[LIT] Ideal Middle School

[Bill IVEY]

anniecountryman at yahoo.com writes:
>There are two other key elements that I wish were in place at our school: 
>The first is direct instruction of key critical thinking and questioning
>skills- examining Bloom's or Costa's levels of questioning and putting
>them to use, Socratic Seminar, Philosophical Chairs, Dialectical
>Journals, Literature Circles......If we were able to address these in a
>way that each year taught specific skills so that we knew what students
>would come out of 8th grade with it would be amazing.

Hi!

That is so exciting. I'd love to know more details about how you do this -
I've tried to work with Bloom's in the past, but so far haven't really
been able to make it as accessible to the kids as I would like. Thanks!

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School