TA Working Wall - Dive into Thomas's Metacognitive Tools by Beth McCord

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Thinking Frames are a set of graphic organisers that offer learners a way to improve knowledge recall and explicitly see, develop and reflect on their own cognitive processes. A separate frame exists for eight key thinking processes that are the fundamental scaffolds behind a pupil’s ability to answer questions, solve problems and develop ‘higher order’ thinking. The Frames can be used by all age groups across all subjects.

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This Thinking Frame is used for any type of categorising,

classifying or grouping.

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This Thinking Frame is used for defining, i.e. for generating lots

of ideas and thoughts.

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This Thinking Frame is used for comparing and contrasting

any two objects, items, concepts or phenomena.

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This Thinking Frame is used for describing a person, place or

thing.

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This Thinking Frame is used for cause and effect thinking.

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This Thinking Frame is used for making connections and

analogies or for transferring relationships.

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This Thinking Frame is used for whole part thinking when de-

constructing concrete objects.

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This Thinking Frame is used for sequencing or ordering.

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Learning habits are essentially habits of mind that we want to embed in our learners so that they have tools to think deeply. They are a visual, child-friendly representation of quite advanced learning techniques such as visible thinking and metacognition.

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The Lower School Learning Habits Book

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The Lower School Learning Habits Book (narrated version)

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The Lower School learning habits book has been narrated by Joanna Thomas. Click on the link on the left to watch it.

The Prep School Learning Habits Book

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Thinking Routines are a set of questions or a sequence of steps that can be used alone or with a group to support thinking and help others become better thinkers. Thomas's have incorporated 15 'core' Thinking Routines into our practice.

A video about Thinking Routines

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Question Word Stems

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These can printed, cut out and used on the floor or table space to bring the 'Question Matrix' to life.

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The Question Matrix is versatile and can be employed to enhance the ability in asking thoughtful and analytical questions.

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Thomas's Enquiry Mindset Curriculum - What and Where?

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The Enquiry Blast

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Books App

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You can find the Thinking Routine and Frame Templates on your 'Books' app on your iPad

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The Questioning techniques below can help during feedback and for writing in the reflective lens on a Thinking Frame.

Learning Habit Lingo Sheet

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Thinking Routines - Templates

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How might you use the Learning Habits?

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Reflection Questions:

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How can these be used in a booster/ intervention setting?
How could these be used when reading with a child?
How might we scaffold independence?

Reflective Questions:

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How can these be used in a booster/ intervention setting?
How could you create challenge?

Phonics

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Working with a small group doing similar sounds- what is connecting to each other.

Booster Connecting Frame

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Use in a Maths booster, greater than and less than.

Number bonds connect 7 to 3.

Booster groups

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using connecting frame in maths groups. Number bonds, money and greater than less than.

Defining frame

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Used for creative writing when gathering lots of ideas and then putting them together

Cause and effect frame

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Plastic is not fantastic- cause and effect.

Using 1:1 intervention

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Number bonds 5 and 10

Categorising Frame

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GPS nouns- people places things

Cause Effect

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Spelling - root words

Describing Frame

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For coming up with questions independently

Categorising

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Shapes and Properties

Sequencing

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Narrative Writing/ story mapping

Zoom in

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Revealing/ unveiling emotions by looking at facial expressions
Using a piece of paper with folded flaps and revealing each one individually

Peel The Fruit

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Using to scaffold discussion in guided reading groups

What makes you say that?

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Using this phrase to dig deeper when asking questions

Connecting Frame

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Timestables
With dienes and numicon

I used to think now I think - Boosters

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Evaluating understanding at the beginning of the sessions and revisiting it at the end of the block of sessions.

Use of masking tape and concrete manipulatives

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Booster tips - handwriting

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Introduce the rule first, get them to copy down a piece of writing/ paragraph with this rule in it

Creating lessons on Canva

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Creating lessons on Canvas presentations is a quick way to create on going lessons.

I use it in our Spelling group, it’s easy to create an entire terms worth of work and store it in one place.

It flows well and you can recap easily on previous work to re-enforce the learning.

Work is completed in work books.

Frames can be easily uploaded and printed.

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Marking stamps - with pictures included

Handwriting

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Seesaw Templates (Frames)

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Canva

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Use pre made Canva slides to help support learning in booster groups. Today I found a 16 page presentation on length and height, a current topic in Maths.