Learning Experience | Wright, T. S., & Gotwals, A. W. (2017). Supporting Disciplinary Talk From the Start of School: Teaching Students to Think and Talk Like Scientists. Reading Teacher, 71(2), 189–197.
Ask the Driving Question | Is writing the elixir of learning?
Explore | Divided into groups of three or more. One person serves as guide and discussion leader. One person thinks with brain alone and one person thinks with brain, body and environment.
- Long Division | Please solve the following long division problem
- Walking from my house to the nearest ice cream shop? | Please create a map showing directions to the ice cream shop
- Walking is the worst-kept secret I know | Please form a logical paragraph from these sentences
Read Aloud | Menary, R. (2007). Writing as Thinking. Language Sciences. (See excerpt below)
- Let’s build a word wall as I read and define terms in context.
- Let’s use the new vocabulary to discuss the driving question
Write | Lent (2016) suggests numerous writing to learn activities including stream of consciousness writing. Let’s take five minutes to write without stopping about writing as thinking and the implications for your work as a teacher.
Discuss | Let’s discuss what we’ve written about, what we have learned and what we are wondering about.
Excerpt I | Menary, R. (2007). Writing as Thinking. Language Sciences, 29(5), p. 628
Excerpt II | Menary, R. (2007). Writing as Thinking. Language Sciences, 29(5), p. 629
Literacy Across the Curriculum 