Developing critical thinking in our youngest learners

Critical Thinking With our Youngest Learners pk115 @hellojenjones # “close, attentive reading”…”critical reading”… “reasoning and use of evidence”… “comprehend, evaluate, synthesize”… “understand precisely…question…assess the veracity” … “cite specific evidence” … “evaluate others’ point of view”… “reading independently and closely”… Teaching is NOT Telling Kids What to Think Where in the day could critical thinking occur? Where Are You With T his? Are Your Kids T here? Clearly Understanding Lower vs Higher Level T hinking the answer is already known What Do You See? What Do You Think? observing details describing details AnaLyzing details Making inferences about the details $ $ Justifying Scientific Claims Sorting, Classifying & Ranking Character Analysis With Text Based Evidence Images: www.julieballew.com The Take-Aways Image: D Garland Thank You! ... others’ point of view”… “reading independently and closely”… Teaching is NOT Telling Kids What to Think Where in the day could critical thinking occur? Where Are You With T his? Are Your Kids... our thinking Critical T hinking Rubric First We must be Critical Thinkers… Form an opinion and justify it! Agree or disagree Image: http://www.1vigor.com/brain-power/Clear -Thinking/ index.html... communicating this Understanding language WITH students? Lower vs Higher Level T hinking the answer is already known $ ….followed by our evidence based thinking, tells others the rationale for our thinking