Franklin School Presents:

A Family Literacy Workshop

Help Your Child BLOOM into a Better Thinker

April 4, 2012

"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think

up if only you try!"

(Theodor Seuss Geisel)

Overview of the Workshop

What is Bloom’s Taxonomy?Explore the six levelsHow to use the levels at homeWork with a teacher

Design questions for each level

Share discoveries

Remembering

Can the child recall or remember information?

RememberingActivities

•List of main ideas •Recite a poem•Make a chart•Make a timeline•List five new words you learned

Understanding

Can the child explain ideas or concepts?

UnderstandingActivities

•Write a summary•Sequence the events•Predict an outcome•Make a cartoon strip•Illustrate some aspect of the story

Applying

Can the child use information in a new way?

ApplyingActivities

•Write a letter recommending this book•Change the ending of the story•Lesson learned applied to real life•Write a journal entry from the point of view of one of the characters

Analyzing

Can the child break information into parts to explore

understandings and relationships?

AnalyzingActivities

•Compare and contrast characters•Tell five ways the main character is like you•Analyze a character’s behavior•Design a questionnaire to gather information

Evaluating

Can a child give evidence to support a decision or an

answer?

EvaluatingActivities

•Is the title a good one for the book…defend your position•Name the character you would most likely be friends with…defend your position•Tell about the most exciting part of the book…defend your position

Creating

Can the student generate new products, ideas,or ways of viewing

things?

CreatingActivities

•Rewrite a story using a different setting and/or different characters•Compose music for this book•Design costumes for the characters•Write a short story using the same characters

Goldilocks and the Three Bears• Remembering: List the items that Goldilocks tried while she

was in the three bears’ house.• Understanding: Explain why Goldilocks did not like the

Papa Bear’s bed.• Applying: Perform a skit about what would happen if

Goldilocks came to your house.• Analyzing: Compare this story to reality. What parts of the

story could not really happen?• Evaluating: Do you agree with what Goldilocks did? Why or

why not?• Creating: Rewrite the story with the title, “Goldilocks and

the Three Chimps.”

Learning is a consequence of thinking.

From Smart Schools: Better Thinking and Learning for Every ChildBy David Perkins 1992 New York: Free Press

21st Century LearnersMust Develop the Skills Most Necessary

for Success in the 21st Century Workplace…

Good communication skills

Ability to work in teams

Ability to build relationships

2008 Ohio Labor Task Force

Every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young

to use their own minds.

For one thing is sure:

If they don’t make up their own minds, someone will do it

for them. Eleanor Roosevelt

From Reading is Thinking 2011 by Stephanie Harvey New York Reading Comprehension Institute

Family Literacy NightPrincipal of Franklin School: Mr. Seamus Regan

Presented by Joanne Mickolajczyk, Reading Specialist

Table Leaders/Childcare Providers:•Donna Jones-Schmidt, Kindergarten Teacher•Candice Groves, Kindergarten Teacher•Christine LaMotta, Kindergarten Teacher•Sherry Manning, 2nd Grade Teacher•Ellen Porter, 2nd Grade Teacher•Elyse Joseph, 3rd Grade Teacher•Anna Garella, 4th Grade Teacher•Lois Saland, Special Education Teacher•Sheryl Hoffman, Basic Skills Teacher•Bergenfield High School Honor Society Students