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Welcome from: Debby Brady Sheila Muir Barbara Shaw Jan Pothier Meghan Cinquergano

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Our first ELA CC meeting of the year included a presentation on Literacy Circles for all teachers by Hanna Kis. LITERACY CIRCLES can be adapted. Their POWER and IMPORTANCE are based on having students engaged in higher order thinking and in TALKING. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE (Vygotsky) is an essential component of a 21st century classroom so that teachers are not doing all of the work.

I adapted Hannah's ideas to my graduate course, and used it to organize a discussion about 21st century curriculum. https://curriculumleadershipbrady.wikispaces.com/Critical+Thinking+Circle+Activity

They had read and had posted comments on the wiki before the class and had viewed videos on 21st century skills on the wiki. == ==