HOW CAN WE MAKE THINKING VISIBLE? PD for GWA TA’s in the PYP

2013

HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU TO ALREADY…

Think, Pair, Share about what you do with your students to make their thinking visible

VIDEO TO SHOW OUR GOALS

GOALS

Make thinking visible to children, teachers and parents

PROCESS

Questioning

Listening

Clarify Thinking

Display/Document

QUESTIONING

Using Bloom’s taxonomy to develop more complex THINKING questions

LISTENING

Authentic communication

Use the words “I wonder….” while commenting about the work

CLARIFY THE THINKING

“What makes you say that?”

One of the best questions to help students consolidate their thinking

DOCUMENTING THINKING

Purpose;To show the thinking processHelp the students remember past

experiences/ideasDevelop ideas for the future

Brainstorms/Mind Maps-How do you show them?

TAKING PICTURES

View from children’s eye level

Is the thinking visible?

QUESTIONS?