Developing Critical Thinking in Our Youngest Learners
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The document discusses critical thinking strategies for young learners, emphasizing the importance of teaching students to question, evaluate, and synthesize information rather than simply providing answers. It suggests incorporating critical thinking throughout the day and using various methods such as analogies and visual media to engage students. The focus is on fostering a community of critical thinkers who can articulate their opinions and justify their reasoning.
Developing Critical Thinking in Our Youngest Learners
- 1. Critical Thinking With our Youngest Learners
- 5. “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”…
- 6. Teaching is NOT Telling Kids What to Think...
- 7. Where in the day could critical thinking occur?
- 9. Where Are You With This? Are Your Kids There?
- 10. Clearly Understanding Lower vs. Higher Level Thinking the answer is already known
- 15. instead of asking kids… Is 10 bigger or smaller than 7?
- 16. Or, instead of asking kids… Which is bigger, 10 or 7?
- 17. Ask students this… Why is 10 bigger than 7?
- 18. Clearly Understanding Lower vs. Higher Level Thinking the answer is already known Are we communicating this language WITH students? $
- 23. First We must be Critical Thinkers… Form an opinion and justify it! Agree or disagree.Image: http://www.1vigor.com/brain-power/Clear-Thinking/index.html
- 30. Analogy Poster Daily Analogies “Mrs. Jones, this is hard!” “I don’t know.”
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- 40. Venn Diagrams
- 41. Making Inferences with… Picture of the Day
- 42. Pictures *are* Informational text RIT.7 “Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.”
- 44. Describing & Inferring Pictures is most like… Reading ReaL Life.
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- 54. Making Inferences with… Picture of the Day
- 56. What Do You Think? What Do You See?
- 57. observing details describing details AnaLyzing details Making inferences about the details $
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- 61. Sorting, Classifying & Ranking
- 62. Character Analysis With Text Based Evidence Images: www.julieballew.com
- 65. The Take-Aways Image: D. Garland
- 69. Thank You!