LINKING THINKING MATERIALS
Thanks to Chris Ellesse from the SLN Forum for sending these materials in February 2006 - many thanks ! I think a lot of people will find these resources useful to help them sharpen up lesson objectives and plenaries, and to consider the methods used to learn: HOW have students learned as well as WHAT...
LINKING THINKING - a cover for the materials (Word)
LINKING THINKING - the background to the topic (Word)
OBJECTIVE STEMS AND VERBS - to make up your lesson objectives (Word)
PLENARY MAT - how to bring your lesson to a successful conclusion (Word)
SPIDER DIAGRAM - Reasons for using the definition cards... (Word)
COMMAND VERBS (Ppt) & UPDATED VERSION (Ppt)
DISPLAY BUBBLE: Lesson Objectives (Word)
DISPLAY BUBBLE: Key Verbs (Word)
DISPLAY BUBBLE: Levels of Challenge (Word)
DISPLAY BUBBLE: Metacognition (Word)
DIFFERENTIATION
What pupils bring to their learning.
All pupils are different and come to learning with the following
Differences in abilities
Interests
Feelings
First hand experiences
Environments
Resources
Expectations
Needs
Thoughts
Account will need to be taken of the differences in
Intervention
Assessment
Time
Involvement
Outcome
Necessary support
WHAT DO EFFECTIVE TEACHERS DO ?
DIRECT
TELL
DEMONSTRATE / MODEL
SUMMARISE / REVIEW PROGRESS
ASSESS
GIVE FEEDBACK
QUESTION
EXPLAIN
CLARIFY
ILLUSTRATE
and by doing this they enable PUPILS to:
EXPLORE / INVESTIGATE
CREATE / INVENT
ENQUIRE / RESEARCH
ANALYSE
PROCESS INFORMATION
EXPLAIN
GIVE REASONS FOR
RECOUNT / RECALL
REFLECT
EVALUATE
PRACTISE / CONSOLIDATE
Graphic organisers are an idea which I came across this year, following a visit by a colleague to Australia, where they use thinking skills a lot. Graphic Organisers are basically diagrams to help you to organise your thoughts. Thanks to Sarah Barnacle for her presentation at a recent network meeting, which provides the basis for this section of the page.
You will have probably heard of these before:
DIAMOND RANKING
VENN DIAGRAMS - 2 or 3 or 4 circles overlapping
PMI - Plus, Minus and Interesting (could be key facts / opinions /
Y DIAGRAMS
Used for 3 categories e.g. Social, Economic and Environmental or Primary, Secondary and Tertiary or Cause, Effect and Solution or Upper/Middle/Lower course of a river.
The presence or absence of labels can be interesting and prove a point.
OPV: Other People's Views
Important to provide a context which the students are familiar with when launching a new Graphic Organiser.
Also need to follow up the activity with a PLENARY. Good questions for the Plenary might include
Explain and justify your choice of the most important
Explain and justify your choice of the least important
Which items did you discard - why did you discard them ?
DON'T FORGET TO PEE !!
POINT - EXAMPLE - EXPLANATION
Discovered the PEE burger again, and borrowed the image from a HISTORY colleague.