Christina Dennis- EDU 530 Strategy Summary 2

1. On Your Own: Innovative Practice- Five Strategies for the Early Learning Classroom

1.1. PBL and STEM within community partnerships- request that relevant community partners provide you with authentic problems to solve

1.2. Engage in purposeful play

1.3. Provide opportunities for Student-Centered Instructionism- Create a classroom makerspace

1.4. "Bloom" your Books- plan ahead for discussion questions meeting parts of Blooms Taxonomy when reading books with students.  Place intentionally leveled questions in library pockets in back of books.

1.5. Partake in Picture-book Philosophy- use the deep philosophical curiosities in picture books to encourage discussion and inquiry

2. Chapter 9: KWHLAQ chart strategy

2.1. K: What do we know?

2.2. W: What do we want to know?

2.3. H:  How will we find the answer to the question "What do we want to know?"

2.4. L:  What have we Learned?

2.5. A:  What Action will we take once we have learned what we set out to learn?

2.6. Q:  What new Questions do we have?