March+26,+2010

March 26, 2010 __Visible Thinking:__ Thinking Routines (Project Zero/Harvard Page) where more information about protocols to use with adults and students can be found. __Think, Ink, Pair, Share__: We broke up into groups of 3-4 (folks who had read Reading and Math)… next time we need to make sure that math and reading are broken up more evenly. __Share Out:__ //Math:// //Reading://
 * KWC chart (what you know, what you need to find out, conditions or things to remember)
 * Thinking about the power of questioning – and students investigating answers on their own
 * The KWC as it is connected to the story problem process – we should do a better job of this! The idea is that if you front-load the process of having students think about the problem, then the rest will be easier (think about spending time just working on the questions and investigating the questions – don’t even do the problem!)
 * Be specific about selections
 * Wondering: engaging, inference, inspiring
 * Purposes of questioning and modeling
 * Inference: finding evidence/interpreting
 * Asking questions before, during, and after
 * Charting information and then text coding!
 * We want kids to learn the skill of questioning throughout all aspects of their lives
 * Don’t disregard questions that you think aren’t connected (try to figure out that question)
 * Provide thinking time for students
 * Let someone else do the anchor chart while another teacher teaches

//What extended our thinking?// //NEXT STEPS//
 * Let’s take pictures of our anchor charts and post them on a wiki so that we can share them across grade levels and talk about where kids are coming from and going
 * Wondering Box…
 * Students can answer adult questions (building a learning community)
 * How do we work on higher-level (richer) math problems that are not formulaic?
 * To teach it well you need to experience it yourself
 * Balanced instruction – sometimes what’s visible in the room is more teacher driven (what the teacher is excited about)
 * Students drive the reading strategy (students come up with the questions and wondering)… how do we do that with other strategies like making inferences?
 * Maybe we think about reading strategies across subjects
 * $ Regular Chart Paper
 * Anchor charts on the wiki
 * $ Lined oak tag for poetry
 * Create wiki of notes from each meeting