FLEXIBLE GROUPING PROJECT - BLOG POST #4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UU30-0J-Iw

What do you C?  How do you C?

1. C:  Common Core State Standards 
2. C:  Critical Thinking
3. C:  Creative Thinking
4. C:  Communication
5. C:  Collaboration
6. C:  Continuous Assessment

It can be overwhelming, but let's use a Checklist, on a Clipboard, to keep track of our C's.

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/sca/


CRITICAL THINKING:
http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/260
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-critical-thinking-10-tips-for-teaching



CREATIVE THINKING:

• WHY?  http://www.jrimagination.com/blog/2011/11/11/the-powerful-fours-of-creative-thinking.html
• FOR THE 21ST CENTURY:  http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/262
• FLUENCY STRATEGIES:  http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2009/09/creative-thinking-fluency.html
• FLEXIBILITY STRATEGIES:  http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2009/10/creative-thinking-flexibility.html
• SCAMPER FOR CREATIVITY:  http://creativiteach.me/creative-thinking-strategies/scamper/

CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING:
http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Questioning

http://pinterest.com/reallyrachel/creative-and-critical-thinking-activities-and-idea/

http://21stcenturytechtools.wikispaces.com/    (Use left sidebar to navigate.)



COMMUNICATION:
http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework/261

COLLABORATION:
http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=132

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Continous+Assessment
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/bulletin/article.aspx?id=50316

...and how about CLIPBOARDS AND CHECKLISTS... For teachers?  For learners? 

A Teacher Checklist to guide you:  Put a check beside or highlight what/how you’ve taught today:

Today, I can “C” the effective use of multiple means in my teaching via the “7 C’s”
CCSS	Critical Thinking	Creative Thinking	Collaboration	Communication	Continuous Formative Assessment	Clipboards/ Checklists
Reading: Foundational Skills	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
Reading: Literature
Reading: Informational Text
Writing	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
Speaking and Listening
Language
Measurement and Data	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
Numbers/Operations-Base 10	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
**Numbers and Operations-Fractions
*Geometry	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
*Statistics and Probability	HIGHER LEVEL QUESTIONING/ ACTIVITIES: -Applying -Analyzing -Evaluation	Fluency! Flexibility! Elaboration! Originality!	FLEXIBLE GROUPS: Varied Small Groups? Partners?    SKILLS: Flexibility? Compromise? SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES.	ARTICULATION ACTIVITIES: Oral? Written? Nonverbal? PURPOSE: To Inform? To Instruct? To Motivate? To Persuade? LISTENING SKILLS MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY	MONITORING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING VIA: Exit cards? Think-Pair- Share? One Question? 3-2-1? Journal? Q & A? Discussion? Project?	Teacher? Learner?
*Number systems
*Expressions/Equations
*Ratios and proportional relationships

Would any of these make sense for your learners?  How about if you tweaked them?

Be sure you continue to have a plethora of M & M's in your daily diet:

• Multiple Means are available via the websites above!
• Making Meaning: (Check out the videos on this site, too!)  http://www.woodridge68.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=7283
• Move Ment: http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2012/04/20-three-minute-brain-breaks.html

"C" you soon...