This document discusses a way of learning called W.I.L.D. (Wander to Wonder) that encourages students to be passionate, purposeful learners. It promotes allowing students' natural curiosity to guide investigations across subjects through questioning and discovery. Key aspects include cultivating wonder, following students' interests through open-ended exploration, and incorporating standards through real-world applications. The goal is for learning to be dynamic, fun and help students develop a growth mindset.
12. BECAUSE:
THINKING PATTERNS ARE UNIQUE
BEHAVIORS ARE LEARNED
IT’S FUN TO LEARN
WE NEED GIFTED LEARNERS
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13. BECAUSE:
THINKING PATTERNS ARE UNIQUE
BEHAVIORS ARE LEARNED
IT’S FUN TO LEARN
WE NEED GIFTED LEARNERS
and because of this......
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24. “If a child is to keep alive
his inborn sense of wonder...
he needs the companionship of
at least one adult
who can share it...”
rachel carson
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29. “The whole art of teaching is
only the art of
awakening the natural curiosity
of young minds
for the purpose of satisfying it
afterwards.”
Anatole France
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33. 21st Century Standards
Build understanding across and among
core subjects and 21st Century themes
Emphasize deep understanding rather than
shallow knowledge
Engage students with real world data,
tools, and experts
Allow for multiple measures of mastery
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34. Common Core ELA Standards
Read closely. Make logical inferences
Summarize key supporting details and ideas
Analyze how events and ideas develop and interact
by analyzing a variety of text structures
Integrate knowledge and ideas from diverse media
and formats
Read and comprehend complex literary and
informational texts independently and
proficiently
Evaluate the validity of reasoning within texts
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35. Common Core Math Standards
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
them
Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Construct viable arguments and critique the
reasoning of others
Use appropriate tools strategically
Attend to precision
Look for regularity in repeated reasoning
Look for and make use of structure
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41. The strong man is the one who is able to
intercept at will the communication
between the senses and the mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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43. Six Thinking Hats
Edward DeBono
Red: through lens of Emotion
Yellow: through lens of Positivity
Blue: through lens of Manager
White through lens of Information
Green through lens of Creativity
Black through lens of Negativity F
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44. Appropriate challenge balanced with
an accomplished skill set channels
FLOW
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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45. Learners discover that their passion
has been shared across time and space
OR
they discover that no one has ever
asked this particular question!
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46. A Mind once expanded
never returns to its
original size.
oliver wendell holmes
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