C4T#4 I am following the blog,
For the Love of Teaching, of Diane Dahl who is a second grade teacher in Texas. Her post was how to create a higher level of thinking in math. Since in math there is only one correct answer. Dahl encouraged students to articulate their thinking in writing. She tells them to use their thinking skills for a specific purpose like schema, inferences, predictions, comparisons, visualization, questioning, and more. Mrs. Dahl gives us an example of what a Math Thinking Stem would look like from her second grade students. She also give a link to her thinking stem guide.
My comment- I introduced myself to her. And I thanked her for the example and her link to her thinking stem guide. I explained to her how I never knew there was a name for that concept; and how I was glad she made a post about this. I told her that this post is a great tool for future teacher like me.
Post #2 Last post was about the Math Stem. Now, she is explaining the Reading Thinking Stem. She provides two different reading rubrics in her post. One is a basic reading rubric and the other connects reading and writing. These methods help with the child's critically thinking skills. She has downloads to help get started with the thinking stems.
My comment- I thanked her for the great tools that she has provided about thinking stems. It is a great lesson for child to use their critical thinking skills. I would highly recommend this blog for teachers.
