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Reading Practise Intensive Day 7: Thinking

Today was another great day of learning. We looked at Critical Thinking, and after getting through the learning from today, it made me reflect about what I have been doing in class.  Some takeaways I will definitely be using is having images and videos as a "text" for my learners. I sometimes forget SISOMO - sight, sound and motion. I know that when I watch videos and see images, I can give my opinion about what I think it means. And if I can do it, I can try my best to teach my learners how to do it. Especially because there are so many resources out there. There are also many Response to Texts and Follow Up ideas within Manaiakalani, so I need to make sure I explore and use them rather than reinvent the wheel. Especially when I can give my learners more thinking opportunities to be interpretive and evaluative. Provocations is another one I need to remember to use. I have taught groups in my class the "group talk moves", but I haven't pushed to use them often e...

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