Reminders:
For the month of December Burnaby Public Library will be hosting their Group Chat program on two different days, Saturday and Tuesday, during the winter break!
Group Chat is a program for newcomer youth who want to meet other youth and practice speaking English. We will play games, connect, and discuss an interesting topic in a fun and friendly online group setting. Please email teenservices@bpl.bc.ca for Zoom links.
Saturday, December 19, 3 – 4:00pm
Tuesday, December 22, 3 – 4:00pm
Every Teacher is A Language Teacher
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Teachers can improve student engagement by providing learning opportunities that promote higher order thinking skills at all language levels.
When creating questions/tasks with Bloom’s taxonomy, create sentence stems that can indicate task and appropriate academic language.
Move beyond just recall, by having students show the concept/skill, develop a plan or argument, and extend their thinking (design, synthesize, apply etc)
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