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
RememberingActivities
•List of main ideas •Recite a poem•Make a chart•Make a timeline•List five new words you learned
UnderstandingActivities
•Write a summary•Sequence the events•Predict an outcome•Make a cartoon strip•Illustrate some aspect of the story
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
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
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
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