https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw Please help me by sharing SOMETHING that you have "tried and applied" since we last met that you feel has impacted student learning/engagement. Think back to our last session and the power of our questions that lead students to engage in powerful and critical conversations. In your post, be sure to include your grade level, content area, evidence of student learning and/or engagement (this could be a picture, a link, a selfie, etc...) and a hashtag that captures the essence of this learning. en-us 2018-02-12 19:44:44 UTC 2025-10-16 16:02:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Moderncam.png burkeme1 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/230801024 2018-02-12 19:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/230801024 mckennma https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231176608 2018-02-13 17:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231176608 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231188057 Students use the I think... because... so to answer word problems. They use this language in the answers also.]]> 2018-02-13 18:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231188057 brossoma https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231278426 Students use a GO for a character and list their thoughts, words and actions from a text to determine their character traits. This is attached in Classroom through a Google Doc.]]> 2018-02-13 20:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231278426 grafcm https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231279008 Analyzing character traits in a story. What kind of person is TY? Students used a character web and provided evidence for each trait. We are working are toward using the the OP analysis chart.]]> 2018-02-13 20:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231279008 dattas12 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231334979 Sangeeta Datta
In REACH , we are working on how to synthesize information from the text. We have been practicing the strategy that when we read, we often figure out things on our own. We put together important ideas to draw conclusions. We have used this language frame for scaffolding our thinking.]]> 2018-02-14 00:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231334979 milosekn https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231645895 We have been using venn diagrams to make connections across texts, and compare genres and authors’ purpose. We have also used “I think.. because.. so..” to analyze text, find text evidence for our thinking, and draw conclusions.]]> 2018-02-14 18:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231645895 billetg https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231720964 My English Learners in 4th and 6th have been diligently attempting to comprehend leveled passages beyond and within the text in both classroom discussions and TDA writing prompts. With the development and implementation of higher order thinking questions, it is anticipated that the students in time will be able to carefully analyze, evaluate and synthesize text independently to gain enhanced meaning.

]]> 2018-02-14 21:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231720964 connelmt https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231747146 Understanding Characters- We have tracked the development of a character throughout the a story. Students would select a word to describe the character at the beginning of the story and then show evidence to support their opinion. We repeated the task again at the end of the story, again the showing evidence. The we compared the transformation.]]> 2018-02-14 23:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231747146 sobotksj https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231882464 In the Write-in Reader, there is a Reading Detective question for each story. We use this question to create a TDA response. We then post it on a Google form where students have to post their response. The question is broken done in the students answer, citing evidence, and explaining their evidence. They use the sentence frames I think, because, and so to organize their thoughts. Typically, before even responding to the question online, students do a T&T to help them listen and contribute to their peers ideas. 
 ]]> 2018-02-15 13:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231882464 lanettnm https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231948639 When responding to a shared reading text, I want to ask questions that are not "right there" questions. Students are asked to support their answer with text evident. In our recent story, students needed to explain why astronauts go to the moon and explain how they know. We often use the sentence started, "I know this because..."]]> 2018-02-15 15:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231948639 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231965231 With our leveled readers we have had students respond to "Thinking Beyond the Text" question using the "I think..." "because in the text" and "So I know that..." chart as a graphic organizer to prepare for the typed essay. This helps the students to organize their thoughts before being asked to present them in essay format. The students are required to dolor-code the key words (think..because..and so I know...) in the essay also.]]> 2018-02-15 15:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231965231 williadc https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231970082 We do a lot of writing in the content areas. In social studies, they are asked to provide evidence from the text to support their ideas. In science, this activity required the students to use the higher-level thinking skill of evaluating as well as providing evidence to support their reasoning.]]> 2018-02-15 15:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231970082 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231988803 During guided reading, students are responding to "Thinking Beyond the Text" and "Thinking About the Text" questions to evaluate the text. Students are also using " I think..because..so..." to make inferences and to generate higher order thinking discussions.]]> 2018-02-15 16:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/231988803 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/232122013 During whole group reading and guided reading, I've been giving my students a critical thinking question from the current story or guided reading book. They use the I think...because.. and so format to answer, which makes them provide text evidence and then think beyond the text to come up with the "BIG IDEA" that relates to the context of the question.]]> 2018-02-15 19:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/232122013 https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/232156474 Students shared that they were challenged by the way questions were constructed, and especially how the phrasing made the expectations less clear. In addition to modeling how questions are "unpacked," students have been replying to each other in Google Classroom, writing questions that dig deeper into ideas and evidence posted by classmates.]]> 2018-02-15 21:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/burkeme1/t3mig7793huw/wish/232156474