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International School of Louisiana - Uptown 3rd Grade / Visual Art & Social Studies Ms. Nobile / Ms. Carbajo, Ms. Caitlin, Ms. Anne-Sophie, Ms. Alma, Ms. Guzman, Ms Geraldine

The primary focus of the third grade social studies curriculum is Louisiana. Throughout the year, students learn about our state’s geography, natural resources, history, and government. In the previous unit, students learned about the people who first inhabited this area, the Choctaw Native people. This unit covered European colonization, beginning with Hernando de Soto from Spain in 1542 and continuing with de La Salle, Iberville and Bienville from France in the 17th and 18th centuries.

The thinking routine “I used to think... / Now I think...” was developed by Project Zero as a way to “help students to reflect on their thinking about a topic or issue and explore how and why that thinking has changed. It can be useful in consolidating new learning as students identify their new understandings, opinions, and beliefs. By examining and explaining how and why their thinking has changed, students are developing their reasoning abilities and recognizing causal relationships.”

As we concluded this unit, I was so thrilled to see students’ responses to this thinking routine. Their responses are evidence of their deep learning about the history of European colonization, its impact on the native people that lived here before, and how it formed the Louisiana we know today.

Here are a few:

“I used to think the USA always belonged to the same people. Now I think that other people bought and took the land.”

“I used to think George Washington was the first to come to Louisiana. Now I think the Choctaw were the first to come to Louisiana.”

“I used to think Native Americans just gave up. Now I think Native Americans fought to keep their land.”

“I used to think Native Americans were called ‘Indians” because there was a place in the US called India. Now I think Europeans used that name because they thought they were in India, but they were in America.”

“I used to think Louisiana could only have one name. Now I think Louisiana could have two names because Native Americans called it Bulbancha.”

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More #beautifulthinking from #ohiovoicesforlearning : our conversation in which we parse out rebelliousness as a creative thinking skill, our responsibilities as teachers to provide space and also safety, balancing individual and group needs, etc. no wonder we were so hungry for lunch. 💙=connection, ❤️=extensions, 💚=challenge, 🖤=pursue. #visiblethinking #makingthinkingvisible #educators #documentation @realjenlehe @cindymfoley

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Retention of info through rote practice isn't learning....it's training. #beyondmemorization #makingthinkingvisible

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Making Thinking Visible with Sketchbooks in the 5/6 Art Room

Making Thinking Visible with Sketchbooks in the 5/6 Art Room

Handmade Sketchbooks Last summer I was thrilled to spend a week in the Project Zero Classroom program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education studying big ideas by prominent figures in education that I admire. Naturally, I brought this experience into the classroom with a renewed commitment to project based learning and a generous amount of technology integration. Our focus this year has been…

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Today in our biweekly TA Meeting, we focused our discussion on some of our larger, yet essential goals as educators. This time in the Spring semester often calls for careful calibration as we enter the final stretches of school year. Mid-Spring semester brings the opportunity to push scaffolding learning from Fall, and also requires thoughtful planning for and around many of Spring's annual events.

We kicked off the new year and Spring semester looking deeply at thinking routines and cultures of thinking that foster thought-full dispositions over time. Mark Church led one of our AXIS sessions, a keynote and one of our January TA Meetings, leaving us with a lot to consider within our own practice. A month later we gathered again to to deepen this conversation, looking now at dispositional learning and habits of mind that are close to our pedagogy and art practice.

In our closure today we pulled on language from our day's discussion (including our study of the Studio Habits of Mind) to share some of our framing moving ahead:

I value my student’s ability to…

"Feel excited"

"Persist through not knowing"

"Connect to their own voice"

"Rehearse with an ensemble"

"Share unabashedly"

"Follow their creative impulses"

"Be enthusiastic and engaged"

"Embrace risks"