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Thoughtful Classroom Tool (name and book title/page)

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Tools for Promoting Active, In-Depth Learning /  p. 152

Teacher Name

Grade/Subjects Taught

Michelle Kostek

RTI

Brief Tool Description

What is its purpose? Is it for a particular dimension of the Thoughtful Classroom framework? What do the teacher and students do during the strategy that make it valuable?

Tool is used for presenting information, cooperative learning, movement in the classroom.

Example(s) of How to Use the Tool in the Classroom

Does it lend itself best to a particular subjects? Have you used the strategy successfully with a particular topic? Is there a lesson you can describe that illustrates how to use it?

This tool was used by displaying quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and allowing the students to interpret them in their own way then share the information with each other and come up with a combined interpretation.

Suggestions for Adaptations

Could it be easily adapted for a higher/lower grade? For a different subject area? For assessment?

In primary hang pictures.  Have students illustrate rather than write.

Other Suggestions/Comments