Monday, 10 March 2014

Connect Extend Challenge


We read the big book ‘How Frogs Grow’ by Brenda Parkes.

The children were introduced to the Thinking Routine, Connect / Extend / Challenge.This routine helps children make connections between new ideas and prior knowledge. It also encourages children to take stock of ongoing questions, puzzles and difficulties as they reflect on what they are learning.(Visible Thinking @Harvard Project Zero)

The children were asked how they connected (what they knew) to the text in the book, how their knowledge was extended (what they didn't know) and how they were challenged by the text (surprised/or in wonder).  We wrote the children's responses on large paper.

As part of Learning Agreement this week, Year 2 children will be responding to non-fiction text using the Thinking Routine, Connect / Extend / Challenge.


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