2. BLOOMING BENCHMARK BIRTHDAY Harleton ISD August 11, 2003

3. Meet and Greet You need to find: People born in the same decade (i.e. the 60s) People with the same birth month People with the same birth day of the month (i.e. 8 th or 22 nd )

4. Successful Practices Understanding TEKS Teaching all TEKS for each subject Benchmarking – questions tied to TEKS Questions at different levels Individual/small group tutoring

5. BIRTHDAYS mean: Celebrations/milestones One years experience We want to keep having them Repeat some experiences of the last year and add new ones (hopefully better) For us, write questions at a higher level We want to be in TAKS Land

6. TAKS LAND Evaluation Synthesis Analysis Application Comprehension Knowledge FactsTopicsConceptsPrinciple Generalization Theory TAKS LAND

7. 2003 Reading/E/LA EFNDOCBSLVPTSHWOTX HHS 3 9093989963100 4 8689909586100 5 838488928088 6 809496978694 7 869496988898 8 8694989388100 9 769289938288 10 637255747293 11 578161876958

8. 2003 Math EFND0CBSLVPTSHWOTX HISD 39192969890100 48990939188100 5919096 8694 6699091987980 7678492987392 8738094937293 978 8075618158816372 1084898087698470757189 1173746085699156766874

9. 2003 SOCIAL STUDIES EFNDOCBSLVPTSHWOTX HISD 3 4 5 6 7 89096989793100 9 109598 100 829489928697 11888693859784999087

10. 2003 SCIENCE EFNDOCBSLVPTSHWOTXHISD 3 4 579 82857490 6 7 8 9 10809290638468646993 11558067588946736774

11. 2003 WRITING EFNDOCBSLVPTSHWOTXHISD 3 4888993 100 8698 5 6 78792919685100 8 9 10 11

12. Learning to Thinking... Didactic to Critical The didactic theory of learning is to teach students what to think so that they learn what the teachers know. The emerging critical theory is to teach students how to think so that they can find their own way through the problems & concerns they meet in life.

13. Blooms Six Levels Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation

14. Knowledge – Level 1 – Recall Remembering previously learned material, recalling facts, terms, basic concepts from stated text Name List Recognize Choose Label Relate Tell Recall Match Define

15. Comprehension – Level 2 – Understand Demonstrating understanding of the stated meaning of facts and ideas Compare Describe Outline Organize Classify Explain Rephrase Show Relate Identify

16. Inference – Level 2.5 – Infer Demonstrating understanding of the unstated meaning of facts and ideas Speculate Interpret Infer Generalize Conclude

17. Application – Level 3 – Put to use Solving problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, and techniques in a different situation Apply Construct Model Use Practice Dramatize Restructure Simulate Translate Experiment

18. Analysis – Level 4 – Break Down Examining and breaking down information into parts Analyze Diagram Classify Contrast Sequence Simplify Summarize Relate to Categorize Differentiate

19. Synthesis – Level 5 – Put together Compiling information in a different way by combining elements in a new pattern Compose Design Develop Propose Adapt Elaborate Formulate Originate Solve Invent

20. Evaluation – Level 6 – Judge Presenting and defending opinions by making judgments about information based on criteria Judge Rank Rate Evaluate Recommend Defend Justify Prioritize Support Prove

21. Applying Blooms Using the story Goldilocks & the Three Bears List the items used by Goldilocks while she was in the Bears house. (Knowledge) Explain why Goldilocks liked Baby Bears chair the best. (Comprehension)

22. Demonstrate what Goldilocks would use if she came to your house. (Application) Compare this story to reality. What events could not really happen. (Analysis) Propose how the story would be different if it were Goldilocks and the Three Fish. (Synthesis)

23. Judge whether Goldilocks was good or bad. Defend your opinion. (Evaluation) Your turn to guess...

24. Using the story, Little Red Riding Hood 1. Illustrate the main idea of the story on a poster. 2. Rank the characters from best to worst & explain how you ranked them. 3. Create a new story by placing Red in a modern-day city.

25. Answers: 1. Application 2. Evaluation 3. Synthesis

26. Using the story, Little Red Riding Hood 4. Describe what Red did when she first saw the Wolf. 5. Tell what happened to the grandmother in the story. 6. Write out the main events in the story. Cut them apart & sequence them in proper order.

27. Did you answer... 4. Comprehension 5. Knowledge 6. Analysis

28. Using the story, The Three Little Pigs 1. Invent a new ending for the story where the Wolf comes out ahead. 2. Using models, demonstrate which house stood up the best. 3. Describe the materials used to build each home.

29. Answers: 1. Synthesis 2. Application 3. Comprehension

30. Your turn to guess again... 4. Read the story & list the type of home built by each pig. 5. What is the relationship between the materials used to build each house and what happened to it when the wolf blew on it. 6. Judge the homes from worst to best, according to strength, cost, and building time.

31. Did you answer... 4. Knowledge 5. Analysis 6. Evaluation

32. Being a critical thinker is not only essential for school, but for students lives and careers. They must learn to do analysis – get a clear understanding of the data before they begin to form their opinions. Asking the right questions seems to be a key in teaching students to be critical thinkers.

33. It is not what the teacher does but what he or she gets the students to do that results in learning. Milton Glick