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Wednesday , November 30, 2011. Bliink2. Agenda. Name the network Literacy Frame Bliink2 Draft Smart Goal Curriculum Embedded Critical Thinking Deconstructing the curriculum – Gallery Walk Break Learning Goals and Success Criteria Critical Challenge Reflection. Literacy Frame.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Bliink2
Agenda • Name the network • Literacy Frame • Bliink2 Draft Smart Goal • Curriculum Embedded CriticalThinking • Deconstructing the curriculum – GalleryWalk • Break • Learning Goals and SuccessCriteria • Critical Challenge • Reflection
Bliink2 Draft Smart Goal Draft Smart Goal: Through effective, engaging instruction across the multi-literacies each student will demonstrate an improvement in their ability to think critically by June 2012
Learning Goals • We are learning to deconstruct and understand the curriculum through the lens of critical thinking by means of the multiliteracies. • We are learning to build a community of thinkers
Deconstructing the Curriculum 1.8 – Grade 4 – LanguageCurriculum Responding to and EvaluatingTexts - express opinions about ideas and information in texts and cite evidencefrom the text to support their opinions
YourTurn! • Deconstruct the curriculum expectation 1.8 for your grade. • Highlightnouns, verbs and adjectives. • Whatdoesthismean in ourliteracy program?
Gallerywalk • Post yourdeconstructed expectation • Walk and Talk • What do you notice across the grades?
A Great Discovery • Record your thinking using a graffiti.
Learning Goal 1.8 – Grade 4 – Learning Goal We are learning to respond to text by expressing opinions and making reasonable judgements using evidence.
Learning Goal - Our Process • Used the title of the curriculum expectation: Responding to and Evaluating Text • Usedstudent-friendlylanguage • Focussed on an overarching learning goal • Embedded key messages from curriculum expectation
SuccessCriteria • I can express my opinion using ideas and information from different kinds of texts • I use ideas and information from different kinds of texts to make judgements • I can show that my judgements are reasonable by using evidence from the text
SuccessCriteria – Our process • Student-friendlylanguage • Qualititative vs. quantitative: use of the achievement chart 1)variety of text 2)Evaluating (making judgements) 3)Expressing opinion 4)Support information making connections to ideas and information in the text
Read and Reflect Read through Making Thinking Visible • p.58 What is Visible Thinking? and; • p. 59 Thinking Routines: Tools for Making Thinking Visible
Critical Challenge • Think about the language curriculum expectation 1.8 • What are the links to criticalthinking?
How weDeveloped the Question • Referred to document Asking Effective Questions, LNS • Made links to Learning Goal • Anticipatedstudentresponses and thinking (media literacy, inferring, purpose and audience, environment) • Focused on an open-ended question • ThoughtthroughGini-Newman’s type 3 questions
Guiding Questions Form an opinion and make a judgement about this clip. As you are watching keep in mind the following questions: What is the purpose of this clip? Who is the audience? What is the message?
The Question and ourCriteria Does this video have a significant impact on your thinking around the environment? Global warming Urban development Recycling
Reflecting on our Criteria Does this video have a significant impact on your thinking around the environment? Urban development Global Warming Recycling
Additive Teaching • This video is a commercial! Now does this video have a significant impact on your thinking around the environment? Urban development Global warming Recycling
Additive Teaching • This video is a commercial! Now does this video have a significant impact on your thinking around the environment? Urban development Global warming Recycling
ActivateyourSchema… • Commercial for what product? • Has your thinking changed?
Reflecting on our Criteria Now, does this video have a significant impact on your thinking around the environment? Urban development Urban development Recycling
Summary of CriticalThinking • Deconstruct and understand the curriculum through the lens of critical thinking by means of the multiliteracies.
Reflect and Record • In groups of three, determine the threemost important messages thatyouwilltakewithyoutoday.