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Welcome to Irwin’s K-1 LI/TD PLC!

Welcome to Irwin’s K-1 LI/TD PLC!. October 15, 2012. Analytical Thinking & The Portfolio Process. How can I foster analytical thinking with my child?. Tonight’s Agenda:. Welcome and hellos Review our PLC’s Norms Analytical Thinking and the Connection to the Common Core

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Welcome to Irwin’s K-1 LI/TD PLC!

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  1. Welcome to Irwin’s K-1 LI/TD PLC! October 15, 2012

  2. Analytical Thinking & The Portfolio Process How can I foster analytical thinking with my child?

  3. Tonight’s Agenda: • Welcome and hellos • Review our PLC’s Norms • Analytical Thinking and the Connection to the Common Core • What Does Analytical Thinking Look Like for Students? • What Does Analytical Thinking Look Like for Parents & Teachers? • Research about Analytical Thinking • Resources • Q & A • Thinking ahead … Our next meeting is November 19, 2012 @ 6:00 pm • Topic:

  4. Introductions • Hello! • Your Name • Child’s name and grade level

  5. Our PLC’s Norms • Start & End on Time • Cell phones on silent • Materials and/or “Take Aways” will be made available on-line or as hard copies • Respect All Ideas • Present & Engaged • Listen Attentively & Participate

  6. What is Analytical Thinking? An analytical thinker is one who does one or more of the following: analyzes classroom tasks, is unusually attentive to details, sees cause and effect relationships, takes apart and reassembles things or ideas with unusual skill, expresses relationships between past/present experiences, makes up or expands songs, stories and riddles about learning experiences and/or organizes collections of things. (Kingore) Analysis involves the breaking down of a complex whole into parts. By understanding the parts and the relationships between the parts, the underlying structure of the complex whole can be understood better. (2005 Maker and Shriever)

  7. Where Does Analytical ThinkingFit Into the Curriculum? Let’s make connections to the Common Core…

  8. Analytical Thinking: Rigor and Relevance The Common Core already asks students to think analytically in many cases. When teachers and parents approach lesson planning, projects and homework with Analytical Thinking in mind, we can ensure the scaffolding of lessons to include the highest levels of thinking. Analytical Thinking opportunities should also be rigorous and relevant!

  9. Common Core Connections- Language Arts

  10. Common Core Connections- Language Arts

  11. Common Core Connections- Math

  12. Common Core Connections- Math

  13. What Does Analytical ThinkingLook Like for Students? Let’s check out some examples…

  14. What Does it Look Like? • Solves abstract math problems. • Able to predict outcomes based on previous experiences. • Forms associations across time and disciplines within a topic of study. • Retains details from observation and can write or tell what they have experienced. • Compares and contrasts ideas, characters, objects, etc. • Take things/ideas apart to examine how they work. • Writes stories with a problem/solution relationship. • Alternative solutions, outcomes are discussed and evaluated. Kingore, B. (2001) The Kingore Observation Inventory. 2nd ed. Austin: Professional Associates Publishing

  15. What Does it Look Like? • Asks, “what might happen if…” • Make rules and discuss reasoning about categorizations and classifications. • Chooses a problem solving strategy based on the problem and explain reasoning. • Reaches “big ideas” based on details or examples. • Generalizes theme based on reading selected stories. • Creates original songs, stories or riddles that shows understanding of the whole idea/topic/theme after having examined and studied the details/parts of the whole. Kingore, B. (2001) The Kingore Observation Inventory. 2nd ed. Austin: Professional Associates Publishing

  16. What Does Analytical ThinkingLook Like for Parents & Teachers? Let’s check out some examples…

  17. Examples of Activities to Promote Analytical Thinking: Venn Diagrams Word Webs Literature Webs Thinking Maps Graphing Analogies, particularly identifying the relationship Multistep, complex word problems Metacognition / reflection

  18. What Does Research Say about Analytical Thinking? Let’s check out some examples…

  19. Related Articles • Please clicklink above to read articles • Thinking about Mathematical Thinkingby Eric L. Mann, Teaching for High Potential • They Have Eyes, But Do They See?By Steve V. Coxon, Teaching for High Potential • Integration of critical thinking skills into elementary school teacher education courses in mathematics • Ten Takeaway Tips for Teaching Critical Thinkingby Mariko Nobori • Critical Thinking at the Primary Levelby Judith Gugel • How Media Literacy Fosters Critical Thinking by Marlene Thier • Nurturing Mathematical Minds: Differentiation Strategies and Curriculum that Promote Growth by Michelle Sands, Teaching for High Potential

  20. What Strategies Promote Analytical Thinking? Check out these strategies ..

  21. K-2 Strategies • Math: • Demonstrates complex AND abstract thinking: solving multi-step story problems, solving story problems that require students to utilize and integrate multiple skills, correctly solving higher-level story problems • Generalizes from only a few examples: creates their own similar math problems or puzzles that have been modeled • Unusually attentive to details: shows all work to explain thinking, includes labels for pictures or diagrams, successfully solves problems that involve trial and error or guess and check • Thinks logically and uses problem solving strategies effectively: flexibility with problem solving strategies (draw a picture, use logical reasoning, make an organized list, create a table, etc…)

  22. K-2 Strategies • Writing: • Is unusually attentive to details: Includes many details (sequential order to describe a process) • Analyzes cause and effect, consequences, or alternatives: Suppose…, If… If, then.. Writes alternate endings to known stories, Question stems with consequences/implications • Creates songs, stories, or riddles related to the learning experience: Expresses their ideas in multiple formats • Organizes collections or ideas in unique ways:

  23. K-2 Strategies • Reading: • Is unusually attentive to details: can recall specific key information from text • Demonstrates complex and abstract thinking: • Analyzes cause and effect, consequences, or alternatives: understands cause and effect relationships, considers alternatives, successfully creates multi-flow maps to show cause and effect relationships, analyzes consequences of character actions or events in the text • Generalizes from only a few examples: Can identify theme and concepts from selections and within multiple selections

  24. What Resources Can We Use To Promote Analytical Thinking? Check out these resources ..

  25. Analytical Resource Book Balance Benders Beginning by The Critical Thinking Co.

  26. Analytical Resource Book Building Thinking Skills Grades 2-3 by The Critical Thinking Co.

  27. Analytical Resource Book • Analogies • Solve several above grade level analogies correctly, write using appropriate analogies, create bridge map showing self-created analogies Math Analogies Book 1 Grades 2-3 by The Critical Thinking Co.

  28. Analytical Resource Book • Mind Benders • Student use deductive thinking to complete logic puzzles by using reading comprehension and mental organization skills. Mind Benders Grades 1-2 By Critical Thinking Co.

  29. K-2 Resources • Venn Perplexors • Solve several perplexors correctly and create their own perplexor complete with poem, appropriate multi-step problem and accurate solution

  30. Five Why's refers to the practice of asking, five times, why the problem exists in order to get to the root cause of the problem Root Cause Analysis TechniqueFive Why’s Local water is polluted Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Factories dump chemicals Least expensive way to get rid of waste Need to keep prices low to compete with other companies Factory must stay in business to continue to employee workers Community members need jobs to provide for their families

  31. Root Cause Analysis Technique – Fishbone Diagram Fishbone Diagram (a.k.a. Cause and Effect Diagram) is an analysis tool that provides a systematic way of looking at effects and the causes that create or contribute to those effects. Cause Cause Detail Detail Result (Problem) Detail Detail Cause Cause The value of the Fishbone Diagram is that it provides a method for categorizing the many potential causes of problems or issues in an orderly way and in identifying root causes

  32. The Multi-Flow Map:Cause and Effect Guiding Questions:What are the causes and effects of this event? Where did you get your information? Did a specific time period influence the causes and/or effects?

  33. Who is causing the problem? Who says this is a problem? Who are impacted by this problem? Etc. Basic Questions to Askin Defining A Problem Who What Where • What will happen if this problem is not solved? • What are the symptoms? • What are the impacts? • Etc. • Where does this problem occur? • Where does this problem have an impact? • Etc. When Why How • When does this problem occur? • When did this problem first start occurring? • Etc. • Why is this problem occurring? • Why? • Why? • Etc. • How should the process or system work? • How are people currently handling the problem? • Etc.

  34. What Have You Learned About Analytical Thinking? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & ATTENTION!

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