An afternoon follow-up session to a morning of co-teaching in science. Here Comes the Garbage Barge by Jonah Winter (Red Nose Studio) used to teach inference and quick writes.

1. It’s All about Thinking – Collaborating
to Support All Learners
Reading, Writing, Thinking Strategies
Middle
Prince
Rupert
April,
2013
Faye
Brownlie

2. Learning
Inten<ons
• I
have
a
plan
to
collaborate
with
someone
in
the
classroom.
• I
have
a
plan
to
try
a
different
strategy
or
sequence
that
focuses
on
literacy
and
engagement.
• I
have
a
plan
to
con<nue
to
ask
the
ques<ons,
”How
is
what
I
am
doing
suppor<ng
the
learning
of
all
my
students?”
and
“How
do
I
know?”

3. • American
5th
graders
spend
91%
of
their
day
either
listening
to
a
teacher
talk
or
working
alone
(Pianta
&
Belsky,
2007).

4. • 10
years
aSer
high
school,
graduates
who
had
honed
their
teamwork
skills
while
s<ll
in
high
school
had
significantly
higher
earnings
than
those
who
failed
to
do
so
(Science
Daily
2008).

5. Making Inferences
• Garbage
Barge
• Backgrounder
and
predict
• In
groups,
with
an
image
and
a
cap<on,
‘infer’
and
‘evidence’
• Share
images,
inferences,
evidence
• Read
the
text,
no<cing
the
changes
in
thinking
• With
Gilmore,
Burnaby

15. Team Planning
• What
will
you
do?
• Who
will
you
work
with?
• What
ar<facts
will
you
collect
from
the
students
to
provide
evidence
of
how
they
are
learning
–
i.e,
student
samples
for
your
por^olio?
• Reflect
on
the
ques<ons:
– What
are
we
doing?
– How
is
it
going?
– What
next?

16. Planning
What
are
you
going
to
try
ASAP?
Who
will
you
work
with?
How
will
this
support
student
engagement
and
increased
literacy?