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Using Pourquoi Tales to Foster Logical Reasoning A pourquoi (French for "why") is a terrific way to cultivate problem-solving and divergent thinking-core skills of logical reasoning-in the student learning framework. Logical reasoning is associated with the capacity to generate alternative ideas, and pourquois involve creating alternative ideas to explain a natural phenomenon in the world (e.g., why stars shine at night or how zebras got stripes).

In 2015, a sample of students in Year 4 in Australian schools participated in PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study). PIRLS focuses on Year 4 as the point in schooling where most students are moving from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn'. However, reading is much more than a tool for education or work. It can take the reader out of themselves and their own experiences, engage and develop emotions and provide new perspectives.

You've arrived at the most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Model. Whether you're an education student new to the topic or an experienced teacher educator looking for materials, you'll find something here to meet your needs.

QuestGarden is an online authoring tool, community and hosting service that is designed to make it easier and quicker to create a high quality WebQuest. An account allows you to modify and create new quests. A revamp of older site.

Storytelling has been around as long as humankind. t is one of the most effective ways to communicate an important truth to another person. It is a connection point between two people. It gives meaning, context, and understanding in a world that is often filled with chaos and disorder. Because of this, educators must use stories if they hope to reach their students.

One of the transformations occurring in modern learning is students becoming creators of knowledge. It's why we've defined essential questions as one of the 10 shifts of practice in future-focused learning. In essence, this shift means moving from answering the questions to questioning the answers. It's about the quest of pursuing an answer to a question that isn't easily obtainable. This is, of course, the essence of an essential question.

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is a charity working to improve literacy in primary schools. Our work raises the achievement of children by helping schools to teach literacy creatively and effectively, putting quality children's literature at the heart of all learning. Four areas to investigate at the bottom of the home page.

Considers strategies to apply the tools of Visible Learning to guide my students to succeed in math beyond their own expectations. The precision of my learning targets sharpens and streamlines my lesson plans, and allows me to create formative assessments that shape my planning going forward.

A bibliography is an alphabetical list, by author, of the sources (books, journals, websites, etc) you have used to research and write your assignment. A bibliography usually includes information such as the author, title, publisher and date. An annotation is a concise summary and/or evaluation of the value or relevance of each source. An annotated bibliography combines these two elements and provides bibliographic information plus a summary and/ or evaluation of each of the sources you have used. An annotated bibliography may be one part of a larger assessment item.

Worlds of Words recognizes our lives have gone global. Communities in all parts of the world, from rural towns to large urban cities, are increasingly diverse due to global mobility. Rapid economic, social and technological changes connect people around the globe. No matter where we live, our daily lives interconnect through globalization in its differing forms. Knowledge of the world and an understanding of global perspectives have thus become a necessity, not a luxury. Children no longer have a decision about whether or not they will lead global lives-but they do need to decide how they will live in a global society.

An essential question is an incredibly powerful tool for discovery learning and critical thinking skill development. Essential and herding questions are also one of the 10 shifts of practice of future-focused learning. If you consider what learning actually is, it is usually the answer to a need or what springs from curiosity around a personal connection. This usually involves the asking of essential questions to drive the learning. However, when they're working with EQs, teachers often ask, "How can I make essential questions better?" 1. Move the question higher on Bloom's Taxonomy 2. Remove specificity

"Augmented reality adds a technological layer, and that layer is what makes it look like the video is playing on the paper,"

Student lesson plan on creating Book Bento Boxes including guidelines, use of Thinglink to add annotations to images along with a tutorial

An instagram account with a series of images of 'boxes' featuring a book surrounded by representative elements. Alternative idea for responding to literature.

High school English teacher discusses five important benefits of reading aloud to her students. Relevant across all disciplines.

Useful digital citizenship resources that cover these important categories: Digital Footprints/People Searching; Citing Sources; Cyberbullying; Detecting Plagiarism; Personal Responsibility andGlobal and Cultural Awareness

A high school English teacher has a single accountability measure for her students' choice reading: talking to them about it.

A gateway to a series of literature response activities that support and reflect values in education and could be adapted to support the Australian Curriculum General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum Priorities. Examples are over a decade old but the for layout and critical thinking strategies embedded are still relevant.

Do you need to find a chapter book to match your country study? Scroll down to the bottom of this page to find links to suggested chapter books set in a specific country. If you'd like to see what search our catalog for fiction books on countries, here are the steps to take.

beautifully illustrated online 'book' on the value of libraries