Critical ThinkingWith our Youngest Learners

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“close, attentive reading”…”critical reading”… “reasoning and use of

evidence”… “comprehend, evaluate, synthesize”… “understand

precisely…question…assess the veracity” …. “cite specific evidence” … “evaluate others’ point of view”…

“reading independently and closely”…

Teaching is NOT Telling Kids What to Think...

Where in the day couldcritical thinking occur?

Where Are You With This?

Are Your Kids There?

Clearly UnderstandingLower vs. Higher Level Thinking

the answer is already known

instead of asking kids…

Is 10 bigger or smaller

than 7?

Or, instead of asking kids…

Which is bigger, 10 or 7?

Ask students this…

Why is 10 bigger than 7?

Clearly UnderstandingLower vs. Higher Level Thinking

the answer is already known

Are we communicating this language WITH students?

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….followed by our evidence based

thinking, tells others

the rationale for our thinking.

Critical Thinking Rubric

FirstWe must be Critical

Thinkers…

Form an opinion and justify it!

Agree or disagree.Image: http://www.1vigor.com/brain-power/Clear-Thinking/index.html

BuildCommunity

Justifying Our Opinions

Communication Clubs

Analogy Poster

Daily Analogies

“Mrs. Jones, this is hard!”“I don’t know.”

Who Remembers DOL?

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Venn Diagrams

Making Inferences with…

Picture of the Day

Pictures*are*

Informational textRIT.7 “Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and

formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.”

observing

describing

AnaLyzing

Inferring

Describing & Inferring Picturesis most like…

Reading ReaL Life.

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Pictures = Brain-based

Making Inferences with…

Picture of the Day

What Do You

Think?What Do You

See?

observing details

describing details

AnaLyzing details

Making inferencesabout the details $

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Justifying Scientific Claims

Sorting, Classifying & Ranking

Character Analysis With Text Based Evidence

Images: www.julieballew.com

The Take-Aways

Image: D. Garland

Thank You!