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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Catlin Tucker

Click To Tweet Too often students receive information, receive instructions, receive objectives, and receive grades without ever being asked to think about learning and the development of discrete skills. For each unit, I identify specific target standards/skills that we as a class will focus on. I believe that is a problem.

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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

What: Teaching techniques designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners with varied needs, skills, abilities, and language proficiencies. Below are the benefits and challenges of being a student in a whole group lesson. Consuming new information (e.g.,

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The Power of See, Think, Me, We

Catlin Tucker

Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Catlin Tucker

” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies, and academic needs. Differentiated Learning Needs: In a class with diverse skill levels, a teacher uses assessment data to identify critical areas where individual students need extra support.

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One Step at a Time: A Traditional School’s Journey Into Personalized Learning

Edsurge

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning.

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High-Yield Strategies for Addition and Subtraction in First Grade

Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

Students show much higher autonomy later in independent math tasks when they actively participate in the initial teaching. For example, in the teaching slides below, students participate in the lessons by moving the picture manipulatives to solve different addition and subtraction scenarios through different strategies.

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