Think Like A Detective...Roy McCloud@roybps

Sara Wilkie@sewilkie

Tweeting?#MACUL13

Friday, March 22, 13

Characteristics T-P-S

Friday, March 22, 13

Write a headline that summarizes a key aspect of literate

individuals

Headlines

Students tap Wide Range of Printed Resources

Students Use New Textbooks

for Research!

Students create iMovies from history

textbooks

Reading Is Everything!

Headlines

Friday, March 22, 13

Understanding the Common Core

Friday, March 22, 13

What Do

These Mean

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T-P-S

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Friday, March 22, 13

What do they mean for our learners? Building Capacity

Friday, March 22, 13

Focusing on Short Research

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

W-6.7

Friday, March 22, 13

Friday, March 22, 13

Partner Up! In groups of 3...bonus pts for groups of complete strangers!

Friday, March 22, 13

Share & Blend Bonus Pts teams who can blend elements of each Wonder

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareconference/

Friday, March 22, 13

http://brainyardworkshop.wikispaces.com/

BrainYard Workshop

1 computerper team

Friday, March 22, 13

First...

Team NameMembers & Wonders

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Adventure #1

Record your blended Wonder on your wiki page

Friday, March 22, 13

Why Are We Here?

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

W-6.7

Friday, March 22, 13

Brainstorm List...

What do you “Need to Know”

Friday, March 22, 13

K-W-H-L Chart elementary

We Know We Wonder How we might find out... What we learned

Pets live your house or yard

What animals make good

pets?

Look in books

Ask a vet

Ask a farmer

Pets should not be wild animals

Pets shouldn’t be too big, or you won’t be able to feed them or

keep them in the house

You have to feed your pet & clean up after it

What else do you have to do to take

care of your pet?

Ask person at shelter or

Humane Society

Check pet websites

Feed & change water every day

Dogs & cats need shots

For birds, put clean paper in the cage

Friday, March 22, 13

Inviting Questions

Problem StatementDriving QuestionsNeed to Knows

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Identifying & Sorting ‘Need to Knows’...

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Friday, March 22, 13

Activity #2

Mapping the Plan

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Activity #3Off You Go!

Real World ResearchTasks #3 & #4 20 min Return & Share

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Task #4Have we found enough accurate information to answer our driving question? How do we know this?

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Activity #5:Peer Feedback

Friday, March 22, 13

Reinforcing Pillars...

How might we design to support these pillars?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/constructing_the_capitol/

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Friday, March 22, 13

Focusing on Short Research

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

W-6.7

What’s

Miss

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Opportunities to create additional research activities?Friday, March 22, 13

Activity: Relevance

What is the message I want to communicate?

What is the most effective way to present that image?

Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts and details to accentuate main ideas or themes (SL 6.4)

emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner (SL 7.4)with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well-chosen details... (SL 8.4)

Friday, March 22, 13

Activity: Create

Select and include multimedia components into their presentations for the purpose of clarifying the information presented.

Friday, March 22, 13

How has your thinking changed?

Headlines

Students Thinking Like Detectives!

Teachers Model Real World

Research for Students!

Students produce “Investigative

Reports” series at school!

Literacy is Everything!

Friday, March 22, 13