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My Novice kids don't think as they read the way I (and other proficient) readers do. Doing this will hopefully enhance their "self-talk" and move them closer to a state of metacognition.

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Will use a chapter from textbook and talk through it using Socratic questioning as she did.

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A Metacognitive Strategy for my Classroom

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A Metacognitive Strategy for my Classroom

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Talk through a newspaper article as Ms. Loew did using document camera.

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Understand and be able to attack 'metacognition' for my students -- especially lower-functioning (Novice) ones.

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Learning Target: Supporting diverse learners and developing strategies to help novice learners.

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Learning Target: Supporting diverse learners and developing strategies to help novice learners.

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Strategy: double entry journal-use when reading complex texts
Reasoning: helps students interact with the text, holds them accountable.

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To find ways to help novice students work xthrough their thought process to make them more confident.

STRATEGY
Think Pair Share

How to use:
After introducing a topic, have students think on their own first then pair up to share thoughts, ask each other questions, and discuss their understanding of the topic.

Reasoning for using this strategy:
It gives the novice student a chance to work more closely with someone where they may feel more comfortable in sharing their thoughts and get help from a fellow student first. Holefully this will help them to become better and more confident thinkers.

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To develop strategies  to help novice students improve reading skills through thinking about thinking.

Strategies
Video Clips
Socratic Circles

I will you use video clips, photographs, paintings and other visuals to engage help students to visualize and create sensory images about the issues we are studying.

Students need to be able to connect to information before it can have any meaning for them.

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Addressing novice learner's needs in my classroom

Strategies:

Learning Partners
Video Clips
Think Alouds
Think, Pair, Share

I will use these strategies by pairing a student in class with a peer mentor during classroom lessons and activities.  I will also use visuals (vide clips/pictures) to teach certain concepts.  Think Alouds and Think, Pair, Share will come into play with group discussion on different lessons related to functional daily living skills and practical living lessons.

Reasoning:

The students in class always need differentiated instruction. Using a variety of strategies will help all of the students in class grasp the concept/idea that we are working on. What works for one, many not work for another.

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Target: Help my Novice students[16 identified] succeed in math.
Strategy: Think_Pair_Share, and math tutors for 'Learning Partner'
Application: So that all students can contribute to some extent, and achieve in class!
Reasoning: NO failures :)

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To help my novice readers develop a tool box of skills to help them become better readers.

Strategy:
Reading aloud and modeling how I read through a similar exercise of Ms. Loew's demonstration this morning. (Think Alouds)

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Learning Target: How do we better  plan for our diverse classrooms with attention to meta-cognition and planning.

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Learning Target: How do we better  plan for our diverse classrooms with attention to meta-cognition and planning.

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Strategies: Sketch to Stretch, Think, Pair, Share
I will use Sketch to stretch during reading activities to increase comprehension and then use think aloud to expand their thinking on the text.

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Understanding how novice learners think (or struggle to think) and how to engage them in learning and get them through their learning struggles.

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Understanding how novice learners think (or struggle to think) and how to engage them in learning and get them through their learning struggles.

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Strategy: Think, Pair, Share
How and why
Students work in collaborative small groups that allow them to try things on their own and then share out with those who around them to self-assess their understanding and make adjustments as we learn.

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To gain a new understanding of novice learners and the challenges they face on a daily basis

Meta-cognitive Strategies:
Sketch to Stretch
KWL
Think Alouds
Plus Delta

Use Strategies:
I will use many of the strategies that I did not list above as well. I love having a stash of strategies I can go to when something else is not working. I will work in small group w my student as well as pull-out to assist his understanding in these strategies.

Reasoning for Using This Strategy:
Working with a Deaf student presents its unique challenges all in itself then when you add on top of it that he is a novice learner, the tasks of teaching these strategies can be quite complex. I will use my strategies wisely as well as collaborate with his teachers so we are all on the same page. ERL.

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To gain a better understanding and appreciation for how the NOVICE student perceives the learning process and to create more specific strategies to reach this students and their particular learning needs.

STRATEGIES:
Modeling
Summaries of skills
Scaffolding
Think, Pair, Share

USE OF STRATEGIES:
All of our strategies are reflection / review based. Performance / critique (reflection) / adjustment / replication.

REASONING:
Music performance is a total synthesis / evaluation package deal.... The cyclic approach is the best and most efficient way to build strong musical processes which must included individual practices.

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Learning Target: 

Using metacognitive strategies in the classroom to assist
novice learners with learning how to think.

Strategy:

Think Alouds, Video Clips and Learning Partner

Use:

I plan to use the above strategies in order to present
information in multi-modalities and for students to learn from their peers for
social skills, inferencing, and other pragmatic language skills.

Reasoning: 

Students to learn age appropriate social skills from peers
that demonstrate these skills.  Use of
visuals from video clips to assist with teaching skills based on different
situations to provide the information in a more concrete format.  

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Learning Target: 

Using metacognitive strategies in the classroom to assist
novice learners with learning how to think.

Strategy:

Think Alouds, Video Clips and Learning Partner

Use:

I plan to use the above strategies in order to present
information in multi-modalities and for students to learn from their peers for
social skills, inferencing, and other pragmatic language skills.

Reasoning: 

Students to learn age appropriate social skills from peers
that demonstrate these skills.  Use of
visuals from video clips to assist with teaching skills based on different
situations to provide the information in a more concrete format.  

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Today's learning target is about addressing the novice learner's road blocks in the class room.
Strategies
Think alouds
Context clues
foldables
Venn diagrams
modeling
Reasoning
Creates a better and learning friendly atmosphere for the novice learner

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Think about how other think to teach successfully. 

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Think about how other think to teach successfully. 

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Context Clues- I will continue to use context clues to increase student comprehension of vocabulary (science and otherwise)so they can work through it themselves and become more self sufficient and self monitoring.
Reason- the ACT is full of reading comprehension and also science vocabulary can be daunting.

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To support novice learners by providing concrete modeling of the metacognitive processes using Think a Loud for mapping the artistic process to create a work of art or analyze it. This will help negate the "I can't do this" auto response of the novice learner.

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To support novice learners by providing concrete modeling of the metacognitive processes using Think a Loud for mapping the artistic process to create a work of art or analyze it. This will help negate the "I can't do this" auto response of the novice learner.

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Today's learning target was to gain a better understanding of how novice learners think, and therefore investigate better strategies to help them understand and succeed in the classroom.

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Today's learning target was to gain a better understanding of how novice learners think, and therefore investigate better strategies to help them understand and succeed in the classroom.

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We (PLC) feel like we use several great strategies already - including visual illustrations to determine importance, make inferences and synthesize content.  Analysis and creation of political cartoons also are great way to make connections to student's real life and historical context.  Students love to talk and think about themselves and we think this a great way to see history through their own lives.  Connecting the past to the present makes what they learn relevant.
Mark Catlett

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Understanding Metacognitve approaches and applications. 

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Understanding Metacognitve approaches and applications. 

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Metacognitive strategy: Non-intrusive incremental obtuse instruction.  Developed with Mr. Jackson.  Applied with exit activity of creating a postcard in which student describes their life after the civil war in the south complete with a drawing that depicts some aspect of their circumstances..  From vague instruction to student generated authentic questions for more specific instructions.
Strategy to be used with other exit activities so that students become really good at knowing what questions to ask about assignments and content.  And they get to practice asking them until they become comfortable doing so hopefully in all appropriate settings thus becoming stronger students overall.
Developed by Mr. Bowman and Mr. Jackson.

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Application of Metacognitive Approach to Visual Communication

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Application of Metacognitive Approach to Visual Communication

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Learning Target
Decreasing the number of Novice learners through the application of Metacognitive techniques in the classroom.
Strategy
Think Alouds (Written and Spoken Critiques)
Strategy Will Be Used
Think Alouds will be modeled during "Image of the Week" critiques of professional designs and photos. The technique will be integrated into student critiques via a 3-prong method: 1)Written Self Critiques 2) Written critique of Peer designs/photos 3) Verbal critique in large classroom setting of individaul student work.
Reasoning For use
This strategy allows ample opportunity for Distinguished students to develop at a higher level without a restrictive structure, while providing a written "script" that has been developed and practiced over time, thus allowing Novice students a greater comfort level in sharing within the larger classroom discussion of student generated visual design work.

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Understanding how out students think and applying that knowledge to assisst them improve their thinking process.

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Understanding how out students think and applying that knowledge to assisst them improve their thinking process.

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Mind Mapping

I have used and will continue to use mind mapping to help students access their prior knowledge about a topic and create connections and inferences between that knowledge and what we are learning during a given unit.

I use this strategy because often students know something about a topic, but they don't consider it relevant or haven't thought about it in a while. By creating a mind map they are able to add their thoughts to their peer's and are able to bring thoughts forward to better understand the unit we are discussing.

-Zimmerman

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How students learn to think about their thinking

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How students learn to think about their thinking

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Supporting novice learners with metacognition
Strategy used: Plus Delta
How: discussion to clarify and synthesize
Reasoning:get students thinking on a deeper level as they process concept taught

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Today's learning target was how to teach metacognition to help novice learners. 

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Today's learning target was how to teach metacognition to help novice learners. 

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A strategy I can use in my classroom is modeling my thinking processes while working.

I can use this strategy while doing guided learning because it helps students both see and hear how to achieve learning goals.

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Learning Target:  I will utilize Learning Partners to help students better understand challenging topics in this class. 

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Learning Target:  I will utilize Learning Partners to help students better understand challenging topics in this class. 

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Having a learning partner to share, discuss, and review problems and data with will decrease anxiety and help with the learning of challenging information.
Why? When students can share, get help, and bounce off ideas and questions with other students, then they will more actively be involved in learning.

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Learning Target:  Exposure to teaching strategies that will support novice learners.
Strategy in My Classroom:
Think alouds
Use the strategy:  Using essays and ACT readings.
Reasoning: Even advanced learners are often unclear on reading connections  and will benefit from modeling. Good teaching strategies benefit all learners.

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Learning Target: I can implement pedagogy that promotes students ownership of their own thinking and information processing.  Metacognition can help students develop personally relevant pedagogical content knowledge . . . In short, students need to develop the ability to identify HOW to think, and not WHAT to think.
Identified Strategy: Teacher Think Aloud
Application: I will begin to explain my own thinking in a more specific way during examples and demonstrations and slowing the process down to allow students time to ask questions.
Reasoning: Modeling my own thought patterns and processes will allow students to begin to emulate various strategies to solve problems and apply their own thinking to the scenarios and experiences we encounter in class. This should begin to happen more frequently on their own with time.

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Matacognitive sttategies in the Photo Classroom

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Matacognitive sttategies in the Photo Classroom

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- Learning Target: Using strategies for Novice learners to help  them with metacognition
- Strategy: Video clips & Artist bios
- How I will use it: as a "hook" for lessons & help with generating ideas
- My reasoning: it will help students come up with better ideas for their artwork, keep them invested in their process, & give them a diversity of ideas for future projects

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A strategy that I will use will include Think Pair Share. I will use this strategy to engage my students in the text, in order to comprehend and examine the text. This strategy is important because understanding the material is most important for literature

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I will use strategies to help students think about their own thinking process.

Socratic Circle

I will make sure to include novice learners in Socratic circles.

Students react to questions in different ways.  I want my students to see questioning as a normal part of life and not as a sign of ignorance.

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Learning Target: I can use specific strategies to help students think about their thinking
Identified Strategy: Teacher Think Aloud
Application: I will use Think Alouds as a scaffold for Novice learners to make inferences about literature.
Reasoning: Modeling my own expert thinking will inspire a broad range of students. I hope to enrich discussions for all students, and inspire a greater capacity for reflection on learning.