Jenny

Jenny Patuha must have been exhausting as the next week I spent in bed!!! I want to start building a "learning wall" with class re some hats, thinkers keys and graphic organisers. 7.4 //We have started using some thinkers keys in one-off sessions during oral language based on a newspaper picture/article. The keys we have had fun with are the alphabet, the question key and the what if key.// //We have also used some of these after reading a story.// //We began building a Thinking wall in class and have introduced some graphic organisers. The children really enjoyed the Y chart and completed excellent followup work in small groups, grouping their discussion ideas into a Y chart format - a good activity for working together and listening to anothers ideas!// //8.4// //A great Discovery time today. Children completed Y chart graphic organisers and then searched for info on what particular birds looked like and chose to draw or make a box model of their bird. I was very impressed with their creativity.// //**Introduce Thinking Tools and display on our Thinking Wall.**// **//Introduce Thinking Tools and display on our Thinking Wall. //** || **Introduce a variety of thinking tools to help: ** 1.Develop and deepen children’s knowledge of what "thinking" is 2. Develop and deepen children’s understanding of how to use selected thinking tools 3.  Develop and deepen children’s questioning skills. || Baseline: Find out what students can already do and what more they need to learn. Refer to National Curriculum and other resources || **Reflective questions ** || Post reflections here || To build on from where children are at present to a better and more in depth understanding by using specific and well thought out questions. __June:__ To improve my competency and delivery of tools I have used before and for me to learn about new tools that will be of benefit for my class To use new "Thinking language" and "tools" as part of our everyday learning. To give children an understanding of some thinking tools that can help clarify and deepen their thinking || <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">8.6.11 Recorded 5 children on Audacity <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">I need to get some bench line data of 5 children to track progress for my Teacher Inquiry **//__<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Children chosen:for data collecting: __//** __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tom __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> a bright student who thrives on order and systems __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sophie __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> often thinks in quite a different way to other children and makes connections others may not think of. She is one of the youngest in class. __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shannon __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> a very bright but insecure girl.Chosen partly to help build her confidence at answering questions. __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cannon __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 2nd to youngest in class. Quite immature, but very interested in our world. __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Emily __<span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> very creative, a confident and interesting speaker, a bright girl not easily swayed by others opinions <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">We have always used 7 servants for Oral and Written language in particular (not by that name though), also have used Venn diagrams and Bubble maps, especially for brainstorming || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Finding time to do this well. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Time can be a barrier but this can be overcome with clear planning and incorporating these thinking skills into all aspects of the curriculum || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">7 servants <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Thinking exercises (Brain gym) for brain breaks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">HOM __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Further develop and introduce new __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Thinkers Keys <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Graphic organisers <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">PMI (especially as an evaluation tool) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Some Thinking Hats <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Open and closed questions <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Hot Seating <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Role on the wall <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Lots of regular and relevant practise <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Try various thinkers keys to find which ones work well at the Junior level and share these outcomes in Syndicate meetings ||  || Baseline: Find out what students can already do and what more they need to learn. Refer to National Curriculum and other resources ﻿ ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Incorporate into as many curriculum areas as possible, in particular Written and Oral Language, Reading and Inquiry <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Plan weekly to introduce specific thinking skills (especially for Reading, Writing and Oral language activities) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Use Hats (white, red, green) to keep children on track during discussions <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Use PMI (eg to sort/clarify information and for evaluations) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Embed photos, and fotobabble on Wiki for tracking purposes <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Use newspaper pictures and video clips as part of teaching thinking skills || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Research to see what has worked for other teachers and contexts. Formulate a plan. || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px;">Reflective Questions ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Post reflections here || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Dates || <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">PMI <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">New (ie to the children) thinking language <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">New (to me) De Bono's Hats <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">New (to me) Thinkers keys ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Introducing children to the language of Inquiry and the steps involved <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Get benchline data <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Specific planning for specific thinking skills <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Plan for a variety of thinkers tools each week <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Display childrens work around the classroom so they can use it for reference (and for me to track progress) ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Observation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Anecdotal records <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Comic life, Animoto to show and display learning <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Take lots of photos, use voice recording to track progress (where relevant) <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Use PMI <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">How independent are the children? Has this improved? ||  || Research to see what has worked for other teachers and contexts. Formulate a plan. ||^  || <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">I showed the children De Bonos hats (very quickly) and then focused on the White hat. We read about the Takahe and then used the White hats to recall facts from the book. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">2/6 One reading group today worked collaboratively making an alphabet thinkers key using information from their non-fiction reading book. They worked extremely well together and came up with some excellent ideas. <span style="color: teal; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">7/6 Children had written their"White hat" thinking onto a large sheet with a newspaper photo i.e. They added a fact (as long as it wasn't already recorded). Later we made a class PMI re our Tracking Tunnels and Sophie said a "positive" was we used our white hat thinking to work out who the tracks belonged to. || Use this new information to decide what to do next to ensure continued improvement in student achievement and in your own practice. || <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Children choosing an appropriate graphic organiser or thinkers key to share data ||  ||   ||   ||
 * ** Frankley School **  ** Teaching as Inquiry Planning Sheet **   (Trial 2011)  ||
 * **Name:** || **Class Level:** ||
 * **Achievement Target**** : ** What outcomes am I aiming to achieve? What outcomes do I want my students to achieve?
 * **Discovery** ||  **Focusing**  || //Initial plan. What am I going to do? Develop? Strengthen? Why? What levels are my students presently? Barriers to learning? Resources needed?// ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Discovery **  ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Focusing **  |||||| //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Initial plan. What am I going to do? Develop? Strengthen? Why? //
 * ^  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Potential – what might be? Prioritise outcomes.
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Why am I focusing on this? || __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May __
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What level are my students presently at? How do I know?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What is thinking?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Does the Thinking Wall in our class help you?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">How?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What thinking activities/tools do you like using best?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Why?
 * <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">How could you get better at thinking? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Different levels, probably closely related to their reading level
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What barriers to learning need to be overcome? What resources will I need? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Keeping all children focused and working together rather than letting the more confident children doing most of the work.
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Other observations, reflections or ideas to try || __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Continue working with __
 * ^  || Potential – what might be? Prioritise outcomes.
 * **Designing** ||  **Teaching**  || // What is my plan for doing this? What strategies will I try? What ICT's will I use? // ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Discovery **  ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Focusing **  ||||||   ||
 * ^  ||^   ||   ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Designing **  ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Teaching **  |||||| //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is my plan for doing this? What strategies will I try? How will I change my practice? //
 * ^  ||^   ||   ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Designing **  ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Teaching **  |||||| //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is my plan for doing this? What strategies will I try? How will I change my practice? //
 * ^  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What craft knowledge do I already have? Search your own and colleagues' past practice for strategies that may be more effective.
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What new teaching strategies & tools will I use? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Relevant Thinkers keys, HOM's, Graphic organisers, and in time some De Bono's Hats
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What are the key steps for implementing my inquiry in the classroom? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Lots of repetition using the thinking tools in different contexts
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What methods & ICTs will I use to track & record student change/achievement and how often? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Pre and Post examples of written work where relevant
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Other observations, reflections or ideas to try ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || What craft knowledge do I already have? Search your own and colleagues' past practice for strategies that may be more effective.
 * ^  || What craft knowledge do I already have? Search your own and colleagues' past practice for strategies that may be more effective.
 * ^  || What craft knowledge do I already have? Search your own and colleagues' past practice for strategies that may be more effective.
 * ^  || What craft knowledge do I already have? Search your own and colleagues' past practice for strategies that may be more effective.
 * **Delivering** ||  **Learning**  || // Put my plan into action. Monitor; collect evidence; write regular dated reflections; interpret data. Plan next steps // ||||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Delivering **  |||||| //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Put my plan into action. Monitor; collect evidence; write regular dated reflections; interpret data. Plan next steps // ||
 * |||| **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px;">Reflective Questions ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Post reflections here ||
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">How am I infusing my ideas into classroom practice? || <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">After one group read a fishing story we used a newspaper article about the catching of a big snapper to check childrens retention and understanding of the "What if" key (which had been introduced a few weeks ago). I was very pleased with how the children were focused and showed they had a clear understanding of this key.
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">How am I infusing my ideas into classroom practice? || <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">After one group read a fishing story we used a newspaper article about the catching of a big snapper to check childrens retention and understanding of the "What if" key (which had been introduced a few weeks ago). I was very pleased with how the children were focused and showed they had a clear understanding of this key.
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What am I learning from monitoring student outcomes? ||  ||
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What are the next steps I need to take? (Research, resources, activities) ||  ||
 * |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Other observations, reflections or ideas to try ||  ||   ||
 * ^  ||||^   || Monitor students' progress towards identified outcomes and reflect on what this tells you.
 * **Evaluating** ||  **Summarising**  || // Analyse data and observations and draw conclusions. Prepare and present findings to colleagues. // ||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Summarising **  ||||  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Evaluating **  |||||||||||| //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Analyse data and observations and draw conclusions. Prepare and present findings to colleagues. // ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Reflect on progress, observations: current versus initial data. How did it go? What strategies have made a difference to my students' learning? How do I know? ||||  ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||   |||| **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px;">Reflective Questions ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Post reflections here  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">Dates ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||   |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What methods will I use to collect ‘end’ data? || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Photos
 * ^  ||   |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What conclusions can I draw from data analysis? ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||   |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">What are my main points? ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||   |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Specifically how will I share my Inquiry with my colleagues? ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ^  ||   |||| <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Notes ||   ||   ||   ||   ||


 * || Reflect on progress, observations: current versus initial data. How did it go? What strategies have made a difference to my students' learning? How do I know? ||  ||
 * || Reflect on progress, observations: current versus initial data. How did it go? What strategies have made a difference to my students' learning? How do I know? ||  ||