Powerful Thinking : Engaging Readers, Building Knowledge, and Nudging Learning in Elementary Classrooms

• Autore: Gear Adrienne
• Pubblicazione: Ontario : , : Pembroke Publishers, Limited, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (163 pages)
• Disciplina: 372.47
• Soggetto topico: Critical thinking in children; Content area reading
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Teaching Powerful Thinking -- 1. Why Teach Powerful Thinking? -- Making Thinking Stick -- 2. Starting with Powerful Reading -- Reading Proficiency -- Reading Engagement -- Holistic Reading Check-In -- Reading Power -- Launching Reading Power in Your Classroom -- Reading Power Strategy Top Tips -- 3. Expanding to Powerful Thinking -- Creating a Culture of Thinking in Y our Classroom -- Lesson: Let's Talk About Thinking -- Tools for Teaching Thinking -- Thinking Anchor Books -- Thinking Prompts -- Modeling Your Thinking -- 4. Doing a Teaching Reset -- Recent Reading Comprehension Research -- Constrained and Unconstrained Reading Skills -- Language Comprehension -- Knowledge Building -- Reflecting on the Research -- Putting Research into Action -- A Literacy-Rich Curriculum -- Content-Rich Texts -- Content-Rich Text Sets -- Content-Rich Interactive Read-Alouds -- Literacy-Rich Discussions -- 5. Nudging Learning -- Pre-Reading Lessons -- Lesson: What Is Nonfiction? -- Lesson: Introducing Nonfiction Text Structures -- Before-Reading Lessons -- Lesson: One Word -- Lesson: Book Bites -- During-Reading Lessons -- Lesson: Knew-New -- Lesson: Fact-React -- After-Reading Lessons -- Lesson: Gisting -- Lesson: What? So What? Now What? -- Powerful Thinking Across the Curriculum -- 6. Thinking in Science -- Wonder Walk -- Lesson: Taking a Wonder Walk -- Lesson: Introducing the Scientific Method -- Scientist Biographies -- 7. Thinking in Social Studies -- Reading and Thinking Across Canada -- Introductory Lesson: One Word -- Reading and Thinking Across Canada Weekly Lessons -- Lesson: Concluding the Unit -- Thinking About Global Justice -- Lesson: Global Justice -- Unit Lessons -- Exploring Community -- Lesson: Our Local Community -- Lesson: Being a Community Member. ; 8. Thinking in Math -- Lesson: Connecting Thinking Powers to Math Talk -- Lesson: Change My Thinking -- Lesson: The Knew-New in Math -- 9. Thinking in Art, Music, and Phys Ed -- Thinking in Art -- Lesson: Thinking Deeply About Art -- Thinking in Music -- Lesson: Thinking Deeply About Music -- Thinking in Phys Ed -- Lesson: Visualizing -- 10. Building Indigenous Knowledge in an Early Primary Classroom: A Unit in Action -- Final Thoughts -- Acknowledgments -- Professional Resources -- Index -- Blank Page.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adrienne Gear's 'Powerful Thinking: Engaging Readers, Building Knowledge, and Nudging Learning in Elementary Classrooms' aims to enhance teaching practices by integrating metacognition and critical thinking across the curriculum. The book provides practical strategies for educators to foster reading engagement and comprehension, encouraging students to think deeply while learning in various subjects including science, social studies, and the arts. Gear emphasizes the importance of creating a literacy-rich and content-rich learning environment, offering tools and lessons to help teachers guide students in constructing meaningful knowledge. The book targets educators seeking to elevate their students' critical thinking and content understanding, ultimately enriching their educational experience.
• Titolo autorizzato: Powerful Thinking
• ISBN: 9781551389660; 1551389665
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911069721403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II