protected] References available upon request.
