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  • Teacher Toolbox
    • Thinking Routines
    • Comprehension Strategies
    • Metacognition Strategies
    • Discourse Strategies
    • Formative Assessments Strategies
  • Professional Resources
    • Common Core
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    • Life-Long Learners
    • Reading & Vocabulary
    • Standards Based Grading
    • Writing
  • Our Journey
    • Hart Middle School
    • Reuther Middle School
    • Rochester High School
    • Van Hoosen Middle School
    • West Middle School
  • Creative Ideas
  • Conferences
    • Moving Learning Forward 2015 Conference
    • Moving Learning Forward 2014 Conference

LIT BIT

April 27, 2015

4/27/2015

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Are you on Twitter?  If not… Twitter is a great resource for sharing CoT ideas and resources.  Check out#rcstfm (Our Think from the Middle website) or #8CulChat (a professional learning community dedicated to discussing Ritchhart’s new book, Creating Cultures of Thinking, and led by local Oakland Schools’ teachers)


Environment: Check out this article http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/14/this-is-what-a-student-designed-school-looks-like/ about what a student-designed school looks like.  The article is about a pilot school (The Independent Project) that eight students helped to develop in 2010 and is still going strong. 

Time & Opportunities: Ever wonder what happens to your brain when you have a brilliant idea?  Check out this infographic from Vivian Giang from http://www.edutopia.org/ 

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April 20, 2015

4/20/2015

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  • As a follow up to our April 14 staff meeting, a copy of "Creating Environments That Bring Out the Best in Learners (p. 259 & 260 from Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools by Ron Ritchhart) and a copy of Profile of a Modern Teacher were placed in your mailbox.  Consider these things as you re-envision your classroom environment for the 2015-16 school year. 

  • 8 Things to Look for in Today’s Classroom by George Couros (found on
    http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5027) includes several of the 8 Cultural Forces such as Time, Opportunities, andInteractions.  

  • What type of questions do you ask in your classroom?  Ron Ritchhart has found that most classrooms involve a majority of review  and procedural questions, while CoT (culture of thinking) classrooms include generative, constructive and facilitativequestions.  Check out the list of questions types here:http://ronritchhart.com/COT_Resources_files/A%20Typology%20of%20Classroom%20Questions.pdf 

  •  Thought of the week: 
    "I never teach my pupils.  I only provide the conditions in which they can learn."   Albert Einstein 
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April 13, 2015

4/13/2015

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  • Great quote to think about as we start the fourth quarter:  “A mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions” – Oliver Wendell Homes, Sr. 

  • Language- The Blooms Taxonomy Question Stem list is a great tool to use when lesson planning or reflecting on a lesson.  How many of the “stems” do you use from levels 4, 5 and 6?  This list fits nicely with the “Wheel of Wonder” we received a few years ago.   This list is from www.teachthought.com 

  • Opportunities & Language- From www.edutopia.org , What Does Transformational Teaching Look Like? lists several aspects of transformational teaching (versus informational teaching).
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