Powerful Thinking, Powerful Writing Book 2 Years 5-8

Name: Powerful Thinking, Powerful Writing Book 2 Years 5-8
SKU: 5680
Price: 39.95 AUD
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Author: Bek Galloway
ISBN: 9781927190524

Deeper thinking leading to higher quality writing

By
Bek Galloway

Powerful Thinking, Powerful Writing has the potential to transform teaching practice across the learning programme and, in the process, achieve a phenomenal advance in the standard of students' thinking and writing. Each book offers nine thinking and writing contexts, covering a range of learning areas. Within each context, students develop a deep and careful thinking strategy for a particular thinking skill before being guided through a step-by-step process to help them transform their powerful thinking into even more powerful writing. This is the series you are looking for to build a culture of inquiry in your classroom to empower, engage and excite your learners.

Ages: 10-13 | Pages: 76 | Code: 5680 | ISBN: 9781927190524

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Bek Galloway

An experienced teacher who has held a range of leadership positions, Bek Galloway now also works as a part-time educational consultant. Her major focus is to build powerful thinking and inquiring classrooms that engage students and prepare them for their future – not our past. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, as well as running workshops on literacy, thinking and questioning, ICT and other subjects directly relevant to 21st century learning. Her awards include Haben’s Prize for Excellence in Education, University of Canterbury, in 1995 and the National Excellence in Teaching (NEiTA) Regional Award in 2010

Contents
Foreword by Robert Swartz	3
Introduction	6
Why write – and use – this series?	6
General format	8
Thinking lesson plan	8
Writing task	9
Write right: Compare and contrast	12
Powerful thinking lesson plan	12
Powerful writing task	16
Investigation and experimentation: Parts–whole	19
Powerful thinking lesson plan	19
Powerful writing task	23
The Lorax: Causes	26
Powerful thinking lesson plan	26
Powerful writing task	30
Money, money, money: Ranking	32
Powerful thinking lesson plan	32
Powerful writing task	36
There is no Planet B! Predicting	39
Powerful thinking lesson plan	39
Powerful writing task	43
Cyber-bullying: Evaluating consequences	45
Powerful thinking lesson plan	45
Powerful writing task	49
NRG: Making decisions	52
Powerful thinking lesson plan	52
Powerful writing task	56
The three fishing brothers Gruff: Solving problems	59
Powerful thinking lesson plan	59
Powerful writing task	63
Fitness freaks: Generating possibilities	66
Powerful thinking lesson plan	66
Powerful writing task	71
Bibliography	75