Amp Up Those Questions! Activate Critical Thinking Within Your Students
April 26, 2025 | 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM EST (New Date!)
**REGISTER BY APRIL 24, 2025**
VIRTUAL TRAINING Designed For K-12 Educators (New Location!)
TOTAL IN-SERVICE POINTS = 6.5 (3.5 Reading + 3 ESE)
Printable Training Description (pdf)
Questions? Please contact us at support@connectedclass.com.
Description:
Can we really activate the critical thinking skills of our students across the curriculum and still teach all the standards? Good news—the answer is yes! Join us as we look to “amp up” our questions and other strategies without having to abandon meeting the all the standards. If we can amp up student critical thinking, then we know we are giving students the extra “juice” they need to become the best scholar they can be.
Learning Intentions:
- Reflect on the practices that increase critical thinking.
- Identify ways to increase critical thinking within students particularly as they read.
- Explore strategies that can easily be incorporated into your current teaching practice.
- Examine the elements of lessons that utilize critical thinking.
- Discuss ways to help ESE students increase their critical thinking skills, especially in reading.
Benefits:
- Additional certification points, including ESE points, can be earned through a follow-up assignment.
- Ongoing support for implementation through ConnectedClass.com is available for site-licensed schools.
- Earn Reading in-service points.
Who should attend?
- Any teacher looking to increase critical thinking within their students
- Any teacher whose students read and need to be probed for further understanding
- Any teacher who teaches ESE students with more support needed for critical thinking
- Any teacher who wants to have some strategies that amp up any lesson