Building Thinking Classrooms: Educators’ Space by WPS Curriculum Office

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claudadio1 — 2025-09-22 15:13:15 UTC

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HS Psychology - Learning Theories

claudadio1 — 2025-10-06 01:11:25 UTC

In this high school Psychology lesson, students researched in random groups of 3 the 5 Learning Theories and posted their findings on vertical whiteboards. Students then took part in a knowledge mobility activity in which they learned from the information posted in the room about all 5 learning theories, considered pros and cons to each and considered which learning theory(ies) they most often utilized in their own studies.

claudadio1 — 2025-10-06 14:01:27 UTC

For a couple of days students have been participating in a claim exercise where I taped excerpts from their current story up on wipebooks and gave them a claim "checklist" of sorts... They had 5 minutes in groups to read the excerpt and write claims. I have seen students become leaders today, two days after we started, who are never leaders in class. The repetition, the group work, I can't wait to see if they can do it now independently on their CERs.

Followup - Excellent transfer of skills on their CER!

claudadio1 — 2025-10-10 13:39:45 UTC

In high school Social Studies, students listened to past and present American National Anthems and then met in groups to discuss and develop a thesis on which one best represented the American identity.

claudadio1 — 2025-10-10 13:41:24 UTC

In middle school ELA, students meet in random groups to break apart a prompt and discuss which answer is the best response and why the other responses are not.

claudadio1 — 2025-10-10 13:44:52 UTC

In middle school ELA, student discussed in random groups how the dialogue in specified paragraphs contribute to the resolution of the story's conflict. Groups had to include a claim, at least 1 piece of evidence and reasoning to explain how the evidence supports the claim.

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Roots/Vocabulary Do Now

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