Classroom+Strategies

Blockhouse Bay Intermediate has developed the following assessments for their Science unit on Climate change. Note the explicit SOLO language.

Also from Blockhouse Bay Intermediate - thank you! - a unit of work on Fair Testing "Ice Hands" with strong Blooms presence. These are the Blooms cards that I used when teaching my kids to order Blooms and the question starters we used for framing our inquiry questions. Regards Justine

Here are the templates for WALT/WILF/Success Criteria and Learning Intentions as discussed at our PLT Meeting. They can be adapted and modifiedcolour posters for use across all our cluster schools.on classroom walls

Here are the posters designed by BHB primary which all classes display on their walls and refer to constantly

The workshops and school professional learning based on Robert Swartz 's approach to infusing thinking skills, have led to staff developing and using these graphic organisers. //NB The next section down has// //a series of documents which provide useful questions to use when developing thinking skills with your students. Some of thse templates align directly with these organisers; others address associated thinking skills.// ,, , , , , , , , , ,.
 * Graphic organisers developed by Blockhouse Bay Intermediate.**

Again, many thanks to **Blockhouse Bay Intermediate School......**

Print these off to use in your lesson planning, to post around your classroom, to prompt student skilful thinking, to explicitly teach the thinking process....
 * Focussed questions which assist the teaching and learning of various thinking skills.**