The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing

‘’Making the Words Come Alive’’

Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D. (www.institute4learning.com)

Rise and Shine Expo 2013

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The Republic of Singapore

September 28, 2013

Self Smart

Word Smart

Number/Logic Smart

Picture Smart

Body Smart

Music Smart

Nature Smart

People Smart

MI Pizza

Strategies for Logic Smart Students

• Words: analyze origins of words

• Text: use logical graphic organizers

• Books: employ sources with numbers

• Styles: assist in quantifying when reading or writing

Strategies for Self Smart Students

• Words: mind-map associations when writing

• Text: create personal links for comprehension

• Books: use passionate texts

• Styles: allow space for emotions when reading or writing

Strategies for People Smart Students

• Words: use vocabulary in everyday life

• Text: see social context in reading and writing

• Books: use socially relevant/interactive sources

• Styles: allow students to read/write together

Strategies for Nature Smart Students

• Words: explore nature origins of phonemes and words• Text: look for nature references in reading• Books: select books that deal with nature• Styles: read and write in nature or with pets

Strategies for Body Smart Students

• Words: act out phonemes and vocabulary

• Text: role play reading selections

• Books: select books that have hands-on features

• Styles: allow movement while reading or writing

Strategies for Picture Smart Students

• Words: draw vocabulary and spelling words

• Text: visualize after reading something

• Books: use visually-rich sources• Styles: let kids draw what they write, or

draw what they read

Strategies for Music Smart Students

• Words: repeat words and definitions rhythmically

• Text: be sensitive to auditory imagery while reading or writing

• Books: select texts that have musical features

• Styles: promote out loud reading and writing

MI Lesson Plan Mind-Map

Objective

Linguistic - How can I use the spoken or written word?

Logical-Mathematical - How can I bring in numbers, calculations, logic, classifications, or critical thinking?

Spatial - How can I use visual aids, visualization, color, art, or metaphor?

Musical - How can I bring in music or environmental sounds, or set key points in a rhythmic or melodic framework?

Bodily-Kinesthetic - How can I involve the whole body or the use of hands-on experiences?Naturalist - How can I incorporate

living things or systems?

Interpersonal - How can I engage students in peer sharing, cooperative learning, or large group simulation?

Intrapersonal - How can I evoke personal feelings or memories, or give students choices?

MI and Reading a Book

Linguistic – delight in sounds of words

Logical-Mathematical – focus on references to numbers (of sleepers in the world) Spatial – enjoy the superb

pictures and images

Musical – emphasize the Seuss rhythms

Bodily-Kinesthetic – read it in bed; mimic yawning, tooth-brushing, and other actions in bookNaturalist – examine how animals

of different kinds sleep, build nests

Interpersonal – act out sections of the book as a group (e.g. yawns)

Intrapersonal – share sleep experiences (talking, walking, snoring, dreaming etc.)

Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book

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