How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core: 7 Key Student Proficiencies of the New National Standards

by Bellanca, James A.; Fogarty, Robin J.; Pete, Brian M.

• ISBN13: 9781936764075
• ISBN10: 1936764075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-12
• Publisher: Solution Tree

Summary

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are designed to make K-12 students college and career ready in mathematics, language arts, history and social studies, science, and technical subjects. The goal has been set. The challenge now lies in how teachers will address these standards in the classroom. Divided into seven key student proficiencies, How to Teach Thinking Skills Within the Common Core is a practical guide that prepares teachers to teach to the CCSS, across all grade levels and content areas. Authors James A. Bellanca, Robin J. Fogarty, and Brian M. Pete show teachers and educational leaders how to make simple adjustments to classroom instruction in order to enhance students' critical thinking skills and prepare them for college and the workforce.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
A Practical and Explicit Exposition	p. 4
The Three-Phase Teaching Model	p. 5
A Road Map	p. 9
A Note to the Reader	p. 10
Critical Thinking	p. 13
Analyze	p. 15
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 17
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 19
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 19
Reflection Questions	p. 20
Evaluate	p. 23
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 25
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 27
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 28
Reflection Questions	p. 29
Problem Solve	p. 31
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 33
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 36
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 37
Reflection Questions	p. 38
Creative Thinking	p. 39
Generate	p. 41
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 42
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 45
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 46
Reflection Questions	p. 47
Associate	p. 49
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 51
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 53
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 54
Reflection Questions	p. 55
Hypothesize	p. 57
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 59
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 61
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 62
Reflection Questions	p. 63
Complex Thinking	p. 55
Clarify	p. 67
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 69
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 71
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 72
Reflection Questions	p. 73
Interpret	p. 75
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 77
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 79
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 79
Reflection Questions	p. 80
Determine	p. 83
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 84
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 87
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 87
Reflection Questions	p. 88
Comprehensive Thinking	p. 89
Understand	p. 91
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 92
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 95
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 96
Reflection Questions	p. 97
Infer	p. 99
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 101
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 102
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 103
Reflection Questions	p. 104
Compare and Contrast	p. 107
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 109
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 111
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 111
Reflection Questions	p. 113
Collaborative Thinking	p. 115
Explain	p. 117
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 119
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 121
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 122
Reflection Questions	p. 123
Develop	p. 125
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 126
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 128
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 129
Reflection Questions	p. 130
Decide	p. 131
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 132
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 134
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 135
Reflection Questions	p. 136
Communicative Thinking	p. 137
Reason	p. 139
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 141
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 143
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 144
Reflection Questions	p. 145
Connect	p. 147
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 149
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 151
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 152
Reflection Questions	p. 153
Represent	p. 155
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 157
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 159
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 159
Reflection Questions	p. 160
Cognitive Transfer	p. 161
Synthesize	p. 163
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 164
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 167
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 169
Reflection Questions	p. 170
Generalize	p. 173
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 174
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 177
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 178
Reflection Questions	p. 179
Apply	p. 181
Explicit Teaching Lesson	p. 183
Classroom Content Lesson	p. 184
CCSS Performance Task Lesson	p. 185
Reflection Questions	p. 186
Reproducibles	p. 187
Fishbone Diagram	p. 188
Ranking Ladder	p. 189
Four-Fold Concept Development	p. 190
ABC Graffiti	p. 191
Comic Strip Template	p. 192
KWL Chart	p. 193
Story Grid	p. 194
Math Grid	p. 195
Parts-of-Speech Grid	p. 196
Book-Blurb Grid	p. 197
Additional Resources	p. 199
Books and Articles	p. 199
Technology Tools	p. 202
Websites	p. 204
Glossary	p. 205
References and Resources	p. 209
Index	p. 213
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