1 Organizers for Thoughtful Teachers “Never let it be said that a handful of thoughtful people cannot make a difference, they are in fact the only thing that can.” Margaret Mead

2 Interpretation of Text Explanation Three’s Company

3 Explanation Which word does not belong? Why? Three’s a Crowd

4 Boggle Individual Information Retrieval Missed Information Points Earned Missed

5 Top Hat Similarities Differences

6 Similarities Differences

7 Are the items more alike or more different? What might be the causes for the differences? What conclusions or generalizations can you now make?

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9 Facts, Details Reactions, Feelings Questions New Ideas, Connections What is most important here?

10 Grouping and Labeling

11 Hypothesis Evidence to Support Evidence to Refute

12 Priority Pyramid Most Important Least Important

13 What is the big idea? What important details support the big idea? What is a connection you made? What questions do you have about the big idea?

14 Word/Concept Physical Understanding Linguistic Understanding Emotional Understanding Visual Understanding

15 Collaborative Summary Topic:_________________________________ My Key Ideas: _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Partner’s Key Ideas: _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Consensus Our Key Ideas _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ Collaborative Summary ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

16 Etch-A-Sketch Sketch Big Ideas and Details

17 Spider

18 QuestionsMain IdeaDetailsMonitor

19 Content What is it? What does it look like? What are the parts? What is the purpose? How does it operate? How did it originate? What is it part of? What is its importance?

20 Comparison Y Differences Similarities

21 Comparison Conclusion 1.Are the items more alike or more different? 2.What might contribute to the causes for the differences? 3. What generalizations or conclusions can you now make based upon your comparison?

22 Analogies Is to relationship in structure Is to Explanation the focus the target What are other things that have similar relationships in structure?

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24 Picture Feelings Question Prediction

25 Examples Category Word Defining Attributes Comparatives My Definition

26 Term: Level of Understanding: My description: ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Visual Association Content

27 Word: My educated guess:Dictionary Meaning How close was I to the meaning? Comparison of my meaning to dictionary meaning: Show you know:

28 people plants oxygen carbon dioxide as in order to survive, need as

29 Term and Description General Description Term and Description doleful extremely sad forlorn forsaken, abandoned desperate Unhappy, miserable Example

30 I learned….. I appreciate….. I wonder…. I truly understand….

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32 Make a Case What are you trying to prove? Specific Evidence Why? Step 1: Read the question. Ask yourself, “What am I trying to prove here?” Step 2: Find specific evidence to support your case. Step 3: Analyze why, in other words prove the evidence and make your case.

33 What? So What? Now What? What have I learned? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ So What? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Now What? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

34 Hypothesis Proof What do I think?

35 Attribute Importance Item Item Item Total Score Rating Scale: 3-Completely 2 Considerably 1 Somewhat 0 Not at All

36 The Facts What are the facts? What is missing? The Steps What steps can you take to solve the problem? The Question What question needs to be answered? Are there any hidden questions to be answered? The Diagram How can you represent the problem visually? The Solution

37 Alls Well That Ends Well Word Root Ending New Word Meaning

38 Reflective Writing Topic__________________________ Date_________ Essential Question Addressed: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Key Ideas Presented: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Connections I Can Make to Other Ideas: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Questions I Still Have: __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________

39 Mastery What did I do to get my homework done? What steps did I follow? Where did I work? When did I get it finished? Interpersonal What have I learned about my work habits? How do my work habits affect my school performance? Understanding How did I do? How do I know? Self Expressive How can I plan to improve next time? What is a goal I need to work on?

40 NOTES MY RESPONSES How did you do? Fill in the face to show how you feel about what you know. What do you need to do to improve?

41 Generalization How do you know? Application 1 Application 2

42 The Hook Mastery Style Interpersonal Style Understanding Self Expressive Standards:

43 Player A’s Sheet Player B’s Sheet Questions Player A Coaching Guide B Questions Player B Coaching Guide A

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45 Attention Meter The WandererThe WorkerThe DiscipleThe Master My thoughts are all over the place or I am sleepy or not paying attention. I am working to pay attention, but I keep having to bring myself back to the topic. I am in control of my attention. I am focused on the topic. It makes sense and I rarely have to refocus. I am incredibly well focused and everything makes sense. I am having a good time learning and I feel like I could pay attention for a long time. What is currently strengthening or weakening my powers of attention? Goals for Improving my Attention:

46 Four Styles of Attitudes Mastery “I love the facts.” “I sweat the details.” “I can remember anything.” Interpersonal “ I can make anyone my friend.” “I can understand other people, no matter how difficult they are.” “Nothing can get me down.” Understanding “There is no problem too big for me to solve.” “I know how to love the questions.” “There is nothing I can’t make interesting.” Self Expressive “Bold Ideas R’ Us” “There is nothing I can’t imagine.” “Mr./Ms. Creativity whenever I want or need to be.”

47 What are today’s class goals? How would others know you have made progress toward those goals? What steps do you think the class will go through? What goals do you want to work on today? Share your goals with someone else in the room. What obstacles might stand in your way? How can you overcome those obstacles? How did you do in meeting the class goals today?

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