Junior+Ideas

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== 1. ** Beacon Lesson Plan Library ** describes [|A Sensesational Christmas] unit which involves a walking field trip. Well worth a look this could be adapted to suit us and incorporated as we introduce "how we learn" in the Junior classes.==

==2. **English on line** has a unit on Listening Skills which includes a student self assessment task at http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/listening/self_assessment.html The unit uses brainstorming strategies and can be viewed at http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/listening/home.html==

==3. **Tony Ryan's Thinkers Keys** can be adapted to suit, some used for homelink activities, some designed as part of the immersion stage of an inquiry or used perhaps to stimulate learner's further in their thinking. e.g.== 
 * Reverse Key: **List 10 things you could not learn**
 * What If Key: **What if schools were banned?**
 * BAR key: **How can we make our school bigger, what can we add, what can we replace?**
 * Alphabet Key**: What words can you think of around the Brain (or Learning) that start with A, B… ?**
 *  Variations Key: **How many ways can you help others learn?**
 * Picture Key: Draw a scribble or shape and ask "**How does this remind you of learning?**"
 * Prediction Key: **What will schools be like in 10 years time?**
 * Combinations Key: **What are the differences between our class and a circus? How could they be combined?**
 *  Interpretation Key: **Give 3 possible reasons for -** **The Principal is running down the street with a bag in his hand**
 * Alternative Key: **Work out three ways you can learn something without using your eyes**
 * Brick Wall: **Robots will replace people**
 * Question Key: **Give 5 questions for: Our Class**
 * Commonality Key: **How is our brain like chocolate?**
 * Ridiculous Key: **Schools should not teach people to think.**
 * Variation Key: **How many ways can you help others learn?**
 * and so on....

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