DIG

DIG D. I. G. - Thinking Routine D. I. G. is a specialised thinking routine designed to enable learners of any age to explore and identify obvious information and dig deeper into the hidden ideas and constructs that cross over time, place, community and disciplines. D - Describe, give details I - Infer, interactions and interconnections G - Go deeper This ... Read More

DIG INTO STUDENT AGENCY

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DIG INTO STUDENT AGENCY

DIG INTO STUDENT AGENCY: A resource that supports members of a learning community develop and explore a the properties and attributes of agency in order to develop a shared understanding.

  • This thinking routine is used to help uncover and enrich understandings and ideas about what student agency is and is not, about what helps, hinders and hijacks the opportunities students have to be agents in their own learning.
  • Learning community members will need an opportunity to examine and understand beliefs, perspectives, problems and possibilities connected to student agency as they DIG into ideas.

Smart Choice – Literacy

Literacy Ideas - Smart Choice A literate person is able to express themselves in lots of different ways and at the same time be able to understand ideas that are shared with them. Communication or literacy skills involve using and understanding symbols, images, colours, words, etc, to express oneself. Here are some ideas for a literacy-focused 'smart choice' routine.   Drawing ... Read More

‘HIDE and SEEK’  READING STRATEGIES

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‘HIDE and SEEK’  READING STRATEGIES – Inferential Reading Strategies

As readers begin to dig deeper into the implied or inferred ideas present in the texts they use ideas, skills and strategies that enable them to:

  • To use facts (in text or images) to explore inferred ideas
  • Form predictions or develop informed guesses
  • Explore sequences, settings and hidden plot ideas
  • Extend phonological awareness and develop vocabulary banks
  • Use the understanding that reading is a two-way process to explore other connections texts might have.

 

 

Counting cards

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Counting cards

Designed to support teachers explore and scaffold experiences for learners exploring pre-number and early number concepts.

Included in this resource

  • Numeral cards (1-12) with a digit, number name, and quantity symbol, and blank cards
  • Sorting cards (1-12) With separate digit, number name, and quantity symbol cards
  • Numeral cards (0, 10-33, All 10s numbers between 0 and 100) with a digit, number name, and quantity symbol and blank cards

D. I. G. – Thinking Routine

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D. I. G. – Thinking Routine

D. I. G. is a specialised thinking routine designed to enable learners of any age to explore and identify obvious information and dig deeper into the hidden ideas and constructs that cross over time, place, community and disciplines.

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Thinking Routines

Creating thinkers Thinking routines for all ages INVESTIGATE and EXPLORE PPPP Probe Possibilities Problems Pathways COGS Components Operations Generalise So What? MAP to new understandings Main points Abbreviate Possibilities and Predictions I ASK U Interest Agency Skills Knowledge Understanding ANALYSE and EVALUATE BIG QUESTIONS JURY DUTY HISTORY OF IDEAS Present Past Future WHY     HOW       WHO ... Read More

RHYME

RHYME & SOUNDS Why explore rhyme? and sounds that Rhyme? Exploring different sounds and rhyming sounds helps develop auditory discrimination skills that are necessary for being  able to work phonetically and engage with some spelling strategies in later stages of the reading and writing process. Rhyming language provides young writers with the opportunity to hear similarities and differences in sound ... Read More

STORY TUESDAY – Library

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS Each week work with your child(ren) to create a mini library on a focus topic. This will begin to introduce the idea that books, stories and other pieces of literature can be grouped and serve particular functions.  Have a basket or a box to put the book collection in. Through out the rest of the week, encourage your ... Read More

Messy Monday Option 3

MESSY MONDAYS MAKE IT MUDDY Muddy play is awesome, particularly of you are the child(ren) involved. It is great for developing ideas about systems, mixtures, cause and effect and fine motor skills. It is also great for the immune system. You will need a place where your child(ren) can add water to dirt and/or sand and begin to play. You ... Read More