Building Thinking Classrooms is an instructional framework designed to actively engage students in collaborative problem-solving and critical thinking. In this professional development session, we will explore how to create a learning environment that promotes movement, collaboration, and rigorous thinking on a daily basis. Participants will learn strategies to implement rich tasks that challenge students to think deeply, communicate their reasoning, and engage in meaningful discourse with their peers. This approach fosters a culture of curiosity and perseverance, empowering students to take ownership of their learning. By the end of the session, educators will walk away with practical tools and techniques to create a dynamic, thinking-centered classroom where every student is an active participant in the learning process.
This session will help teachers engage students in meaningful discussions using dynamic methods such as Socratic Seminars, Speed Dating, and Turn and Talk. Each of these strategies can be used in all content areas.Teachers will learn to foster deep, reflective conversations with open-ended questions in Socratic Seminars, facilitate quick exchanges in Speed Dating, and create low-pressure peer discussions with Turn and Talk. Come see how these can be used in ALL content areas!!!!
What are FoldablesTM? Foldables are multi-dimensional graphic organizers that can be used for skills reinforcement, practice, and/or information organizing. Why use FoldablesTM? Not only do Foldables reinforce skills and strategies essential for reading success, they provide a kinesthetic tool for organizing and analyzing learning. Join our sceince staff in how to use simple foldables across the curriculum to enhance thinking and learning.
This breakout session will provide a variety of AVID strategies that can be used to support your classroom instruction. With a menu of options to choose from, these practical strategies can be applied to the lessons and activities that you are already doing. Engagement, collaboration, WICOR, and exit strategies will be covered and how combining a few strategies together can strengthen the impact of your instruction. Slides, with explanation and protocols will be made available for easy implementation.
Building Thinking Classrooms is an instructional framework designed to actively engage students in collaborative problem-solving and critical thinking. In this professional development session, we will explore how to create a learning environment that promotes movement, collaboration, and rigorous thinking on a daily basis. Participants will learn strategies to implement rich tasks that challenge students to think deeply, communicate their reasoning, and engage in meaningful discourse with their peers. This approach fosters a culture of curiosity and perseverance, empowering students to take ownership of their learning. By the end of the session, educators will walk away with practical tools and techniques to create a dynamic, thinking-centered classroom where every student is an active participant in the learning process.
Learn how to practically and easily apply the use of Thinking Maps is a whole-school learning methodology that is used across all grades and content areas. Thinking Maps is a brain-based approach to teaching and learning designed to build foundational critical thinking, problem-solving, comprehension, and communication skills necessary for academic success. Thinking Maps are a set of eight visual patterns or icons that each represent a specific cognitive process. As students build fluency with the Maps, they internalize these cognitive skills and learn how to become better learners, thinkers, and communicators.
This breakout session will provide a variety of AVID strategies that can be used to support your classroom instruction. With a menu of options to choose from, these practical strategies can be applied to the lessons and activities that you are already doing. Engagement, collaboration, WICOR, and exit strategies will be covered and how combining a few strategies together can strengthen the impact of your instruction. Slides, with explanation and protocols will be made available for easy implementation.
Learn how to practically and easily apply the use of Thinking Maps is a whole-school learning methodology that is used across all grades and content areas. Thinking Maps is a brain-based approach to teaching and learning designed to build foundational critical thinking, problem-solving, comprehension, and communication skills necessary for academic success. Thinking Maps are a set of eight visual patterns or icons that each represent a specific cognitive process. As students build fluency with the Maps, they internalize these cognitive skills and learn how to become better learners, thinkers, and communicators.
