1) Your HOW MIGHT WE QUESTION….
How might we empower JK students to engage in deeper thinking with guided thinking routines
2) Since the second face to face, I was able to narrow my how might we question to reflect how I can support my students at where they are now. At this point, their comfort level in the classroom and their confidence, curiosity and excitement to learn about different topics has grown significantly.
3) From now until June, I hope to use Strategies from Maker-Centered Learning: Empowering Young People to Shape their Worlds (Clapp, Ross, Ryan, & Tishman, 2016). We will be inquiring about simple machines of things that JK students use and dissecting the purpose of the item and how it works to encourage students’ system thinking. Using this framework, I hope to empower students to be makers, be sensitive to design on everyday items and also develop maker skills by looking closely, exploring complexity, and finding opportunities to make something better at the end. By trying Clapp, Ross, Ryan, & Tishman (2016) short cognitive tools I hope that students can develop these skills as a way to observe, think, and analyze the world around them.
4) What support do you need, and what questions do you still have?
I would like to look at different thinking routines to see which one will best help students in the early years.
Design the flow of the inquiry and brainstorm some items that students are interested in and comfortable to dissect.
Ideas on how could this process and growth be recorded?
What am I looking for? Rubric?